Naugatuck Petitioner Won't Seek Second Referendum

Budget petition organizer Matt Katra, who led a petition drive that forced the first budget proposal to referendum, told the Republican-American he won’t pull petitions in attempt to send the newly approved town budget to a second referendum.

Katra also told the Rep-Am he does think the budget is still too high and that town officials didn’t make enough cuts to satisfy taxpayers requests.

If the budget isn’t forced to referendum via a petition from 8 percent of registered voters, the adopted $115.2 million town and school spending proposal will go into effect, the Rep-Am reports.

Joint Naugatuck Boards of Mayor and Burgesses and the Board of Education trimmed the upcoming school budget by $25,000 Monday, bringing the new school board budget to $61.68 million, and the total approved budget to $115.2 million, which is 2 percent higher than last year’s budget.

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