Vernon Mayor's 2025-26 Budget Proposal — By The Numbers

VERNON, CT — The Vernon Town Council Thursday was to begin the review process for Mayor Dan Champagne's $107.4 million budget proposal for the 2025-26 fiscal year.

The process will culminate at the April 22 annual town meeting.

Here is a look at the proposed spending plan, the numbers:

Bottom Line

• The budget totals $107,482,466

Taxpayer-Funded Increase

• The increase to be paid for by taxes is $3,152,215. The driving factors are education, employee salaries and benefits and insurance costs.

Tax Revenue

• The grand list of taxable property went up by $12,218,351, or 0.51 percent.

Capital Improvement

• The capital line item totals $1,826,248 and is to be paid for by reserve funds.

Education

• The education budget forwarded to the council totals $60,419,570. The driving force behind the 2.79 percent increase is health insurance costs.

Tax Rate

• If endorsed by the council as-is, the budget will require a tax rate of 36.09 mills, or a full mill more than the current rate. That is an increase of 2.85 percent. The motor vehicle tax rate is capped at 32.46 mills.

Click here to see the mayor's budget proposal in full.