What's Behind Windsor's Referendum Question?

Tuesday's ballot will simply ask whether or not the town council's recommended appropriation of $100,779,250 to run the town through June 2015 should be approved.

What won't accompany the ballot question are the details behind the nearly $101 million spending plan.

On May 14, Windsor residents voted down the town council's first budget proposal, which represented a 2.14-percent increase over the current fiscal year. The proposal, through a series of cuts, including a $100,000 cut to the board of education's funding request, reduced the Town Manager Peter Souza's proposal by one full percentage point.

On Tues., June 4, voters will vote on a budget representing a 1.19-percent increase.

The most recent reduction was accomplished solely through an additional cut to the board of education's request — this time $500,000.

The following represents town departments, the amount of funding they've been approved for and, if different, the amount originally requested.

Board of Education: Requested $63,994,900; Approved for $63,394,900

Town Support of Education: Requested $4,324,020; Approved for $4,303,500

General Government: Requested $989,000; Approved for $$927,530

General Services: Requested $9,967,300; Approved fro $9,361,500

Safety Services: $9,196,050

Public Works: $5,036,000

Information Services: $443,180

Administrative Services: $2,079,040

Tax Collection Rate: 98.80 percent

Landfill Enterprise Fund: $2,386,160

Caring Connection Adult Day Care Center: $649,540

Windsor Child Development Center: $1,331,430