Schedule of Budget-Related Meetings
| Date | Meeting (ALL Meetings are open to the PUBLIC) The meetings listed are specifically related to the budget. |
Materials |
| 1/6/25 | Capital Improvements Sub-Committee-AGENDA | |
| 1/8/25 | Board of Ed Budget Meeting-AGENDA |
See Board of Ed Page for additional dates and materials |
| 1/15/25 | Board of Ed Budget Meeting | |
| 1/27/25 | Bd of Selectmen Capital Improvements Deliberations | |
| 1/28/2025 | Grand List signed and published pursuant to CGS 12-55. | |
| 2/4/25 | Capital Improvements Budget Presentation to Board of Finance | |
| 2/10/25 | Board of Education Adopts Budget Increase of 2.89%-Statewide Average over 5% | |
| 2/19/25 | First Proposed Budget Released | See links above on this page |
| 3/3/25 |
Board of Selectmen Budget Meeting |
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| 3/12/25 |
Board of Finance: Public Hearing |
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| 3/13/25 | Board of Finance: Public Hearing Board of Selectmen, Boards and Commissions Budgets (Town Hall) |
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| 4/8/25 | Board of Finance: Public Hearing 7:00 PM Entire Budget (Ellington High School Auditorium) |
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| 4/10/25 | Board of Finance: Budget Deliberations (6:00 pm Town Hall)
At this meeting the Board will review the entire budget proposal and recommend adjustments based on comments received from the public at past meetings. If the Board agrees on a proposal, they may vote to send the revised proposal to the Town Meeting/Referendum. If that occurs, the 4/15 deliberation meeting will not be necessary. |
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| 5/1/25 | 12:30 PM Public Info presentation at Senior Center, 40 Maple St. | |
| 5/3/25 | 10:00 AM Public info presentation at Hall Mem Library, 93 Main St. | |
| 5/6/25 | Budget proposal publication on Web and in Newspaper. Publication to include any revisions made during deliberations. | See Published Notice |
| 5/13/25 | Annual Town Budget Meeting (EHS Auditorium) ***The vote on the budget will be held 5/27*** |
Warning and Notice of Annual Town Meeting (Posted 4/21/25) |
| 5/27/25 | Budget Referendum (Town-wide vote) FAILED Board of Finance Regular Meeting 8:15 PM Town Hall If budget passes - set mill rate. If budget fails set dates for additional meetings. |
Vote at Senior Center |
| 5/28/25 | Board of Education Meeting Discuss additional budget adjustments |
Ell High School Library 7 PM Agenda |
| 5/29/25 | Board of Finance Special Meeting Budget deliberations / Budget adjustments The Board adopted $544,869 in budget adjustments The adjusted proposed budget is reduced from 1.5 mill increase to a 1.1 mill increase. |
Town Hall 6 PM Agenda Adopted Adjustments |
| 5/30/25 | Publish Legal Notice Warning of Referendum | See Published Notice |
| 6/2/25 | CANCELED | |
| 6/3/25 | CANCELED | |
| 6/10/25 | 2nd Budget Referendum | Vote at Senior Center 6 AM - 8 PM |
During this time period other regular and special meetings of the Boards of Selectmen, Finance and Education take place. This page is intended to highlight meetings scheduled to specifically address the annual budget.