JAY – Residents will have a chance Monday to ask questions at a public hearing on a proposed $16 million spending package for school and municipal operations for 2005-06 fiscal year.
The hearing is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. at the Jay Middle School cafeteria. The selectmen’s regular meeting will follow. Voters are scheduled to vote by referendum on the $16 million proposal between 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on April 25 at the Community Building. Absentee ballots will be available March 25.
The town government spending proposal is $5.68 million, which is expected to be offset by $2.1 million in anticipated revenue. That figure represents a $74,830 or 2 percent decrease over the current year’s budget.
Selectmen and the town’s Budget Committee are recommending all 20 articles related to town government pass.
On the school’s side, the proposed spending plan is $10.5 million that represents a decrease of $101,692 or 1 percent less than the existing $10.6 million operating budget.
If the proposal is approved and the state’s figures for a new essential services and program formula stands, the Jay taxpayers would be looking at raising $9.06 million through taxation, which is $567,972 less that what taxpayers raised to support this year’s budget.
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