MAUSD budget set; tax rates uncertain

BRISTOL — The Mount Abraham Unified School District (MAUSD) board on Tuesday, as expected, agreed to warn a roughly $31.4 million budget for the 2020-2021 school year that, if approved on Town Meeting Day, would increase the five-town district’s spending by 1.45%. The district has estimated it would spend $18,746.76 per pupil, just $13 short of an amount that would trigger a state-imposed dollar-for-dollar penalty on district taxpayers. But the tax impacts of that budget are now unclear because the district … (read more)

First, Middlebury voters should reject the proposed Addison Central School District (ACSD) budget with a “no” vote on Town Meeting Day. Ramifications of this budget include cutting one full-time classroom teacher at Mary Hogan. Justification for this staf … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — A $171,500 rise in employee health insurance costs, the re-offering of a construction technology program and a commitment to once again make the assistant director’s job full-time are the major reasons for a proposed 2020-2021 Patricia A. Han … (read more)

BRISTOL — The Mount Abraham Unified School District (MAUSD) board is poised this Tuesday to adopt a roughly $31.4 million spending plan for the 2020-2021 school year that would increase 5-Town district expenditures by 1.45%, but tax rates by possibly more … (read more)

BRANDON — The Otter Valley Unified Union school district board last week approved a proposed $20,377,427 fiscal year 2021 budget that would increase spending over the current year by 2.22%. Board members call it a modest increase as the district handles t … (read more)

PANTON — The Panton selectboard on Jan. 14 adopted a proposed 2020-2021 budget that if approved by residents on Town Meeting Day would increase town spending by about 5.7 percent to $660,789. The higher spending could translate to an additional 3.31 cents … (read more)

FERRISBURGH — The Ferrisburgh selectboard on Tuesday adopted a proposed budget for the 2020-2021 fiscal year that — assuming voters back nonprofits’ funding requests on Town Meeting Day — would raise town spending by about $51,300, or 2.45 percent, and bo … (read more)

BRISTOL — The Mount Abraham Unified School District board will host a public forum on the status of the district-wide budget on Wednesday, Jan. 22. The MAUSD board plans to adopt a budget proposal on the following Tuesday, Jan. 28. On Town Meeting Day, Ma … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — Declining student enrollment and rising costs — including an anticipated 12.9-percent bump in employee health insurance premiums — are in part driving a potential 5.23% increase in education spending as reflected in the first draft of the 202 … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury selectboard on Tuesday got its first glimpse at an $11.5 million draft fiscal year 2021 municipal budget that reflects a spending increase of $359,105 or 3.2%. But town officials are proposing to apply enough surplus funds to l … (read more)

BRISTOL — The Mount Abraham Unified School District Board this week will continure work on a budget for the coming school year that, in its current state, proposes roughly $31.5 million in spending. That represents an increase of $557,000, or 1.8 percent, … (read more)

VERGENNES — Some financial projections have changed in the Addison Northwest School District recently — in the district’s favor. For months, the ANWSD board and administrators anticipated that the district would need to cut $955,000 from next year’s budge … (read more)

VERGENNES — After the Vergennes City Council concluded a highly preliminary department-by-department budget review of city spending with a brief look at the police force at its Oct. 22 meeting, Vergennes City Manager Matt Chabot offered council members a … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — The surging costs of recycling and a rise in employee health insurance costs are the major reasons for the 9.3-percent increase reflected in a proposed 2020 Addison County Solid Waste Management District (ACSWMD) budget. The trash district pl … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — Anticipated increases in wages and various insurance policies are expected to add $245,800 to a fiscal year 2021 Middlebury municipal budget that is still a blank canvas. Middlebury Town Manager Kathleen Ramsay brought that sobering financial … (read more)