Westfield Fire Budget Vote Tonight

The Westfield Fire District commission has proposed a budget of $1.3M. The mill rate would increase from 1.179 to 1.237; this is largely a result of the loss of one of Westfield's biggest tax payers, Aetna.

From the Westfield Fire Department:
Call for the Budget Meeting of the Westfield Fire District of the City of Middletown;

The budget meeting of The Westfield Fire District will be held on May 8, 2012 at 8:00 P.M. at The Westfield Fire Department, 653 East Street, Middletown, CT.

All inhabitants living within the limit of said Fire District for six months and qualified as electors of the City of Middletown are members of said Fire District and are eligible to vote at said meeting.

The purpose of the meeting is:
1) To adopt the proposed budget and set a mill rate for fiscal year July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013.
2) To transact any and all business which may properly come before said meeting.