The Board of Estimate and Taxation yesterday passed a tentative $262.5 million operating budget that would raise city spending by 5 percent next fiscal year, including a 3.8 percent hike for the schools. It requires a 4.3 percent property tax increase.
The budget will give Board of Education a $5.2 million increase for the year starting July 1. Mayor Richard Moccia, a BET member, said
Norwalk’s School Superintendent Salvatore Corda threatened to cut athletic and after-school programs, along with teachers and other positions, if he didn't get the entire 8.3 percent increase he demanded.
The city budget's been set. The departments will have to live with it.
Hopefully, Corda will cut administrative positions rather than following through on his threat to cut athletics.
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