The board must publish a legal advertisement at least 10 days before taxpayers vote on a proposed budget.
The recent decision to send out tax bills to Allingtown residents at this past year’s 8.35-mill tax rate will provide at the very least most of the funding needed for the coming year. That takes the pressure off and will give the Allingtown Fire Department money to begin the year, said Samperi, the lone current board member who will remain after July 1.
Board Chairman Robert Roy, who will be replaced by Hailey, did not return a call for comment.
Hailey was not immediately available to comment.
The third current board member, Curtis Edwards, has been living out of state for more than a year, although the board has made no move to replace him.
Edwards, who is said to be living in Alexandria, Va., also was unavailable for comment.
Roy, one of the few people involved in the fire district who is in touch with Edwards, has refused to divulge Edwards’ whereabouts or the contents of a letter that Edwards reportedly wrote to him in which Edwards may have discussed the possibility of resigning.
Samperi said he plans to meet with both Roy and Haley at 3 p.m. today at Allingtown Fire Headquarters on Admiral Street to discuss the budget.
Allingtown taxpayers rejected the first three budgets the fire board presented. The first one called for a 0.64-mill tax rate hike.
The second and third each called for tax rate increases of one-half mill, the same amount by which the lower tax rates in the First and West Shore taxation districts will rise for fiscal 2000-2001.
Allingtown, which has by far the smallest grand list among West Haven’s three fire districts, has a tax rate that already is higher than what taxpayers in the First and West Shore districts will pay after their taxes rise by one-half mill each next year.
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| İNew Haven Register 2000 |
