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>Link below. RA print version has more information . . >. > >_____ > >New Hartford tab for town expenses gets easy passage > >BY JIM MOORE REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN > >NEW HARTFORD — Voters here on Tuesday approved a >budget that will increase taxes by just under 1 >percent, and local spending by 1.6 percent. > >Unofficial results had the budget approved by a >comfortable margin: 267-88. > >First Selectman Daniel V. Jerram said the $21.5 >million spending plan was the product of hard work by >volunteer officials, and their effort to protect local >taxpayers from a larger increase will not be abandoned >if the state is forced to reduce municipal aid. > >Negotiations continue as Gov. Dannel P. Malloy seeks >$2 billion in concessions from state employee unions, >and Malloy's team hopes to have an agreement later >this week. The administration has promised thousands >of layoffs and cuts to municipal aid if those >concessions are not agreed to, and that has officials >in most towns calculating alternatives > ><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >href="http://www.rep-am.com/articles/2011/05/04/news/lo >cal/554908.txt">http://www.rep-am.com/articles/2011/05/ >04/news/local/554908.txt</a>
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