Budget Referendum Scheduled For Tuesday, May 15

Madison voters will be able vote on the town and education budgets for 2012-2012 on Tuesday, May 15, 2012, between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. 

Voters residing in the First Voting District shall vote at the Madison Senior Center, 29 Bradley Road in Madison, Connecticut.  Voters residing in the Second Voting District shall vote at the Robert H. Brown Middle School, 980 Durham Road in Madison, Connecticut.  Absentee ballots will be available from the Town Clerk’s office at the Madison Town Campus, and will be counted centrally at the Madison Town Campus.

Absentee ballots must be received in town hall no later than Tuesday, May 15. If someone is bringing in their own absentee ballot, they must turn it in the day before, Madison Town Clerk Nancy Martucci said.

Voters will be asked to consider and take action on 

• the proposed Town Government Budget of the Town of Madison and the recommendations of its Board of Finance for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012 and ending June 30, 2013 in the amount of $21,217,817

• and the proposed Education Budget for the Town of Madison and the recommendations of its Board of Finance for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012 and ending June 30, 2013 in the amount of $50,658,827.

The resolutions will be placed on the voting machines under the following headings, respectively:

“SHALL THE TOWN GOVERNMENT BUDGET OF THE TOWN OF MADISON FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2012 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2013 IN THE AMOUNT OF $21,217,817 BE APPROVED?”

“SHALL THE EDUCATION BUDGET OF THE TOWN OF MADISON FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2012 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2013 IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,658,827 BE APPROVED?”

Voters approving a resolution will vote “Yes” and those opposing said resolution will vote “No.”