Rep Rutigliano’s Statement on Gov. Malloy’s Proposed State Budget

On Wednesday, Governor Dannel P. Malloy addressed members of the General Assembly to discuss his Biennial Budget for the 2018 – 2019 Fiscal Year.  His address can be found here.

This proposal includes zeroing out Trumbull’s state education cost sharing and shifting approximately 1/3 of teacher’s pensions onto individual municipalities, something that was previously 100% covered by the state. Both these proposals will cost the taxpayers of Trumbull $5.6 million. This adjustment will now force towns that have been preparing their individual budget for months to have to readjust funds to cover these new expenses.

In addition, Hartford will receive the biggest increase with approximately $47.3 million in state aid going to the capital city. This equates to almost a 17 percent increase. Gov. Malloy has also budgeted $250 million to the city for renovations to the XL Center.

This budget as proposed will result in a large tax hike for the taxpayers of Trumbull and is unacceptable!

This is just the first step in the long state budget process, with the legislature ready to play its equal role. We will have a full vetting of this budget proposal with public hearings for people across Connecticut to weight in.

Please make your voices heard!