NOTICE OF BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE OF BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING=

FISCAL YEAR 2005-2006 BUDGETS

TOWN OF = WATERTOWN

CONNECTICUT

The legal voters of the Town of = Watertown and those eligible to vote in= Town Meetings are hereby WARNED AND NOTIFIED of a Budget Public hearing to be he= ld on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 at 7:00 p.m. at Watertown High School Auditorium, 324 French Street, Watertown, Connecticut to hear commen= ts on the following Fiscal Year 2005-2006 budgets.

The Town Council proposes:

&nbs= p; A. Town General Fund………………………….= .$ 19,904,988

&nbs= p; B. School General Fund………………………….= 30,182,431

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; General Fund Total …………………………..$ 50,087,419

&nbs= p; C. Town Road Aid…………………………&#= 8230;…$ 120,328

&nbs= p; D. Water Operations………………………&#= 8230;…. = 1,393,724

&nbs= p; E. = Water Capital………………………̷= 0;……… 540,700

&nbs= p; F. = Water Extension………………………= 230;…… 125,000

&nbs= p; G. Sewer Operations………………………&#= 8230;….. &nb= sp; 1,974,768 =

&nbs= p; H. Sewer Capital………………………̷= 0;……… = 28,500

&nbs= p; I. &= nbsp; Sewer Extension………………………= 230;….. = 213,769

&nbs= p; J. &= nbsp; Water and Sewer Debt……………………̷= 0;. = 137,350

&nbs= p; K. Crestbrook Golf Operations…………………. = 859,372

&nbs= p; L. = Crestbrook Improvement Trust……………… = = 64,000

&nbs= p; M. Local Capital Improvement…………………. 161,3= 31

Copies of the proposed budgets will be available at the Budget Public Hearing and also may be picked up during business hours at the Town Hall Annex, 424 Main = Street, Town Hall, 37 DeForest Str= eet; Watertown Library 470 Main Street; and the Board of Education, 10 DeForest Street. Copies are also available at the P= olice Department, 195 French Str= eet at any time. &= nbsp;

Dated at Watertown, Connecticut this 20th day of April, 2005.

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; _____________________

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Robert J. Kane, Chairman

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Watertown Town Cou= ncil

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; RETURN OF NOTICE

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; TOWN OF WATERTOWN

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

I hereby certify that on = April 20, 2005, I left a duplicate copy of the attached Notice of Budget Public Hearing, Town of Watertown, Connecticut with Virginia Stewart its Town Clerk.

I further certify that on= April 20, 2005, I caused a copy of said Notice of Public Hearing to be published = in the Waterbury Republican American, which newspaper has a substantial circulation in said Town.

I further certify that on April= 20, 2005, I caused to be set upon the signpost or other exterior places nearest= the Office of the Town Clerk and all other places and signposts designated by t= he Town, a written copy of said Notice of Public Hearing signed by the Town Manager of the Town of Waterto= wn.

I further certify, that a= ll the above acts were done at least five (5) days before the holding of the Public Hearing on April 27, 2005

Dated at Waterto= wn, Connecticut this 20^{th<=
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= &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; _________________________

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Meredith S. Robson

&n= bsp; = ; &n= bsp; = ; &n= bsp; = ; Town Manager =

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; TOWN CLERK’S CERTIFICATION AS TO

&nb= sp; NOTI= CE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND RETURN OF NOTICE

I hereby certify that the attached Notice of Budget Public Hearing and the foregoing Return of Notice= of Budget Public Hearing are duly recorded in the records of the Town of Watertown, Connecticut and that Robert J. Kane was Chairman of the Town Cou= ncil on the date the Notice was signed and that Mere= dith S. Robson was Town Manager on the date the Return of Notice was signed.

Dated at Waterto= wn, Connecticut this 20^{th<=
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day of April, 2005.}

= &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; __________________________

= &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; Virginia Stewart, Town Clerk

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