Voters approve Region One 2025-26 budget

Voters approve Region One 2025-26 budget

Housatonic Valley Regional High School in Falls Village.

Photo by Riley Klein

FALLS VILLAGE — The Region One 2025-26 budget passed a referendum vote Tuesday, May 6 by a vote of 403-72.

All six Region One towns voted in favor of the budget proposal.

By town:

Cornwall: 49-12

Falls Village: 40-16

Kent: 90-17

North Canaan: 40-13

Salisbury: 135-3

Sharon: 49-11

The total for the Region One budget is $18,485,210, an increase of $794,882 or 4.49%.

The assessments for the towns will be:

Cornwall: $2,004,274 (a decrease of $20,611 or 1.12%).

Falls Village: $1,543,685 (an increase of $126,423 or 9.01%).

Kent: $2,611,729 (an increase of $84,818 or 3.7%).

North Canaan: $5,620,587 (an increase of $62,282 or 1.09%).

Salisbury: $4,781,092 (an increase of $373,081 or 8.93%).

Sharon: $1,923,842 (an increase of $168,889 or 10.49%).

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