February 5, 2010

PLEASE DELIVER IMMEDIATELY TO MAYOR, FIRST SELECTMAN,

CITY/TOWN MANAGER & FINANCE DIRECTOR
** REVISED: Due to a programming fault in the formula’s,
the percentages did not display accurately. Sorry for any inconvenience. **

FY 2010-11 GOVERNOR’S PROPOSED BUDGET IMPACT ON:

New Haven
Governor Rell today made her budget proposals for the 2010-2011 fiscal year. CCM’s preliminary analysis of the
budget proposal indicates:

The Governor proposed no changes in the following areas:

ECS (no change for most towns), Special Education – Excess Cost, Priority School Districts, School
Readiness, Adult Education, Pequot-Mohegan, PILOT – State (no change for most towns), PILOT- College
& Hospitals, DECD Housing PILOT and Tax Abatement grants, TAR, and LoCIP.

NOTE: EVEN THOUGH STATEWIDE FIGURES ARE LEVEL-FUNDED, SOME MUNICIPALITIES MAY RECEIVE MORE
OR LESS THAN THIS FISCAL YEAR BECAUSE OF CHANGES IN DATA ELEMENTS UNDER THAT PARTICULAR
PROGRAM.

Changes include reductions to:

School Transportation - 10% reduction (both public and private schools) ($5.1 M), Magnet Schools -
Reduction of $1.5 M, School-based health clinics - Reduction of $1.5 M, “Non-Sheff” Interdistrict
Cooperation - Reduction of $3 M, and Manufacturer’s PILOT - $4.4 M cut – municipalities “eat” any tax
loss

The Governor also proposed a new $10 million fund for “municipal shared equipment purchases”.

Mandates relief proposals would:

Prohibit new unfunded mandates without 2/3 vote of both chambers of the General Assembly,
Allow posting of legal notices on the internet in lieu of newspapers,
Relieve municipalities of the responsibility for possessions of evicted tenants,
Postpone “in-school suspension” law,
Limit record-keeping for certain municipal records to 15 years,
End of treble damages penalty for ZEO enforcement, and
Provide for municipal pension reform through development of an alternative benefits plan.

The Governor proposed no change from current law in the “raise the age” requirements.

The Governor made no proposal concerning the present rates of the municipal real estate conveyance tax.
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CCM 02/10
 Below is CCM’s revised preliminary analysis of the impacts of the
Governor’s proposed changes to statutory formula grant programs on:

New Haven
Change
Current Year Adopted Budget
Adopted Governor’s (FY2009-10) compared to (FY2010-11) compared to
Current Year Budget Proposal for Governor’s Proposed Governor’s Proposed
Grant: (FY 2009-10) (FY 2010-11) FY 2010-11 (FY2010-11) (FY2010-11)
($) ($) ($) ($) (%) ($) (%)

EDUCATION
Adult
Education $2,838,566 $2,607,646 $2,838,323 $- 243 0.0% $230,677 8.8%

ECS Grant $142,509,525 $142,509,525 $142,509,525 $ 0 0.0% $ 0 0.0%

Non-public
School
Transportation $259,806 $252,167 $214,091 $-45,715 -17.6% $-38,076 -15.1%
Public School
Transportation $3,380,543 $3,880,270 $3,037,912 $-342,631 -10.1% $-842,358 -21.7%
Sub-Total:
Education $148,988,440 $149,249,608 $148,599,851 $-388,589 - 0.3% $-649,757 - 0.4%

NON-
EDUCATION
Local Capital
Improvement $1,901,108 $1,678,216 $1,901,108 $ 0 0.0% $222,892 13.3%
Pequot-
Mohegan
Grant $7,731,242 $7,651,117 $7,323,486 $-407,756 - 5.3% $-327,631 - 4.3%
PILOT:
Colleges &
Hospitals $37,071,688 $36,306,563 $34,234,458 $-2,837,230 - 7.7% $-2,072,105 - 5.7%
PILOT: State-
owned
Property $4,386,317 $4,386,317 $4,390,033 $3,716 0.1% $3,716 0.1%
Town Aid
Road Grant $610,471 $613,026 $610,471 $ 0 0.0% $-2,555 - 0.4%
SUB-TOTAL:
NON-
EDUCATION $51,700,826 $50,635,239 $48,459,556 $-3,241,270 - 6.3% $-2,175,683 - 4.3%

TOTAL:
EDUCATION
& NON-
EDUCATION $200,689,266 $199,884,847 $197,059,407 $-3,629,859 - 1.8% $-2,825,440 - 1.4%

Some grants are not listed because town-by-town amounts are not currently available.

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If you have any questions, please call Jim Finley, Gian-Carl Casa of CCM at (203) 498-3000.

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