Cromwell Board of Finance Recommends $42.5 Million School Budget in 6-0 Vote
Board of Finance · Meeting of April 2, 2026
Cromwell Board of Finance unanimously recommended a $42,482,767 Board of Education operating budget and approved $30,000 for a community festival at a special April 2 meeting. Chair John Ireland presided over a session that lasted past 10 p.m. and covered nine school capital projects, totaling more than $406,000, plus a rapid series of town departmental appropriations. The school budget's largest single driver is a roughly $1.07 million jump in health insurance costs after the district switched to the State Partnership Plan following quotes from six carriers; Finance Director Chris reported Cigna sought a 32.86 percent increase and Anthem 31.77 percent before the State Partnership Plan's 23.71 percent rate was accepted.
Outgoing Superintendent Dr. Macri, in what she called her final budget appearance after seven years, told the board that stripping out the insurance increase leaves the rest of the budget at roughly 2 percent growth. Member Steven Wygonowski, who chairs the community events committee, presented a detailed festival budget projecting $44,000 in revenues against tight expenses for a late-September celebration of Cromwell's 175th anniversary, with the board leaving open the possibility of supplemental funding if sponsorships fall short of the $55,650 committed or pledged to date.
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Source: the Board of Finance meeting of April 2, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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