City to vote on $46M budget for 2025

The Shelton City Council will vote to approve a budget of almost $46 million for 2025 at its regular meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Shelton Civic Center.

Everyone is welcome to comment on the proposed budget during a public hearing. The council gave preliminary approval to the budget at its Nov. 5 meeting.

The proposed budget totals $45,902,596, with a general fund appropriation of $16,789,551. The state requires that the budget be approved by the end of the year.

The proposed 2025 budget is a $1.9 million increase, or 4.3%, more than the adopted 2024 general fund budget.

The city’s proposed $45,902,596 budget include $16,829,551 for the general fund, $2,377,749 for the street fund, $535,000 for the Transportation Benefit District, $23,000 for general resources, $97,000 for tourism funds, $181,300 for the bond fund, $6,017,072 for the capital improvement fund, $4,233,864 for the water fund, $8,452,254 for the sewer fund, $50,000 for the solid waste fund, $2,263,176 for the storm drainage fund, $763,500 for the water capital fund, $1,303,500 for the sewer capital fund, $272,500 for the storm drainage capital fund, $160,350 for the payroll benefits fund, $1,260,668 for the equipment rental fund, $80,600 for the firefighters’ pension fund, $30,000 for the library endowment fund, and $971,512 for real estate excise tax.