Ansonia tax board OKs $5,700 for Economic Development Commission bicycle festival

By Jean Falbo-Sosnovich
Register Correspondent
ANSONIA — Funding for a number of initiatives proposed by the Economic Development Commission, including creating a website, and facelifts for downtown storefronts, will have to wait a little longer.
While the Board of Apportionment and Taxation on Monday approved a transfer of $5,700 for the EDC’s bicycle festival scheduled for June 3, it deferred discussion on the EDC’s request to transfer the entire $80,000 remaining for several other initiatives.
The discussion will continue at the tax board’s budget workshop scheduled for 7 p.m. April 30 at City Hall.
Following the death of former Economic Development Director Claude Perry last year, there is $80,000 remaining in the EDC’s budget for salary. The EDC requested the tax board transfer the entire amount for various initiatives before the money went back into the city’s general fund.

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