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In a vote of 546-276, Easton residents approved a $42,943,005 annual budget for the fiscal year 2015-16. This total includes Easton’s share of the Region 9 school budget.
For Regional School District 9, which includes both towns, voters approved $23,143,685 as the 2015-16 operating budget of the school district. Easton’s share is $10,808,101, where the approval was 537-285 votes. Redding’s share is $12,335,584, where voters approved the measure 1,022 to 548.
Voters in both towns also approved spending $1,040,647 and authorizing bonds and temporary notes in the same amount to replace the roof at Joel Barlow High School. Easton’s share equals 45.9 percent or $477,657, where voters approved the measure 595 to 225. Redding’s share equals 54.1 percent or $562,990, where the vote to approve was 1,146 to 424.
In Redding, the town budget of $47,796,002 was approved by a vote of 980 to 589.
Redding voters also approved a number of improvements at the town's schools by a vote of 1,136 to 431. The expenditure of $1,950,071 will be funded by short-term borrowing pending long-term financing. The projects are:
- At Redding Elementary School and John Read Middle School: Parking lot paving and curb replacement, $1,126,259
- At Redding Elementary School: Upgrade electrical service in 1948 and 1957 wings, $300,000
- At Redding Elementary School: Replace front entrance sidewalks and west wing steps, add security entrance, $224,112
- At John Read Middle School: Replace bleachers, refinish gym floor, replace wall padding, $150,000
- At both: Heating/Cooling/Ventilation System Engineering Design, $149,700
But voters turned down a plan to spend $660,000 to convert the Redding Community Center Field No. 2 to a turf field, 517 to 1,050.
A plan to approve spending $123,000 to replace the Police Communication Tower passed, 870-681.
But a plan to spend $47,000 for a shelter/pavilion at the Redding Community Center fields was defeated, 671-885.
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