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No Increases in State Funding Coming to Southington

The governor's proposed budget holds town funding at $22.32 million over the next two years, with most of the funding directed to Southington schools.

There won't be any decreases in state funding to the town of Southington in the next two years, according to a budget presented by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, but with most of the spending coming through an Educational Cost Sharing grant, the town will be forced to do more with less.

The governor addressed Connecticut's General Assembly Wednesday to announce the proposed budget, which calls for nearly $21.5 billion in spending in the 2013-14 fiscal year followed by a $22.3 billion budget the following year, and the news will have both positive and negative implications for the community.

State funding to the town of Southington will be held at $22.32 million, a chart showed, but there will be significant declines in some grants as more money comes to the Southington Board of Education.

You can find an entire breakdown of the entire budget here.

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For the town, the biggest losses will come by way of losses in the Manufacturing Transition grant and through the Municipal Revenue Sharing Bonus Pool. Combined, the town will be looking to replace $1 million in revenue.

Some of that will be offset, however, by the introduction of a "Hold Harmless" grant designed to provide aid to help recover costs of some of the lost grants. According to the governor's proposal, the town will receive $870,668 in 2014 and $783,289 in 2015.

Check out the complete chart for further details on what Cheshire will receive:

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SOUTHINGTON FY 13 Actual FY 14 Gov. Rec. Change from FY 13 FY 15 Gov. Rec. Change from FY 13 PILOT: State-Owned Real Property
$32,147 --- ($32,147) --- ($32,147) PILOT: Private Colleges & Hospitals $135,495 $137,252 $1,757 $137,252 $1,757 Mashantucket Pequot & Mohegan Grant $151,596 --- ($151,596) --- ($151,596) Town Aid Road
$260,945 $521,891 $260,945 $521,891 $260,945 Local Capital Improvement Program (LoCIP) $279,853 $431,449 $151,596 $431,449 $151,596 Public School Pupil Transportation $167,026 --- ($167,026) --- ($167,026) Non-Public School
$37,634 $39,897 ($2,263) $39,897 ($2,263) Adult Education
$18,007 $12,391 ($5,616) $12,398 ($5,609) Education Cost Sharing Grant
$20,191,195 $20,310,763 $119,568 $20,398,135 $206,940 Priority School Districts
--- --- --- --- --- DECD/DOH: Tax Abatement --- --- --- --- --- DECD/DOH:PILOT --- --- --- --- --- Manufacturing Transition Grant
$651,385 --- ($651,385) --- ($651,385) Municipal Revenue Sharing Bonus Pool $399,026 --- ($399,026) --- ($399,026) Hold Harmless Grant --- $870,668 $870,668 $783,289 $783,289 TOTAL $22,324,311 $22,324,311 --- $22,324,311 ---

"We all agree that we need to keep spending in check, despite rising health care costs and other long-term obligations. This budget lives within our means and within our spending cap," Malloy said Wednesday.

For more on Malloy's budget, including the speech he made to members of the Connecticut General assembly, click the link provided.

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