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Ox Ridge Hunt Club 911-04-16

Selectmen on Verge of Buying 16+ Acres From Ox Ridge Hunt Club [UPDATED]

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Original article: 4:39 p.m., Friday: Darien town government may buy about 16.3 acres of land from Ox Ridge Hunt Club, according to an item on the agenda for Monday night’s Board of Selectmen meeting. — NOW UPDATED below, with information from First Selectman Jayme Stevenson —

Not much information on the possible sale could be gathered late Friday afternoon, after this item was found on the board’s meeting agenda, just published on the town government website:
Discuss and Take Action on a Resolution for the purchase of 16.296 +/- acres of land from the Ox Ridge Hunt Club, Inc. at 512 Middlesex Road and Authorizing the Issuance of Bonds, Notes or Other Obligations of the Town to Meet Said Appropriation
Among the questions not yet known publicly: the price of the land, where it is on the Ox Ridge Hunt Club property, why the club is willing to sell it to the town, what the land would be or might be used for. First Selectman Jayme Stevenson was not immediately available for comment shortly after 4 p.m. [see update below]. Town Administrator Kathleen Buch was not in the office, and a receptionist at the Ox Ridge Hunt Club said an official there was not expected to be available until Monday. An executive session of the Board of Selectmen is scheduled for 6:15 p.m., before the public meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday.

Government & Politics
2016-2017 Selectmens Budget

Selectmen Propose Budget with 4.49% Lower Spending Than This Year

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The Board of Selectmen on Wednesday unanimously approved a 2016-2017 budget for town departments, capital projects and debt service that would lower next year’s overall spending (except for school spending) by 4.49 percent. The selectmen’s spending plan — a total of $47 million — does not include the Board of Education budget, which is about two-thirds of all town spending. That budget, just passed Tuesday night, proposes an increase of 3.44 percent in education spending. The education and selectmen budgets now go before the Board of Finance and the Representative Town Meeting for final approval. Those bodies will consider the 1 percent rise in the town tax base that will be used to calculate the rates for town property taxes and other local taxes.