Darien Finance Board Chairman Speaks on Town, State Budget Issues

Jon Zagrodzky, chairman of the Town of Darien Board of Finance, will talk about the impact of state-level budget challenges at the Darien Men’s Association meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017.  The town’s annual budget is $140 million. He also will comment on broader governance issues for Darien and the state of Connecticut. Jon said, “There will be as much levity and irreverence as a discussion of these topics permits.”  He has been a Board of Finance member since 2008. He also serves on Darien’s Town and Police Pension boards and the Public Works Garage Building Committee.

Jon Zagrodzky Darien Mens Club talk 12-16-17

Darien Finance Board Chairman Speaks to Men’s Club Wednesday on Town, State Budget Issues

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Jon Zagrodzky, chairman of the Town of Darien Board of Finance, will talk about the impact of state-level budget challenges at the Darien Men’s Association on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017.  The town’s annual budget is $140 million. He also will comment on broader governance issues for Darien and the state of Connecticut. Jon said, “There will be as much levity and irreverence as a discussion of these topics permits.”  He has been a Board of Finance member since 2008. He also serves on Darien’s Town and Police Pension boards and the Public Works Garage Building Committee.

Jon Zagrodzky Darien Mens Club talk 12-16-17

Finance Board Chairman to Speak at Darien Men’s Club Wednesday

Jon Zagrodzky, chairman of the Town of Darien Board of Finance, will talk about the impact of state-level budget challenges at the Darien Men’s Association on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017.  The town’s annual budget is $140 million. He also will comment on broader governance issues for Darien and the state of Connecticut. Jon said, “There will be as much levity and irreverence as a discussion of these topics permits.”  He has been a Board of Finance member since 2008. He also serves on Darien’s Town and Police Pension boards and the Public Works Garage Building Committee.

Finance Board Chairman Zagrodzky on the Town Budget’s Pressures, Risks, Strengths

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If Hartford cuts Darien’s last remaining big grant or imposes mandates on the town that are unknown so far, Darien has fiscal resources to either avoid tax increases or minimize them, Board of Finance Chairman Jon Zagrodzky told the Representative Meeting on Monday. Zagrodzky spoke Monday before the RTM took various votes on different parts of the town budget and on town taxes. In the end, after various discussions and debates, the RTM passed the same budget that the Board of Finance had approved back in April. Here’s Zagrodzky’s full statement to the RTM, as prepared:

Good evening. I appreciate the opportunity to address you tonight about the budget.