Editing Weston, Connecticut (section)

===Budget and taxes===
For the fiscal year of 2023-2024, the Town of Weston’s net budget is about $80-million.  About 73% of the town’s budget is spent on the Weston Public Schools.<ref>
{{cite web |url=https://www.westonct.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/10019/638174402733000000 |title=Annual Town Budget Meeting, Fiscal Year 2023-2024 |publisher=Town of Weston |access-date=July 2, 2023}}
</ref> Weston raises taxes on the basis of property value.  With real estate assessed at 70% of market value, the [[mill rate]] evolved as follows:

{| class="wikitable" style="display: inline-table;"
|-
! Fiscal year
! Mill rate
|-
| 2004–2005
| 24.07*
|-
| 2005–2006
| 26.21*
|-
| 2005–2007
| 27.04*
|-
| 2007–2008
| 27.81*
|-
| 2008–2009
| 28.58*
|-
| 2009–2010
| 28.90*
|-
| 2010–2011
| 29.21*
|-
| 2011–2012
| 29.31*
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="display: inline-table;"
|-
! Fiscal year
! Mill rate
|-
| 2012–2013
| 29.41*
|-
| 2013–2014
| 29.25*
|-
| 2014–2015
| 30.02* 
|-
| 2015–2016
| 30.48*
|-
| 2016–2017
| 30.36*
|-
| 2017-2018
| 30.73* 
|-
| 2018-2019
| 31.24*
|-
| 2019-2020
| 32.37<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lwvweston.org/budget.html |title=What happened in the process of developing FY'20's budgets? |access-date=June 30, 2019 |quote=Board of Finance sets FY'20 mill rate: 32.37 }}</ref>
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="display: inline-table;"
|-
! Fiscal year
! Mill rate
|-
| 2020–2021
| 32.37<ref>{{cite web |url=https://westontoday.news/articles/200609-finance |title=No Mill Rate Increase, Budgets Approved |date=June 9, 2020 |quote=In a 4–3 vote on Thursday evening, Weston's Board of Finance left the mill rate unchanged and approved the Town and Board of Education operating budget requests as presented. |publisher=Weston Today |access-date=June 16, 2020}}
</ref>
|-
| 2021–2022
| 32.92<ref>{{ cite web |url=https://www.westonct.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/5272/637558083773500000 |title=Town of Weston, Budget History |date=May 6, 2021 |publisher=Town of Weston |access-date=July 2, 2021}}
</ref>
|-
| 2022–2023
| 32.97<ref>{{ cite web |url=https://westontoday.news/articles/220510-update |title=Update: Mill Rate |date=May 10, 2022 |publisher=Weston Today |access-date=July 3, 2022}}
</ref>
|-
| 2023–2024
| 33.06<ref>{{ cite web |url=https://westontoday.news/articles/230506-mill-rate |title=Finance Board Sets Mill Rate |date=May 6, 2023 |publisher=Weston Today |access-date=July 2, 2023}}
</ref>
|}

To make the mill rates comparable, the asterisked numbers are adjusted to account for the real estate revaluation of 2018-2019.  The revaluation decreased the grand list by 6.3 percent.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.weston-today.com/articles/190131-grandlist |title=Grand List Falls |access-date=February 10, 2019 |quote=After a 2018 town-wide revaluation, Weston’s Grand List — the total taxable value of properties in town — has fallen 6.3 percent, according to figures presented to the Board of Selectmen and Board of Finance at a joint meeting on January 28th.}} The unadjusted mill rates are: 28.24 (2014-2015), 28.67 (2015-2016), 28.56 (2016-2017), 28.91 (2017-2018), and 29.39 (2018-2019).</ref> The numbers for 2013-2014 and prior years are also adjusted for revaluations in 2014 and 2009, respectively.<ref>The 2014 revaluation caused a 12.43 percent decrease in the grand list. Source: The Weston Forum, 2014-01-30, ''2013 grand list shrinks by 12.43%.''  The unadjusted mill rates are: 23.61 (2009-2010), 23.86 (2010-2011), 23.94 (2011-2012), 24.02 (2012-2013), and 23.89 (2013-2014).</ref><ref>"Because of [the 2009] revaluation, the grand list (the total assessed value of taxable property in town) will change by 3.67%.  However, the 'normalized' grand list – what the change would have been if the town had not done a revaluation this year – is just a 0.75% increase."  Source: The Weston Forum, 2009-02-05, ''Officials expect the mill rate to dip.''  The 2.92 percent adjustment is the difference between 3.67 percent and 0.75 percent.  The unadjusted mill rates are: 20.25 (2004-2005), 22.05 (2005-2006), 22.75 (2006-2007), 23.39 (2007-2008), and 24.05 (2008-2009).</ref>