Days after Winchester residents approved the town taking out a loan to keep open schools that were in danger of closing next month, town officials will be deciding whether to issue additional tax bills.
Last week, residents of the Winsted section of Winchester decided the town should take out a multi-million dollar bank loan to keep its schools open past December.
Tonight, the Board of Selectmen will determine whether supplemental tax bills will be sent out at the start of 2014. The tax would help generate $2 million, officials said.
The town's financial crisis points back to Henry Centrella Jr., Winchester's former finance director.
Last year, state police arrested him on multiple larceny charges after a town audit revealed that $2 million had gone unaccounted for between January 2008 and November 2012.
In September, the local school board asked the state to investigate whether the town was meeting its obligations to its students, according to the Register Citizen.
State law requires the town to provide its school system with at least the same amount of funding as last year – currently $19,958,149, the Register Citizen reports.
At its October meeting, the Board of Education voted unanimously to move forward with state proceedings against the school district.
The town has insurance but has only received payment on one policy.
The Board of Selectmen meeting starts at 7 p.m.
