Board of Finance
The Board of Finance is responsible for overseeing the Town's finances, budget process, and for recommending the town and school district budgets to the annual budget referendum . Following approval of the budgets by the voters, the Board of Finance sets the annual tax Mill Rate for use in calculating property taxes. The town and school districts operate on a fiscal year running from July 1 to the subsequent June 30.
2026 Meeting Schedule
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Draft Capital Budget Guidelines - Available for Comment
The Board of Finance is considering the adoption of procedural guidelines for the preparation of the annual Capital Budget for the Town of Ridgefield. These are intended to provide guidance to the Board of Selectpersons and Board of Education in their submission of Capital Budget requests, as well as to facilitate evaluation and consideration of such requests by the Board of Finance and the voters. These guidelines are intended to be procedural only -- they are intended to supplement the provisions of the Town Charter governing the development of the capital budget, and do not change any aspects of the actual approval process by town voters.
The Board of Finance is considering the adoption of procedural guidelines for the preparation of the annual Capital Budget for the Town of Ridgefield. These are intended to provide guidance to the Board of Selectpersons and Board of Education in their submission of Capital Budget requests, as well as to facilitate evaluation and consideration of such requests by the Board of Finance and the voters. These guidelines are intended to be procedural only -- they are intended to supplement the provisions of the Town Charter governing the development of the capital budget, and do not change any aspects of the actual approval process by town voters.
A copy of the current discussion draft is attached here. We encourage the public to review the draft and to provide comments. Comments can be submitted by email via this link: [email protected], or by mailing written comments to Ridgefield Board of Finance, Town Hall, 400 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT 06877. We encourage you to provide comments by October 13, in advance of the BOF's next discussion of this topic at its regular October 20 meeting.
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The Board is composed of five members who are elected to staggered four-year terms.
Board Members
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Mike Rettger | Chair |
| Dave Ulmer | Vice Chair |
| Greg Kabasakalian | |
| Andrew Okrongly | |
| Joseph Shapiro |