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Madison, CT voters passed the revised 2010-2011 town budget on Tuesday, after having voted down two prior budget proposals.
The $19,878,581 budget, a 1.36 percent increase over the 2009-2010 budget, was passed by 151 votes, 1,245 to 1,094.
Residents rejected a proposed budget of $20, 343, 679 on June 14, a budget that had been pared by $378,000 after it failed in the first referendum on May 18. Voters approved an education budget of $50,336, 184 at the second referendum after defeating the original proposal of $50,472,164.
The budget proposal approved Tuesday includes savings achieved by eliminating the director of senior services position, delaying the hiring of a new police officer, delaying the opening of the senior center, and cutting back other maintenance and capital improvement projects.
The 1.36 percent increase was driven largely by the costs of the new senior center and ambulance garage, and the recent purchase of the Griswold Airport property.