City of Ansonia Question 1 — Charter Section 43: budget submission date and referendum timeline (Naugatuck Valley Planning Region)

What it does

Shall Section 43 of the City of Ansonia Charter be amended to require that the Mayor submit a proposed fiscal-year budget to the Board of Apportionment and Taxation no later than the second Monday in March each year and if a public referendum is necessary shall the timeline for the public referendum be changed to no more than fourteen calendar days and no less than ten calendar days after approval by the Board of Aldermen?

A YES vote means

Ansonia's mayor would have to submit the proposed budget by the second Monday in March, and any budget referendum would be held 10 to 14 days after the Board of Aldermen approves it.

A NO vote means

Section 43 of the charter would not change, and the budget submission date and referendum timeline would stay as they are.

Needed to pass

A simple majority: more than half of the YES and NO votes on this measure must be YES. Leaving it blank doesn't count either way.

Left–right lean

Not a left–right issue: a procedural or local question that liberals and conservatives don't typically split on (AI read of the official ballot summary).

The YES and NO lines are SpectrumVote's plain-language reading of the official text above; the official text is what you vote on.

Official text: source

Background

The Charter Revision Commission's report to the Board of Aldermen, stamped received by the city clerk in August 2026, recommended changes to three charter sections: Section 43 (annual budget process), Section 129 (fire department) and Section 130 (superintendent of fire alarm system).

In the report's redline of Section 43, the deadline for the mayor's proposed budget moves from the second Monday in February to the second Monday in March, and the Board of Apportionment and Taxation and Board of Aldermen deadlines each move back about one month.

The same redline lengthens the window for holding a budget referendum from 5 days to 14 calendar days after Board of Aldermen approval.

The report also proposed changing the budget-referendum trigger from a 3% increase in net taxes to an increase in expenses above 4%; that change appears on the ballot as a separate question (Question 2), according to the state's sample ballot.

Put on the ballot by Ansonia Board of Aldermen (vote and date not found on the city site).

From official source 1, official source 2, official source 3.

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Also on Naugatuck Valley Planning Region ballots

• City of Ansonia Question 2 — Budget referendum when spending rises 4% or more
• City of Ansonia Question 3 — Charter Section 129: Fire Chief and Board of Fire Commissioners
• City of Ansonia Question 4 — Charter Section 130: eliminate Superintendent of Fire Alarms
• Town of Cheshire Question 1 — $1,100,000 bonds for a replacement salt shed
• Town of Cheshire Question 2 — $2,350,000 bonds for the Road Improvement Program
• Town of Cheshire Question 3 — $1,375,000 bonds for Dickerman Road reconstruction
• Town of Cheshire Question 4 — $1,000,000 bonds for land acquisition
• Town of Cheshire Question 5 — $875,000 bonds for Cheshire High School loading dock area
• Town of Oxford Question 1 — 2026 Charter Revision

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Quick answers

What does a YES vote on City of Ansonia Question 1 mean?

Ansonia's mayor would have to submit the proposed budget by the second Monday in March, and any budget referendum would be held 10 to 14 days after the Board of Aldermen approves it.

What does a NO vote on City of Ansonia Question 1 mean?

Section 43 of the charter would not change, and the budget submission date and referendum timeline would stay as they are.

How many votes does City of Ansonia Question 1 need to pass?

A simple majority: more than half of the YES and NO votes on this measure must be YES. Leaving it blank doesn't count either way.

Should I vote yes or no on City of Ansonia Question 1?

SpectrumVote doesn't endorse anyone or tell you how to vote. Read what a YES and a NO vote each do, and the official text, then decide based on what you want to happen.

When is the vote?

The general election was Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Counts are unofficial until each state certifies its results over the following weeks; your state or county election office has the official results.