City of Norwalk Hosting Budget Public Hearing for FY 2025-26

The City of Norwalk is hosting a hybrid Budget Public Hearing ahead of the development of the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Operating and Capital Budgets on Monday, Sept. 23 at 6 p.m. in the Common Council Chambers at Norwalk City Hall and virtually via Zoom.

[Find more information about how to participate in the public hearing at the end of this story.]

Representatives from Norwalk Public Schools will be participating on the panel to hear ideas and comments from members of the public about next year’s budget. The panel will also include city officials who play a role in the development of the city’s Operating and Capital Budgets including:

• Mayor Harry Rilling
• Darlene Young, Common Council President
• Greg Burnett, Chair of the Finance and Claims Committee of the Common Council
• Dr. Alexandra Estrella, Superintendent of Schools
• Lunda Asmani, Chief Financial Officer for Norwalk Public Schools
• Diana Carpio, Chair of the Board of Education
• Ed Abrams, Chair of the Board of Estimate and Taxation
• Louis Shulman, Chair of the Planning & Zoning Commission
• Jared Schmitt, Chief Financial Officer for the City of Norwalk.

Norwalk Public Schools and the City of Norwalk invite the general public to attend the meeting and lend their voices to the budget conversation as we begin the development process. Hearing your feedback early will give us a greater understanding of where our community wants to invest and how we can best support the community. 

We invite the Norwalk Public Schools community to participate in the hearing and share with us what the city and the school district should be addressing in the upcoming budget cycle before preliminary budgets are presented.

The establishment of a Budget Public Hearing ahead of the development of the Operating and Capital Budgets each year is part of the City of Norwalk’s new charter which included several new provisions that establish a framework for the development of the city’s budget including the city providing more opportunities for public participation during the budget process.

Please see below for how to participate in the Sept. 23, 2024 budget public hearing.

Agenda: Not yet available. Check the City of Norwalk’s Operating and Capital Budgets website: https://apps.norwalkct.org/meetingboard/committee/80

Location: Norwalk Common Council Chambers, 3rd Floor, 125 East Ave. in Norwalk

How to participate via Zoom:

Click this link to log into the meeting: https://norwalkct-org.zoom.us/j/85458234294

Webinar ID: 854 5823 4294

Password: N/A

Dial In: 646-558-8656

Watch the livestream (no public participation): City of Norwalk YouTube Channel

For those who can’t attend but would like to submit written testimony, please email Tom Ellis, the City’s Director of Management & Budgets, at tellis@norwalkct.gov by 12 p.m. on Monday, September 23.

For any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the City of Norwalk’s Customer Service Center at (203) 854-3200 or customerservice@norwalkct.gov.