Middletown

What the city spends to run itself and where the money comes from.

Operating budget, FY26

Salaries, services and running costs for a year (July 2025 to June 2026), as adopted.

Operating budget
$206M

+$4.9M (+2.4%) on FY25

Paid for by property tax
73%

of $206M in revenue

Mill rate
31.70

dollars of property tax per $1,000 of assessed value; 30.01 in FY25

Where the money comes from

  • Property tax$150M 73%
  • State of Connecticut$40M 19%
  • Everything else$15M 7%
  • Reserves (fund balance)$1.4M 1%

Where it goes

  • Education$103M +2.0%
  • Everything else$81M +4.5%
  • Debt service$22M −2.6%
  • Contingency$20K no change

Change on FY25.

All 4 parts
LineFY26Change
Education$103M+2.0%
Everything else$81M+4.5%
Debt service$22M−2.6%
Contingency$20Kno change

From the Office of Policy and Management’s summary of adopted municipal budgets, as the town reports its adopted budget to the state; checked daily.