Coventry Voters Approves Town Budget

Coventry RI

11 June, 2021

3:08 PM

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COVENTRY, RI — Coventry voters approved a new town budget during Thursday's all-day referendum. The budget was passed 1404 votes to 1262. By district, the votes break down as follows: DistrictApprove RejectDistrict 1271353District 2406234District 3233219District 4177194District 5317 262 The $111,763,164 budget includes funding for both town services and the school department, broken down as follows: Municipal services Police department, public works, library, parks and recreation, human services, other government departments$31.2 millionFunded by taxes, federal and state aid School department $48.6 million from tax revenues$26.7 million from state aidTotal budget: $75.4 million Bond payments (principal and interest) $5.1 million from taxes, interest earnings and state aid