Your Tax Dollars at Play [Video]

Mayor Richard A. Moccia said in an interview taped Thursday that he expected his biggest concern this week would be the state budget, which is unsettled and from which aid to cities and towns may be slashed.

Decisions will have to be made about taxing and spending by the early May deadline for the city budget and tax rates, but the city may have to make those decisions without knowing how many millions of dollars the state will grant this year, Moccia said.

Moccia mentioned a Board of Education meeting, but that meeting, previously scheduled for Tuesday, has since been cancelled.

Moccia mentioned some considerations in hiring police officers: Officers that have been laid off by some other town or city police department can save the city money if it hires them—because the city won't have to pay the expense of sending the new officers to the state police academy.

This is the schedule of upcoming meetings (in Norwalk City Hall, 125 East Ave., unless otherwise noted):

Monday, April 18

Traffic Authority (Norwalk Police Commission) 4 p.m., Norwalk Police Department, 1 Monroe St.

Police Commission, 4:15 p.m., Norwalk Police Depatrment

Water Pollution Control Authority, 5:30 p.m., Room 231

Tuesday, April 19

Fire Commission, 5 p.m., Norwalk Fire Department headquarters, Charles A. Volk Central Fire Station, 121 Connecticut Ave.

Ordinance Committee of the Common Council, 8 p.m., Room 231 (public hearing followed by regular meeting)

Application Review Committee, 7:30 p.m., Room 220, Planning & Zoning Conference Room

Harbor Management Commission, 7:30 p.m., Room 220, Planning & Zoning Conference Room

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

ITT Committee, 3 p.m., Room 231

Recreation, Parks & Cultural Affairs Committee of the Common Council, public hearing followed by a regular meeting, 7 p.m., Room 231

Zoning Commission, 7:30 p.m., Common Council Chambers

Thursday, April 21

Human Relations Commission, 6:30 p.m., Room 231

Keep Norwalk Beautiful, 7 p.m., Norwalk Police Department headquarters, 1 Monroe St.

Oak Hills Golf Authority, 7:30 p.m., Room 101