With a 5.23 budget increase looming overhead, Windsor Locks voters sent a clear message to town officials Tuesday, rejecting the town's adopted budget plan weeks after a petition forced a referendum.
The budget failed by more than 300 votes Tuesday.
Included in the failed budget — a spending plan of just over $47 million — was a 4.8-percent tax increase brought on by sizeable funding increased in multiple departments.
The police department was approved for an 18-percent increase, backed by an initiative to curb crime in town.
Additionally, board of education increased by more than $1.3 million under the finance committee's spending plan, an increase of more than 25 percent.
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