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This is NOT the adopted general-fund budget used elsewhere on this site: OPM totals are gross of grant pass-throughs (ESSER, Title I, IDEA, food service) and therefore run several million dollars higher for Stonington. The two series are not interchangeable.", "self_reporting_note": "OPM compiled the figures itself through FY 2019; from FY 2020 forward municipalities self-report their own audited data.", "revaluation_note": "Nominal mill rates step down when a town revalues. Use equalized_mill_rate for comparisons across towns or across time. Revaluation grand list years for Stonington: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2022.", "coverage": "FY 2013-14 through FY 2022-23. 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