Jason L. McCoy

Who is Jason L. McCoy?

Jason L. McCoy is the former Mayor of Vernon, Connecticut, and a trial lawyer. In 2009, McCoy was elected to his first term in 2007. McCoy was re-elected as mayor. He had served on the Vernon Town Council and was the Deputy Mayor of Vernon from 2005 to 2007. In 2009, McCoy was one of six mayors in Connecticut chosen by the Governor M. Jodi Rell to work closely with state officials and lawmakers to identify savings and recommend mandate relief to help close Connecticut's state budget shortfall. Mayor McCoy served as mayor of a municipality that holds town meetings to pass the mayor's yearly proposed municipal budget, which can then be sent to referendum for approval by privately cast ballot. During Jason L. McCoy’s two terms as Mayor of Vernon Jason L. McCoy proposed and passed four municipal budgets. The Town of Vernon municipal budgets during Jason L. McCoy’s terms as Mayor resulted in the municipal tax rate or mil rate needed to fund the municipal budget being reduced in the 2008-2009, 2009-2010 budgets, the 2010-2011 tax rate or mil rate remained the same.