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Town Talk
By Mayor Ron Dancer
June 6, 2010
No Tax Increase Budget Adopted
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Since
2007, the cumulative loss in state aid to the municipal budget has been more
than $675,000. Among the many reductions, the 2010 municipal budget reflects one
(1) layoff of a full-time employee in the Construction Department; wage and
salary freezes; furloughs (days without pay); and the closing of the Municipal
Building's administrative offices on the third Friday of each month.
The
final adoption of the municipal budget is expected to occur prior to the end of
June, when the State budget passes the Legislature and signed by the Governor.
Once the State adopts its budget, the Ocean County Board of Taxation will
certify the amount of taxes to be raised in each Municipality and give
authorization for the new property tax bills to be printed and mailed. Residents
should receive their new property tax bills in the early part of July, if the
State budget is passed by the end of June.
The
municipal government portion of the property tax bill is approximately 7% of a
total property tax bill and is the only portion totally controlled by the Mayor
and Township Committee.
The other 93% consists of school taxes, county taxes and
fire district taxes. At this point in time, the Township can only provide
residents with an "unofficial estimate" as to the total amount for the 2010
property tax bills to be mailed in July.
An unofficial estimate of the 2010 total property tax bill is
based upon the following information. (1) No tax increase in the Township
Committee's municipal government portion of the property tax bill. (2) The
Township Committee reduced the proposed total school tax increase from nearly 5%
down to 2% . (3) The Township Committee reduced the fire district tax increase
to one-half of one percent. (4) Ocean
County government taxes, including the
county Health Department and
county
Library, are estimated to
increase one-half of one percent. Given these estimates, the entire property tax
bill in Plumsted
Township should not
increase by more than 3% for everything.
The
State-wide average for total property tax bills is $7,281. With a 3% increase in
2010, the average for all Plumsted
Township total property
tax bills should be $5,875 or $1,406 below the State average. The average
residential home's assessed value in Plumsted Township
is $384,000.
The
Mayor encourages residents to contact him anytime with questions, suggestions or
concerns at 758-3497 Home / 758-2241 x 102 Township / email
r.s.dancer@att.net.
Meet
personally with the Mayor at the Library on the second Wednesday of each month
(June 9) from 7 to 9 pm to discuss local concerns or State issues. Residents may
call the Library (758-7888) in advance to schedule a specific time for your
convenience.
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Township’s
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News Alert Service” by applying at
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Browse the Township
website: www.Plumsted.org
for more information and current events
and use the online "Suggestion Box.".
Contact the State
Legislative Office
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For Federal issues, contact our Congressman Chris Smith at 609-585-7878 and for County matters, contact Freeholder Director Gerry Little at 1-800-722-0291. Browse the Township website: www.plumsted.org and www.mainstreetne.org or www.downtownnewegyptnpp.org for more information and current events.
For more
information on our Township, residents are also encouraged to
visit:
Official web site of Ocean County Government:
www.oceancountygov.com.
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