Marlboro Council Adopts $32.6 Million Budget
Tax rates will go up while spending decreases in the township.
The Town Council voted Thursday night to adopt the 2012 municipal budget of $32.6 million.
The township is seeing a $350,000 budget decrease from the 2007 budget of $32.95 million. However, the tax rate will increase from 31 to 33.8 cents, which the administration contributes to revenue decreases.
“Our spending is going down, but we have a revenue problem," Mayor Jon Hornik said in February.
2012 capital improvements budget will include further road and sidewalks improvements, as well as Station Road Phase 2 and the preservation of farmland and the acquisition of open space or recreation.
| 2007 Township Spending | 2012 Estimated Township Spending | |
| Municipal Spending | $27,482,227 | $24,780,846 |
| NJ State Mandates | $5,463,500 | $7,806,952 |
The township is exploring different programs offered to residents, and attempting to make them self-sustainable, including the Marlboro Aquatic Center and public works programs.
Below is the estimated cost of municipal services on the average residential property taxes, as provided by the township. These numbers do not include county and school taxes, and only cover the 16 percent of taxes that go toward municipal services.
| Police | 668.35 |
| Public Works | 364.17 |
| Administration and Insurance | 207.67 |
| Capital Projects and Debt | 132.63 |
| Uncollected Taxes | 110.01 |
| Code Enforcement | 63.40 |
| Health and Human Services | 58.50 |
| Other | 18.93 |
| Total Estimated Municipal Taxes | 1,623.66 |
For more information about the municipal budget, visit our Marlboro Municipal Budget page.
cynicinmarlboro
6:00 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012
“Our spending is going down, but we have a revenue problem," Mayor Jon Hornik said in February. Seems that many in town are under the same constraints and they have to make do. Why is it that government never seems to be able to do that?
I wonder why they think they can spend on all these services when they cannot even enforce the simple ordinance about election sign placement. So many BOE signs placed in violation of the ordinance and I'm sure not a single fine or anything done about it. Did that ordinance only apply to the mayoral election?
Kaitlyn Anness
9:06 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012
Cynic,
BOE candidates with signs in unapproved locations have been sent a letter telling them to take signs down within a certain amount of time (10 days I believe, and I am not sure when they received the letters). That ordinance was adopted in September of 2011, so it did apply to the general election.
cynicinmarlboro
6:28 am on Saturday, April 14, 2012
Thanks for the update but we all know the signs have been up for quite some time. If the letter was sent when they first started popping up everywhere that would be one thing (and a true violation then), but why do I have the feeling that the 10 days allows the signs to remain an eyesore through the election?