MAY 18, 2015, 4:43 PM LAST UPDATED: MONDAY, MAY 18, 2015, 6:48 PM
BY JOHN C. ENSSLIN
STAFF WRITER |
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The Bergen County freeholders have identified just over $1 million in cuts they want to make in the $531 million 2015 budget submitted last month by County Executive James Tedesco.
The proposed cuts are spread across several departments. An exact breakdown was not immediately available.
The cuts may be partially offset by an addition to the budget. The freeholders want to increase spending on the Bergen County Cooperative Library System by $125,000.
A formal introduction of the budget is expected expected later this month.
Tedesco proposed a budget that calls for a 1.7 percent increase in county taxes. That would translate into a property tax increase of $12.73 for a home assessed at the county average of $324,000.
Sheriff Michael Saudino told the freeholders that folding the County Police into his department will save the county nearly $2 million through retirements. The freeholder board approved consolidating the two agencies last year after several years of debate.
Prosecutor John Molinelli told the board that he plans to hire seven former County Police officers to fill vacancies for investigators within his office.
The county will save about $730,760, Molinelli said, because money for those salaries is already in his budget. The savings are based on the presumption that the Sheriff will not fill the vacancies in his department left by the departing county police officers.
Molinelli said four of the seven new hires will continue as members of the regional SWAT team, but they will no longer receive an extra stipend for that work.
https://www.northjersey.com/news/bergen-county-freeholders-id-over-1m-in-cuts-to-budget-1.1337274
0.188% of cuts. Really? And they’re going to offset that with additions? Not much fiscal oversight going on here,
Cut Saudimo’s MRAP budget with its extra insurance, and specialized mechanic’. These cuts are a joke, clear sign of an unserious effort
Tell people like Saudino to give up double dipping and screwing the tax payer to help change the laws and stop this legal theft.
Prosecutor John Molinelli told the board that he plans to hire seven former County Police officers to fill vacancies for investigators within his office…. Looks like Double dipping is alive and well in Bergen County even though 4/7 will no longer receive an extra stipend for their SWAT work