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Bergen exec unveils a $522 million budget

Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco

Steve Janoski , Staff Writer, @SteveJanoskiPublished 4:26 p.m. ET March 28, 2017 | Updated 4:53 p.m. ET March 30, 2017

Bergen County Executive James J. Tedesco III unveiled on Wednesday his 2017 budget, a $522 million spending plan that will increase county taxes by $8 on the average county home assessed at $465,962.

A nearly $413 million tax levy — an increase of 1.89 percent — will support the budget, despite Tedesco’s plan being about $20 million smaller than last year’s budget.

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/2017/03/28/bergen-exec-present-budget-county-freeholders-wednesday/99732174/

5 thoughts on “Bergen exec unveils a $522 million budget

  1. Isn’t that budget just a bit less than the RW school district budget ??

  2. So why does the Duck Pond look like such shit! It is the first thing you see when you come into Ridgewood and it looks horrible. When are they going to fix it once and for all!

  3. Why do we need a Bergen County government?

  4. Just to be honest, a 1.89% increase is $7,805,700.

  5. 7:49
    To support the Court system, the jail, the training facilities for fire and police, the Prosecutors office, the management of federal funds coming into the county. These are just a few reasons

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