Bergen County 2014 Budget – Online
We thought it could be instructive to review the Bergen County Budget which is $507 million + for fiscal 2014.
What are the county’s largest capital expenses? Keep in mind these costs are for projects with a projected completion of 2014-2019. If the projects miss the deadline, costs will increase.
Roads and bridges $88,125,000
Improvements to county buildings $13,937,450
Improvements to vocational schools $11,655,000
Improvements to county parks $11,598,500
Acquisition of equipment $30,183,250
Improvements to county college $8,625,000
Justice Center improvements $41,031,000
Hospital improvements $17,100,000
Total funding capital expenses $222,255,200
Where else does our tax money go? Additional expenses include:
Bergen County Debt Service (interest payments for previous expenses) is $67,566,670
Operations $401,601,228.66
Capital improvement $1,476,068
Deferred charges and statutory expenses (i.e. pension plan payments) $37,034,173
Total Appropriations 2014 – $507,678,139.66
Here’s the link to the document –
