file photo County Executive James Tedesco at Civility Forum in Ridgewood
MAY 28, 2015 LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2015, 12:13 AM
BY JOHN C. ENSSLIN
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD
The Bergen County freeholders introduced a 2015 county budget Wednesday that slices just over $1 million from the fiscal plan proposed last month by County Executive James Tedesco.
By a unanimous, bipartisan vote, the board gave initial approval to a $530 million budget that would add $10.73 to the tax bill for the owner of an average home, assessed at $324,200.
The budget increases the county tax levy by about 4.3 percent.
Wednesday’s vote was in sharp contrast to last year, when the budget became one of the issues in the county executive race.
At the time, County Executive Kathleen Donovan, a Republican, accused the Democratic freeholders of using “election year smoke and mirrors” to prevent any tax hike.
Donovan lost her reelection bid to Tedesco, then a freeholder.
Thanks for sharing details of this meeting.
Wait till the double dipping sheriff put more officers on
who,s bald head,hummmm
What about the 2% cap ?