DCA ANNOUNCES PROPERTY TAX RELIEF

TRENTON, N.J. – New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Commissioner Joseph Doria today announced 2008 Extraordinary Aid awards for calendar year budget municipalities. 

“Governor Corzine has emphasized the need to ease the burden property taxes have taken on New Jersey residents,” said Commissioner Doria.  “Extraordinary aid helps to ease that burden by providing much needed support for local governments so that they can continue to maintain services essential to their community.

Extraordinary Aid is awarded to municipalities who, because of extreme circumstances, would not be able to provide essential services to the community without a substantial increase in their property tax rate.

To receive Extraordinary Aid, the municipality must have submitted an application to the Division of Local Government Services by March 24 of this year.  The application details the municipality’s fiscal posture and includes information about the municipality’s efforts to contain costs and share services.  This year’s budget contained $9 million less in extraordinary aid funding than the previous year’s budget.

DCA’s Extraordinary Aid program is implemented through the Division of Local Government Services, which works with local governments throughout the state to ensure their fiscal integrity and to support their efforts to comply with state laws and regulations.

For more information on the Extraordinary Aid program, please refer to page 4 on the following website: http://www.nj.gov/dca/lgs/lfns/08lfns/2008-5.doc.

Calendar Year 2008 Extraordinary Aid Awards

Municipality

County

Award

Allentown Borough

Monmouth

100,000

Bellmawr Borough

Camden

75,000

Bloomingdale Borough

Passaic

100,000

Bogota Borough

Bergen

500,000

Bound Brook Borough

Somerset

1,070,000

Buena Borough

Atlantic

140,000

Caldwell Borough

Essex

150,000

Carteret Borough

Middlesex

100,000

Cedar Grove Township

Essex

100,000

Chesilhurst Borough

Camden

318,000

Closter Borough

Bergen

250,000

East Newark Borough

Hudson

250,000

Egg Harbor City

Atlantic

300,000

Fanwood Borough

Union

425,000

Franklin Borough

Sussex

220,000

Garwood Borough

Union

250,000

Glen Ridge Borough

Essex

150,000

Gloucester City

Camden

300,000

Haledon Borough

Passaic

140,000

HasbrouckHeights Borough

Bergen

200,000

Helmetta Borough

Middlesex

100,000

Highland Park Borough

Middlesex

300,000

Hightstown Borough

Mercer

200,000

Laurel Springs Borough

Camden

125,000

Lincoln Park Borough

Morris

300,000

Lindenwold Borough

Camden

150,000

Little Ferry Borough

Bergen

125,000

Manville Borough

Somerset

250,000

Matawan Borough

Monmouth

200,000

Maurice River Township

Cumberland

200,000

Maywood Borough

Bergen

400,000

Metuchen Borough

Middlesex

200,000

Middlesex Borough

Middlesex

100,000

Milford Borough

Hunterdon

50,000

Milltown Borough

Middlesex

150,000

MineHill Township

Morris

100,000

Moonachie Borough

Bergen

150,000

New Milford Borough

Bergen

350,000

North Plainfield Borough

Somerset

500,000

Northvale Borough

Bergen

100,000

Ogdensburg Borough

Sussex

300,000

Penns Grove Borough

Salem

650,000

Prospect Park Borough

Passaic

325,000

Red Bank Borough

Monmouth

350,000

Ridgefield Park Village

Bergen

150,000

Roosevelt Borough

Monmouth

30,000

Rutherford Borough

Bergen

200,000

Salem City

Salem

600,000

Sayreville Borough

Middlesex

125,000

ShrewsburyTownship

Monmouth

40,000

Somerville Borough

Somerset

650,000

South OrangeVillage Township

Essex

600,000

South River Borough

Middlesex

200,000

South Toms River Borough

Ocean

75,000

Stratford Borough

Camden

300,000

West Amwell Township

Hunterdon

200,000

West OrangeTownship

Essex

400,000

Westville Borough

Gloucester

100,000

Woodbury Heights Borough

Gloucester

150,000

Woodlynne Borough

Camden

50,000

Wood-Ridge Borough

Bergen

250,000

Total

 

14,933,000