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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Municipal Taxes Increase About $50 for Little Silver Taxpayers in 2013

The Little Silver Borough Council introduced a tentative budget for 2013 that will raise about $6.6 million through property taxes.

Little Silver introduced its municipal budget for 2013 and while there are a lot of variables -- like tax rates and the borough's current revaluation -- to consider, the bottom line is that tax bills should increase about $150 annually for the owner of the average-assessed $500,000 home in town. The borough will raise about $6.6 million of the approximately $12 million general budget through property taxes and another $5.45 million through anticipated revenue other than property taxes, according to Laura Geraghty, Little Silver's chief financial officer, at the March 18 council meeting. Councilman Don Galante explained that the $150 increase would include the entire tax bill -- including local and regional schools, county and open space…

Dentss Dunnagun

9:12 am on Thursday, March 21, 2013

I'm a little confused here...the budget increased by 2 million from 2011/12 budget of 10.1 million that's a 20% increase to 12 million in 2012/13 budget ....explain   more ›

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Tale of 2 Tax Bills: Little Silver, Oceanport Growth Compared to State Average

Oceanport's average tax bill percentage increase was well below the state's average; Little Silver's was almost double.

The average Oceanport and Little Silver taxpayer pays more in property taxes than the statewide average, but Oceanport's average tax bill percentage increase was well below the state's average in 2012. In contrast, the average Little Silver taxpayer's bill increase was almost double the statewide average. The data is contained within a Star Ledger analysis that looked at the average bills in all 566 municipalities in the state in 2012, two years after the Legislature and Gov. Chris Christie enacted a hard 2 percent cap on local budget growth. Oceanport had an average $9,221.06 tax bill in 2012, as compared to the $7,870.28 state average. However, the analysis found that the statewide average growth over 2011 was 1.7, with Oceanport's …

Hazel Kelly

4:05 pm on Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Well, my husband and i are retired and are worrying about whether we will be able to afford to stay here in Little Silver after the reassessment. I have lived in the town since 1972 and it makes me sad   more ›

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