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RED BANK: BUDGET & TAX ON AGENDA

red-bank-tax-impact-2022-062222-500x372-5475594A chart used in a budget presentation last week shows a tax increase of just $5.03 for the year for the owner of a home assessed at the borough average of $469,876. (Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

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The owner of a typical Red Bank home would pay just $5 more in local property taxes under the 2022 budget up for adoption Wednesday night, according to Councilwoman Angela Mirandi.

On the flip side, the average residential valuation on which the tax will be applied is up 16 percent in the past year, said Mirandi, who heads the council’s finance committee.

 

The average assessment rose nearly $64,000 this year to $469,876. Over the past four years, the average assessment has soared by more than $103,000, or more than 28 percent. In that time, the amount paid by the typical homeowner has risen nearly 16 percent.

“I think the residents are going to be taking it on the chin this year, with the big increase in residential assessments,” Mirandi said in late April.

At a recent council meeting, Mirandi said her aim in shaping the $25.2 million spending plan was to keep a lid on taxes, particularly in light of “all this economic turmoil.” She cited high fuel and food prices, stagnant incomes, falling retirement account balances and “people on fixed incomes struggling to make ends meet.”

She said she was “able to identify $650,000 in adjustments” from the original version of the proposed spending plan to reduce the local levy to $14.2 million, from $14.6 million in 2021.

Here’s the budget.

Also on the council’s agenda:

• Extending the contract with the borough’s financial management consultant, Supplee Clooney & Company, through September.

• Authorizing $750,000 in debt issuance for the borough water utility.

• Renewing the contract with Millennium Strategies, the borough’s grant-hunting consultant.

• Reappointing Tommy Welsh as fire marshal for another four years.

• Approving grant applications to the New Jersey Department of Transportation for road projects on Harrison Avenue and at the borough train station.

• Appointments to the Historic Preservation Commission and Shade Tree Committee.

The meeting, starting at 6:30 p.m., is to be hybrid: both in-person at borough hall (90 Monmouth Street) and available via Zoom. Remote access and participation details can be found here.

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