RED BANK: TAX INCREASE HELD TO ONE PERCENT
Parking revenue has been strong since the pandemic and an increase in enforcement hours, officials said. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)
By JOHN T. WARD
Local taxes on the typical Red Bank home will increase by one percent this year, officials said at a walk-thru of the 2023 municipal budget Thursday night.
That’s about $25 for the owner of a home assessed at the new townwide average of $505,244, Chief Financial Officer Thomas Seaman said at the one-hour forum, held in the council chamber at borough hall.
Red Bank’s two mayoral candidates disagreed Monday on whether one of them has “refused” a call for a one-on-one debate.
Incumbent mayor 
With a high-stakes election nearing, Red Bank voters will have a chance to see and hear from up to 15 candidates for municipal office at a future-oriented redbankgreen forum next month.
Red Bank voters will get two chances – or one and a half – this week to size up the candidates in the November 8 municipal elections.
After 26 months of sequestration in ‘Hollywood Squares’-style boxes, the Red Bank council has scheduled an in-person session for next week.
Red Bank voters were treated to a rancor-free forum featuring the three candidates for two borough council seats Monday night.
A controversial plan to job out Red Bank’s in-house animal control service is expected to be tabled Wednesday night.
