DCA Announces Property Tax Relief


TRENTON - New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Acting Commissioner Charles A. Richman today announced 2009 Extraordinary Aid awards for calendar year budget municipalities.

"Governor Corzine has worked tirelessly to ease the burden on New Jersey residents," said Acting Commissioner Richman. "His efforts have resulted in the lowest property tax increase in years. Extraordinary aid is just another way to ease that burden and ensure that local governments can 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 April 1st of this year. The application details the municipality's fiscal condition and includes information about the municipality's efforts to contain costs and share services. This year's budget contained $500,000 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 the Local Finance Notice on the following website: http://www.nj.gov/dca/lgs/lfns/09lfns/2009-5.doc
 

Calendar Year 2009 Extraordinary Aid Awards

Municipality

County

Award

Allentown Borough

Monmouth

30,000

Bogota Borough

Bergen

425,000

Bound Brook Borough

Somerset

860,000

Brooklawn Borough

Camden

30,000

Chesilhurst Borough

Camden

360,000

Clifton City

Passaic

550,000

Commercial Township

Cumberland

240,000

East Newark Borough

Hudson

85,000

Eastampton Township

Burlington

250,000

Fairview Borough

Bergen

75,000

Franklin Borough

Sussex

200,000

Garfield City

Bergen

250,000

Gloucester City

Camden

150,000

Haledon Borough

Passaic

450,000

Hightstown Borough

Mercer

50,000

Lambertville City

Hunterdon

250,000

Laurel Springs Borough

Camden

50,000

Lindenwold Borough

Camden

100,000

Matawan Borough

Monmouth

105,000

Maurice River Township

Cumberland

250,000

Maywood Borough

Bergen

300,000

Milltown Borough

Middlesex

50,000

Mount Arlington Borough

Morris

325,000

National Park Borough

Gloucester

100,000

North Plainfield Borough

Somerset

125,000

Northvale Borough

Bergen

100,000

Norwood Borough

Bergen

350,000

Penns Grove Borough

Salem

850,000

Pleasantville City

Atlantic

60,000

Prospect Park Borough

Passaic

250,000

Roseland Borough

Essex

1,000,000

Salem City

Salem

400,000

Somerville Borough

Somerset

250,000

South Orange Village

Essex

750,000

Sussex Borough

Sussex

90,000

Washington Borough

Warren

550,000

Willingboro Township

Burlington

200,000

Woodbury Heights Borough

Gloucester

60,000

Woodlynne Borough

Camden

100,000

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