Politics & Government

County Gets Headstart on 2014 Budget

Freeholder director plans to call for 0 percent tax increase for second year.

Now that this year's county budget season is wrapped up with the adoption of the 2013 Morris County Budget, county officials are already working on 2014 numbers and seeking to impose no tax increase for the second year.

The county adopted its $311.1 million budget on March 27, which did not include a tax increase. Freeholder Director Tom Mastrangelo said Monday he will again call on freeholders to adopt a no-increase budget next year.

"In 2013 we had the first zero increase in 15 years, and with the reduction in the open space tax, residents' total county property taxes were reduced by 1.7 percent," he said.

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The 2013 county budget includes about $6 million in spending reductions from 2012, including 63 employees' positions cut, and $7.7 million less borrowed than the year before. 

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