Morris County's 2020 Budget To Be Announced At Monday Meeting

MORRISTOWN, NJ — Morris County's proposed $315.8 million budget is set to be announced Monday, Feb. 10, at 7 p.m. during a public meeting on the 5th floor of the County Administration and Records Building in Morristown.

During the meeting, the county said in a press release, the Freeholder's Budget Subcommittee will introduce and outline the proposed budget. The 2020 budget aims to offer financing for critical services like infrastructure, public safety and social services.

Residents are invited to comment on the proposed budget during the Feb. 10 meeting, as well as during a Feb. 26 public meeting. The budget is scheduled to be adopted in a meeting March 11.

The budget subcommittee is made up of freeholders Deborah Smith, Kathy DeFillippo and John Krickus.

"We want to ensure that mayors, other elected officials, and county residents have an opportunity to understand the county spending plan, to provide insight into how we develop the budget, and our timeline for introduction," Smith, who chairs the subcommittee, said in a statement. "We invite interested officials and residents to attend."