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Resident criticizes tax abatements and budget surplus; officials explain municipal role in tax collection
Summary
A resident accused the mayor and council of causing higher school and county taxes through developer tax abatements and by retaining surplus funds; city officials responded that tax abatements do not reduce school board budgets and explained the city’s role as tax collector and limits on controlling other governments’ budgets.
At the Long Branch City Council meeting on Sept. 10, resident Vincent Lepore criticized the municipal government’s use of tax abatements and retention of surpluses, saying those policies had increased property tax burdens for city residents.
Lepore said the Board of Education had lost roughly $1.3 million a year to developer abatements since 2005 and accused the city of contributing to increased school and county taxes by approving abated…
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