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Residents press council over PILOT deals and school funding; mayor and administrator respond
Summary
Residents urged the Township of Clark Council on March 17 to tighten PILOT negotiations and deliver more revenue to the school district; administrators replied that the district receives required funding and that some pilot agreements include escalating payments.
Several residents at the March 17 Township of Clark Council meeting urged elected officials to reexamine Payment-In-Lieu-Of-Taxes (PILOT) arrangements, arguing some PILOT deals send fewer dollars to the school district than the taxes the properties would generate under a conventional tax structure.
John Grieves, a Clark resident, urged the council to avoid PILOTs for residential developments where students will increase school enrollment without corresponding tax revenue. He cited Walnut Hill Apartments as an example and urged the township to extend an existing practice (the council…
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