Atlantic County executive outlines 2025 budget plan, Meadowview transition and airport development

Atlantic County Executive Dennis Levinson on Wednesday delivered the countyexecutivebudget message to the Atlantic County Board of Commissioners, outlining revenue pressures for 2025, a proposed timeline to introduce the county budget on March 4 and several development and service priorities including Meadowview Nursing Home, expansion at Atlantic City International Airport, and litigation over the statecasino pilot program.

Why it matters: Levinson said the county faces higher insurance and health-benefit costs, the end of American Rescue Plan (ARP) funding and continuing legal fights that affect county revenues. He presented projected uses of surplus and identified specific projects he says will shape the countybudget and services in 2025.

Levinson opened the message by welcoming new Commissioner Michael Rufus and the board's new legislative counsel, Ken Warren, and said the formal 2025 county budget will be introduced after the governordelivers his state budget message. He said the county will ask commissioners to introduce the county budget on March 4.

On Meadowview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Levinson said the county is "pleased to report our proposal to transition our Meadowview Nursing…