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Hawthorne mayor presents 2025 budget, council introduces ordinance to begin adoption process
Summary
Mayor Lane told the council the municipal tax rate would rise 4.5% in 2025 to cover higher sewer, health‑benefit, garbage and pension charges; council voted to introduce the municipal budget ordinance for public hearing and final adoption May 7.
Mayor Lane presented the borough’s proposed 2025 municipal budget on April 2, telling the Hawthorne Borough Council the municipal tax rate will increase 4.5% this year and asking the council to introduce the budget ordinance for formal public hearing and adoption on May 7.
"I'm going to dive right into and tell you that the tax rate increase will be 4.5% this year," Mayor Lane said during the presentation. He said four costs beyond local control — sewage charges, employee health benefits, garbage disposal and the police/fire pension charge — together account for most of the increase.
The mayor said the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission will raise treatment charges by 22.5% over 2024, the State Health Benefits Program is projecting about a 15% rise in employee…
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