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Somers Point adopts 2025 municipal budget with 1.9-cent tax increase
Summary
The Somers Point City Council adopted the 2025 municipal budget by resolution after a public hearing and auditor presentation. City Auditor Leon Castello said the plan includes a 1.9¢ tax rate increase, is legal and remains within statutory caps; council approved the budget by roll-call vote.
The Somers Point City Council adopted the 2025 municipal budget at its March meeting, approving Resolution 97 to adopt the budget after a public hearing and comments from the city auditor.
City Auditor Leon Castello told the council the adopted budget is the same as the one introduced four weeks earlier and carries a 1.9¢ tax increase, which he described as “one of the lower ones in the area.” He said the budget is legal and within the applicable caps and that officials could, if they chose,…
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