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Somers Point council introduces 2025 budget with small tax rate increase; public hearing set for March 27
Summary
Council introduced the 2025 municipal budget, citing use of surplus and loss of state aid; public comment raised concerns about tax increases and boat-ramp fees.
Somers Point introduced its 2025 municipal budget on the council dais, approving a resolution to place the budget on public display and schedule a hearing.
CFO Shana Gestrel said the introduced budget includes “just under a 2¢ increase or a local tax rate of 1.14,” which she described as a 1.76% rise from 2024. Gestrel said the budget uses $3,400,000 in surplus this year compared with $2,800,000 last year and noted an anticipated loss of “approximately 100,000 in state aid” after a two-year municipal relief fund ended in 2024. She also…
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