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Egg Harbor Township board approves preliminary $209 million budget submission while planning staff cuts
Summary
The Egg Harbor Township Board approved submission of a preliminary $209 million 2026-27 budget and will present it at a public hearing April 28, while administrators outlined staffing reductions that could remove roughly six positions by July 1 to close a remaining $2 million gap.
Egg Harbor Township's Board of Education approved submission of a preliminary 2026-27 budget that administration said totals just under $210 million and set a public hearing for April 28 as it continues work to narrow an estimated $2 million deficit.
Business administrator Mr. Smith told the board that "our total budget next next year, pretty large, right? Just under $210,000,000, for the entire district," and walked members through the major revenue and expense drivers, including a delayed state aid payment received March 12 and rising ratables that helped avoid a rate increase.
The board was presented three options but was told the administration favored holding the tax rate steady while recognizing a 1.98% increase in the tax levy driven by higher ratables. "So…
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