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New Providence council adopts 2025 budget, approves pool-bridge change order and multiple grant insertions
Summary
The New Providence Borough Council approved the 2025 municipal operating budget (1.97% tax increase), a change order for the community pool bridge, several grant revenue insertions totaling small capital grants, and a bills-payable list at its May meeting.
The New Providence Borough Council approved the borough’s 2025 municipal budget and several attendant measures at a May meeting that included public notice, a brief public hearing and roll-call votes.
Council moved and passed Ordinance 2025-5 allowing the borough to exceed municipal appropriation limits and establish a cap bank; the council then adopted Resolution 2025-114 (self-examination of the budget) and Resolution 2025-116, which adopts the 2025 municipal operating budget. The council recorded a 1.97% increase on the average assessed home, which officials said equates to about $87 annually for the typical property.
"We only tax what we need," Mayor Morgan said when explaining budget choices and the decision to stay below the newly permitted increases. Council members and staff noted the borough kept the increase at 1.97 despite broad inflationary pressures, including higher insurance and statutory wage increases.
During the public hearing, resident Dave Burrypool asked whether a recent federal shift of FEMA responsibilities to states and local governments was reflected in the budget. Borough officials responded that no additional funds were included and that the borough uses reserve surplus and reimbursement processes for disaster costs.
Other actions the council approved include:
- Resolution 2025-117 adopting the New Providence Special Improvement District (DID) authority budget. - Change Order No. 1 for Great Construction for the community pool bridge replacement in the amount of $6,282.88 to cover delivery and timing changes; council members said the bridge installation must occur after pool season because poured concrete requires curing time. - Budget insertions totaling more modest grant amounts: $50,000 for road paving (Union County 2025 infrastructure and municipal aid grant), $16,389.66 for recycling tonnage grant funds, and $845.36 from the National Opioid Settlement for opioid-remediation purposes. - Approval of a bills-payable list totaling $423,393.47 that included a $141,555 final payment for Dakota Paving (pickleball courts) and other recurring municipal payments.
Council also authorized a request for $500,000 from the Union County Capital Project Grant to support a proposed new public works facility and approved competitive procurement items including an odor-control chemical contract (Evoqua Water Technologies, not to exceed $89,040) and a small landscaping-contract amendment.
What’s next: several grant-funded projects must be expended by grant deadlines if awarded; council members said they would continue to monitor contract timelines (pool bridge erection after pool season) and follow up on grant-award scheduling.
