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New Providence council adopts $28.1M municipal budget amid residents’ stormwater concerns
Summary
Council adopted the 2026 municipal operating budget and related SID and consent items after a public hearing in which residents and the group Rise NP pressed for clearer accounting of stormwater maintenance, showed photos of clogged culverts and asked how the work will be funded and prioritized.
The New Providence Mayor and Council adopted the borough’s 2026 municipal operating budget on Monday, after a public hearing that highlighted resident complaints about clogged culverts and calls for clearer stormwater funding and project timelines.
The administrator summarized the budget during the hearing: total general appropriations of $28,138,726.96, anticipated revenues of $10,021,189.96 and $16,677,933 to be raised by taxation. The presentation said the change for the average assessed home would amount to roughly $131 annually (about a 3.2% increase on the example cited).
During public comment, representatives of Rise NP, including Rich Cuomo, presented photographs from Crest Road and Maple Street showing a pipe and manhole clogged with debris and asked which budget line would pay for remediation. “We brought a couple pictures showing the third pipe of the culvert under the train tracks completely clogged with debris, leaves, dirt, trash cans,”…
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