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Gloucester County supervisors direct staff to present budget with proposed tax changes to fund schools and pay increases
Summary
Board members signaled consensus to bring a proposed budget to Thursday for adoption that would raise the real-estate rate and add a 2% meals tax to help fund a 2.8% cost-of-living increase and narrow the gap on the school division's request.
The Gloucester County Board of Supervisors on Monday directed staff to prepare appropriation and budget documents for possible adoption Thursday that reflect a proposed real-estate tax rate increase and a 2% meals tax intended in part to bolster school funding and cover a county 2.8% cost-of-living increase.
The move came after hours of discussion about how to pay for raises, continuing declines in state and federal school funding, and the impacts of a recent reassessment. Supervisors said the package under consideration would increase county support for the school division…
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