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Carneys Point adopts 2025 budget with 2.3¢ local tax increase; committee approves contracts and appointments
Summary
The Carneys Point Township Committee unanimously adopted the 2025 municipal budget, a 2.3‑cent local tax increase that equals about $56.11 on an average $241,000 home, and approved a slate of contracts, personnel actions and ordinance introductions.
The Carneys Point Township Committee unanimously adopted its 2025 municipal budget on April 16, approving a local tax increase of 2.3 cents per $100 of assessed value, township Chief Financial Officer C. Ehret said. Ehret said the change amounts to about $56.11 on an average home assessed at $241,000 and that the committee reduced an earlier 4.4‑cent proposal through multiple budget work sessions.
The adoption came after the committee paused the regular meeting at 6:15 p.m. so the budget could be read by title and voted on. "This budget has a local increase of 2.3 cents based on a $100 assessed valuation," Ehret said. The motion to adopt passed unanimously.
Alongside the budget vote, the committee approved routine financial and administrative items. The body unanimously approved audited vouchers totaling $314,624.52, and authorized transferring a tax sale certificate premium of $14,400 to the current fund after a foreclosure.
The committee also approved personnel and contract matters. Resolutions passed included setting salaries for officers and employees not covered by the police association or Teamsters Local #676 and approving a labor contract with Teamsters Local #676. The committee appointed James W. Anderson as an as‑needed substitute electrical subcode inspector and approved the release of a maintenance bond for the Harding Highway Distribution Center. One partial payment (Partial Payment #4 to Landberg Construction for Recreation Complex work) was tabled pending further progress.
Chief VanNamee reported that two police vehicles purchased last year are now in service and described the department's grant strategy, saying the department applies for Click It or Ticket and Drive Sober grants but does not pursue the Distracted Driver Grant because officer overtime costs would exceed the grant’s value.
Votes at a glance: - Budget adoption: passed unanimously (RES 2025-82 / budget_adoption). - Vouchers: $314,624.52 — approved unanimously. - Landberg Construction contract for Dunns Park ADA improvements (RES 2025-83): approved unanimously; partial payment #4 tabled (RES 2025-89). - Transfer of tax sale certificate premium $14,400 (RES 2025-84): approved unanimously. - Salaries for non‑bargaining employees (RES 2025-85): approved unanimously. - Teamsters Local #676 contract (RES 2025-86): approved unanimously. - Release of maintenance bond (RES 2025-87): approved unanimously. - Appointment of James W. Anderson, substitute electrical subcode inspector (RES 2025-88): approved unanimously.
The meeting also introduced Ordinance 1069, prohibiting trucks over four tons from parking on Central Schoolhouse Road, and Ordinance 1070, revising township code to reflect state direction that televisions and electronics be collected at the township’s expense; both ordinances were introduced by motion and advanced for further consideration.
The committee adjourned at 6:28 p.m.; no public comments were made during the public participation portion of the meeting.
