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Council extends real-estate tax payment deadline to Sept. 3 after state delay
Summary
Facing a delayed state certification of the tax rate, the Bradley Beach Council approved Resolution 2026-194 to extend the third-quarter tax payment deadline from Aug. 10 to Sept. 3 and posted a tax-information insert showing a composite 6.1% increase in total property taxes.
The Bradley Beach Borough Council voted unanimously to extend the deadline for third-quarter real-estate tax payments to Sept. 3, citing a month-long delay in the state's certification of the borough's tax rate.
Speaker 2 explained that the certification delay pushed back printing and mailing of individual tax bills, and that the council is ratifying a resolution (2026-194) to extend the grace period so residents who receive bills late will not be penalized. "We're moving the deadline from August 10 to September 3," Speaker 2 said.
Speaker 2 also described a tax-information insert that will accompany bills and include a four-year history and a pie chart breaking the tax components into school, municipal, library, and county portions. The council cited a composite increase of 6.1% in the aggregate tax amount, with the borough-controlled municipal portion rising by 4.79%, library taxes up 9.79%, county taxes increasing 11.12%, and school taxes rising 3.5%.
The resolution passed unanimously. Officials said the tax insert and a QR code with additional Q&A are posted to the borough website and that residents who prefer to pay earlier may do so via the online payment portal.
Context: Councilors said the extension is a procedural step to avoid penalizing taxpayers for a delay outside municipal control and to give residents time to inspect the mailed bills when they arrive.
