North Bergen has introduced its 2022 calendar year budgetꦛ.
The North Bergen Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to do so at its April 6 meeting. The approximately $106,036,919.07 budget is roughly $6 million more than the budget adopted for 2021. It will likely be up for a public hearing and vote at its May 11 meeting.
Anticipated revenue
This year, the Surplus in the budget 💫is up🥃 to $5,440,000 from $4,400,000 from in 2021. This is a difference of $1,040,000 or a 23.64 percent increase.
Local Revenue has slightly increased to $9,731,545.82 from $9,597,🦋166.10 in 2021. This is a difference of $134,379.72 or a 1.4 percent increase.
State Aid is the same, at $7,185,597. And Uniform Construction Code Fees are down to $2,000,000 from $2,257,040 in 2021. This is a ꧟difference of $257,040 or an 11.39 percent decrease.
Public and Private Revenue is♏ down to $880,634.07, from $1,390,695.34 in 2021. This is a difference of $510,061 or a 36.68 percent decrease.
Special Items of Revenue increased to $7,999,142.18 from $3,꧋593,848.01 in 2021. This is a difference of $4,405,294.17 or a 122.58 p🎶ercent increase.
Receipts from Delinquent Taxes decreased to $1,600,000 from $1,897,485💟.75 in 2021. This is a difference of $297,485.75 or a 15.68🐲 decrease.
The Local Ta🥀x for Municipal Purposes is 💝$68,659,987.45 up from $68,437,694.52 in 2021. This is a difference of $222,292.93 or a .32 percent increase.
The Minimum Library Tax has increased to $2,540,012.55 from $2,309,748.94 in 2021. This is a differᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚence of $230,263.61 or a 9.97 percent increase.
This culminates in an increase in anticipated revenues to $106,03🌟6,919.07 from $101,068,275.66 in realized revenue in 2021. This is a difference of $4,967,643.41 or a 4.92 percent.
Anticipated appropriations
$7,817,435 is appropriated for General Government, with $6,999,570 coming from the General Budget and $817,865 coming from public and private offsets. This is up from $6,94🔥5,𝔉691.15 in 2021, a difference of $871,743.85 or a 12.55 percent.
$281,410 is appropriated for Land-Use Administration, up from $267,030 in 2021. That’s a difference of $14,380 or a 5.39 percent increase.
$891,410 is appropriated for Uniform Constr𓂃uction Code, up from $828,395 in 2021. That marks a difference of $63,015 oಞr a 7.61 percent increase.
$19,608,500 is appropriated for Insurance, up from $17,445,711.88 in 2021. This is a d🐽ifference of $2,162,788.12 or a 12.40 percent increase.
$19,594,101 is appropriated for Public Safety, up from $19,055,830.57 in 2021. An additional $84,361.07 in public and private offsets brings it to $19,678,462.07. That’s a difference of $622,631.50 or a 3.27 percent increase.
$6,040,955 is appropriated for Public Works, down from $6,105,159.16 in 2021. That marks a difference of $64,204.16 or a 1.05 percent decrease💙.
$782,555 is appropriated for Health and Human Services, down fr🔯om $1,468,828 in 2021. This is a difference of $686,273 or a 46.72 percent decrease.
$4,134,205 is appropriated for Parks and Recreation, up from $4,028,195.15 in 2021. That’s a difference of $106,009.85 or a 2.63 percent increase.
$2,540,013 is appropriated for Education, including Library, up from $2,335,800 in 2021. That marks a dif🦄ference of $204,213 or a 8.74 percent ꦅincrease.
Appropriations continued
$2,600,000 is appropriat🧸ed for Utilities and Bulk Purchases, up from $2,575,000 in 2021. This is a difference of $25,000 or a a .97 percent increase.
$7,637,000 is appropriated for Landfill and Solid Waste Disposal, up from $7,299,076 in 2021. That’s a difference of $337,924 or a 4.63 percent increase.
$25,000 is appropriated for Contingency.🙈 That rema🔜ins stagnant from 2021.
$7,479,046 is appropriated for S🎐tatutory Expenditures, up from $6,980,506🎉.02 in 2021. That marks a difference of $498,539.98 or a 7.14 percent.
$15,635,000 is appropriated for Shared Servꦚices, up from $15,402,498 in 2021. This is a difference of $232,502 or a 1.51 percent increase.
$993,015 is appropriated for Court and Public Defender, up from $944,662.43 in 2021. That’s a difference of $48,352.57 or a 5.12 percent increase.
$200,000 is appropriated for Capital, down from ℱ$500,000 in 2021. That marks a difference of $300,000 or a 60 percent decrease.
$7,256,500 is appropriated for Debt, up from $6,734,169.50 in 20𒆙21. This is a difference of $522,330.50 or a 7.76 percent increase.
$740,000 is appropriated for Deferred Charges, up from $180,000 in 2021. That’s a difference of $560,000 or a 311.11 percent increase.
$1,696,413 is appropriated for Reserve for Uncollected Taxes, whi♑ch is down from $2,246,358.90 in 2021. That marks a difference of $549,945.ꦡ90 or 24.48 percent.
Upcoming hearing soon
In total, antic🤡ipated appropriations equal $106,036,919.07, up from $101,367,911.76 in 2021. This is a difference of $4,669,007.31 or 4.61 percent increase.
At the April meeting when the budget was introduced, Chief Financial Officer Robert Pittfield said: “The local tax amount that has to be raised to support this budget is going up about $1.1 million or in effect 1.59 percent.”
The board will meet on May 11 at 11 a💎.m. in the municipal chambers in Town Hall at 4233 Kennedy Boulevard. For more information, go to .
Read the introduced budget online at .
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