Belleville Town Budget Contains Tax Hike For Homeowners

BELLEVILLE, NJ — The Belleville Town Council held a public hearing for the proposed 2024 municipal budget on Tuesday evening.

If the budget crosses the finish line as written, it will come with a tax increase for homeowners: about $98 for a property assessed at $287,000, according to figures presented at the meeting.

The revenue and appropriations summaries can be seen online here. Watch footage from the May 28 budget hearing below (video is cued to the hearing).

Property taxes in New Jersey are mainly made up of three parts: school, municipal and county. Here’s how that played out in Belleville for 2023, according to state data:

• School – 38.8%
• Municipal – 47.8%
• County – 13.5%

Earlier this month, a state monitor made a decision on the Belleville Board of Education’s annual budget after a tie vote left it in his hands, approving a 6.42 percent tax hike for local homeowners. See Related: School Tax Hike In Belleville; Monitor Makes Decision After Tie Vote

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