Marlboro Hit with Possible Tax Increase

Marlboro, NJ - Open your wallets. Rising pension and healthcare costs for town workers, paying for snow removal in the January blizzard and an increase in recycling costs all add up to Marlboro Township raising municipal property taxes this year.

The township unveiled a proposed $36.6 million budget last Thursday, reports the Asbury Park Press, with a new municipal tax rate of 36.6 cents per $100 of assessed value, up from last year when it was 35.5 cents. That means the average homeowner in Marlboro will be asked to pay about $64 more dollars this year, for a home assessed at $494,873, the average, reports the APP.

A public hearing on the budget will be April 14 at 7 p.m. at town hall.

Marlboro's Business Administrator Jonathan Capp told the APP the township needs about $1 million more in revenue.

The January blizzard that buried New Jersey cost nearly $500,000 for the township to hire more snow plows and snow removal crews. Also, the company Marlboro contracts to do recycling is charging more. Read the full story, with all the costs increases, here.