Budget Plan Would Raise Ridgewood Taxes

A new spending proposal released by Ridgewood officials would raise taxes to improve personnel and village services, according to a NorthJersey.com report.

The raise would be a 1.2 increase over last year’s taxes, the report states.

This would mean bills would be $46.72 more for the average Ridgewood household with a value of $690,662, according to the report.

Officials believe the raises to be crucial to satisfying resident’s expectations and needs of village services, the report states.