North Bergen Mayor Nicholas Sacco is blaming the proposed 9.7% municipal tax increase on a decrease in special state aid in the state budget, from $10 million to $2 million. (Reena Rose Sibayan | The Jersey Journal)Reena Rose Sibayan | The Jersey Journal
Already struck with a $128 county tax increase and a slight school tax hike, North Bergen homeowners are getting belted with a nearly 10% spike in their municipal taxes under the township’s proposed $116.1 million budget.
The 9.7% tax hike — $570 to the owner of an average-assessed home — is being blamed on an increase in “employee healthcare and pension costs,” as well as a drop in state aid, township officials said in statement.
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