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State asks towns to bite the bullet
(by Corey Klein - July 01, 2008)
South Bergen towns will receive less money in state aid this year than in years past, according to numbers released by the Department of Community Affairs today. Governor Jon Corzine passed the 2009 budget on June 30 and will ask municipal governments to tighten their belts with regard to spending. The extraordinary aid amounts have not been determined yet, but the total amount set aside for extraordinary aid fell $1.7 million.
East Rutherford and Carlstadt were hit the hardest proportionally, as Corzine kept his promise to cut aid to towns with fewer than 10,000 residents to encourage municipal consolidation. In addition, the state budget cut the Municipal Efficiency Performance Program, Homeland Security Assistance and Municipal Property Tax Assistance.
Total state aid by municipality
Carlstadt
2007: $1,514,438
2008: $1,365,687
Change: -$148,751
East Rutherford
2007: $2,099,865
2008: $1,924,350
Change: -$175,515
Rutherford
2007: $1,982,318
2008: $1,785,156
Change: -$197,162
Lyndhurst
2007: $2,022,519
2008: $1,817,505
Change: -$205,014
North Arlington
2007: $1,529,751
2008: $1,365,372
Change: -$164,379
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On July 1, 2008, Concerned said:
Isn't it funny how these towns need all this extra money but they seem to keep finding the money to spruce up the towns with new sidewalks and parks that didn't even need to be fixed.....
Its even more interesting that the state even funds half of these projects but it can't seem to redirect that money in the right place.
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