CY 2019 Budget Highlights
CY 2019 Budget Financial Highlights Include CY 2019 Total Budget Introduced: $98,267,655 Number of Township Employees CY 2018 Final Total Budget: $95,767,526 CY 2018: 532 2.6% increase attributable to: CY 2019: 530 Health Benefits- $1 Million Pension- $414,000 Capital Improvement Funds- $560,000 Tax Appeals- $330,000 Tax Levy CAP: Appropriations CAP: Appropriations Inside CAP: $69,606,600 Max Allowed: $67,309,958 Max Allowed: $71,820,211 Amount to be Raised: $65,375,000 Amount Under CAP: $2,213,611 Amount Under CAP: $1,934,958 Available for 2020 CAP Bank: $1,300,423
Department of Public Affairs Nor orth Ber ergen Nor orth Ber ergen NB C.A.R.E.S. NB On Online He Help Des esk Se Senior r Prog ograms Help He lping Nor orth Ber Bergen res resid idents Wher here re resid sidents s can an Pro rovid vidin ing ser servi vices, s, pr programs s in n nee need convenie iently ly subm submit and and acti activi vities s for r our ur Se Senio niors que questions s and and re requ quests ❖ Thanksgiving Drive: ✓ Free Medical Transport: ➢ Requests are forwarded Providing over 100 medical Providing 1900 turkeys and 300 transports each week to a central location for senior meals municipal employees to ✓ Free Annual Senior Picnic: quickly respond to ❖ Holiday Drive: Annual fall event that has over 1000 participants P roviding 1100 senior meals and ➢ Currently experiencing 2000 toys ✓ Free Daily Shopping Trips: over 700 inquiries/ Daily transportation to and from requests annually ❖ Back to School Drive: a variety of shopping destinations ➢ Township responds within Providing 550 backpacks with ✓ Free Movie Program: 48 hours school supplies to school aged Two free movie showings per children month and free transportation to and from the Empire 12 cinemas at Columbia Park are provided ❖ Emergency Relief: P roviding non-perishable food for ✓ Bingo Luncheon Program: Three times each month the residents in need Township provides bingo luncheons at the Nutrition Center
Department of Public Works Restoratio ion- Comprehensiv ive Broom & Bar arrel l Str Street Repair irs Program Red Bri rick Road • 75 th Street between • Over 100 blocks • New street Park Avenue and paved in the last cleaning program Boulevard East two years utilizing brooms completely restored and barrels • 20-30 blocks “in house” saving the planned for • DPW workers Township an repaving in 2019 deployed to various estimated $1 million street locations on a daily basis
Department of Parks & Public Property Expansio Ex ion and and Upg pgrades thr throu oughout t the the Township ✓ New state-of-the-art Downtown Community Center and Library to break ground this Spring 2019 ✓ North Bergen Pool Upgrades ✓ Upgrades to Seven Township parks beginning this Spring/ Summer 2019: • New Downtown Park at Paterson Plank Road 10 th Street Park- Total Renovation • 28 th Street Park • 38 th Street Policemen’s Park - Total Renovation • 43 rd Street Park • 64 th Street Softball Field- Total Renovation • 88 th Street Park • Partial cost savings to be realized in the form of grants for various parks.
Public Safety/ Police Department Man anpower: Full Fu ll Com omplement of of 13 136 Officers (H (Highest ever in in No North Bergen his istory) Safe Co Community: School Sa Sc Safety: Of f cit cities wit ith a pop opulation of of 50,0 ,000 or or more, North Pol olice Officer in in every ry th safest the 6 th Be Bergen ranked th No North Bergen th safes in NJ, 26 th cit city in est cit city in in th the Unit ited States and th the Public Sc School safest in in Hu Hudson Cou County
Fleet Upgrades ❖ DPW: 22’ Roll lloff Sa Salt lt Sp Spreader ❖ EMS: S: Ambula lance ❖ Park rks: : (2 (2) ) 4-Door Dump Tru rucks for r Park rks Main intenance ❖ Publi lic Affair irs: Medic ical l Transport rt Van ❖ Poli lice: (3 (3) ) 4x4 x4 Patrol l Vehic icle les
No Increase in State Aid in 13 Years Nort orth Ber ergen state aid aid (F (For ormula Aid, RE REAP, UEZ) $13,713,330 $13,707,807 $13,232,778 $12,125,835 $10,704,539 $13 $13 $13 $12 $10 $7,185,597 $7,185,597 $7,185,597 $7,185,597 $7,185,597 $7,185,597 $7,185,597 $7,185,597 $7,185,597 $7, $7, $7, $7, $7, $7, $7, $7, $7, 2006 20 20 2007 2008 20 2009 20 20 2010 2011 20 2012 20 2013 20 20 2014 20 2015 20 2016 2017 20 2018 20 20 2019 Municipal aid remains flat as the Township strives to keep taxes down. North Bergen has endured a 47.6% DECREASE in state aid since 2006 .
Conservative Budgeting – Summary of Results REVENUES 201 2013 2014 201 2015 201 201 2016 201 2017 2018 201 Anticipated $83,138,652 $85,536,840 $88,629,881 $89,035,465 $100,972,910 $95,767,526 Revenues Actual $84,304,904 $87,198,598 $89,925,504 $92,228,047 $101,928,411 $98,113,690 Revenues EXCESS $1,166,252 $1,661,758 $1,295,623 $3,192,582 $955,501 $2,346,164 REVENUES
Tax P.I.L.O.T. Revenues 36% CY CY $2,6 ,671,000 2016 2016 increase in since sin CY 2016 CY CY $2,8 ,855,250 2017 2017 CY CY $3,4 ,439,000 2018 2018 CY CY $3,6 ,641,000 2019 2019
Consistently High Tax Collection Rate 100.00% 98.00% 97.89% 97.8 97.11 % 97.1 96.00% 94.00% Nort rth Berg ergen contin inues to main intain a a steady an and eff effective tax ax coll llectio ion rat rate 92.00% 90.00% FY Y 2008 FY Y 2009 FY Y 2010 FY Y 2011 CY 2 2012 CY 2 2013 CY 2 2014 CY 2 2015 CY 2 2016 CY 2 2017 CY 2 2018
Year End Surplus Balance $14, $1 4,868,796 $13, $1 3,160,386 $1 $13, 3,010,130 $1 $10, 0,704,810 $8 $8,8 ,868,008 $6 $6,5 ,500,206 $5 $5,8 ,804,771 2012 2012 2013 2013 2014 2014 2015 2015 2016 2016 2017 2017 2018 2018
10/2/18 Moody’s Upgrades North Bergen’s Bond Rating to Aa2 Aaa Aaa Ratings Rationale- “The upgrade to Aa2 reflects Aa1 Aa1 the Township’s substantial Aa2 Aa2 and growing tax base, modest debt burden Aa3 Aa3 and strong stable finances.” A1 A1 A2 A2 A3 A3 Having received three upgrades within the last Baa1 aa1 10 years, North Bergen now has the third Baa2 aa2 highest available rating Baa3 Baa3 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
CY 2015-2019 Local Property Tax 5 Year Review 2015 2015 2016 2016 2017 2017 2018 2018 Aver erage 2019 2019 Loc Local l tax levy vy $62,345,000 $63,591,000 $65,103,878 $66,830,518 $67,554,110 Loc Local l tax rate 24.60 25.14 25.38 25.86 26.20 % Cha % Change 0% 0% 2.20% 0.95% 1.89% 1.31% 1.27% Cos Cost t to to average $0 $0 $76 $76 $35 $35 $67 $67 $48 $48 $45 $45 homeowner hom
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