Vol. 155 - 2022
April 21, 2022
HUNTERDON COUNTY IDENT-A-SHRED
Saturday, April 23rd 8 am to 11:30 am
Hunterdon Tax Rate Again Frozen At 2018 Level In 2022 County Budget
 
Van Doren: Tax Rate Freeze Despite Inflation and Pandemic 
Calling it a clear result of the County’s conservative fiscal principles, the Hunterdon County Board of Commissioners introduced the 2022 County budget that once again freezes the County tax rate at the 2018 level of 31.5 cents per $100 of property valuation for the fourth straight year.

Board Director John E. Lanza, who earlier in the year encouraged the Budget Committee to freeze the tax rate again this year, stated, “The Board members recognize the hardship being placed on individuals and families by an inflation rate that has not been experienced in decades. Freezing the County tax rate for the fourth consecutive year is one positive step this Board can take to help.”

Commissioner Shaun C. Van Doren, Board Committee member, stated, "While holding the tax rate in check, despite inflation and despite the pandemic, the County continues to effectively deliver the key government services mandated by the state and expected by our public.”

The County Budget hearing is scheduled for May 17, 2022, 5:30 pm, in the Historic Courthouse on Main Street in Flemington.

Hunterdon Commissioners Bid Adieu
To The ‘Dean’ Of The Board
 
Lanza: No County Board member’s tenure has been more consequential
The members of the Hunterdon County Board of Commissioners offered their thanks as colleagues and County residents to retiring Commissioner Matt Holt, during the April 19th Board meeting, Holt’s final meeting with the group.
 
Holt, presently the longest serving, or ‘Dean,’ of the Board, is retiring May 1st after fifteen years of County service and twenty-nine years of public service in county and local government in Hunterdon County.

Holt, recognized as the architect of the County’s sound fiscal framework, completed his final act by delivering the 2022 County budget, stating, “Even though I will be leaving the Board in a few weeks, I believe I have a duty to complete my assignment on the Budget Committee to deliver, along with Commissioner Van Doren, a 2022 budget that continues our conservative fiscal policies.
 
Not only is the tax rate frozen again, but the budget continues our no debt program for the eight consecutive year.”

Friends of the Hunterdon County Library Book Sale Returns April 23rd - 25th
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Hunterdon County Parks Opens Spring Season 2022 With
Maple Sugaring Event
The Hunterdon County Parks and Recreation Division opened the 2022 Spring Season with an in-person Maple Sugaring Event at Echo Hill Park for the first time in three years Hunterdon County Commissioner Board Deputy Director Zachary T. Rich reported at the April 19th Board meeting.

Deputy Director Rich, the Board’s Parks and Recreation liaison, said, “Over 100 people participated in an interactive living history event in celebration of Hunterdon’s ‘sweetest’ time of the year. The participants cooked the maple sap collected from the park’s very own grove of maple trees known as a ‘sugar bush.’”

County Walk-Up Vaccine Clinic
Route 12 Complex

Appointments available for the 2.0 booster:
April 28, May 4 & 12

Veteran's Headstone Cleaning Event
Sunday, April 24th
1 pm to 4 pm
Flemington Presbyterian Church
Main Street, Flemington
Email rcass@co.hunterdon.nj.us for more information or to register for the event
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Friday, May 6 at 7:30 PM Stanton Reformed Church
Hunterdon County Board of County Commissioners and Constitutional Officers
John E. Lanza
Director

Zachary T. Rich
Deputy Director
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Matt Holt

Susan J. Soloway

Shaun C.
Van Doren

Mary H. Melfi
County Clerk
Fred W. Brown
Sheriff
Susan J. Hoffman
Surrogate
Renee Robeson
Prosecutor
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