In 2026, Tuckerton residents will experience a municipal tax rate (excluding school and county taxes) increase of 1.34 cents, or $69.41 for the average assessed home in the borough, Councilman Brian Martin said as he introduced the town budget at the April 20 council meeting.
“That number was actually much higher, so I want to give credit to our CFO and to our borough administrator. We started out looking at an increase on health insurance for borough employees of almost 36% for this year.
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