3.4.2019

PRESS RELEASE: Morris County Board of Freeholders

FREEHOLDERS SCHEDULE PUBLIC 2019 BUDGET INFORMATION SESSION

RESIDENTS AND OFFICIALS FROM ALL 39 TOWNS INVITED TO MARCH 14 EVENT

The Morris County Board of Freeholders will hold a special 2019 public county budget meeting on Thursday, March 14, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., at the County Administration and Records Building in Morristown.

Per the proposed new budget, Morris County homeowners will pay an average of just $11 more annually, or 0.94 cents each month to fund services and programs provided through the $315.3 million budget.

View the county’s 2019 proposed budget: https://morriscountynj.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2019-Budget-Statement.pdf

View PowerPoint presentations of the proposed 2019 operating and capital budgets, visit: https://morriscountynj.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2019-Morris-County-operating-Budget.pdf and https://morriscountynj.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/capital-budget-2019.pdf

For more information contact: Morris County Freeholder Heather Darling (chair of operating budget committee) at hdarling@co.morris.nj.us or 973.527.1025; Freeholder Tom Mastrangelo (chair of capital budget committee) at tmastrangelo@co.morris.nj.us or 973.632.7378; or Freeholder Director Doug Cabana at dcabana@co.morris.nj.us or 973-335-7100; or Morris County Communications Director Larry Ragonese at 973.285.6015 or lragonese@co.morris.nj.us