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March 23, 2015
Trenton, NJ
Municipal League President to Speak on State Budget Issues
Tomorrow in Trenton, Piscataway Mayor and League of
Municipalities President Brian Wahler will appear before the Assembly
Budget Committee to discuss Governor Christie’s proposed State Budget.
His observations will focus on the Transportation Trust Fund, the
Pension and Benefit Commission’s Roadmap to Resolution and the status
of municipal property tax relief funding.
Mayor Wahler is scheduled to speak:
9:30 A.M.
Committee Room 11 (Fourth Floor)
State House Annex
Trenton, NJ
Speaking on behalf of all New Jersey Mayors, concerning
transportation infrastructure funding, Mayor Wahler will note, “On June
30, it isn’t a pot hole that awaits the New Jersey’s Transportation
Trust Fund. It is the end of the road. We have known this day was
coming for well over a year. There have been public hearings. There
have been press conferences. There have been editorials in the
newspapers and interviews on radio and TV. It is frustrating to local
officials to know that there has been no agreement on a sustainable
solution to the problem.”
On the Pension and Benefit “Roadmap to
Resolution” recommendation to divert local health benefit savings to
address State pension funding shortfalls, he will state, “Local savings
could be used to deliver local property tax relief. As the stewards of
the property taxpayer’s contribution to the common good, local elected
officials have a responsibility to object to any proposal to divert
those resources to any other purpose.”
On general property tax relief funding, Mayor Wahler will
say, “We urge you, again, to acknowledge that the time has come to
begin to restore to local budgets the millions in property tax relief
that continue to be annually diverted to meet State needs.”
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For further information contact: William G. Dressel, Jr., Executive Director at 609-695-3481, extension 122.
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