Red Bank Meeting to Highlight Budget Hearings, Wellness Campaign

Tonight's Red Bank Borough Council meeting calls for a suspension of the regular order of business pertaining to three pending items.

At the top of the agenda there are three issues that are up for public discussion, but subject to the suspension Wednesday night: the Mayor's Wellness Challenge, the 2013 Special Improvement District (SID) Budget, and the 2013 Municipal Budget.

• According to the borough's website, the Mayor's Wellness Campaign is endorsing the event entitled Healthy Kids Day at the YMCA on Saturday from 9 to 11:30 a.m. "A free day of fun for the family, all are welcome," the site says. 

Click here for a flyer with more details.
• The SID operates on a special assessment tagged onto tax bills for businesses in the designated section of town. That budget, managed by RiverCenter, has historically hovered around $500,000 a year.

• After an introduction and an informational forum on the 2013 borough budget, the draft $21 million spending plan proposes a 3.8-cent per $100 of assessed value tax hike, bringing the total municipal tax rate from 49.1 to 52.9 cents per $100.

The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. at the Red Bank Municipal Building on Monmouth Street.

Click here for the meeting's agenda.