About 120 properties won tax appeals at the Union County Board of Taxation this fall, collectively knocking almost $182,000 off their tax bills for the 2012 year.
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State Tax Court judgment slashes tax bill in half
Let’s call it “Tax appeal week” at Rahway Rising as we catch up on a few more tax appeals over the last several months, including those approved at the county tax board, decided at the state Tax Court or settled with the city.
STS Tire and Auto Center on St. Georges Ave. (Block 7, Lot 1) had its 2012 tax bill cut in half after a judgment by the state Tax Court. The City Council authorized a refund of $16,705.26 at its Nov. 12 meeting (AR-240), some 46 percent off the total property tax bill of about $36,310 paid by STS on its three St. Georges Avenue lots.
The main parcel on St. Georges Avenue, about a third of an acre and including the building, is assessed for $512,000 and had a tax bill of $29,906 in 2012. Two other land-only lots (Block 7, Lots 2 and 3), which were not appealed, are assessed at a combined $105,900, with taxes of $6,404, for a total 2012 tax bill of about $36,310.
Bridgewater-based STS also was among more than 120 tax appeals in the city for the 2013 tax year that were approved by the county tax board. The City Council approved the judgements at its October meeting and we’ll post details on those appeals and new assessments later this week.
Park Square tax appeal settlement
Park Square, the 159-unit rental complex downtown that was purchased last month, reached a tax appeal settlement with the city in October, which reduced its assessment by more than a third.
Two contracts awarded for treatment plant
City Council last week approved two professional services contracts totaling more than $100,000 for preliminary work on upgrades to the city’s water treatment plant.
Measure to end broadcast of comments rejected
The City Council last night rejected an ordinance that would have ended the broadcast of the final public comment segment of its meetings.
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Change would nix broadcast of public comment
The City Council will consider changes tonight that would stop the broadcast of council meetings just before the meeting’s public comment session.
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New city administrator to be appointed
The City Council is scheduled to approve the appointment of a new city administrator at a special meeting on Wednesday at 6:45 p.m., before its pre-meeting conference at 7 p.m.
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City Council awards design contract for upgrades
City Council last month awarded a $572,000 design services contract associated with a planned multimillion-dollar upgrade of the city’s water treatment plant on Westfield Avenue.
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