The Township of Jackson has introduced its 2026 municipal budget, a required step that precedes final adoption. According to Resolution 147-2026, the governing body introduced the budget at a meeting held April 28, 2026, and scheduled a public hearing for June 9, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. at the Municipal Building, 95 West Veterans Highway.
The resolution sets the budget at $67,191,628.88 in total. That figure comprises $62,854,306.58 in general appropriations and $4,337,322.30 in dedicated open space funding, per Resolution 147-2026. The resolution states that $36,660,414.95 will be raised by property taxes to support the budget.
Introduction is not adoption. Resolution 147-2026 introduces the budget and sets a public hearing; the record does not yet show a final vote adopting the budget. Under the process described in the resolution, adoption would follow the June 9 hearing.
The official record obtained does not establish the change, if any, in the municipal property tax rate compared with the prior year, nor how the introduced total compares to Jackson’s 2025 budget. Those points are not yet established in the documents reviewed. The vote breakdown recorded on the resolution is not clearly legible in the available copy; the certification by Municipal Clerk Sandra F. Martin states the resolution was adopted by the governing body.
Why it matters. The property tax levy in Resolution 147-2026 is the amount the municipal government plans to raise from local taxpayers for its own operations. The total and the levy are now public figures, but they can change before adoption, and the tax impact on an individual property depends on assessed values and the final rate, which the record does not yet show.
Interim spending has continued while the budget is developed. On January 6, 2026, the council adopted Resolution 03-2026, approving a temporary operating budget of $14,202,610.54 for the period between the start of the fiscal year and budget adoption, as allowed under state law. On April 14, 2026, the council adopted Resolution 138-2026 authorizing $15,844,500.00 in emergency temporary appropriations. Both resolutions state these amounts will be reflected in the adopted municipal budget.
What happens next. The public hearing on the budget is scheduled for June 9, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. at the Municipal Building. Final adoption, and any amendments, would occur at or after that hearing. To confirm the final figures, tax impact, and vote, the adopted budget resolution and the supporting budget worksheet would be the authoritative records; those have not yet been obtained.
Correction and update notes will be added if later official records show different final figures.