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--- Document: 2025 Municipal Budget Guide For Residents Document ---
2025 Municipal
Budget Review
A GUIDE FOR RESIDENTS
• A municipal budget, consisting of revenues (i.e. the money the
Township takes in) and appropriations (i.e. the money the Township
spends), establishes a financial framework for municipal spending
throughout the fiscal year. For Robbinsville Township, the fiscal year
is January 1 through December 31.
• The annual municipal budget determines what services Robbinsville
Township can provide to our residents while ensuring that the
Township’s obligations are adequately funded. In other words, the
budget provides the plan of how the Township puts your municipal
tax dollars to work.
Where Do Your Property Taxes Go?
• School District = 54%
• Mercer County = 23%*
• Robbinsville Township = 18%
• Robbinsville Open Space = 2%
• Mercer County Library = 2%*
• Mercer County Open Space = 1%*
* Preliminary 2025 data as we are still waiting on
Mercer County’s budget to be adopted.
54%
2%
1%
23%
18%
2%
HOW ARE YOUR TAXES
APPORTIONED?
School District
County Library
County Open Space
Mercer County
Robbinsville Township
Robbinsville Open Space
Court
Fines
0.7%
Hotel &
Franchise
Fees 0.6%
Past
Due
Taxes
1.4%
Property
Taxes
48%
2025 Total Budget:
$32,329,062.52
Employee
Salary &
Benefits
12.4%
2025 Total Budget:
$32,329,062.52
* Includes salaries for Police, Fire and EMS.
• By law, the Township is required to
collect taxes not only for itself, but for
the County and School District as well.
• Even if tax payments are late or not
received at all, the Township must still
pay Mercer County and the School
District their entire share of the tax bill.
• To keep the budget balanced, the
Township must be prepared to make up
for this shortfall by funding a Reserve
for Uncollected Taxes.
Expected:
$93.8M
Collected:
$93.1M
Gap:
$0.7M
How Each Dollar of Your $13,254.10* Property Tax Bill is Spent:
*Number based on the average 2025 property tax bill for Robbinsville Township
Breakdown of Your
$13,254.10 Tax Bill
$7,309.64
Schools (Robbinsville Township
School District)
$3,011.22
County Services (Mercer County)
$280.10
County Library
$174.49
County Open Space
$2,193.65
Township Services
$285.00
Township Open Space
Breakdown of $2,193.65
for Township Services
$272.02
Employee Salaries & Benefits
$372.92
Paying Off Debt
$10.97
Capital Improvements
$236.92
Pensions & Retirement
$48.26
Uncollected Taxes
$120.65
Trash & Recycling
$272.01
Operational Expenses
$223.75
Insurance
$572.54
Emergency Services
$8.77
Professional Services
$54.84
Utility Costs
County Services
& Library
Open Space
(County &
Township)
Schools
Township
Services &
Expenses
Emergency
Services
Trash &
Recycling
Debt
Payments
Utilities
$0.25
$0.03
$0.54
$0.08
$0.01
$0.05
$0.03
$0.01
We have been able to keep taxes flat in 2025 by
staying true to our commitment:
We are committed each day to continue to deliver
the level of services Robbinsville’s residents have
come to expect while minimizing costs and
increasing efficiency.
This commitment has allowed us to deliver flat or
lower taxes in 11 of the last 14 years!
Did You Know?
Despite rising costs affecting towns
across New Jersey, including here in
Robbinsville, the Township has been able
to avoid a tax increase for the third
consecutive year.
Through strategic planning, wise debt management, grant funding, and the use of shared services, we are able to
renovate the new building into a modern government center, law enforcement facility and municipal court, without
placing any additional tax burden on Robbinsville’s residents.
The new Municipal, Police and Court Facility, to be
shared with Hightstown Borough, is currently
undergoing renovation and is anticipated to open later
this year. Once open, the new building will provide
state-of-the-art police facilities, a modern municipal
court, and most of Robbinsville’s municipal offices all
under one roof, allowing for improved delivery of
services to residents.