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Annual Debt Statement -2024

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This document is the Annual Debt Statement for Woolwich Township, New Jersey, for the budget year ending December 31, 2024. Prepared on January 17, 2025, it details the township's debt condition, including bonds and notes for local, regional, and consolidated school purposes, as well as general municipal obligations. The statement provides a breakdown of gross debt, deductions, and net debt, along with the equalized valuation basis and the net debt as a percentage of that basis. The total municipal/county general obligations amount to $41,051,587.38.

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--- Document: Annual Debt Statement -2024 Document ---
FILED 1/28/2025
State of New Jersey
Department of Community Affairs
Annual Debt Statement
*Official* Woolwich Township - 2024
Date Prepared:
1/17/2025
Budget Year Ending
December 31
(Month D-D)
2024
(Year)
Name:
Lois Yarrington
Phone:
856-467-2666
Title:
Email:
lyarrington@woolwichtwp.org
Address:
120 Village Green Drive
Woolwich, NJ 08085
CFO Cert #:
N-1835
Lois Yarrington, being duly sworn, deposes and says:  Deponent is the Chief Financial Officer of Woolwich 
Township - County of Gloucester here and in the statement hereinafter mentioned called the local unit.  This 
Annual Debt Statement is a true statement of the debt condition of the local unit as of the date therein stated above 
and is computed as provided by the Local Bond Law of New Jersey.
Gross Debt
Deduction
Net Debt
Total Bonds and Notes for Local School 
Purposes
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Total Bonds and Notes for Regional 
School Purposes
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Total Bonds and Notes for all Utilities
$
$
$0.00
Municipal/County General Obligations
$41,051,587.38
$1,023,442.04
$40,028,145.34
Total
$41,051,587.38
$1,023,442.04
$40,028,145.34
Equalized valuation basis (the average of the equalized valuations of real estate, including improvements and the assessed 
valuation of class II railroad property of the local unit for the last 3 preceding years).
Year
(1)
2022
Equalized Valuation Real Property with Improvements plus assessed 
valuation of Class II RR Property
$1,686,766,045.00
(2)
2023
Equalized Valuation Real Property with Improvements plus assessed 
valuation of Class II RR Property
$1,945,945,078.00
(3)
2024
Equalized Valuation Real Property with Improvements plus assessed 
valuation of Class II RR Property
$2,217,887,786.00
Equalized Valuation Basis - Average of (1), (2) and (3)…………………………………………
$1,950,199,636.33
Net Debt expressed as a percentage of such equalized valuation basis is:  %
2.053%


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BONDS AND NOTES FOR LOCAL SCHOOL PURPOSES
Local School District Type (select one):
1.
Term Bonds
$
2.
Serial Bonds
            (a)   Issued
$
            (b)   Authorized but not issued
$
3.
Temporary Notes
            (a)   Issued
$
            (b)   Authorized but not issued
$
4.
Total Bonds and Notes
$0.00
DEDUCTIONS APPLICABLE TO BONDS AND NOTES – 
FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES
Amounts held or to be held for the sole purpose of paying bonds and notes included above.
5.
Sinking funds on hand for bonds shown as Line 1 but not in excess of 
such bonds.
$
6.
Funds on hand in those cases where such funds cannot be diverted to 
purposes other than the payment of bonds and notes included in Line 
4.
$
7.
Estimated proceeds of bonds and notes authorized but not issued 
where such proceeds will be used for the sole purpose of paying bonds 
and notes included in Line 4.
$
8.
% of average of 
equalized valuations
$0.00
%
$1,950,199,636.33
Use applicable per centum as follows:
    2.50% Kindergarten or Grade 1 through Grade 6
    3.00% Kindergarten or Grade 1 through Grade 8
    3.50% Kindergarten or Grade 1 through Grade 9
    4.00% Kindergarten or Grade 1 through Grade 12
9.
Additional State School Building Aid Bonds (N.J.S.A. 18A:58-
33.4(d))
$
10.
Total Potential Deduction
$1,950,199,636.33
Total Allowable Deduction
$0.00


BONDS AND NOTES FOR REGIONAL SCHOOL PURPOSES
Regional School District
Kingsway Regional School District
1.
TERM BONDS
$
2.
SERIAL BONDS
            (a)   Issued
$
            (b)   Authorized but not issued
$
3.
 TEMPORARY BONDS AND NOTES
            (a)   Issued
$
            (b)   Authorized but not issued
$
4.
TOTAL OF REGIONAL SCHOOL BONDS AND NOTES
$0.00
N.J.S.A. 40A:2-43 reads in part as follows: "Gross debt of a municipality shall also include that amount of the total of all 
the bonds and notes issued and authorized but not issued by any school district including the area of the municipality, which 
results from the application to such total of the ratio which the equalized valuation basis of the municipality bears to the 
sum of the equalized valuation basis of each municipality in any such school district."
COMPUTATION OF REGIONAL AND/OR 
CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT DEBT
% OF VALUATIONS APPORTIONED TO EACH 
MUNICIPALITY
APPORTIONMENT OF DEBT – Dec. 31, 2024
Municipality
Average Equalized 
Valuations
%
Serial Bonds 
Issued
Temp. Bond – 
Notes Issued
Authorized But 
not Issued
East Greenwich 
Township
$1,715,863,030.00
38.01220623%
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
South Harrison 
Township
$596,078,456.00
13.20516662%
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Swedesboro Borough
$251,837,938.67
5.57906750%
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Woolwich Township
$1,950,199,636.33
43.20355965%
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Totals
$4,513,979,061.00
100.00%
$
$
$


Page 4 of 12
BONDS AND NOTES FOR REGIONAL SCHOOL PURPOSES
Regional School District
Swedesboro-Woolwich Consolidated School 
District
1.
TERM BONDS
$
2.
SERIAL BONDS
            (a)   Issued
$
            (b)   Authorized but not issued
$
3.
 TEMPORARY BONDS AND NOTES
            (a)   Issued
$
            (b)   Authorized but not issued
$
4.
TOTAL OF REGIONAL SCHOOL BONDS AND NOTES
$0.00
N.J.S.A. 40A:2-43 reads in part as follows: "Gross debt of a municipality shall also include that amount of the total of all 
the bonds and notes issued and authorized but not issued by any school district including the area of the municipality, which 
results from the application to such total of the ratio which the equalized valuation basis of the municipality bears to the 
sum of the equalized valuation basis of each municipality in any such school district."
COMPUTATION OF REGIONAL AND/OR 
CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT DEBT
% OF VALUATIONS APPORTIONED TO EACH 
MUNICIPALITY
APPORTIONMENT OF DEBT – Dec. 31, 2024
Municipality
Average Equalized 
Valuations
%
Serial Bonds 
Issued
Temp. Bond – 
Notes Issued
Authorized But 
not Issued
Swedesboro Borough
$251,837,938.67
11.43658680%
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Woolwich Township
$1,950,199,636.33
88.56341320%
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Totals
$2,202,037,575.00
100.00%
$
$
$


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BONDS AND NOTES FOR UTILITY FUND
Utility
1.
Term bonds
$
2.
Serial bonds
(a) Issued
$
(b) Authorized but not issued
$
3.
Bond Anticipation Notes
(a) Issued
$
(b) Authorized but not issued
$
4.
Capital Notes (N.J.S.A. 40A:2-8)
(a) Issued
$
(b) Authorized but not issued
$
5.
Other
(a) Issued 
$
(b) Authorized but not issued
$
6.
Total
$
DEDUCTIONS APPLICABLE TO BONDS AND NOTES 
FOR SELF-LIQUIDATING PURPOSES
Self-Liquidating Utility Calculation
1.
Total Cash Receipts from Fees, Rents or 
Other Charges for Year
$
2.
Operating and Maintenance Cost
$
3.
Debt Service
(a)
Interest
$
(b)
Notes
$
(c)
Serial Bonds
$
(d)
Sinking Fund 
Requirements
$
4.
Debt Service per Current Budget 
(N.J.S.A. 40A:2-52)
(a)
Interest on Refunding 
Bonds
$
(b)
Refunding Bonds
$
5.
Anticipated Deficit in Dedicated 
Assessment Budget
$
6.
Total Debt Service
$
7.
Total Deductions (Line 2 plus Line 6)
$
8.
Excess in Revenues (Line 1 minus Line 7)
$
9.
Deficit in Revenues (Line 7 minus Line 1)
$
10.
Total Debt Service (Line 6)
$
11.
Deficit (smaller of Line 9 or Line 10)
$
If Excess in Revenues (Line 8) all Utility 
Debt is Deductible
(a)
Gross  System Debt
$
(b)
Less:  Deficit (Capitalized at 5%), (Line 9 
or line 11)
$
 $-   times 20
(c)
Deduction
$
(d)
Plus: Cash held to Pay Bonds and Notes 
included in 2 (a) above
$
(e)
Total Deduction (Deficit in revenues)
$
(f)
NonDeductible Combined GO Debt
$
Total Allowable Deduction
$


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OTHER BONDS, NOTES AND LOANS
1.
Term Bonds
$
Total Term Bonds
$
2.
Serial Bonds (state purposes separately)
(a) Issued 
General Obligation Refunding Bonds - Series 2015
$560,000.00
General Obligation Bonds - Series 2016
$3,815,000.00
General Obligation Refunding Bonds - Series 2017
$3,935,000.00
Total Serial Bonds Issued
$8,310,000.00
(b) Bonds Authorized but not Issued
$
Total Serial Bonds Authorized but not Issued
$
3.
Total Serial Bonds Issued and Authorized but not Issued
$8,310,000.00


Page 7 of 12
OTHER BONDS, NOTES AND LOANS
BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES (state purposes separately)
4.
Bond Anticipation Notes
(a) Issued
Ord. No. 2021-20 Completion of Sewer Infrastructure 
Improvements
$9,068,496.00
Ord. No. 2017-19 Various Sewer Improvements
$14,286,044.00
Ord. No. 2018-09 Opens Space Improvements
$2,398,709.00
Ord. No. 2018-12 Various Capital Improvements
$906,811.00
Ord. No. 2020-13 Road & Drainage Improvements
$2,975,000.00
Total Bond Anticipation Notes Issued
$29,635,060.00
(b) Authorized but not Issued
Ord. No. 2018-09 Open Space Improvements
$500,000.00
Ord. No. 2018-12 Various Capital Improvements
$1,000,000.00
Ord. No. 2019-11 Road & Drainage Repairs - Garwin 
Road
$251,750.00
Ord. No. 2019-14 Acquisition of Trash Carts
$570,000.00
Ord. No. 2021-19 Various Equipment Acquisitions & 
Completion of Capital Improvements
$736,250.00
Total Bond Anticipation Notes Authorized but not 
Issued
$3,058,000.00
5.
Total Bond Anticipation Notes Issued and Authorized but not Issued
$32,693,060.00


Page 8 of 12
OTHER BONDS, NOTES AND LOANS
MISCELLANEOUS BONDS, NOTES AND LOANS
(not including Tax Anticipation Notes, Emergency Notes, Special Emergency Notes and Utility Revenue Notes)
6.
Miscellaneous Bonds, Notes and Loans
(a) Issued
$
Miscellaneous Bonds, Notes and Loans Issued
$
(b) Authorized but not Issued
Green Acres Trust Loan Payable
$48,527.38
Miscellaneous Bonds and Notes Authorized but not 
Issued
$48,527.38
Total Miscellaneous Bonds, Notes and Loans Issued and Authorized but 
not Issued
$48,527.38
Total of all Miscellaneous Bonds, Notes and Loans Issued and Authorized 
but not Issued
$41,051,587.38


Page 9 of 12
DEDUCTIONS APPLICABLE TO OTHER BONDS AND NOTES
1.
Amounts held or to be held for the sole purpose of paying general bonds and 
notes included
(a) Sinking funds on hand for term bonds
$
$
(b) Funds on hand (including proceeds of bonds and notes held to pay other 
bonds and notes), in those cases where such funds cannot be diverted to 
purposes other than the payment of bonds and notes
Reserve to Pay Debt
$1,023,442.04
$1,023,442.04
(c) Estimated proceeds of bonds and notes authorized but not issued where 
such proceeds will be used for the sole purpose of paying bonds and notes
$
$
(d) Accounts receivable from other public authorities applicable only to the 
payment of any part of the gross debt not otherwise deductible
$
$
2.
Bonds authorized by another Public Body to be guaranteed by the 
municipality
$
3.
Bonds issued and bonds authorized by not issued to meet cash grants-in-
aid for housing authority, redevelopment agency or municipality acting as 
its local public agency [N.J.S.A. 55:14B-4.1(d)]
$
4.
Bonds issued and bonds authorized but not issued - Capital projects for 
County Colleges (N.J.S.A. 18A:64A-22.1 to 18A:64A-22.8)
$
5.
Refunding Bonds (N.J.S.A. 40A:2-52)
$
$
Total Deductions Applicable to Other Bonds and Notes
$1,023,442.04


Page 10 of 12
BONDS AUTHORIZED/ISSUED BY ANOTHER PUBLIC BODY
TO BE GUARANTEED BY THE MUNICIPALITY
$
Total Bonds and Notes authorized/issued by another Public Body to be 
guaranteed by the municipality
$


Page 11 of 12
SPECIAL DEBT STATEMENT BORROWING POWER
AVAILABLE UNDER N.J.S.A. 40A:2-7(f)
1.
Balance of debt incurring capacity December 31, 2023
(N.J.S.A. 40:1-16(d))
$
2.
Obligations heretofore authorized during 2024 in
excess of debt limitation and pursuant to:
(a)
N.J.S.A. 40A:2-7, paragraph (d)
$
(b)
N.J.S.A. 40A:2-7, paragraph (f)
$
(c)
N.J.S.A. 40A:2-7, paragraph (g)
$
Total
$0.00
3.
Less 2023 authorizations repealed during 2024
$
4.
Net authorizations during 2024
$
5.
Balance of debt incurring capacity December 31, 2024 
(N.J.S.A. 40:1-16(d))
$0.00


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Obligations NOT Included in Gross Debt
1.
Capital Leases and Other Commitments
$
Total Leases and Other Comittments
$
2.
Guarantees NOT included in Gross Debt – Public 
and Private
$
Total Guarantees NOT included in Gross Debt – 
Public and Private
$