Voters to decide on budgets in Bordentown, Chesterfield and Florence townships
By: Scott Morgan
This weekend, it’s election day for fire districts in Bordentown, Chesterfield and Florence townships. Polls for all elections are open from 2-9 p.m.
Bordentown voters will decide on District 1’s $507,993 budget and District 2’s $1,273,394 budget Saturday. The District 1 budget carries a tax rate of 23 cents per $100 of assessed property value, spelling out an annual payment of $303.60 for the owner of a $132,000 home (the township’s average-assessed property); the District 2 budget carries a 20.43-cent tax rate, translating into a $269.68 annual payment for the owner of the average-assessed township home.
Fire Commissioner Salvatore Guido and newcomer Joseph Fresco will run unopposed for seats on the District 1 and 2 fire boards, respectively.
Voting for District 1 will take place at Mission Fire Company on Groveville Road while voting for District 2 will take place at Derby Fire Company on Route 528.
Chesterfield voters also will decide two budgets. In District 1, the $350,490 budget carries a 22-cent tax rate, translating into a $466.40 annual tax payment to the owner of a township-average $212,000 home. The District 2 budget of $212,256 carries an 11.2-cent tax rate, meaning that same homeowner would pay $237.44 in annual fire taxes.
Fire Commissioners Stanley Lewis and Joe Dubell will run unopposed for three-year terms in District 1, while Commissioners Charles Jones and Donald Longstreet will run unopposed for three-year seats in District 2.
District 1 voting will take place at Union Fire Company on New Street; District 2 voting will take place at Chesterfield Hose Company on Route 528.
Florence offers a contested Fire Commission race. Incumbents John Dulo and Jack Jobes face newcomers Tom Stanuikynas and Jason Bergstrom for a pair of three-year seats.
Voters will decide on the district’s $1.4 million budget, which continues the fire tax rate of 15.75 cents per $100 of assessed property value for the fourth straight year. For the owner of the average-assessed township property ($112,000), that means an annual fire tax bill of $176.40.