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[email protected] SEVENTY FIVE CENTS Freeholder Board Introduces $491-Million County Budget Concerns Over Detention Center Staffing Raised By PAUL J. PEYTON Hudak said. Union County Infrastructure and Mu- Specially Written for The Westfield Leader “The overall result of our budgetary nicipal Aid program. COUNTY — The Union County effort is a tax increase of just 2.51 “A total of $1.5 million will be made Freeholders introduced a $491.9-mil- percent, the lowest in a decade,” he available to assist our municipalities to lion budget last Thursday with $335.3 said. The average tax increase per house- accomplish tasks undertaken in calen- million to be raised in property taxes, hold county-wide will be $52. dar year 2015,” he said. The funding is an increase of $8.2 million over last County impact spreadsheets on the coming from the proceeds from the year. amount to be raised in each of the 21 $26-million sale of Runnells Special- Freeholder Chris Hudak, chairman towns in the county and the average ized Hospital. of the board’s fiscal committee, said county tax per home in each of those Towns can use the money for down- the committee was able to reduce the towns will not be released until the final town development projects, economic proposed tax levy in the executive bud- budget is unveiled on Thursday, May development plans, large- and small- get presented by County Manager Al 28, county spokesman Sebastian D’Elia scale construction projects, commu- Faella by $820,000.