Hudson County Executive Craig Guy delivered his 2026 budget address yesterday, presenting a $769,667,257 spending plan with a 9.27 percent increase to the tax levy with varying impacts for each municipality.
At yesterday’s Hudson County Board of Commissioners caucus meeting, Guy began by thanking them and county staff, including Director of Finance and Administration Cheryl Fuller, Deputy Director John Inagaki, and Hudson County Administrator Abe Antun for organizing the budget.
Without getting into the budget specifics, Guy underscored that the county was heavily impacted by federal and state funding cuts this year, although he is in talks to secure state monies with Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) and state legislators.
“I can appreciate the significance of what we have in this budget and services that will continue to be delivered in spite of some of the cuts that we are receiving, both from federal governments and – quite frankly folks – we don’t know where we’re going to be standing with the state budget,” Guy said…