How New Providence is run
Who runs New Providence, what it costs, and where your money goes
The city manager, council pay, the budget, your property tax bill and who provides each service, from New Providence's own public documents. Every number links to its source and says which year it describes. Checked Oct 11, 2026.
Who runs New Providence
The elected mayor heads the city government and appoints its top administrator and department heads. The council passes laws, adopts the budget and sets the tax rate.
What they are paid
New Providence city staff
The 2026 budget lists 73 full-time and 53 part-time employees with $7.74M of base pay in total, reported by employee group. We found no list of individual employee pay. We name pay only for elected officials and the city manager.
Is New Providence in the red?
Cities must pass a balanced budget, so "profit" and "deficit" mean something different here. The useful questions: does the city's everyday money (the general fund) cover its everyday costs, how much does it keep in savings compared with its own target, and how big are its pension and debt bills.
Savings
Unassigned general fund balance: $7.1M (2025-12-31). Borough of New Providence · Apr 28, 2026
Why we skip the "budgeted deficit": many cities plan to dip into savings, then spend less than planned. The audited result tells you what really happened.
Where the money comes from and goes
The general fund only: the city's everyday money for 2026.
Comes from
- Property tax for municipal purposes$16.7M · 59%
- Fund balance (surplus) used$4M · 14%
- Other special items (shared court and sewer services, debt and sewer reserves, fees)$3M · 11%
- Library property tax$1.4M · 5%
- State aid (energy receipts tax)$1.3M · 5%
- Local revenues (fees, court fines, interest, sewer rentals)$930,300 · 3%
- Other (delinquent taxes, construction code fees, grants)$751,380 · 3%
Goes to (2026)
- Police$4.3M · 15%
- Debt service$3.9M · 14%
- Reserve for uncollected taxes$2.1M · 8%
- Sewer system and wastewater treatment plant$1.6M · 6%
- Employee health insurance$1.6M · 6%
- Trash and recycling collection and disposal$1.5M · 5%
- Library$1.4M · 5%
- Other (administration, public works, insurance, pensions and others)$11.6M · 41%
Your property tax bill: who gets it
New Providence collects one property tax bill and passes most of it on. Of the 2025 levy, 60.14% went to the local schools and about 17% to Union County. The borough's own share, including the library and open space, was about 23%.
23¢
of each property-tax dollar goes to the city of New Providence
- New Providence School District3.153 · 60%
- Borough of New Providence (municipal purposes)1.088 · 21%
- Union County0.868 · 17%
- New Providence library0.085 · 2%
- Union County open space0.038 · <1%
- New Providence open space0.01 · <1%
- Total ($ per $100 of assessed value)5.242
2025 tax rates for a property in the Borough of New Providence (Union County). Borough of New Providence · Apr 28, 2026
Who provides your services
Not everything in New Providence is run by the city. Who provides a service decides whose budget pays for it and whose election decides it.
- PoliceThe cityNew Providence Police DepartmentBorough of New Providence · Apr 28, 2026
- Sewage treatmentThe cityBorough of New Providence wastewater treatment plantBorough of New Providence · Apr 28, 2026
- StreetsThe cityBorough of New ProvidenceBorough of New Providence · Apr 28, 2026
- Public healthAnother agencyTown of WestfieldBorough of New Providence · Apr 28, 2026
Compared with similar cities
The cities in this state closest in population that we cover. Read it for scale, not as a ranking: cities provide different services.
| Per city | New ProvidenceNJ | MiddlesexNJ | HopatcongNJ | RamseyNJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents | 14,092 | 14,740 | 14,824 | 14,925 |
| Top administrator's base pay | Not confirmed | $40,000 | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Council member pay | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| General fund per resident | $1,997 | $1,797 | $1,384 | $2,148 |
| Debt per resident | $1,868 | $1,018 | $1,535 | $1,191 |
| Unfunded pension per resident | $940 | $1,026 | $791 | $1,224 |
| City staff per 1,000 residents | — | — | — | — |
Figures as shown in each city's section, divided by its population. Years differ by state, and pension figures are measured differently in each state (each city page says how).
What New Providence publishes
What a resident can find online today. A "no" is something you can ask the council to publish.
- Yes: Adopted budget posted onlineThe 2026 adopted budget, introduced budget and user friendly budget are posted on the borough's Municipal Budgets page. Borough of New Providence
- No: City manager's contract findable onlineThe Borough Administrator page and the 2026 budget do not state the administrator's pay. We found no contract or salary resolution for the position. Borough of New Providence
- Yes: Council votes recorded member by member onlineCouncil minutes record a roll call with each member's vote, including on the 2026 budget adoption. Borough of New Providence · Apr 28, 2026
- Partly: Council pay stated in a public documentThe 2026 salary ordinance sets maximums of $9,000 for the mayor and $7,500 for each council member, not the amounts paid. Borough of New Providence · Aug 11, 2026
- Partly: Employee pay published Borough of New Providence · Apr 28, 2026
Questions to ask your council
- New Providence's share of state pension liabilities was $13.2 million at June 30, 2025. How will PFRS and PERS contributions fit into future budgets?
- The municipal tax levy rises 3.37% to $16.68 million in 2026. Which costs drive the increase?
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