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State waives property tax cap for Roseland budget Posted: 04 Jul 2010 12:02 AM PDT

Property tax cap deal expected today Posted: 03 Jul 2010 09:47 AM PDT TRENTON — Senior statehouse sources confirm the framework of a deal between Gov. Chris Christie and Democrats over the property cap proposal is now in place and an announcement is expected today. One source said the deal involves a property tax cap of 2 percent, but will include additional exemptions beyond what Christie had initially proposed. The announcement is expected by early this afternoon, the source said. However, a spokesman for Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver said a deal was not in place. "There is no agreement," spokesman Tom Hester said. "The Speaker has had no conversations with the governor on this subject.' Gov. Christie and Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno briefed the Republican state Senate caucus and clapping could be heard from the caucus room. Christie and Guadagno emerged from the room shortly before noon today, and Christie had little to say, other than, 'We'll see." At about 12:30 p.m., Guadagno was addressing the Republican Assembly members. Christie had been meeting with Democratic state Sen. President Stephen M. Sweeney since early this morning. Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver arrived at the statehouse at around 11 a.m. She told reporters she would see them later in the day. State Sen. Sean T. Kean, R-Monmouth, said he believed a final deal would involve including more exemptions to the cap than Christie initially proposed. Much of Christie's staff, and the entire Republican state legislative delegation, arrived in the statehouse early this morning. A lobbyist said the governor's staff had called to get the details about local negotiation processes. One Republican said, despite having to work a holiday weekend, he was excited about the prospect of finally moving toward solutions to some off the state's intractable problems. "We have got a shot at getting all this stuff done we've talked about for years," said Assemblyman Declan O'Scanlon, R-Monmouth, a member of the the Assembly Budget Committee. O'Scanlon also said he believed reforms to local labor negotiations would be a key to moving any agreement forward. Christie ordered a special session of the Legislature this week in an attempt to pass a cap on property tax levies at 2.5 percent, with exemptions only for debt service and capital costs. Sweeney has told reporters he cares less about the cap percentage than about including other exemptions, such as health care and pension costs. Democrats on Friday said they would study the issues through the summer. Five Filters featured article: Headshot - Propaganda, State Religion and the Attack On the Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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