What could this cost me?
No one wants to pay more taxes.
But our schools need a solid financial footing so all of Montclair’s kids receive a quality public school education.
What’s on the ballot?
✓ Question 1: Vote YES
Pay off the past $12.6M debt with a one-time tax payment and avoid a state monitor.
✓ Question 2: Vote YES
Raise $5M by resetting your baseline property tax to close this year’s $5M budget gap, avoid a state monitor, and reduce the cuts we need to make in future years’ budgets.
Estimate your tax burden
Enter your assessed* home value
1. Look up the assessed value of your home on your tax bill – this number is NOT the purchase price or potential sale amount.
2. Enter that assessed home value below.
My one-time tax payment from Question 1:
My property tax increase from Question 2:
Equivalent to a quarterly increase of:
These numbers are good-faith estimates per district formula. Final bills are set by the County after the vote and may differ.