About PPRGC.

The Point Pleasant Responsible Governance Council (PPRGC) is an independent civic research project examining public spending, taxes, and services in Point Pleasant Borough.

This publication focuses on affordability, spending efficiency, and long-term fiscal costs. It presents official financial records with historical comparisons, definitions, and source references.

Independent publisher

PPRGC is not a government body. The Point Pleasant Responsible Governance Council is the publication's name; it is not a municipal council, government commission, or official public body.

This site is not affiliated with, operated by, sponsored by, or endorsed by Point Pleasant Borough, the Point Pleasant Borough School District, Ocean County, the State of New Jersey, or any other government agency. Place names identify the subject of the research. References to public institutions and records do not imply their approval of this publication.

What you can explore

Schools brings together enrollment, staffing, spending, funding, and reserves. Borough Finances covers operating budgets, tax funding, debt, and accounting balances. Taxes & Property explains the components of the tax bill, including county costs, and provides a calculator using certified rates. Water & Sewer covers utility budgets, financing, and a household rate illustration.

The Budget reviews include earlier years as well as the latest spending plans. Reviews identify their period and status, compare compatible prior budgets, and retain proposed and adopted versions where available.

How to read the figures

Each figure carries its own reporting period. A school fiscal year and a borough calendar year cover different periods. Budget appropriations and recorded expenditures are kept distinct, as are reported figures and estimates.

Charts offer historical views, source tables, and downloads of the underlying values. Applicable dollar series also have an inflation-adjusted view. Missing observations remain gaps, and changes in reporting definitions are explained beside the affected chart.

Tax and utility calculators run in your browser. Spending allocations and optional scenarios are illustrations with stated assumptions; they do not trace an individual payment or predict an adopted budget.

Figures are updated through manual releases. A publication date does not change the year a figure describes. Methods explains the definitions and calculations, Sources identifies the public records, and Updates records releases and material corrections. Complete financial datasets remain available through Downloads.

Reuse and site policies

The License & attribution page explains reuse of the compiled datasets and how to credit charts. The Terms of use explain the publication's limitations, and the Privacy policy describes visitor information and hosting.