JACKSON – If you are a major developer or LLC who operates in the township and owes a considerable amount of back taxes, township officials have a strong message for you: pay up!
Listed on the consent agenda of resolutions during the latest Township Council meeting was Resolution 144-2026 which urged state officials to protect local taxpayers by requiring developers and land speculators to pay all outstanding property taxes owed to the municipality prior to being allowed to pursue any land development project within that municipality.
Mayor Jennifer Kuhn posted an online video on April 8 prior to this week’s council meeting where it was adopted. She stated that a lot of developers owe the township tax money.
Kuhn provided an example in her video noting that “Cardinale and Jackson Crossing Association II, LLC currently owes $962,000 and change in taxes to Jackson Township.”
The town collects municipal, school, county and other property taxes and then doles it out to the school, etc. If someone doesn’t pay their property taxes, it has to be made up from the people who do.
She went on to read in the video that, “$441,770.50, Jackson taxpayers, us, you, paid to the school system to the Board of Education because we have to do that. We also paid $189, 807.42 in 2025 to the County because if we do not pay our county taxes, we get penalized.”
The mayor read the resolution and added in her video, “there will be more information on LLCs and developers that owe taxes. We have one that is over $3.5 million and hasn’t paid their taxes since 1987.”
“We are calling on the state to change this because right now you can go before the Zoning Board and you can owe over $962,000 to Jackson Township,” Kuhn added.
President/CEO Vito Cardinale of Jackson Crossing Associates II, LLC, told The Jackson Times, “We are aware of the statements referenced and can confirm that the outstanding tax balance will be addressed, inclusive of applicable interest at 18%. At this time, we have no further comment.”
