Barnegat Light Budget Hike Held to Half-Cent

Barnegat Light Borough Council introduced a $4,010,000 budget for the year 2022 that holds a tax increase to half a cent, an amount that the chair of the revenue and finance committee called “a miracle” in light of nationwide inflation exceeding 8%.

The budget holds an increase of $250,012 over budget appropriations of the prior year. The amount to be raised by taxation for support of the municipal budget increased by $102,217.