The $3.4 million municipal budget for 2019 in Barnegat Light contains a one-penny increase. That’s an $81.71 increase on the average house in Barnegat Light, average assessment being $788,901. The spending plan with its tax rate of 22.6 cents per $100 of assessed valuation was passed at the May 8 monthly borough council meeting.
Trimming certain line items from last year kept the increase lower than it could have been, council members said at the meeting.
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