Barnegat Township plans to spend $27,905,000 in 2020, according to a municipal budget introduced at the township committee meeting March 3.

Thomas Lombarski, chief financial officer, said the budget is approximately $1.3 million over last year’s spending plan. The budget comes with a tax increase of 1 cent per $100 assessed value, or $24 more for the owner of a home assessed at the township average of $245,207. This does not include school or county taxes.