Barnegat Township plans to spend $26,466,597 in 2019, according to a municipal budget introduced at the March 5 township committee meeting. The budget is approximately $680,000 higher than what was spent in 2018.

Thomas Lombarski, chief financial officer, said the municipal tax rate increased by slightly less than one cent per $100 assessed value. He saida resident assessed at the township average of $238,000 would see an increaseof $25 (not including schools and county taxes).