Last week, the Barnegat Township Committee introduced a municipal budget of $33,139,000, an increase of nearly $3 million from the 2022 spending outlay.

Thomas Lombarski, chief financial officer, said the municipal purpose tax (which does not include schools and county taxes) increased by a penny per $100 assessed value. As a result, the owner of a home assessed at the township average of $266,000 will see a $27 increase in the municipal tax bill for the year.