The Little Egg Harbor Township Committee added $1,136,281 to the township’s 2021 budget from the American Rescue Plan Act, federal money sent to municipalities to offset costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

During the Nov. 8 municipal meeting, Sunrise Bay resident Art Mooney asked if the committee had decided where it was spending the money as he had been told it could not be used to lower taxes. Business Administrator Rodney Haines said the committee had yet to finalize that.