On June 8, the Little Egg Harbor Township Committee introduced its 2023 municipal budget, in the amount of $28,517,720, with a tax levy of $20,866,772. The local tax will increase by 3.2 cents, which Township Administrator Rodney Haines has attributed to pensions exceeding $345,000 and insurance costs exceeding $350,000 as well as debt payments exceeding $370,000.

The committee also introduced a host of ordinances, the first authorizing the increase of final appropriations to exceed the…