Little Egg Harbor’s $24,479,062 municipal budget for 2021-22 calls for a local tax levy of $19,378,350, meaning a tax increase of 2.9 cents, raising the tax rate to 83 cents per $100 of assessed value. For a median sized home worth $200,000, an additional $58 will be taxed annually.

Administrator and Chief Financial Officer Rodney Haines said 1.9 cents of the increase is needed for contracted employees’ pension and healthcare costs.