Politics & Government
Small Tax Increase In $33.1M Barnegat Budget For 2023
Spending increases and inflation factored into the budget, but taxes remain low, according to township officials.
BARNEGAT, NJ — There will be a small increase in taxes in the 2023 Barnegat Township municipal budget, which was adopted at a recent Township Committee meeting.
The $33,139,000 budget has an increase in municipal purpose tax of one penny, Township CFO Tom Lombarski said. This is the sixth year in a row that Barnegat has done so, he said.
"It was a concerted effort on everybody to be able to put this budget together and maintain just a one cent increase," he said.
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The small increase means that the average homeowner will pay an extra $27 in taxes each year, according to the budget.
Cost increases like the 22 percent health insurance increase, inflation and more made putting the budget together a challenge, Lombarski said, but he said it was his pleasure to put it together.
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"I'm just very happy with this budget," Lombarski said.
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