Now that Middle Township is in control of the Republicans, the plan is to keep the budget level. Committeeman Dan Lockwood talked to Coastal Broadcasting and said the campaign promise made during Tim Donohue’s campaign, where he said there would be no tax increase, would be kept. Donohue was elected to take Nate Doughty’s seat on the committee when reorganization takes place at the beginning of the new year. Donohue has already said he would support Lockwood to be mayor.