After multiple public hearings, Upper Darby Township Council has approved a nearly $98 million budget for 2025. The approval of the budget comes after normal budget plans collapsed at the end of 2024, when a Delaware County judge overturned a proposed 1% earned income tax (EIT) that officials said was central to the budget. The court decision forced officials to reduce the $101 million budget, eliminating the expected EIT income, reducing spending and money to be set aside in a rainy day fund. The revised budget still includes money for five additional police officers to be added to the 133-member department. The 2024 budget carried through until the new budget was approved.
Source: Daily Times; 2/18/2025