MEDIA, Pa. (KYW Newsradio) — During a budget hearing Monday night, Delaware County residents expressed their frustration over a budget proposal that includes a 19% property tax hike, just a year after taxes were raised by 23%. Officials said the increase is necessary for the county to stay afloat financially.
After last year’s 23% tax hike, Delaware County Council formed a 60-person citizen budget task force to analyze cost-cutting measures relating to the county’s copier usage, car fleet and electricity. However, they still found that in order to overcome a structural deficit, a 19% property tax increase would be necessary.
Since he moved to Drexel Hill with his fiancée a couple of years ago, resident Joseph Kozari said they have already faced multiple rate increases…