Delhi trustees adopt $34.18 million 2025 budget, approve pay and spending authorities and multiple nuisance contracts

Delhi Township trustees on Dec. 18 adopted a $34,176,579.43 spending plan for fiscal 2025, approved annual pay-rate and spending-authority resolutions and passed a series of routine vendor and nuisance-abatement measures, the board said during a public hearing and subsequent meeting business.

The trustees closed a public hearing on the 2025 appropriations and passed Resolution 2024-191, the formal appropriation ordinance, after department-head briefings and prior budget work sessions. Fiscal figures discussed during the hearing showed a rise in tax increment financing (TIF) revenue tied to property value increases and final closeout work on Delhi Town Square (DTS).

Why it matters: the appropriation and related resolutions set next year’s legal spending limits, authorize short-term contracting and preserve the township’s ability to pay payroll and vendors on Jan. 1, 2025. The trustees also approved separate resolutions to set pay rates and grant limited spending authority that the administration said will allow routine contracts and utilities to continue without administrative delay.

The board’s action

- The board adopted Resolution 2024-191, making appropriations for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 2025. "This is the final policy document that gets our budget in place for 2025," Township Administrator Mister Miller said before the vote. The roll call recorded Missus Seavie: Yes; Mister Davis: Yes; Missus Stearts: Yes. Resolution adopted.

- The trustees adopted Resolution 2024-192 establishing pay rates for 2025, and Resolution 2024-193 authorizing the township administrator to spend amounts greater than $10,000 on behalf of the township in…