B+L Investigates

Budget fix or legal risk? Delaware County may have tapped restricted funds to ease 2025 tax increase Todd Shepherd November 3, 2025 November 3, 2025

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Delaware County’s use of opioid settlement money in the 2025 general budget may be a violation of the laws and regulations guiding how those funds can be spent, raising further questions about the county’s process in creating one of the most controversial budgets in recent memory because of its 24 percent tax hike.

The revelation about opioid funding is only now in clear view because Executive Director Barbara O’Malley finally explained in October the sources of $7.6 million in money labeled “transfers” in the 2025 budget — even though thi

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