After the Stafford Township Council introduced the 2025 municipal budget last month, the council finalized and approved it on May 6. The budget will yield a slight tax increase.

According to Township Administrator Matthew von der Hayden, who presented the budget during a workshop on April 1, salaries and wages went up more than $727,000, while debt services and uncollected taxes increased some $582,000, liability and worker’s compensation insurance rose more than $188,000, employee group…