The 2025 Doylestown Borough Preliminary Budget holds the line on taxes. The average homeowner will pay $644.48 in total Borough Real Estate Taxes in 2025. The Doylestown Borough Real Estate Tax continues to be the smallest portion of a Borough homeowner’s overall Real Estate Tax bill, accounting for 11.41% of the total taxes paid.

The 2025 Water Fund Budget is severely impacted by the national PFOS/PFAS contamination crisis, and U.S. EPA’s stringent new lead remediation regulations. The Borough estimates that at least $13 million may be necessary to address these issues over the next five years. To address these costs, water rates will increase in 2025 resulting in a $9.56 increase in the average residential customer’s quarterly bill from $71.85 to $81.41. Despite the increase, Borough water rates are expected to remain well below the regional average.

The centerpiece of the Borough’s 2025 Capital Budget is the installation of a solar energy system on the roof of Borough Hall. Although the up-front cost of the project is $380,000, the Borough will recoup $156,000 in the first twelve months post-installation through energy savings and various incentives with full payback in less than a decade. $137,200 in matching funds are budgeted for Traffic Signal Improvements in the Swamp Road corridor and the upgrade of the traffic signal at West State, Clinton, and West Court Streets. The bulk of both projects will be funded through a Pennsylvania Green-Light-Go program grant. Improvements will include signal coordination, hardware upgrades, pedestrian improvements, and emergency preemption. 2024 saw the most aggressive Borough tree planting program in over three decades and this will continue in 2025 with $20,000 budgeted for new tree plantings. Finally, the Public Works Department will replace critical equipment including two leaf vacuums, a backhoe, and a ten-ton dump truck

The Preliminary 2025 Budget Message can be found here: https://storage.googleapis.com...

The adopted 2025 Preliminary Budget can be found here: https://storage.googleapis.com...