Borough Council & Mayor

Boroughs are governed by an elected Council. In Doylestown Borough, this Council has nine members serving four (4) year terms. The Borough is divided into three Geographic Wards, each with three (3) Council Representatives. Please take a look at the Ward Map here.

The council's major duties include enacting legislation, raising and spending public money, regulating land use, and providing public services.

By law, the Council must meet at least once a month to conduct its business. Pennsylvania's "Sunshine Act" requires that the Council take all official actions in public at such a meeting and that the public be notified and provided an opportunity to comment at these meetings.

Doylestown Borough Council works through seven major subcommittees: Water Utility, Zoning & Planning, Community/Government Affairs, Environment & Recreation, Public Works and Administration, Finance/Police Pensions

The Mayor is elected at Large to a 4-year term, and serves as the "weak executive".

Municipal Government in Doylestown dates to 1838 with the incorporation of the Borough of Doylestown, one of approximately 2,500 municipalities in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.