Jenkintown Holds Line On Municipal Taxes For 2025

JENKINTOWN, PA —Borough residents will not see an increase in their tax bills this year.

At its meeting last month, the Jenkintown Borough Council voted to approve the 2025 municipal budget.

More details about the budget can be found on the borough's website.

There is no tax millage increase to taxpayers in the 2025 budget. There is an increase in the sewer rental fees that was originally approved in 2023, but the planned implementation did not occur last year, officials said.

The 2025 budget includes further preservation of public property, upgrading of equipment, PD vehicle replacement, upgrades to Borough Hall, Financial and Code Enforcement software, IT technology, training, staffing, benefit and wage improvements.

In his budget presentation, Jenkintown Town Manager George Locke said the budget includes 15 separate funds, eight of which receive revenue from the real estate tax millage.

Locke said that one reason for no tax increase is due to holding borough expenses to a 0.48 percent increase over those budgeted expenses from last year.

He said that police department expenses make up 50 percent of the municipal budget, but the borough has worked to eliminate two police positions in the budget without reducing services to residents.

Locke said one of those position eliminations comes from a retirement in February.