Doylestown Borough Council approved a 2024 budget that includes a three-mill tax increase to fund an increase in police costs to the Central Bucks Regional Police Department. The police department’s budget request was for additional funding to hire two new full-time officers. The tax increase will cost the average borough homeowner about $90. Although water rates will remain among the lowest in the region, the average quarterly household water bill will increase by $6.35 in 2024 as Doylestown Borough continues to take steps to address the PFOS/PFAS contamination crisis. See the full budget message here.
Source: Doylestown Borough; 12/2023