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Four Berks Towns Move Their 2027 Budgets Toward Adoption

Four Berks Towns Move Their 2027 Budgets Toward Adoption

Four Berks County governments voted Monday, November 9, to advertise their proposed 2027 budgets - the first of two steps toward adoption - while a fifth, Spring Township, held a budget review the same night.

Rockland Township's motion is the only one that says anything about taxes: it approves the budget for advertising with no proposed tax increases, ahead of a planned adoption vote on December 14. Richmond Township paired its budget discussion with a fire truck payment; Douglass Township's agenda also asked the board to sign sewer loan closing documents; Laureldale Borough listed the budget with nothing attached.

None of the five had posted a 2027 budget document as of the votes - a gap the Journal will keep watching as adoption dates arrive.

Summarised by the Berks Journal from BerksConnect's meeting coverage.