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Montgomery County Association of Township Officials

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Building a budget that survives a state impasse: what to fund from reserves and what to defer

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It is budget season, and the proposed numbers for next year are sitting on the manager's desk in townships across Montgomery and Chester counties. The revenue lines look familiar. The question this year is different: what happens to those lines if Harrisburg misses its deadline again? That is not a hypothetical. Pennsylvania has blown past its June 30 budget deadline five years … [Read more...] about Building a budget that survives a state impasse: what to fund from reserves and what to defer

September 2026 PSATS Update Part One

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Stay informed with the latest news and resources for Pennsylvania townships and boroughs: Grants and Funding DCED Announces Municipal Assistance Grant Awards: The state Department of Community and Economic Development awarded $1,341,652 through the Municipal Assistance Program to municipalities across 22 counties for plan updates, cooperative zoning ordinance revisions, … [Read more...] about September 2026 PSATS Update Part One

Data centers and your residents’ electric bills: what a township can and cannot control

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A resident calls the township office, and the question is not about a pothole or a permit. It is about the electric bill, which jumped again, and whether the data center everyone is talking about is the reason. Whoever picks up the phone is left with an honest answer that sits in an uncomfortable spot: some of it is connected, and almost none of it is something the township can … [Read more...] about Data centers and your residents’ electric bills: what a township can and cannot control