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https://toptonborough.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Adopted-2025-Budget-12162024.pdf 2025 Draft Budget Information and Proposed 2025 Budget Offer to the Union, Included in the Draft 2025 Budget Proposed 2025 Budget: PROPOSED 2025 BUDGET Adoption of the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget will be considered at the meeting of Borough Council, scheduled for Monday, December 9, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. at the Borough Hall at […]

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The Borough of Topton’s Borough Council has a vacancy. Applicants must be registered voters and have been a resident of the Borough of Topton for a minimum of one year. Letters of interest are due by 12 noon on February 10, 2025 at 205 South Callowhill Street, Topton PA 19562. All applicants must attend the […]

Please note that the Borough of Topton’s Newsletter for July 2024, which was included with the water and sewer invoices mailed in July, had incorrect information on page 2. Under Quality of Life, if there is grass or weeds between the curb and the street, they are the Borough’s responsibility and NOT the resident’s/property owner’s […]

We would like to inform our residents that as of this morning, JULY 29, 2024, the strike by the Borough’s employees has temporarily ended.  While we have not received a response to our latest offer, we anticipate both sides will head in the right direction with this latest development.  We realize this is not moving […]

Employees of the Borough of Topton, who are members of Teamsters Local 773, are engaged in a strike. The Borough Council will ensure that the water distribution system and sanitary sewage treatment plant will remain operational during the strike. Likewise, as many other services as possible will be maintained throughout this time. The strike does […]

The Borough of Topton will offer chipping April through September on the last Tuesday of each month.  Please leave branches and shrubs no thicker than 8″ in diameter curbside no earlier than the weekend prior to the last Tuesday of the month.  The mulch will be available to residents on a first come first serve […]

On December 11th, 2023 Council approved Ordinance 4-2023 increasing the tax rate by 1.0 mill. The new tax rate will be 8.55 mills per $1,000 of assessed valuation. –> 7.40 mill – Real Estate Tax –> 0.65 mill – Fire Tax –> 0.50 mill – Ambulance Tax Ordinance 4-2023

On December 11th, 2023 Council approved Ordinance 5-2023, which increases Water/Sewer rates for Industrial and Commercial customers only. The new rates will take effect in the April 2024 bills. Residential customer rates will remain unchanged. Ordinance 5-2023