Was your municipality among the 26 in Berks to raise property taxes for 2025?

Was your municipality among the 26 in Berks to raise property taxes for 2025?

More than a third of Berks County municipalities have raised their property tax rates for 2025. Each of the county’s 72 municipalities set their tax rates as part of their annual budgets, which had to be approved by the end of December. While most kept their rates the same as they were in 2024, 26 increased them. The tax increases range from 0.02 mill in St. Lawrence to 1.5 mills in Birdsboro. A mill is $1 per every $1,000 of assessed value of a…