Wyomissing news

Wyomissing's posted 2027 budget raises taxes 4 mills to 10.65, $578 on the median home by the borough's count. Council votes tonight on advertising it.

Draft minutes: a 4-3 vote told staff to write Wyomissing's 2027 budget with a 4-mill tax hike, $400 more per $100,000 assessed. Council votes Nov. 10.

Wilson's school board hired a $144,341 high school principal 8-0, let its CFO sign an unpriced electricity contract and split 5-3 on a $50,438 screener.

A Nov. 2 staff memo lists $2.06M in 2027 cuts, from the Memorial Day Parade to leaf disposal, and a 3- or 4-mill tax hike. Council meets Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.

Wilson's school board votes Monday on a $144,341 high school principal, a $119,052 network core and a retainage cut on its $13.4M HVAC and music-wing job.

Ordinance 1464-2026 would let big-box stores, grocers, fuel and apartments above shops go up by right at the Berkshire Mall site. Hearing Nov. 10, 7 p.m.

Wyomissing's interim manager offers five 2027 budget scenarios and recommends two: 3 or 4 more mills plus borrowing. Council reconvenes Nov. 3 at 7 p.m.

Eight Berks County park, trail, forestry and planning projects won $1,343,200 in DCNR's Oct. 7 grant round, led by $350,000 for South Heidelberg Township.

Wyomissing council heard $14.8 million in 2027 capital requests while staff put the general fund's structural deficit at $2.4M to $2.7M.

A running tracker of Berks County data centers: what is operating now, the one big AI campus proposed, and which towns have zoning rules.

Windsor Township could enact data center zoning Aug. 11 after a 6:30 p.m. hearing. Five more Berks municipalities are moving on data center rules too.