2027 PROPOSED BUDGET · SEPTEMBER 29 DRAFT
Kennett Square’s 2027 budget, in plain language.
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The full budget, account by account
Everything below comes straight from the Borough’s detailed draft: every fund, department and account, with links to the page each number came from.
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The County assigns this value for taxes. It is usually different from a home’s sale price. Use the taxable assessment on your tax bill, after any applicable exemptions. The parcel layer shows total assessment; it does not establish every exemption.
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How the calculation works
A mill is $1 of tax per $1,000 of assessed value. Current Borough rate: 11.8 mills. Proposed rate: 12.8 mills, adding 0.40 for the General Fund and 0.60 for Emergency Management. Multiply your taxable assessment by the millage and divide by 1,000.
Current rate: County tax table, Kennett Square row
Proposed increase: October 7 message, page 1
What about water, sewer and trash?
The October 7 message proposes 20% higher water use charges, 30% higher sewer use charges and 9% higher trash fees. These are separate from property taxes. The examples below are Borough-provided averages, not quotes for your home.
Where the money goes
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The sum of all funds includes money moved between funds. It is not a measure of unique Borough spending. Historical codes expenses appear in both General and Codes funds in the source.
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Fund totals and accounting details
Spending over time
Actual results and budgets are different measures. The half-year 2026 result is kept separate and is not projected to a full year.
Spending by type
Grouped by account descriptions. Transfers and reserves remain visible.
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Numbers you can trace
534 accounts. Every source cell checked.
We compared all account descriptions, PDF pages and 3,204 amount cells with the detailed budget. Published totals stay as printed. Automated checks identify 13 historical subtotal differences, listed below. This checks our transcription, not the Borough’s financial controls.
See the 13 historical differences
Difference means published total minus the sum of listed accounts. Blank amounts are excluded from the sum, not changed to reported zeros. The source does not explain these differences. No published number has been changed.
Why do the source totals differ?
Budget terms, in plain language
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Original source documents
PDF copies preserve the supplied source files. Spanish descriptions are our translations; original English account labels remain in each account’s source details.