The Borough has received notification that the discount option period “Pay Entire Year before 1/31/26” was inadvertently omitted from the 2026 Solid Waste Collection invoices. The Borough is working with their electronic invoicing processor to resolve this issue, and revised invoices will be reprinted and mailed out.

Holiday trees placed curbside will be picked up with yard waste collection each Tuesday in January. This year that falls on January 6th, 13th, 20th & 27th.

The trees are picked up by the Borough Public Works Department and delivered to Abington Township where they are ground into mulch with other yard waste, which is then made available to Borough and Township residents free of cost.

Please be sure to remove all lights, ornaments and tinsel before placing the tree curbside so that the process of turning the trees into usable mulch will not be negatively affected.

Borough Hall Closed – December 31st (12:00 PM) and January 1^st, 2025: In recognition of the New Year, Borough Hall will be closing at 12:00 PM on Wednesday, December 31st and will reopen for business on Friday, January 2nd, 2026 at 9:00 AM.

Due to the New Year’s holiday, curbside trash and recycling collection will be delayed by one day and collected on Saturday, January 3rd, 2026. 

Jenkintown Borough Hall will be closed on Thursday, November 27th and Friday, November 28th in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday. Borough Hall will reopen for business on Monday, December 1st at 9:00 AM.

REMINDER: Due to the observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday, the Borough’s curbside trash and recycling collection will be delayed one day and will be collected on Saturday, November 29th, 2025.

Jenkintown Borough has completed its latest review of the sanitary sewer system and the [08] Sewer Fund, which is fully supported by sewer rental fees – not property taxes. Due to rising construction, conveyance, and treatment costs beyond the Borough’s control, a rate adjustment is proposed for January 2026. For the average residential user (58,400 gallons/year), the annual cost would increase from approximately $246 to $307. Even with this change, Jenkintown remains well below many regional sewer rates.

This rate adjustment will help maintain essential system repairs, meet treatment obligations, and preserve long-term fund stability.

For full details, the sewer system report submitted by Borough Manager George Locke is linked below:

📄 2026 Sewer Rate Overview & Fund Summary (PDF)

See below for a 2026 Regional Sewer Rate Comparison Chart: