How Tyrone Borough Government Works
What Home Rule means, and how Council, the Mayor, and the Borough Manager fit together.
Read the guideGet to know how Tyrone’s government and departments work — what each office does, the procedures behind the everyday services you rely on, and where to find the rule in the Borough Charter and Code.
Start here to understand who makes decisions in Tyrone, how local laws and budgets are made, and who runs day-to-day operations.
What Home Rule means, and how Council, the Mayor, and the Borough Manager fit together.
Read the guideWho serves, when they meet, and how local laws and budgets actually get made.
Read the guideWhat the Mayor does in Tyrone’s Council–Manager form — and what the Mayor does not do.
Read the guideThe office you call for billing, records, and questions — and who runs it.
Read the guideZoning, parking, planning, civil service — the appointed bodies that do the specialized work.
Read the guideWhere the money comes from, how the budget is set, and how it is safeguarded.
Read the guideHow each Borough department and service works — from public safety and public works to permits, zoning, parks, and taxes.
How the department is staffed and led, and how to reach it for help or questions.
Read the guideThe two volunteer companies that protect Tyrone, and how the Borough supports them.
Read the guideStreets, snow, yard waste, and the permit you need before digging in a Borough street.
Read the guideWhere your water comes from, water-quality reports, and starting or stopping service.
Read the guideHow wastewater is collected and treated, plus connections and billing.
Read the guideWhen you need a permit, property-maintenance standards, and how to report a concern.
Read the guideHow Tyrone is zoned, when you need approval, and variances, subdivisions, and appeals.
Read the guideReservoir Park, the Community Pool, pavilion rentals, and the rules that keep them nice.
Read the guideWhich taxes Tyrone levies, who pays them, and how they are collected.
Read the guideHow open government works in Tyrone — open meetings, open records, and how laws are made — and the many ways you can take part. If transparency is your concern, start here.
Your legal right to attend, watch, and speak — and how Tyrone’s Charter guarantees it.
Read the guideThe narrow, tightly limited exception to open meetings — and the rule that no decision is made in private.
Read the guideWhat records are public, how to request them, and how to appeal if you’re refused.
Read the guideThe full path of an ordinance — notice, hearings, the vote — and where you can step in.
Read the guideComment, serve, and the Charter’s powers of initiative, referendum, and recall.
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