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    • Message from Mayor
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    • Building & Planning
    • Community Television (BCT)
    • Community Development
    • Country Club
    • Fall Festival
    • Finance >
      • Budgets and Financials
      • Business Tax Services (E-Collect)
      • Earned Income Tax
      • Homeowners Assistance Grant
    • Parks & Recreation
    • Penn Community Bank Amphitheater
    • Public Safety >
      • Police
      • Fire Rescue
      • Emergency/Medical
      • Crime Prevention/Town Watch
      • Duty Tow
    • Public Works >
      • Overview
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      • Street Light Service Request
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      • Stormwater Management
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        • Celii
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HOW DO I...
View meeting agendas, minutes or plans?
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Watch Council Meetings?
Council Meetings air live on Bensalem Community Television (Comcast 22 in Bensalem / Verizon 34 throughout Bucks County) on the second and forth Mondays of the month (unless noted otherwise) at 7:00pm.

Meetings are replayed on Bensalem Community Television daily at 1:00am, 10:00am and 7:00pm.

Meetings can also be viewed on our online video channel... Click Here.
GET A PERMIT OR APPLICATION FROM BUILDING & PLANNING?
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REPORT A POTHOLE?
The Public Works Department is responsible for maintaining all Township-owned streets with sweeping, plowing, salting, line stripping and repaving. To report a pothole on a Township-owned street call 215-633-3980 or fill out a service request.

Bensalem Township is not permitted to perform work of any kind, including snow removal, on state-owned roads. All issues with state roadways must be directed to PennDot at 215-345-6060.

​The following list of roads are owned and maintained solely by PennDot:
US Route 1/Superhighway – SR#1       
Street Road – SR#132
Gibson Road – SR#2025
State Road – SR#2002
Brownsville Road – SR#2043
Mill Road – SR#200
New Falls Road – SR#2006
Station Avenue – SR#2013
Mechanicsville Road – SR#2021
Old Street Road – SR#2043*#4
Rockhill Drive – SR#2044*#5
Knights Road – SR#2019*#7
Bristol Pike/Rt. 13 – SR#13
​Hulmeville Road – SR#513
​Richilieu Road – SR#2035
​Bensalem Blvd – SR#2015*#1
​Galloway Road – SR#2023
Cornwells Avenue – SR#2005*#2
​Haunted Lane – SR#2009
Brown Avenue – SR#2017*#3
​Old Lincoln Highway – SR#2037
​Trevose Road – SR#2043
​Dunksferry Road – SR#2017#6
​I-95

#1 – Bensalem Boulevard from Bristol Pike to Hulmeville Road is PennDot, remainder is Township.
#2 – Cornwells Avenue from Rail Avenue to Hulmeville Road is PennDot, remainder is Township.
#3 – Brown Avenue from Hulmeville Road to Knights Road is PennDot, remainder is Township.
#4 – Old Street Road – spur from Street Road to Brownsville Road is PennDot, remainder is Township.
#5 – Rockhill Drive from Neshaminy Boulevard to Old Lincoln Highway is PennDot, remainder is     Township.
#6 – Dunksferry Road from Knights Road to the Philadelphia City Line is PennDot, remainder is Township
#7 – Knights Road from Philadelphia City Line to Street Road is PennDot, remainder is Township.
REPORT A STREET LIGHT THAT NEEDS REPAIR?
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FIND OUT THE STREET SWEEPER SCHEDULE?
The sweeper runs seasonally. The season commences in May and continues through early October. Each neighborhood in Bensalem is scheduled to be swept twice per season. The sweeper schedule is advertised on all forms of social media as well as Bensalem Community Television Channel (BCT),  Comcast 22 / Verizon 34. The street sweeper is not designed to pick up leaves or other debris.
DISPOSE OF PAINT, OLD KEROSENE AND PESTICIDES?
​Contact the Bucks County Planning Commission at 215-345-3400​
REPORT A BROKEN WATER MAIN?
​Bensalem sold the Water system to Aqua Pennsylvania in 1999. Contact Aqua at 877-987-2782.
GET INFORMATION ON RECYCLING AND TRASH REMOVAL?
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REPORT A DEAD DEER?
ROAD-KILLED DEER should be reported directly to the region office that serves the county where the animal is located. A variety of entities handle road-killed deer removal throughout the state and the region office can clarify the proper authorities to notify based on the location of the animal. 

Bruce Metz, Director
Serving the following Counties: 
Berks, Bucks, Chester, Dauphin, Delaware, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia, Schuylkill
253 Snyder Road 
Reading, PA 19605 
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Open Monday - Friday 
7:30AM - 4:00PM 
Phone: (610) 926-3136
GET RID OF OLD ELECTRONICS SUCH AS TV, COMPUTER, ETC.?
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REPORT A TRAFFIC ISSUE?
215-633-3689
​[email protected]
FIND OUT ABOUT HANDICAPPED PARKING SPACE/SIGN REQUIREMENTS?
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VIEW CODE OF ORDINANCES?
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FILL OUT A RIGHT TO KNOW REQUEST FORM?
Township Form
Policies and Procedures
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​Right to Know Officer
William Cmorey
Director of Administration
Bensalem Township
(215) 633-3602​
FIND OUT ABOUT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES?
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Bensalem Township is an equal opportunity employer. Several labor unions are represented and certain requirements must be followed by law. When employment opportunities are available, they will be listed in this section of our site with the job description, job requirements etc.
VIEW CURRENT TOWNSHIP BIDS
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​Bensalem Township is deemed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a second-class township. Products or services that will accumulate to a cost of $10,000 or more must be publicly put out to bid.

Please be advised that Bensalem Township (classified as a "Second Class Township" by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania) does not retain a "Bidders List" or "Contractor List". WHEN A PRODUCT OR SERVICE IS NEEDED IT IS OUR LEGAL OBLIGATION TO PROCURE SEALED BIDS AND WE TRANSMIT THIS VIA MEDIA ADVERTISMENT.
Sign up for bensalem township's e-newsletter?
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GET INFORMATION ON THE HOMEOWNERS ASSISTANCE GRANT?
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View township's budgets and financials?
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get information on the earned income tax (eit)?
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BECOME A VENDOR OR SPONSOR FOR THE FALL FESTIVAL?
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get information on the penn community bank amphitheater?
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Apply to be on a board/commission?
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GET A DOG LICENSE?
Application
Bensalem Tax Office
3750 Hulmeville Road (near Imagination Playground)
Business Hours: Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 4:30pm
215-244-8840
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GET A MARRIAGE LICENSE?
At one of the District Courts:
     
District Court - 07-01-01
District Justice Mike Gallagher
District Court 07-1-1
2404 Byberry Road
Bensalem, PA 19020
215-638-1040

District Court - 07-01-07
District Justice Joseph Falcone
District Court 07-1-12
3237 Bristol Road
Bensalem, PA 19020
215-741-3501
GET THE MAYOR TO OFFICIATE WEDDING?
The Bensalem Township Code does NOT permit
FILE SMALL CLAIMS?
At one of the District Courts:
District Court - 07-01-01
District Justice Mike Gallagher
District Court 07-1-1
2404 Byberry Road
 Bensalem, PA 19020
215-638-1040

District Court - 07-01-07
District Justice Joseph Falcone
District Court 07-1-12
3237 Bristol Road
Bensalem, PA 19020
215-741-3501
FIND OUT ABOUT AGE RESTRICTED COMMUNITIES?
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APPLY FOR A PASSPORT?
Because of the Pandemic of 2020, United States Passport Services, to include new or renewal changes frequently. Please do a search on one of the many internet engines such as Google, Bing, etc. to get the latest procedure(s) on how to proceed.

The Bensalem Branch of the Bucks County Free Library
3700 Hulmeville Road
Bensalem, PA 19020
 M-W: 5pm-8pm
Sat: 10am-4pm
215-638-2030
(Now offers photo service for $10.00).
REMOVE GRAFFITI AND/OR TRASH
​For graffiti and trash removal, please call 267-550-9999. This is a recorded message line. Please provide detailed information and the crew will be dispatched to the area in need.
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