Editing Berwyn Heights, Maryland (section)

== Government ==
The town council consists of five members, who are elected every two years on an at-large plurality voting basis, to govern the town of Berwyn Heights. The member of the council who received the most votes during the election becomes mayor. The mayor serves as the head of the government and presides at all council meetings, but in other respects is an equal member of the Council. The mayor pro tempore assumes the mayoral duties in the absence of the mayor.<ref name="About the Town Council">{{cite web | url=http://www.berwyn-heights.com/town-council | title=About the Town Council | publisher=Berwyn Heights | access-date=May 10, 2016}}</ref>
 
The current mayor is Tiffany Papanikolas. The town manager is Kyle Snyder.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.berwynheightsmd.gov/administration-department/pages/town-manager|title=Town Manager|publisher=Town of Berwyn Heights, Maryland|access-date=June 17, 2020}}</ref>

The town has a police department,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.berwynheightspd.com/|title=Berwyn Heights Police Department}}</ref> a public works department, a code enforcement department, and an administration department.

===Past Mayors===
*1948–1952 Robert F. Burnette
*1952–1954 Charles G. Durbin
*1954–1956 Robert F. Burnette
*1956–1958 John P. Wintermoyer
*1958–1960 H. Dale Smith
*1960–1962 Clinton D. Walker
*1962–1966 George E. Lauterbach
*1966–1968 Kenneth C. Styers
*1968–1972 Harry L. Ballew
*1972–1974 George E. Lauterbach
*1974–1976 Jadie B. Mc Dougald, first elected mayor after change from commissioner government to mayor and council form of government.
*1976–1978 Harry L. Ballew
*1978–1980 Jadie B. Mc Dougald
*1980–1982 Howard G. Wood
*1982–1992 William T. Armistead, Jr.
*1992–1998 Thomas J. Love
*1998–2000 William T. Armistead, Jr.
*2000–2001 [[Tawanna P. Gaines]]
*2001–2002 Ronald M. Shane
*2002–2003 [[Bradley S. Jewitt]]
*2003–2004 Patricia D. Dennison
*2004–2015 [[Cheye M. Calvo]]
*2015–2016 Jodie Kulpa-Eddy
*2016–2018 Cheryl Jewitt
*2018 Christopher J. Rasmussen (May 9 to July 16, 2018, resigned)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=December 13, 2018|title=Berwyn Heights gets third mayor in less than six months.|url=https://route1reporter.com/2018/12/13/berwyn-heights-gets-third-mayor-in-less-than-six-months/|access-date=April 7, 2021|website=Route 1 Reporter|language=en-US}}</ref>
*2018 Lynn White (July 16, 2018, to December 6, 2018, resigned)<ref name=":0" />
*2018–2020 Stephen Isler<ref name=":0" />
*2020–2022 [[Amanda Dewey]]<ref name="towncouncil"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/37mun/berwyn/html/b.html|title=Berwyn Heights, Prince George's County, Maryland|website=msa.maryland.gov|access-date=November 1, 2019}}</ref>
* 2022–2024 Jodie Kulpa-Eddy
*2024–Present Tiffany Papanikolas

===Taxation===
At 53 cents per $100 per assessed value, Berwyn Heights has one of the lower real property tax rates in Prince George's County. In 2005, the town became the first municipality in Maryland to establish a public safety taxing district, after it was authorized by the general assembly.<ref name="Sec. 10-269. - Special Taxing Districts.">{{cite web | url=https://www.municode.com/library/md/prince_george's_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_10FITA_DIV14SPTADI | title=Sec. 10-269. - Special Taxing Districts. | access-date=October 25, 2016}}</ref> The district imposes a special tax on businesses to fund the cost of one full-time officer and helps maintain around the clock police coverage.

===County government===
[[Prince George's County Police Department]] District 1 Station in [[Hyattsville, Maryland|Hyattsville]] serves Berwyn Heights.<ref>"[https://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/Facilities/Facility/Details/District-1-Station-Hyattsville-1 District 1 Station - Hyattsville]. [[Prince George's County Police Department]]. Retrieved on September 9, 2018. [https://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/DocumentCenter/View/2650/District-1-Beat-Map--PDF?bidId= Beat map].</ref>