The Mission Statement created by the Borough of Shillington's Strategic Plan is:

To this end, the Borough operates a police department, funds a fire department, regulates planning and zoning, disposes of solid waste, oversees recycling, maintains streets and street lights, plows snow, provides a recreation program, operates a sewer system, operates a water system and maintains Borough owned facilities, vehicles and equipment. In order to accomplish this, the Borough incurs a total estimated cost of $7,865,700.