The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is accepting applications for the Low-Carbon Transportation Materials Program focusing on accelerating the use of materials and products that have lower levels of embodied greenhouse gas emissions. About $800 million is available for non-state DOTs […]
Budget Now for the 2025 PSATS Conference, May 4-7, 2025!
Are you ready to be part of the largest municipal training opportunity, networking event, and exhibit show in Pennsylvania? Plan and budget now to attend the PSATS 2025 Educational Conference and Exhibit Show — it’s an investment with year-round returns! And there is […]
PSATS Requesting Submissions for Code Enforcement Academy
PSATS is requesting submissions for the development and presentation of a one- or two-day “PSATS Code Enforcement Academy” aimed at municipal code enforcement officers and staff around the Commonwealth. The PSATS Code Enforcement Academy is intended to assist municipalities maintain […]
Reminder: Time is Running Out! Enter Your Salary Survey Data by September 9!
PSATS will soon be releasing workforce data from the 2024 PSATS Salary Survey Plus. However, we need a few more participants to hit the release threshold to ensure that the results are statistically viable and of maximum value to our […]
Considering “Zoning” Through Standalone Ordinances? Think Twice!
If your municipality is facing potentially controversial land use projects such as solar and wind farms, but you do not have zoning or subdivision and land development ordinances, please be careful before adopting an ordinance that attempts to regulate various […]
Not the Stars Wars Trilogy!
Statewide policing fee? Statewide zoning coup? A new state bureaucracy funded by issuing fines to local governments? PSATS Executive Director Dave Sanko is a guest on September’s edition of “Behind the Headlines,” a statewide TV program from the Susquehanna […]
A Congress Members Endorse Federal Disaster Request
U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and John Fetterman (D-PA) and U.S. Representatives Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6), Susan Wild (D-PA-7), Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1) sent a bipartisan letter to President Joe Biden urging him to approve […]
We Want to Celebrate Municipal Partnerships!
Townships must often provide essential services on limited budgets, so PSATS applauds township that work with neighboring municipalities. The Excellence in Intergovernmental Cooperation Award recognizes townships of the second class that have worked with other municipalities to share services and […]
Grant Reminder: Urban Agricultural Infrastructure Applications Due 9/6
The Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for the Urban Agricultural Infrastructure Grant Program, which provides reimbursements for projects that improve urban agriculture infrastructure in Pennsylvania. Townships defined as urban (population density ≥ 291 persons per square mile and total […]
PSATS Executive Director Dave Sanko to Appear on “Behind the Headlines”
PSATS Executive Director Dave Sanko will appear in September’s edition of “Behind the Headlines,” a statewide TV program from the Susquehanna Valley Center for Public Policy, an independent, non-partisan, non-profit public policy research organization. Dave will discuss some of PSATS’ […]
