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Susquehanna River Basin Commission Offers Water Level Monitoring Grants
The Susquehanna River Basin Commission is offering a new grant program to support the collection and reporting of water level data in groundwater production wells in the basin. Municipalities and municipal authorities that have existing SRBC permits groundwater are eligible…
Vaccine Update
As the Commonwealth moves towards full vaccine waiting list eligibility for all residents over 16 in the coming weeks, local officials awaiting category 1c kickoff just got a little longer wait time. All prisoners and correction workers have been prioritized…
Attorney General Announces Theft Charges Against Transportation Contractor
Attorney General Josh Shapiro announce that Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc., of State College, has been charged with four counts of theft relating to violations of the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act and the federal Davis-Bacon Act. “This is the largest prevailing…
Commonwealth COVID-19 Enforcement Visits, Complaints Slow
The following state agency reports are for the week of March 29: Pa. Department of Agriculture: The Bureau of Food Safety performed 674 total inspections, five of which were the result of COVID-19-related complaints, and received 22 food facility COVID-19-related complaints, none of which were referred to local and…
Advisory Board Volunteers Needed
From time to time, PSATS is asked to identify potential candidates to be considered to serve on a variety of advisory State Board and Commissions. In an attempt to build a database, we are asking anyone who has special interests…
2021 Virtual Conference Workshops Start Soon!
2021 Virtual Conference Workshops Start Soon! Between April and May 31, PSATS will host more than 60 2021 Conference workshops through its virtual classroom. Learn from experts from across the commonwealth on a wide variety of township administration, public safety, public works,…
Local Governments Are on Their Own for EIT Deadline Extension
After several weeks of internal review, the state Department of Community and Economic Development has determined that it lacks the legal authority to extend the statutory filing and payment deadline for the local earned income tax. Instead, it is directing…
More Details of Federal Funding Support
While there have been no guidelines issued by the US Treasury Department to date, yesterday we introduced a new PSATS Premiere Partner, Zelenkofske Axelrod LLC, an accounting firm, to help interested parties through the eligibility and compliance process. Last year,…
PA and 4 Other States Account for Nearly Half of All New Cases
According to Johns Hopkins University, nearly half of new coronavirus infections nationwide are in just five states — a situation that is putting pressure on the federal government to consider changing how it distributes vaccines by sending more doses to…
Vaccine Supply Expands as Pennsylvania Moves into New Phases
The commonwealth moved into Phase 1B of the vaccine distribution this week, which includes law enforcement and firefighters, both volunteer and career. On Monday, April 12, all other municipal employees and elected officials will be eligible for vaccinations as Phase…
