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  • Blair Co. Retirement Fund Shows 'Strong' Investment Returns

    The Office of the Commissioners|Aug 29, 2019

    The Blair County Retirement Board consisting of Commissioners Bruce Erb, Ted Beam, and Terry Tomassetti, along with Controller A.C. Stickel and Treasurer Jim Carothers, recently met with Pat Wing of Marquette Associates, Inc., to review the Blair County Employee Retirement Fund’s investment performance Report for the second quarter of 2019. The fund had an investment return of 3.2 percent for the quarter (net of investment management fees), generating an investment gain of more than $1 million. Over the past year ending June 30, 2019, the f...

  • Blair Co. CYF Dealing with Increase in Cases

    The Office of the Commissioners|Aug 22, 2019

    On Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019, Children Youth and Families Director Ashley Gehrdes presented the narrative portion of the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 “Needs Based Budget” to the Blair County Board of Commissioners, for submission to the Pennsylvania Office of Human Services. The narrative outlines the successes and challenges expected for Fiscal Year 2020-21. The presentation of the fiscal portion of the budget will follow in late August. Blair County Children, Youth and Families (BCCYF) has seen a significant increase in the number of reports rec...

  • Blair Seeks Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement For 911 Addressing

    The Office of the Commissioners, Blair County|Jun 20, 2019

    In an effort to provide continued accurate and timely 911 dispatching services to its residents and assist those who use mobile/broadband based communication devices, Blair County is being proactive in its response to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's upcoming transition from the current dispatching technology, Enhanced 911 (E911) to what is called Next Generation 911 (NG911 ). Unlike E911, that is dependent on tabular data and supplemented with GIS data, NG911 will be dependent on GIS data for everything from connecting the caller to the...

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