Officials representing townships of the second class in McKean County will convene on Thursday at Port Allegany Veterans Club for their 106th Annual County Convention.
The purpose of the annual convention is to provide township officials with up-to-date information to help them better serve their residents and to give them an opportunity to exchange ideas on local government issues.
The convention will feature a wide range of speakers, including James Wheeler, development director and CDL/TEMA/environmental director of the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors. Wheeler will talk about legislation affecting townships of the second class, association programs and services for townships, and issues of major importance to townships and their residents.
The State Association of Township Supervisors represents Pennsylvania’s 1,453
townships of the second class, 15 of which are located in McKean County.
Other speakers who will address the township officials are Barry Mayes and Bert Lahrman, North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission; Gerald Rettger, McKean County Emergency Management Director; Shawn Agosti, PennDOT Municipal Services; Susan Skowyra, McKean County maintenance manager, PennDOT; Terri Cunkle, Local Government Policy Specialist, DCED; Michael Kneidinger, Property & Casualty Division of Northwest Insurance; Tom Kronenwetter, Local Government Liaison for Local Government Services; Kirk Kirkpatrick, Pennsylvania One Call System, Inc.; McKean County Commissioners Carol Duffy, Clifford Lane and Thomas Kreiner; Deborah Pontzer, Field Representative, Congressman Glenn Thompson’s Office; Sheri Collins, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Governor’s Office of Broadband Initiatives; Sean McLaughlin, McKean County GIS Coordinator; Linda Thomas, Water and Environmental Area Program Specialist, USDA Rural Development; McKean County Conservation District – Jody Groshek, Communications & Outreach Director, Lindsay Shine, Resource Conservationist and Maddie Stanisch, Resource Specialist; District Justice Richard Luther; Todd Fantaskey, Sewage Enforcement Officer.
