New PA-DEP booklet on Streams

Guidelines for "maintaining" streams, discusses in-stream or near stream activities that: 1) do not need permit (unregulated by DEP), 2) may likely need a permit or authorization, and 3) would definitely need permit, authorization or other DEP c...Read on...

2017 NACDE Employee Conservation Award presented

Natalie Corman Named Director of MH/ID/EI - D&A

The Centre County Board of Commissioners has announced the appointment of Natalie W. Corman as Centre County’s Administrator of Mental Health / Intellectual Disability / Early Intervention – Drug & Alcohol (MH/ID/EI – D&A) effective August 5, 2018.

She succeeds Tom McDermott who left Centre County in April.

Natalie has served Centre County government for twenty years beginning her career as a caseworker in the Office of Mental Health.  During her two decades of service, she has assumed posi...

Town Hall Meeting - The Opioid Epidemic

The Centre County District Attorney’s Office in collaboration with the Centre County Heroin and Opioid Prevention and Education Initiative (HOPE Initiative) will be holding two town hall meetings during the month of July.

The first meeting was held on Tuesday, July 17 in Philipsburg. To watch a recording of the event, please visit:

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Resolution 9 of 2018 - KOEZ Extension

Authorizing exemptions, deductions, abatements, and credits for real property, earned income tax, net profits mercantile, and business privilege taxes within a specific geographic area designated as a proposed Keystone Opportunity Expansion Zone).

Ordinance 2 of 2018: 911 Intergovernmental Agreeement

Adopting and ratifying an intergovernmental cooperation agreement between the counties of Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Fulton, Huntingdon, Somerset, and Centre authorizing cooperation among the seven counties with respect to their 911 emergency call centers.

The complete Ordinance can be viewed here.

Centre County Houses of Worship Active Shooter Response Training

Scholarships Available for Emergency Responder Volunteers

Centre County Government is offering scholarships to encourage new emergency responder volunteers.

These scholarships may be used for any certificate or degree program offered by Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology (CPI) or South Hills School of Business and Technology. At the discretion of the review committee, they may also be us...Read on...

Resolution 17 of 2017: 2018 Budget Adoption and Rate of Taxation

A resolution adopting the Budget for the County of Centre for the year 2018 in the amount of $75,640,764, the tax levy and rate, and the total millage rate.

The complete resolution can be viewed here.

2018 County Budget

On Tuesday, December 19, Centre County Commissioners adopted the 2018 Budget in the amount of $75,640,764 of which $73,878,764 is for the operating budget and $1,762,000 is for capital reserve.

The adopted 2018 Budget can be viewed here.