Planning
The County Planning Department is responsible for a wide array of County functions including subdivision, land development, and sewage module reviews, mapping, County planning efforts, transportation, agricultural conservation easements and administering the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. The County Planning Department meets with the Planning Commission during monthly public meetings to discuss current activities in the above-mentioned categories.
Contact Information
Don Schwartz, Director
Rick Suder, Senior Planner
Terry Stacey, CDBG Administrator
Rachel Papuga, GIS/Planning Specialist
Sabrina Appel-McMillen, GIS Specialist/Mapper
Phone: (814) 623-4827
Fax: (814) 623-6455
Get to Know Your Planning Commission:
2018 Officers
Wayne Koontz, Chair
Susan Ramirez, Vice-Chair
Pandora Wertz, Secretary
J. R. Barefoot, Treasurer
| Name | Community Area | Term Exprires: |
| Pandora Wertz | #1 | December 31, 2021 |
| Charles Swartzwelder | #5 | December 31, 2021 |
| J.R. Barefoot | #8 | December 31, 2021 |
| Kimberley Leydig | #7 | December 31, 2019 |
| Wayne Koontz | #4 | December 31, 2019 |
| Susan Ramirez | #2 | December 31, 2019 |
| Robert Detwiler | #9 | December 31, 2020 |
| Ernest Fuller | #3 | December 31, 2020 |
| Mary Stanley | #6 | December 31, 2020 |