Two commissioners take on new appointments
Washington County Commissioner Harlan Shober takes an oath before Judge Gary Gilman after being named by Gov. Tom Wolf to serve on the Local Government Advisory Committee.
Commissioner Larry Maggi
Gov. Tom Wolf has appointed two Democrats who are members of Washington County board of commissioners to a committee and an advisory group.
Washington County Commissioner Harlan G. Shober, Jr. has been appointed to the commonwealth’s Local Government Advisory Committee. He was sworn into office by Judge Gary Gilman Monday.
The committee provides municipalities, legislators and the business community an opportunity to have an open dialogue to discuss the impact legislation has on local governments and creates a forum to discuss the needs and challenges facing local governments throughout Pennsylvania. Members of the committee are the lieutenant governor, who serves as chairperson, and 14 others. Five of the members of the committee are elected officials of local government appointed by the governor, representing one of each: Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs; Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors; County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania Municipal League and Pennsylvania State Association of Township Commissioners.
Shober is currently serving his second term as a county commissioner and is president of County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania.
“I believe it’s critical for the voice of our local government to be heard at the state level,” Shober said in a release. “I’m very proud to represent Washington County and the other 66 counties represented under the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania.”
During his tenure with the county, Shober has focused on job development; worked to improve the county’s parks and has served as an advocate for human services. He was instrumental in the implementation of the full-time booking center for the police departments throughout the county. As a county commissioner and an officer of CCAP, he championed the effort to keep Marcellus Shale Act 13 funding in place for local communities and the county.
The governor has also appointed Washington County Commission Chairman Larry Maggi to the County Probation and Parole Officers’ Firearm Education and Training Commission.
Maggi, whose background includes 25 years as a state trooper and six years as Washington County sheriff, took the oath of office for a three-year term March 31 for the training commission, which meets bimonthly in State College, Centre County. Maggi is serving his fourth, four-year term as county commissioner.