Administrative Department

Blair Township Administration and Staff

Kami L. Bilek, Blair Township Secretary and Treasurer.

Kami L. Bilek

Secretary/Treasurer

Under the Pennsylvania Second Class Township Code, the Secretary and Treasurer positions are appointed by the Board of Supervisors and serve at their discretion. In Blair Township’s case, Kami holds and fulfills responsibilities for both functions.

The Township Secretary is the administrative officer of the Township. Responsibilities include communicating with citizens, filing all legal notices, interacting with Township departments and boards, managing municipal records, preserving the meeting book and records, presiding over the day to day operations of the Township, and serving as the chief clerk to the Township.

Treasurer duties include assisting the Board of Supervisors with the preparation of the annual budget along with any related reports and updates as may be required, keeping distinct and accurate accounts of revenues received from taxes and other sources, remitting Township funds only on direction by the Board of Supervisors, preserving account books, papers, documents and other records of the office and turning them over to any successor, providing annual account statements and making them available to appropriate auditors for settlement and receiving all monies due to the Township, and depositing receivables promptly in designated depository and accounts in the name of Blair Township.

As Township clerk, Jennifer serves at the discretion at the Board of Supervisors as Township Clerk and Front Desk Clerk.

Clerk duties include assisting the public with day-to-day needs such as answering telephones, assisting with land-use and building permit applications, receiving and distributing PA One-Calls, and assisting the Highway Department and Police Department with General Office duties, as needed.

Susan Haupt

Tax Collector

Elected/Appointed Auditors:

Patrick J. Fanelli, Solicitor

Each year Blair Township Supervisors designate an attorney or law firm to serve as its legal counsel (Solicitor). Fanelli Legal is currently serving in this capacity. Through this firm, Patrick J. Fanelli, Esquire advises Blair Township officials on legal matters pertaining to the conduct of Township business.

Township residents or other parties with business before Blair Township, and who also reference a Township-related legal matter, should first contact Kami Bilek, Blair Township Secretary/Treasurer, for guidance in speaking with the Township’s Solicitor.

Stiffler McGraw, Engineers

Stiffler McGraw Engineers are serving as the designated Township engineering consultant. In this capacity, Stiffler McGraw Engineering staff advise Blair Township officials on the various technical aspects of municipal government. These include land development, subdivision, transportation, and environmental considerations. Serving as “planning consultant”, Stiffler McGraw staff also interpret the application of certain Township ordinances as these pertain to controlled and orderly growth in Blair Township.

It must be noted that Stiffler McGraw Engineers works under contract with and on behalf of Blair Township government. Services provided on behalf of other parties, including Township residents, is strictly between Stiffler McGraw and such other parties.