Richland Township board of supervisors chairman elected to Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors
Robert B. Heffelfinger, chairman of the Richland Township board of supervisors, was elected to a second one-year term as secretary-treasurer of the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors, a press release from PSATS said.
The secretary-treasurer is a member of the association's executive board with full voting rights. The board, which is made up of PSATS' five officers, seven executive committee members and the past president, is responsible for managing the affairs of the association, PSATS said.
Heffelfinger is a member of PSATS' Grassroots Advocacy Network, which addresses legislative issues that affect every Pennsylvanian who lives in a township of the second class. He previously served on the association's Townships Over 10,000 Population Committee and is a workshop moderator during PSATS' Annual Educational Conference and a former member of the Annual Conference Planning Committee, the release said.
Heffelfinger is deputy chief of the Richland Township Fire Department, president of the Cambria County Association of Township Officials and Cambria County 911 Advisory Board, member of the Cambria County Metropolitan Planning Organization and president of the Highland Community Library.
He also serves on the PAC Committee for the Hiram G. Andrews Center, is involved with Crime Stoppers, and is a speaker at various educational and business organizations in the community.
He previously served as fire chief, president and various other administrative and officer positions with the Richland Township Fire Department.
Heffelfinger, executive vice president of Advanced Office Systems Inc., resides in Johnstown.
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