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The Bellefonte Borough Authority is a seven-member Authority, all appointed by Council for a five-year term. Residency is required. The Authority transitioned from a fiscal authority to an operating authority around 2003 when Bellefonte Borough and the Authority entered into a management agreement. The Authority sets the policies and rates while the Borough uses its staff to manage the day-to-day activities of both the water and wastewater system.

All interested Volunteers, please submit the Volunteer Application and letter of interest to Bellefonte Borough Authority, 301 N. Spring Street, Ste. 200, Bellefonte, PA 16823 no later than 12:00 pm Tuesday, July 30th, 2024 for consideration. 

There is currently one vacancy on this Board, with the terms expiring on 12/31/2028.

Volunteer Application

HISTORIC BELLEFONTE. INC.

HOMETOWN HERO BANNERS 2024

Historic Bellefonte Incorporated is proud to announce the 5^th round of Hometown Hero Banners. Since the establishment of this program in 2015, we have had the privilege of honoring hundreds of your Hometown heroes by placing them on display throughout downtown Bellefonte. This year, we are delighted to offer the community another chance to honor their heroes.

The Hometown Hero Committee is thrilled that so many people in the community are eager to honor their Heroes. In an effort to honor as many Heroes as possible, and to keep the banners in presentable condition, the committee has established the following guidelines:

• All banners will be displayed for 2 years
• There will no longer be a renewal option at the end of the 2 year
• If you wish to continue to honor your Hero after 2 years, you will be required to purchase a new banner.
• To ensure fairness to all families and individuals, the committee has decided that all banner placements will be

All banners currently on display will be taken down in Fall 2024 and returned to the sponsor. More information will be sent to current sponsors with a time and place to pick up their currently displayed banner.

Thank you for helping us pay tribute to all those men and women from our community who have served and are still serving.

Thank You,

The Hometown Hero Committee

To access the application please click Here.

Just a friendly reminder: Per the Bellefonte Borough Zoning Ordinance Chapter 575, Article XXI, signs are not permitted to be placed in any portion of the Borough right-of-way. This includes the grass strip between sidewalks and the roads, shade trees, and utility poles. Signs for special events may be displayed no sooner than three weeks prior to the event and must be taken down 24 hours after the event has finished. The complete sign ordinance can be found online: https://ecode360.com/16149516. Any questions pertaining to signage can be directed to Gina Thompson, Zoning Administrator, at 814-313-1573.

Bellefonte Borough Authority will be working on an ongoing service line inventory project to identify all customer water service lines. This project will take place over the next several years until all service lines within our water system service area are identified. The project is a mandatory requirement of a state and federal water system regulation. The goal is to identify service line material from the main water line to the meter inside the customer’s home or business, wherever the water service line enters the building. The illustration above shows a typical customer water line. The federal regulatory requirements for this project will require replacement of service lines made of certain materials in the future and more information about the Service Line Inventory will be posted on our website. As the work continues, we will be contacting customers for appointments to inspect pipe materials at the meter. Customers can help identify their service line by filling out a form and taking a picture of the water service line. Please follow this link for the form https://forms.office.com/r/KpDh2Prurh and thank you for helping with this project!

Service Line Powerpoint

The Borough of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania commits to not discriminate against individuals with disabilities.

Effective Communication: Do you need an accommodation to participate in the activities of the Borough of Bellefonte? For example, do you need an interpreter at council meetings? If so, the Borough will provide appropriate aids and services to effectively communicate with individuals with speech, hearing, or vision impairments. They may include qualified sign language interpreters, documents in alternate requested formats, assistive listening devices, and other ways of making information and
communications accessible.

Modification to Policies and Procedures: Upon request, the Borough will accommodate people with disabilities to ensure they have an equal opportunity to enjoy all Borough programs, services, and activities. For example, individuals with service animals are welcomed in Borough offices, even where pets are generally prohibited. 

To request effective communication aids, services, or other accommodations (or to make a complaint about the Borough’s programs, services, or activities as inaccessible), please contact the ADA Coordinator Julie Brooks, 301 N, Spring Street, Ste. 200 , Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, (814)-355-1501 ext. 220 or jbrooks@bellefontepa.gov, as soon as possible but no later than two business days before the scheduled event.

ADA Grievance Procedure

Big Spring Cover project Update – The Bellefonte Borough Authority oversees the water and wastewater policies and projects.  PA DEP has requested a feasibility study for the Authority’s desired concept.  The Authority has asked its engineering firm for a proposal to complete the feasibility study. The feasibility study, once completed, will be submitted to PA DEP.  The Authority is seeking preliminary approval of their desired design concept.  The concept would then be designed and permitted by PA DEP.  The project is tentatively slated for bidding and construction in 2025. 

Parking ticket payments must be paid through the Bellefonte Borough Police Department. The Police Department is located on the first floor of the Municipal Building. If you do not need a receipt you may drop your ticket in the red drop box by the front door or any of the drop boxes in the Municipal Parking Lots. Any parking ticket not paid within 10 days of issue is subject to be filed as a citation with the District Magistrate. For any questions, don’t hesitate to get in touch with the Bellefonte Borough Police Department at (814) 353-2320. 

REMINDER: The Refuse Crew has recently found grass clippings in the Residential Refuse Containers (Green can with Green Lid). Please do not dispose of grass clippings with your refuse. If you need a Grass/brush can, please contact the Borough Office at (814)355-1501 to be added to the Waitlist.

In an effort to provide more reliable and effective communications with residents, Bellefonte Borough has implemented Smart911 as our emergency notification provider.

Smart911 is a system designed to make phone calls to specific people or areas in the event of an emergency or for sharing important information. Bellefonte Borough will use this system to notify residents by phone of information regarding you or your property. The system can make thousands of calls in a minute to convey vital information. These messages may include information on floods, fires, water emergencies, road closures, missing persons, evacuation orders, and weather emergencies.

Smart911 has been provided by a third party data provider and only includes listed phone numbers in Bellefonte Borough. It is important for residents and business owners to provide contact information such as unlisted, unpublished or cell phone numbers. Accurate numbers in the database help to ensure emergency information will be passed on to everyone in a timely manner.

If you would like to provide an alternate number other than your home number, you may do so. The alternate phone number would be called if your primary phone number is not answered by a person or answering machine.

All calls you receive will have the caller ID of “Bellefonte Borough.” Your information will not be provided to any outside agencies or companies.

To sign up to receive Smart911 notifications please visit the following link: https://www.smart911.com/smart911/ref/reg.action?pa=bellefontewater

For more information on the Spotted Lanternfly and what to do please visit: https://www.agriculture.pa.gov/Plants_Land_Water/PlantIndustry/Entomology/spotted_lanternfly/Pages/default.aspx 

https://extension.psu.edu/spotted-lanternfly