Indiana-Blairsville Council of Governments

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Indiana Borough and Blairsville Borough combined to create a council of governments (COG), which are defined to serve an area of several counties and address issues such as regional and municipal planning, economic and community development, cartography and GIS, hazard mitigation and emergency planning, aging services, water use, pollution control, transit administration, and transportation planning. The Indiana-Blairsville Boroughs COG was formed in order to purchase a sewer cleaning machine and a camera to televise the sewer lines.

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The COG is made up of one member of the Blairsville Municipal Authority board and one member of the Indiana Borough board, Blairsville Municipal Authority's Executive Director and the manager for Indiana Borough. They meet the second Tuesday of every other month. The COG has three employees who serve surrounding municipalities by flushing out the main sewer lines and cleaning catch basins and residential sewer lines as necessary.

 

The COG is also able to televise the sewer lines to assess for blockages or a breaks in the line.