Back in November at election time, officials reported a record number of registered voters in the county with more than 122,000 residents on the rolls.
At the Feb. 14 meeting of the Centre County Commissioners, Commissioner Steve Dershem reported a purge in those numbers, citing nine years of voter inactivity as the culprit.
“We’ve purged 15,925 people from our rolls,” said Dershem. “I’m sure many of them are students, or people who have moved from the county. Regardless, it’s a drastic drop.”
According to Dershem, the voter registration office purges the names of registered voters who have not participated in an election in the past nine years.
“Currently, we have 107,419 voters registered in the county,” Dershem said.
The breakdown includes: Democratic, 43,719; Republican, 43,630; and unaffiliated, 13,925.
In other business, the commissioners:
■ Approved a contract between the county and Service Access and Management Inc. to administer the oversight of the 2016 PHARE grant funds in the amount of $60,000. The total allocation that can be expended on administration cost is $3,000.
■ Approved the Taser cartridge replacement plan with Taser Inc. The plan is to include batteries and locks the replacement price for five years. The contract total is $9,101.81.
■ Approved the purchase of a 2013 Dodge Durango through Penn State University. The vehicle has 78,208 miles on it and will replace a vehicle in the Mapping and Tax Assessment Office. The total cost is $19,580.
■ Announced Centre County Government offices will be closed Monday, Feb. 20, in observance of Presidents Day.
