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38 The Authority | June 2024 Life, Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance This program provides group life, short- term disability and long-term disability insurance benefits under National Insurance Services. Contact: Clyde Villa 800.627.3660 cvilla@nisbenefits.com www.nisbenefits.com PMAA Unemployent Compensation Trust This unemployment compensation fund can save your authority potentially hundreds of dollars per employee. Contact: Cindy Geesaman 717.737.7655 info@municipalauthorities.org www.municipalauthorities.org For More Information: 1Mark™ This is a web-based solution that provides authorities with a low-cost, monthly subscription plan for managing GIS Mapping, Field LEAD Inventory and PA-1Call tickets. Contact: Tony Hoare 866.935.1533 support@1mark.org www.1mark.work PLGIT, Pennsylvania Local Government Investment Trust PLGIT offers authorities a variety of liquid and fixed-rate options for short- term investing. Working together, these options allow you the flexibility to manage cash flow and optimize earnings. Contact: 800.572.1472 www.plgit.com Find Savings with PMAA’s Member Benefit Programs! UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION TRUST Visit our Website! www.municipalauthorities.org Email Us! glantz@municipalauthorities.org Call the Office! 717.737.7655 World Kinect Energy Services Save energy dollars by monitoring the market on a continuous basis through an outsourced energy procurement service approach, customized to meet both business and financial goals. Contact: Cheryl Hefft 717.575.4807 chefft@world-kinect.com www.world-kinect.com PennBid Program Electronic Bid Management System Authorities and engineering firms can more efficiently manage all aspects of their sealed bid process through the secure internet portal offered through PennBid. Contact: Freddy Lutz 610.693.4769 info@PennBid.net www.pennbid.net HDH & MRM Worker’s Comp, Property, Casualty, Environmental, Liability Insurance This program includes general liability, property, auto, public official’s liability, workers’ compensation, and miscellaneous municipal coverage. Contact: Suzanne Chybrzynski, CISR 412.992.2829 suzanne.chybrzynski@hubinternational.com www.mrmtrust.com National Rivers Month is observed every year in June. Rivers are not only a source of water, but also food, irrigation, and shelter. Many communities depend on them for their livelihood and way of life. It is our responsibility to preserve rivers like a national treasure and find ways in which we can function without polluting or damaging them. Pennsylvania is a water-rich state with over 80,000 miles of streams and rivers. The Allegheny River in western Pennsylvania has been selected as the state’s 2024 River of the Year. The Allegheny River starts as a stream in Potter County, crossing briefly through New York and then through six counties in Western Pennsylvania. The 325-mile river ends in Pittsburgh where it meets the Monongahela River and flows into the Ohio River, providing drinking water to more than one million people and acting as an ecologically and economically precious water trail. The river includes the Allegheny Islands Wilderness, a seven-island, 372- acre preserve that boasts old-growth hardwoods and prolific bird populations. The U.S. Forest Service has documented over 50 mammals, 200 birds, 25 amphibians, 20 reptiles, 80 fishes, and 25 freshwater mussels in and around the Allegheny, including the threatened Salamander Mussel, who help improve the water quality by filtering out sediment and pollutants. S