Welcome to the official website of Vanport Township, Pennsylvania. Vanport Township is nestled between Beaver, Brighton, and Industry along the Ohio River, just 40 minutes northwest of Pittsburgh. Our community pride shines brightly through the resources Vanport has to offer. With over 75 local businesses, Vanport has something for everyone.                        

MEETING NOTICE: The Vanport Township Commissioners meetings are scheduled for the second Monday of each month @ 7:30 and are open to the public.  The Township will follow CDC Guidelines for COVID-19 protocol and will limit the amount of persons based upon maximum room occupancy if needed. 

Vanport Township Administrative Officials can be reached by calling 724-774-6420 or by utilizing the resources available at www.vanporttwp.com for additional contact information. 

For anyone with concerns about human service needs, i.e., food, unemployment, utilities, ANY human need, please call 2-1-1.

As always, for all EMERGENCY calls, please contact 9-1-1.

A drop off box located in the front of the building and marked “Drop Box” has been added for use by the public for their convenience. We are recommending that business that can be conducted through the mail or placed in this new drop off box be used.  The drop box is secure and is located on the brick wall to the right of the main entrance to the township building. All materials dropped off during the week are typically processed within 24 hours.

  

 

Making a Request

The Township has chosen to use the Standard Request Form promulgated by the Pennsylvania Open Records Office. This form may be downloaded from the website of the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records. A hard-copy form may also be obtained from the Township at the address below.

All Right to Know requests for information (“requests”) must be submitted to the Township:

Vanport Township
477 State Avenue
Vanport Township, PA 15009
F: 724-774-2646
info@vanporttwp.com

The Township reserves the right to deny access to records if the form set forth above is absent from the request. In completing the form above, only physical addresses are acceptable, not Post Office boxes. The Township reserves the right to deny access to records if a requester’s physical address is omitted.

There are four ways to request a public record from the Township:

1. In person
2. By mail
3. By e-mail
4. By fax 

Requests may be verbal or written. However, if a verbal request is denied by the Township, there is no right of appeal.

The Right to Know Law does not require the Township to accept requests made by telephone, and the Township will refuse to accept requests made by telephone. The Right to Know Law also does not require the Township to accept anonymous requests, and the Township will refuse to accept anonymous requests. For the purpose of this section, an e-mail request which does not contain a proper name or street address will be treated as an anonymous request.

In order to meet the requirements of the Right to Know Law, the request must:

1. Identify the records requested with sufficient specificity to enable the Township to ascertain which records are being requested
2. Include the name of the requester
3. Include the address to which the Township should direct its response

The request need not state the reason that the records are being requested.

The Township has chosen to use the Standard Request Form promulgated by the Pennsylvania Open Records Office. This form may be downloaded from the from the website of the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records. A hard-copy form may also be obtained from the Township at the address above.

The Township may deny “disruptive requests,” which occur when a requester repeatedly requests the same record. However, the requester is not precluded from requesting a different record.