County Manager Proposes Merging GIS and Planning & Zoning to Improve Efficiency; Council Asks Logistics Questions

Mar 27, 2025

County staff proposed unifying GIS/mapping and planning & zoning functions to streamline permitting, improve MPO support and enable cross‑training. Council members asked about space, timing and connection to the ongoing government study.

The full story

County management and planning staff told Luzerne County Council that merging the GIS mapping team and the planning and zoning department could improve efficiency, reduce duplication, and strengthen the county’s role in the regional metropolitan planning organization (MPO).

Free newsletter

Sign up to keep reading.

Your free newsletter brings you what your city council, county, and school board discussed and decided.

or
Already have an account? Sign in