Huntingdon County Commissioners: the Standing Veteran’s Burial Allowances Report

Every set of Huntingdon County Commissioners' minutes carries a standing "Veteran's Burial Allowances" report item - the board approves the counts each meeting (one on October 14, 2025, three on October 21, three on October 28, five on December 16, two on February 10, 2026, none on October 13, 2026) under the county's $250 veteran burial benefit; the 2026 agendas and minutes are otherwise not posted on the county site.

Also called: Board of Commissioners, burial allowances, Veteran's Burial Allowances, burial benefit, $250, proclamations, Scott Walls, Jeff Thomas, Patrick Reeder, Salary Board, minutes, Huntingdon, Huntingdon, Mount Union, Shirleysburg, Orbisonia, Rockhill Furnace, Shade Gap, Three Springs, Mapleton, Mill Creek, Alexandria, Petersburg, Saltillo, Broad Top City.

For: Veteran or service member, spouse, child, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Huntingdon County, PACounty

The record. The Commissioners meet in public session most Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m. at the Courthouse, 223 Penn Street, Huntingdon (the board is Scott Walls, Jeff Thomas and Patrick Reeder, at the Bailey Building, 233 Penn Street, 814-643-3091); the Salary Board meets first Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m. The county's meeting-minutes archive posts every 2025 set and the agendas archive the same; the 2026 record is the February 10 and October 13, 2026 minutes and the October 27, 2026 agenda - the 2026 agendas and minutes are otherwise not posted (see docs/COUNTY-REVISIT.md). The standing item. Each set of minutes carries, among the report items, a "Veteran's Burial Allowances" line the board votes with the rest of the reports; the counts in the window's sets read by OCR: October 7, 2025 - "There were no Veteran's Burial Allowances."; October 14, 2025 - "There was 1 Veteran's Burial Allowances."; October 21, 2025 - three; October 28, 2025 - three; November 18, 2025 - zero; December 2, 2025 - zero; December 9, 2025 - zero; December 16, 2025 - five; December 23, 2025 - zero; December 30, 2025 - "There were no Veteran's Burial Allowances."; February 10, 2026 - two; October 13, 2026 - "There were 0 Veteran Burial Allowances". The item is the board's record of the county burial benefit paid through the Veterans Affairs office (the $250 cap is on the office's application; see the veterans-affairs entry) under 16 Pa.C.S. Chapter 155 (the State entry). No other veteran item. The window's minutes carry no Operation Green Light or POW/MIA proclamation, no veterans-office hiring or wage item, and no veteran budget line - the county posts no budget documents on its site, so the office's line is not on the record read. No veteran benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Huntingdon County Commissioners: the Standing Veteran’s Burial Allowances Report
Gate	Rule
No eligibility - a record note	The standing report documents the burial allowances the board approves; it sets no application route (the office’s application is the route). The rating filter never hides this entry.

Sources

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Last updated 2026-11-02.

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VetTOC is not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or the Department of Defense. Information is for reference only and is not an eligibility determination. Verify with VA, the relevant state or territory, or an accredited VSO.