Pennsylvania Statutes Title 71 P.S. State Government § 334. Municipalities (Adm. Code § 1204)

(a) To gather, classify, index, make available, and disseminate, data, statistical information and advice, that may be helpful in improving the methods of administration and municipal development in the several municipalities of the Commonwealth.

(b) To maintain, for the benefit of the several municipalities of the Commonwealth, a publicity service.

(c) To install or assist in the installation and establishment of uniform systems of accounts in the various municipalities of the State.

(d) To promote a comprehensive plan, or series of plans, for the proper future requirements of cities, boroughs, or townships of the Commonwealth, either separately or jointly, in respect to a system of traffic thoroughfares and highways transportation of every sort, suitably coordinated sites for public buildings, parks, parkways, playgrounds, and other uses, the preservation of natural and historic features, and any and all public improvements tending to the advantage of municipalities or townships, and to either make or secure or assist in making or securing the necessary surveys, plans, and information.