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Motion of the Council of Allegheny County Amending Article IV of the Rules of Allegheny County Council to establish the duties of appointees to Boards, Authorities, Commissions and other units of County government throughout and subsequent to the appointment review process.
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NOW THEREFORE, IT IS MOVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY,
That Article IV - LEGISLATION AND LEGISLATIVE ACTION - of the Rules of Council is hereby amended as follows:
7. Appointments - Council shall receive recommendations for appointments to Boards, Authorities, Commissions, and other units of County government made by the Chief Executive at a regularly scheduled meeting of Council. Recommendations shall be submitted to the Clerk in letter form, addressed to all members of Council, and shall contain no more than one name. The letter shall include the name, address, and phone number of the candidate, the term of office for which the candidate is recommended, and the name of the person the candidate will replace. Upon presentation of the appointment, the legislation will be referred to the appropriate committee Committee on Appointment Review for deliberation. During the Committee's Deliberation, where all each candidates shall be interviewed by the Committee, and the committee shall make a subsequent recommendation to the full Council to approve or reject his or her appointment. Attendance of all candidates at the any Appointment Review Committee meeting at which their appointment is placed on the agenda for discussion is mandatory. An appointee's failure to attend any such meeting shall be cause for rejection of the appointment. Council must, by motion, act to confirm or reject appointments within forty-five (45) days or the appointment shall be effective as though Council had confirmed it.
a. Appointees to the Boards of the Port Authority, the Sports and Exhibition Authority, the Allegheny Regional Asset District, the Airport Authority, or the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority, as well as appointees to the Allegheny County Board of Health shall be interviewed by the Committee on Appointment Review on at least two occasions separated by no less than fourteen (14) days before a recommendation to confirm or reject the appointment may be made. An appointee's failure to attend any meeting at which their appointment is placed on the agenda for discussion shall be cause for rejection of the appointment.
b. Appointees to the Boards of the Port Authority, the Sports and Exhibition Authority, the Allegheny Regional Asset District, the Airport Authority, or the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority, as well as appointees to the
Allegheny County Board of Health shall submit written notice to Council that the appointee agrees to appear again before the Committee on Appointment Review after half of their appointed term has elapsed for a status update and supplemental interview. Such written notice shall be provided before the appointee's first scheduled confirmation interview with the Committee, and failure to tender such notice shall be cause for rejection of the appointment.
SPONSORED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GASTGEB