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A Resolution of the County of Allegheny amending the 2008 Capital Budget for Allegheny County.
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Whereas, the County has adopted a Capital Budget for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2008 and ending December 31, 2008; and
Whereas, at the request of the County's Department of Budget and Finance, County Council desires to amend the 2008 Capital Budget as set forth in Attachment “A;” and
Whereas, the 2008 Capital Budget will remain in balance if the amendments set forth in Attachment “A” are approved.
The Council of the County of Allegheny hereby resolves as follows:
Section 1. Incorporation of Preamble.
The provisions set forth in the preamble to this Resolution are incorporated by reference in their entity herein.
Section 2. Approval of Capital Budget Amendment.
The County Council of Allegheny County approves the amendment to the Allegheny County 2008 Capital Budget as set forth in Attachment “A” hereto by establishing a project entitled “Act 44 Bridge Projects” with an appropriation of $1,137,601.56. Funding for the project will come from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Transportation as set forth in Attachment “A”. No County bond funds will be required.
Section 3. Line Item Detail Amendment.
The line item detail of the appropriations previously approved by Council shall be amended as reflected in Attachment “A” hereto, the provisions of which are incorporated herein by reference.
Section 4. Severability. If any provision of this Resolution shall be determined to be unlawful, invalid, void or unenforceable, then that provision shall be considered severable from the remaining provisions of this Resolution which shall be in full force and effect.
Section 5. Repealer. Any resolution or ordinance or part thereof conflicting with the provisions of this Resolution is hereby repealed so far as the same affects this Resolution.
SUMMARY OF LEGISLATION
The attached legislation will amend the 2008 Capital Budget. Act 44 of 2007 was established by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to provide $5 million in funds annually to counties for the construction, reconstruction, maintenance and repair of county bridges. Act 44 requires that the distribution of funds shall be in the ratio of square footage of deck area of a County's county-owned bridges to the total square footage of deck area of county-owned bridges throughout the Commonwealth. Allegheny County's share of the $5,000,000 allocation is $1,137,601.56. No County bond funds will be required.