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An Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, amending the Allegheny County Code of Ordinances, Part 12 of Division 1, entitled "Government Review," Article 1204, entitled "Diversity Review," in order to clarify the applicability of diversity review procedures to entities undergoing merger or consolidation.
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WHEREAS, although the County has required its departments to undergo periodic departmental reviews at least once every four years, the only audit requirements that have been placed on the County's authorities, agencies and nonprofit entities have been financial in character; and
WHEREAS, while the County has historically had a policy embracing racial, gender, and other diversity in the hiring and personnel practices of and services rendered by all County offices, this policy has never been formally extended to the County's authorities, agencies and nonprofit entities; and
WHEREAS, Bill No. 3139-07 was passed into law by Allegheny County Council on August 21, 2007 in order to create a new Article 1204 within the Administrative Code of Allegheny County and allow for periodic assessments of how well or poorly the County's authorities, agencies and nonprofit entities are meeting the County's lofty diversity expectations; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of Council to clarify the applicability of the provisions of Article 1204 to entities undergoing merger or consolidation;
The Council of the County of Allegheny hereby enacts as follows:
SECTION 1.
The Allegheny County Code of Ordinances, the Allegheny County Code of Ordinances, Division 1, entitled "Administrative Code," Part 12, entitled "Government Review," §5-1204.05 is hereby amended as follows:
Article 1204
Diversity Review
§5-1204.05. Diversity Audit of County Authorities, Agencies, and other Entities.
No County administrative department may be consolidated, merged, modified, or created until the diversity audit required under the terms of this Article is completed for the entity or entities that are to be involved in the consolidation, merger, modification or creation. In the event that a consolidation, merger, modification or creation of a County administrative department is partially completed on the effective date of this Section, no additional action(s) may be completed until the diversity audit required under the terms of this Article is completed for the entity or entities that are to be involved in the consolidation, merger, modification or creation. Any office, department or function altered under the provisions of §5-201.03.B of the Administrative Code of Allegheny County must comply with the provisions of this Article and all applicable provisions of the Home Rule Charter of Allegheny County as a condition of funding the County budget, beginning with fiscal year 2009 2008. This Section shall not be read to require the completion of a diversity audit of any non-County entity that is to be merged, consolidated, or otherwise combined with a County administrative department, agency or authority before such merger, consolidation, or other activity may be completed.
SECTION 2.
If any provision of this Ordinance shall be determined to be unlawful, invalid, void or unenforceable, then that provision shall be considered severable from the remaining provisions of this Ordinance which shall be in full force and effect.