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An Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, amending and supplementing the Allegheny County Code of Ordinances, Division 4, entitled "Finances," through the creation of a new Chapter 491, entitled "Community College of Allegheny County Appropriations," in order to provide a mechanism for allocating a portion of certain revenues received by the County under the terms of the Pennsylvania Racehorse Development and Gaming Act, 4 P.S. §1101 et. seq., as a supplemental appropriation to the Community College of Allegheny County.
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WHEREAS, since its opening in September 1966, the mission of the Community College of Allegheny County has been to provide affordable access to quality education, and offer a dynamic, diverse and supportive learning environment that prepares the region's residents for academic, professional, and personal success in our changing global society; and
WHEREAS, the College lists one of its enduring goals as "...maintain[ing] affordability and promot[ing] student learning by effective use and allocation of human, physical, technological and fiscal resources"; and
WHEREAS, increasing costs and an environment in which funding has become more difficult to secure has rendered it increasingly difficult for the College to keep its tuitions as low as possible in order to allow access to its services by as many individuals as possible; and
WHEREAS, in future years, the County will receive revenues derived from the local share assessment imposed under the terms of the Pennsylvania Racehorse Development and Gaming Act which are neither subject to statutory limitations as to the purposes for which they may be used nor allocated for any specific purpose by the County as of yet; and
WHEREAS, these local share assessment revenues may be used to augment the County's funding to the Community College; and
WHEREAS, the Council deems it desirable to use a portion of this local share assessment revenue for the purpose of investing in the continued economic vitality of our County and bolstering the Community College's ability to produce highly trained and capable employees at a manageable cost to the students;
The Council of the County of Allegheny hereby enacts as follows:
SECTION 1. Amendment of the Code
The Allegheny County Code of Ordinances, Division 4, entitled "Finances," is hereby amended and supplemented through the creation of a new Chapter 491, entitled "Community College of Allegheny County Appropriations," and consisting of the following provisions:
Chapter 491
Community College of Allegheny County Appropriations
§491-02. Community College Supplemental Appropriation.
In each fiscal year in which the County anticipates receipt of revenue from the local share assessment deposited into the State Gaming Fund and distributed to the County under the terms of 4 P.S. §1403, the County shall make a supplemental appropriation to the Community College of Allegheny County equal to the larger of:
A. Ten per-cent (10%) of the anticipated local share receipts for that year; or
B. Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000).
Any supplemental appropriation made under the terms of this Section shall not in any way derogate or otherwise alter other general or specific appropriations made to the College by the County.
SECTION 2. Severability
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.