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An Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, amending the Administrative Code of Allegheny County Code, Part 2, entitled “Organization and Structure of County Government,” through the establishment of a new Article 214, entitled “Jail Oversight Board” in order to provide for the codification of operations of the Jail Oversight Board in accordance with Commonwealth law, to establish a statutory authorization for the Allegheny County Jail Oversight Board’s retention of a solicitor to assist it in its functions, and to establish the Board’s authority to expend future appropriations relating to the Allegheny County Jail’s Inmate Welfare Fund.
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Whereas, the Allegheny County Jail Oversight Board is established pursuant to the terms of 61 Pa.C.S.A. §1721, et. seq. (hereinafter “the JOB statute”); and
Whereas, §1723 of the JOB Statute expressly indicates that the County’s Jail Oversight Board is a direct continuation of the County’s former Prison Board: “[t]here is hereby established in each county a county jail oversight board which shall be named the (Name of County) County Jail Oversight Board. The board shall be a continuation of the county prison board originally established under the former act of December 10, 1980 (P.L. 1152, No. 208), known as the Second Class County Prison Board Act, and former Article XXX-A of the act of July 28, 1953 (P.L. 723, No. 230), known as the Second Class County Code.”; and
Whereas, the Allegheny County Prison Board (and by continuation also the Jail Oversight Board) is specifically enumerated as a “retained County agency” under the terms of §5-215.01.A of the Administrative Code of Allegheny County; and
Whereas, pursuant to §1723(b) of the JOB Statute, the Board consists of the Chief Executive, two judges of the Court of Common Pleas, the County Sheriff, the County Controller, the President of County Council (or his/her designee), and three citizen members; and
Whereas, per §1724 of the JOB Statu...
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