Allegheny County Council - File #: 1598-04

• File #: 1598-04
• Version: 2
• Name: Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, rescinding Ordinance No. 32125, enacted March 31, 1994, entitled “An Ordinance of the County of Allegheny authorizing the County to enter into cooperation agreements with the City of Pitt
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Approved
• File created: 6/15/2004
• In control: Committee on Government Relations
• Final action: 8/17/2004
• Title: Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, rescinding Ordinance No. 32125, enacted March 31, 1994, entitled "An Ordinance of the County of Allegheny authorizing the County to enter into cooperation agreements with the City of Pittsburgh under the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Act for the purpose of jointly cooperating in the performance and exercise of certain governmental functions."
• Sponsors: Rich Fitzgerald, Jan Rea, Chuck Martoni, John DeFazio, Wayne Fontana, Joan Cleary, C.L. Jabbour, Brenda Frazier, William Robinson, Vince Gastgeb, Eileen Watt, Doug Price

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/17/2004	2	County Council	Veto Overridden
7/23/2004	2	Chief Executive	Vetoed
7/13/2004	1	County Council	Passed for Chief Executive Signature	Pass
7/8/2004	1	Committee on Government Relations	Affirmatively Recommended	Pass
6/22/2004	1	Committee on Government Relations	Held in Committee	Pass
6/15/2004	1	County Council	Referred

TITLE
Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, rescinding Ordinance No. 32125, enacted March 31, 1994, entitled "An Ordinance of the County of Allegheny authorizing the County to enter into cooperation agreements with the City of Pittsburgh under the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Act for the purpose of jointly cooperating in the performance and exercise of certain governmental functions."

BODY
WHEREAS, the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, 53 P.S. § 2301 et seq. provides that two or more municipalities may jointly cooperate in the exercise of or performance of their respective governmental functions, powers, or responsibilities, when both bodies pass an ordinance to that effect; and

WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 32125 of the County of Allegheny, approved by the Board of Commissioners on March 31, 1994, authorizes cooperation agreements between the City and County to jointly cooperate in the performance of governmental functions in six specific areas; and

WHEREAS, the Allegheny County Home Rule Charter provided that the Office of County Commissioner be abolished upon the swearing in of the County Council Members and the Chief Executive, and further, provided that the legislative power of the County shall be vested in the County Council; and

WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 32125 also provides that each specific cooperating agreement shall be approved by the Board of Commissioners, without indication as to whether such function is legislative or executive in nature; and

WHEREAS, it is appropriate that County Council, created to represent the diversity of the County's citizens and to provide better access to County government, and vested with the budgetary authority of the County, consider specific cooperating agreements and authorize entering into such agreements as part of its legislative function.

The Council of the County of Allegheny hereby enacts as follows:



SECTION 1.

Ordinance No. 32125 ena...