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Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, amending Ordinance No. 54-05, which established the parameters under which the County administration may enter into discussions regarding the cooperation of the City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County in the performance and exercise of certain governmental functions, to clarify County policy on the pursuit of intergovernmental cooperation with the City of Pittsburgh.
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WHEREAS, the General Local Government Code, 53 P.S. § 2301 et. seq. (hereinafter the “Code”), 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, the Code defines "intergovernmental cooperation" as cooperation or agreement in the exercise of any function, power or responsibility or the transfer of any function, power or responsibility with or to one or more other local governments, 53 P.S. §2304; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 54-04 of the County of Allegheny, approved by the Council on December 20, 2005, authorized the Administration to discuss cooperation agreements between the City and County and vested final approval of such agreements with Council, but did not further clarify County policy regarding intergovernmental cooperation with the City of Pittsburgh; and
WHEREAS, recent events have called the discretionary and spending habits of certain elected officials within the City into question, and in the process have raised doubts as to the desirability of increasing the County's dependence upon the City for the performance of vital functions;
The Council of the County of Allegheny hereby enacts as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 2 of Ordinance Number 54-05 is hereby amended as follows:
Effective January 1, 2006, the Administration of the County is hereby authorized to enter into discussions regarding inte...
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