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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 adjusting the County's annual budgetary appropriation to the Community College of Allegheny County in order to keep pace with rising inflationary costs.
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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, while the County provides funding for the operation of the College through a general appropriation each year, the amount of this general appropriation has increased from $21.3 million in 2004 to $21.4 million in 2008, an increase of only 0.47% over five budget years; and
WHEREAS, consistent with the provisions of ยง5-809.04 of the Administrative Code of Allegheny County, individuals who pay their County real property taxes before March 31 are granted a discount of a portion of the whole amount of the tax amount due and owing; and
WHEREAS, the Council deems it advisable to create a means by which the taxpayers of Allegheny County can, if t...
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