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A Resolution containing recommendation to Intergovernmental Cooperative Authority.
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WHEREAS, an Intergovernmental Cooperative Authority for Cities of the Second Class ("Authority") has been formed to study and make recommendations to improve, inter alia, the managerial accountability and the fiscal and budgeting practices of the City of Pittsburgh ("City') in order to ensure that the City can continue to provide essential services in the wake of the fiscal emergency the City is facing;
WHEREAS, the stigma of this fiscal emergency tarnishes not only the City of Pittsburgh, but Allegheny County as well;
WHEREAS, the citizens of Allegheny County recently abolished an inefficient and antiquated form of government and replaced it with a new form of government that includes, as its legislative branch, a part-time County Council consisting of district representatives and two at-large members;
WHEREAS, the creation of this new county form of government has reduced the cost and expense associated with Allegheny County's legislative branch, yet has increased the involvement of citizens, through their council representatives, in county government;
WHEREAS, we believe the City of Pittsburgh would derive a substantial fiscal benefit from a change in its form of government which would both increase citizen involvement and result in cost savings;
WHEREAS, we believe all possible measures should be taken to assist the City in overcoming its pressing financial dilemma, for the benefit of both the City and the County;
WHEREAS, the Authority is empowered to make findings and recommendations to the City concerning its affairs;
The Council of the County of Allegheny hereby resolves as follows:
SECTION 1.
1. The Allegheny County Council recommends to the Authority that it adopt as one of its findings that the City change its legislative branch to a form that has been effective in many other municipalities and one that is similar to the newly-created...
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