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File #: 3094-07    Version: 1 Name: An Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, amending and supplementing the Allegheny County Code of Ordinances, Division 2, entitled "County Government Operations," Chapter 210, entitled "Authorities," by the creation of a new A
Type: Ordinance Status: Approved
File created: 3/20/2007 In control: Special Committee on Government Reform
On agenda: Final action: 10/9/2007
Title: An Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, amending and supplementing the Allegheny County Code of Ordinances, Division 2, entitled "County Government Operations," Chapter 210, entitled "Authorities," by the creation of a new Article VI, governing the dissolution of existing County authorities.
Sponsors: Jan Rea, Vince Gastgeb, Jim Burn, Susan Caldwell, John DeFazio, Matt Drozd, Michael Finnerty
Attachments: 1. 35-07-OR Bill No. 3094-07.PDF
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An Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, amending and supplementing the Allegheny County Code of Ordinances, Division 2, entitled "County Government Operations," Chapter 210, entitled "Authorities," by the creation of a new Article VI, governing the dissolution of existing County authorities.

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WHEREAS, there are currently 69 active Authorities, Boards and Commissions created by or in part by Allegheny County to provide necessary services to the County's residents; and

WHEREAS, many of these authorities have come to provide services in an inefficient or uneconomical fashion, have developed accounting or other policies and procedures that are not in the best interests of the County's residents, or operate with a lack of transparency such that the County's residents are unable to discern the reasons for even the most significant of changes to the most vital of services and the authority has no accountability to the residents for its actions; and

WHEREAS, many authorities are created under the auspices of the Municipality Authorities Act, 53 P.S. ยง5601 et. seq., which has been interpreted by the Courts to permit the municipality which created an authority to dissolve it by passage of the appropriate legislation, so long as the municipality assumes the obligations of the authority in the process; and

WHEREAS, the courts have also interpreted the Municipality Authorities Act to require that the municipality which created an authority to assume its revenues in connection with any function taken over pursuant to the dissolution of the authority, and that the municipality maintain those revenues in a separate fund used only for the maintaining or improving the assumed functions(s); and

WHEREAS, it is the desire of Allegheny County Council to provide a statutory delineation of the steps to be taken in dissolving any existing municipal authority formed by the County;

The Council of the County of Allegheny her...

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