Allegheny County Council - File #: 1942-05

• File #: 1942-05
• Version: 2
• Name: A Resolution of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, creating a policy requiring that County authorities, agencies, and boards receiving funding from the County's adopted annual budget(s) provide information to the County annually regard
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Approved
• File created: 4/19/2005
• In control: Committee on Budget and Finance
• Final action: 6/21/2005
• Title: A Resolution of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, creating a policy requiring that County authorities, agencies, and boards receiving funding from the County's adopted annual budget(s) provide information to the County annually regarding budget priorities, information on the cost effectiveness and success of programs being pursued, and tying any requests for increased allocations to those priorities and programs.
• Sponsors: Doug Price, William Robinson, Tom Shumaker, Brenda Frazier

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/24/2005	2	Chief Executive	Signed by Chief Executive
6/21/2005	2	County Council	Passed for Chief Executive Signature	Pass
6/14/2005	2	Committee on Budget and Finance	Affirmatively Recommended	Pass
5/24/2005	1	Committee on Budget and Finance	Amended & Held in Committee
4/26/2005	1	Committee on Budget and Finance	Held in Committee
4/19/2005	1	County Council	Referred

TITLE
A Resolution of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, creating a policy requiring that County authorities, agencies, and boards receiving funding from the County's adopted annual budget(s) provide information to the County annually regarding budget priorities, information on the cost effectiveness and success of programs being pursued, and tying any requests for increased allocations to those priorities and programs.

BODY
WHEREAS, the Home Rule Charter of Allegheny County vests final budget authority with Allegheny County Council; and

WHEREAS, as the majority of the funding that is appropriated comes from the taxpayers of Allegheny County, County Council, in exercising its budget authority, must remain accountable to the County taxpayers by ensuring that funding priorities are clear and that the programs it funds are cost-effective; and

WHEREAS, in order to set funding priorities and make informed budget decisions, the Council must have clear information regarding the authorities, agencies, and boards that request appropriations, including information on program and project cost-effectiveness, and documentation of predicted and actual outcomes; and

WHEREAS, County authorities, agencies, and boards currently provide extensive budget data, but have not explicitly been asked by Council to identify ongoing budget priorities or to provide clear information on the cost-effectiveness of programs or initiatives; and

WHEREAS, although County authorities, agencies, and boards have done extensive work on strategic plans and performance measures, these measures have not been formally linked to decisions on resource allocation by the County;

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

SECTION 1.

A. It shall be the policy of Allegheny County to require County authorities, agencies, and boards receiving funding from the County's adopted annual budget(s) to provide annual information on budget pri...