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An Ordinance amending and supplementing the Administrative Code of Allegheny County, Article 705, entitled “Naming Rights,” §5-705.03, entitled “Sponsorship Policy,” in order to establish a codified distribution of any revenues derived from the sale of sponsorship naming rights.
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Article IV, §2(b) of the Home Rule Charter of Allegheny County, County Council is vested with the power and duty to “[m]ake appropriations, levy taxes, fees and service charges, and incur indebtedness as permitted by law or this Charter”; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article IV, §2(c) of the Home Rule Charter of Allegheny County, County Council is vested with the power and duty to “[a]dopt balanced annual operating and capital budgets as provided in Article VII”; and
WHEREAS, in 2008 and pursuant to the terms of Ordinance 08-08-OR, the Administrative Code of Allegheny County was amended to establish policies and procedures for granting various types of naming rights; and
WHEREAS, the three types of naming rights contemplated were philanthropic (in recognition of charitable donations), honorary (in recognition of service, commitment or other types of extraordinary actions), and sponsorship (in recognition of a mutually beneficial business relationship between the County and an external entity); and
WHEREAS, although Ordinance 08-08 did expressly contemplate the possibility that the County would be paid sums of money in exchange for certain sponsorship naming rights, the ordinance did not specifically delineate how any such revenues were to be handled by the County once received; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of Council to refine the provisions of Article 705 by providing such a specific delineation of how revenues derived from sponsorship naming rights are to be disbursed,
The Council of the County of Allegheny hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Incorporation of Preamble.
The provisions set forth in the preamble to this Ordinance a...
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