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Meeting Name: County Council Agenda status: Approved
Meeting date/time: 4/8/2014 5:00 PM Minutes status: Approved  
Meeting location: Regular Meeting, Fourth Floor, Gold Room
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8162-14 1  ProclamationCertificate of Recognition awarded to Ms. Dorothy Ruth Moone Beavers upon the occasion of her 100th birthday.   Action details Video Video
8116-14 1  ProclamationProclamation, in recognition of Women’s History Month, honoring Mt. Lebanon resident and actress Helena Ruoti.   Action details Video Video
8163-14 1  ProclamationProclamation naming the month of April 2014 “Fair Housing Month” in Allegheny County.   Action details Video Video
8164-14 1  ProclamationProclamation honoring Lighthouse Arts, Inc. and naming April 2014 “Jazz Appreciation Month” in Allegheny County.   Action details Video Video
8117-14 1  ProclamationProclamation, in recognition of Women’s History Month, honoring the Honorable Donetta W. Ambrose, Senior Judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.    Action details Video Video
8165-14 1  ProclamationProclamation commending Get Involved!, Inc. and naming March 25, 2014 as “Pittsburgh Service Summit Day” in Allegheny County.   Action details Video Video
8166-14 1  ProclamationProclamation declaring April 13 through April 19, 2014 “Childhood Cancer Awareness Week” in Allegheny County.   Action details Video Video
8167-14 1  ProclamationProclamation honoring Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille for receiving Amen Corner’s Judge Robert E. Dauer Award for Judicial Leadership and Excellence.   Action details Video Video
8168-14 1  ProclamationProclamation honoring Judge Robert E. Colville for receiving Amen Corner’s Lifetime Achievement Award.   Action details Video Video
8169-14 1  ProclamationProclamation honoring Judge Kim. D. Eaton for receiving Amen Corner’s James R. McGregor Award.   Action details Video Video
8170-14 1  ProclamationProclamation honoring all forensic disciplines within the Forensic Laboratory of the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office for receiving accreditation on March 17, 2014 from the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB).   Action details Video Video
8171-14 1  ProclamationProclamation honoring in memoriam Captain Sean Michael Ruane, from Kennedy Township, who paid the ultimate sacrifice on January 7, 2014 while instructing a U.S. Air Force Helicopter Aircrew on a Combat Search and Rescue mission.   Action details Video Video
8172-14 1  ProclamationProclamation honoring in memoriam Andrew “Lefty” Palm, a United Steelworkers union official, dedicated to preserving workers’ rights and benefits.    Action details Video Video
8173-14 1  ProclamationCertificates of Recognition awarded to the members of the United States Submarine Veterans of the Requin Base for being inducted into the Holland Club on April 11, 2014.   Action details Video Video
8174-14 1  ProclamationProclamation declaring April 6 - 12, 2014 “National Crime Victims’ Rights Week” in Allegheny County.   Action details Video Video
8175-14 1  ProclamationCertificate of Recognition congratulating Ms. Ada Moran upon the occasion of her 100th birthday.   Action details Video Video
8176-14 1  ProclamationCertificate of Recognition awarded to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph and Patricia Lennon upon the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary.   Action details Video Video
8177-14 1  ProclamationCertificates of Recognition awarded to Samuel DeMarco, John Digiacomo, Nick Tomasello and Roman Tudek for their 50-65 plus years of dedicated service to the Citizens Hose Company No. 1 Volunteer Fire Department.   Action details Video Video
8178-14 1  ProclamationCertificates of Recognition awarded to Lincoln Borough Police Officers Michael Mihal, Matthew Bissell, and David Barnett for their life-saving actions on February 27, 2014.   Action details Video Video
8179-14 1  ProclamationCertificates of Recognition awarded to Anthony M. Dalesio, Austinjit S. Khara, and Dylan R. Shumaker of Boy Scout Troop 184 for earning the rank of Eagle Scout.   Action details Video Video
8180-14 1  ProclamationProclamation honoring in memoriam Harold Young, founder and executive director of the Homewood Jazz Workshop.   Action details Video Video
8199-14 1  MotionAuthorizing the Council of Allegheny County to conduct a public hearing, pursuant to Article II.G. of the Rules of Allegheny County Council on April 15, 2014, beginning at 5:00 p.m. in the Allegheny County Courthouse Gold Room, located at 436 Grant Street in Pittsburgh, PA. Council Vice President Futules shall be the presiding officer for such public hearing.PassedPass Action details Not available
8181-14 1  Floor MotionMotion to approve the minutes of the Regular Meeting of Allegheny County Council held on February 18, 2014Passed  Action details Video Video
8156-14 1  AppointmentApproving the reappointment of Albert Geniviva to serve as a member of the Council of Friends organization (Hartwood Acres Park) for a term to expire on April 8, 2016.Passed  Action details Video Video
8157-14 1  AppointmentApproving the reappointment of Janice Geniviva to serve as a member of the Council of Friends organization (Hartwood Acres Park) for a term to expire on April 8, 2016.Passed  Action details Video Video
8145-14 1  AppointmentApproving the reappointment of Thomas Headley to serve as a member of the Agricultural Land Preservation Board for a term to expire on December 31, 2016. Passed  Action details Video Video
8146-14 1  AppointmentApproving the reappointment of Thomas Weaver to serve as a member of the Agricultural Land Preservation Board for a term to expire on December 31, 2016. Passed  Action details Video Video
8147-14 1  AppointmentApproving the reappointment of William Sray to serve as a member of the Agricultural Land Preservation Board for a term to expire on December 31, 2016.Passed  Action details Video Video
8148-14 1  ResolutionA Resolution of the County of Allegheny amending the 2008 Capital Budget for Allegheny County.PassedPass Action details Video Video
8149-14 1  ResolutionA Resolution of the County of Allegheny amending the 2011 Capital Budget for Allegheny County. PassedPass Action details Video Video
8150-14 1  ResolutionA Resolution of the County of Allegheny amending the Grants and Special Accounts Budget for 2014 (Submission #04-14).PassedPass Action details Video Video
8182-14 1  OrdinanceAn Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, authorizing the leasing of the County’s interests in the oil, natural gas and other hydrocarbons from all formations deeper than six hundred and fifty feet (650’) above the top of the Tully Formation underlying Deer Lakes Park on the condition that no drilling activity to extract oil, natural gas and other hydrocarbons shall be conducted anywhere on the surface of Deer Lakes Park.Referred by Chair  Action details Video Video
8183-14 1  OrdinanceAn Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, amending the Administrative Code of Allegheny County, Article 311, entitled “Official Actions of County Council,” §5-311.04, entitled “Consideration,” in order to clarify the requirement that all ordinances and resolutions be acted upon in either the affirmative or negative within 90 days of submittal. Referred by Chair  Action details Video Video
8184-14 1  ResolutionA Resolution of the County of Allegheny adopting and authorizing financing of a project by the Authority for Improvements in Municipalities on behalf of Blind & Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh (the “Borrower”) as desirable for the health, safety, and welfare of the people in Allegheny County. Referred by Chair  Action details Video Video
8185-14 1  ResolutionA Resolution of the County of Allegheny amending the 2012 Capital Budget for Allegheny County.Referred by Chair  Action details Video Video
8186-14 1  ResolutionA Resolution of the County of Allegheny amending the Grants and Special Accounts Budget for 2014 (Submission #05-14).Referred by Chair  Action details Video Video
8187-14 1  ResolutionA Resolution of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, authorizing formulation of policies governing the permitting of vendors conducting sales on the Roberto Clemente Bridge or any such other County-owned bridge suitable for such activity. Referred by Chair  Action details Video Video
8189-14 1  MotionAmending Article II of the Rules of Council for Allegheny County Council through the creation of a new Section F.11., in order to provide a standardized rule governing participation in all standing committees. Referred by Chair  Action details Video Video
8190-14 1  MotionCensuring Council Member Michael Finnerty for committing eight separate violations of the Rules of Council and Robert’s Rules of Order during the course of the March 26, 2014 meeting of the Committee on Budget and Finance, which, in the judgment of Council, undermine the ability of Council to function as an effective legislative body while simultaneously reducing the transparency of Council’s proceedings, jeopardizing the public’s faith in the impartiality and independence of Council and violating the standards established by the Allegheny County Ethics Code, and additionally requiring the Executive Committee to conduct a public meeting to determine Mr. Finnerty’s fitness to continue in the role of Chairman of the Committee on Budget and Finance, and authorizing the delivery of a formal written apology for Mr. Finnerty’s conduct to the Allegheny County Controller.Referred by Chair  Action details Video Video
8200-14 1  MotionCensuring Council Member Heather Heidelbaugh for remarks made during the course of the March 26, 2014 meeting of the Committee on Budget and Finance which, in the judgment of Council, violate the standards established by the Rules of Allegheny County Council and the Allegheny County Ethics Code.Referred by Chair  Action details Not available
8201-14 1  MotionAuthorizing the hiring of legal counsel in order to conduct an independent legal review and analysis of the proposed lease of the County’s interests in the oil, natural gas and other hydrocarbons from all formations deeper than six hundred and fifty feet (650’) above the Tully Formation underlying Deer Lakes Park.Referred by Chair  Action details Not available