Presenter
Presented by Ms. Rudiak
Title
Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh City Code, Title One, Administrative, Chapter 121, Finance, Section 121.02, Powers and Duties of Director of Finance, to eliminate the Bureau of Procurement, Fleet, and Asset Services and to transfer current Bureau of Procurement, Fleet, and Asset Services employees, responsibilities, and functions into the Office of Management and Budget.
Body
WHEREAS, Section 208 of the City of Pittsburgh's Home Rule Charter permits all units of government except those mandated by the Charter to be abolished by ordinance submitted by the Mayor or City Council; and
WHEREAS, Section 102 of the Charter defines "unit of government" as including "any subdivision of City government including any department, bureau, division, board, commission or magistrate court:" and
WHEREAS, the Bureau of Procurement, Fleet, and Asset Services is not mandated by the Charter and the Mayor now wishes to eliminate this Bureau and to transfer current Procurement, Fleet, and Asset Services employees, responsibilities, and functions into the Office of Management and Budget; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Office of Management and Budget shall oversee the employees, responsibilities, and functions of the former Bureau of Procurement, Fleet, and Asset Services in order to enhance the ability of the City to create long-term asset management plans and procurement strategies to more efficiently purchase and manage physical assets.
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1.
121.02 Powers and Duties of Director of Finance
The Director of Finance shall:
(a) Possess qualifications, perform duties, and manage, administer, supervise and control matters as are now or may hereafter be prescribed by Acts of the Assembly or City ordinances, except as hereinafter provided;
(b) Perform any other duties assigned by the Mayor;
(c) Provide in the annual operating budget for the Department of Finance the position of Deputy Director of Finance/City Treasurer, who shall also serve as Treasurer for the School District of Pittsburgh;
(d) The Director of Finance shall have all of the powers and perform all of the duties previously exercised and performed by the City Treasurer; provided, however, that either the Director of Finance or the Deputy Director of Finance/City Treasurer shall also serve as Treasurer for the School District of Pittsburgh;
(e) Have responsibility for the acquisition and disposition of city-owned property and have responsibility for the acquisition, maintenance and disposition of City controlled property;
(f) The Director of the Department of Finance or his/her designee shall have the direction, control and administration of the purchase and supply of all personal property required for the proper conduct of City business;
(g) All other City departments shall obtain the necessary personal property by requisition to the Department of Finance or its designee and/or by utilization of various contracts established and/or adopted by the Department of Finance. The manner and form of the requisition may be prescribed by resolution, or, in absence thereof, by standing rule of the Department of Finance;
(h) Within the Department of Finance, there shall also be created a Bureau of Procurement, Fleet and Asset Services to handle many of the administrative, purchasing, fixed-asset, leasing, custodial, security, duplication and printing/graphics functions assigned to this Department.
(i)(h) The Director of Finance shall, by no later than December 31 of each year, prepare and submit to City Council and the Mayor, a report detailing the following:
1. All services provided and/or delivered by the City, by administrative unit, department or agency and the costs associated with the provision and/or delivery of those services;
2. The total cost, per resident, of all such services provided;
3. The source(s) of revenues used to provide said services.