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Resolution Petitioning the Pennsylvania Secretary of the Department of community and Economic Development, pursuant to Act 47, Section 253 Termination of Status , subsection (b) Determination upon petition by a municipality , to make a determination that the condition which led to the designation as a distressed municipality are no longer present.
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WHEREAS, on November 7, 2003, the City filed an application to be declared a distressed municipality pursuant to the authority of Act 47;
WHEREAS, in 2003 the Secretary of the Department of Community and Economic Development (the Secretary), at the request of the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh, conducted a review of the city's financial position and made a determination of financial distress; and,
WHEREAS, on December 29, 2003, the Secretary declared the City to be a distressed municipality pursuant to the terms of Act 47; and,
WHEREAS, the Secretary of the DCED appointed a coordinator (the "Act 47 Coordinator") who, in due course, prepared a financial recovery plan (the "Act 47 Plan") which was duly adopted by the governing body of the city by Ordinance enacted June 29, 2004 and approved by the Mayor on June 30, 2004 (Ordinance No. 10 of 2004);
WHEREAS, the government of the City of Pittsburgh vigorously and diligently, implemented the terms of the recovery plan despite the fact that the revenue recommendations of both the Act 47 Coordinator and the Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority, created by Act 11 of 2004, made to the state legislature were not fully implemented; and,
WHEREAS, despite the fact the city received less than expected revenues reflected in the Recovery Plan, the continued deferral of gaming revenues, and reduction of certain tax rates, the City of Pittsburgh's government was, among other things, able to reduce the workforce by 27% from 2002 to 2006, reduced the operating budget by Thirty Seven Million dollars ($37 Million), reduced health benefit costs by S...
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