City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2013-1091

• File #: 2013-1091
• Version: 4
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed Finally
• File created: 1/15/2013
• In control: Committee on Public Safety Services
• Final action: 5/14/2013
• Enactment date: 5/14/2013
• Enactment #: 14
• Effective date: 5/28/2013
• Title: Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title One, Administrative, Article Three, Organization, Chapter 116, Department of Public Safety by adding new language and making formatting changes.
• Sponsors: Reverend Ricky V. Burgess
• Indexes: PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 01 - ADMINISTRATIVE

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/29/2013	4	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
5/14/2013	4	City Council	Motion	Pass
5/14/2013	4	City Council	AMENDED	Pass
5/14/2013	4	City Council	Passed Finally, As Amended	Pass
5/8/2013	3	Standing Committee	Affirmatively Recommended as Amended	Pass
5/8/2013	3	Standing Committee	AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTE	Pass
5/1/2013	2	Standing Committee	AMENDED	Pass
5/1/2013	2	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
4/17/2013	1	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
4/3/2013	1	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
3/6/2013	1	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
1/23/2013	1	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
1/23/2013	1	Standing Committee	Held for Cablecast Post Agenda	Pass
1/23/2013	1	Standing Committee	Held for Cablecast Public Hearing	Pass
1/15/2013	1	City Council	Read and referred

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Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title One, Administrative, Article Three, Organization, Chapter 116, Department of Public Safety by adding new language and making formatting changes.






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Be it therefore resolved that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. The Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title One, Administrative, Article Three, Organization, Chapter 116, Department of Public Safety is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:

§ 116.02 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF BUREAU CHIEFS AND DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

I. BUREAU CHIEFS: The Chiefs of the respective bureaus of the Department of Public Safety shall have the following powers and duties:
(a) The care, management, administration and supervision of police, fire, emergency medical forces and the City's emergency communication system;
(b) The enforcement of the building, fire prevention and business licensing laws;
(c) The providing of educational programs concerning police, fire and emergency medical matters to the general public; and
(d) The oversight of the Police Force accreditation process, the supervision of the accreditation manager and related staff or committee, and the assurance of attainment of police accreditation and continued reaccreditation.
II. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY: The Director of Public Safety shall have the following powers and duties:
(a) Directing liaison activity with other City departments and public safety agencies;
(b) Holding internal disciplinary hearings and/or making employee disciplinary decisions as set forth in the various bureau union contracts and/or applicable law;


(c) Coordinating the public safety bureaus during emergencies, which shall include but not be limited to the authority to make decisions regarding evacuations and/or quarantines subject to applicable law;
(d) Enforcing the City's nuisance property laws;
(e) Signing contracts on behalf ...