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Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title II: Fiscal, Article V: Special Funds, Chapter 236: Workforce Development Fund, by amending Section 236.01 - Establishment of the Workforce Development Fund, to allow the Department of Human Resources to manage and direct the Fund with the Office of Management and Budget, and Section 236.03 - Priorities to create additional allowable uses of the Fund's assets.
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The Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1.
? 236.01 - Establishment of the Workforce Development Fund.
(a) The Office of the City Controller shall create the Workforce Development Fund.
(b) The Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service shall manage and direct the Workforce Development Fund.
(c) City Council shall approve:
(1) All assets dedicated to the Workforce Development Fund; and
(2) All expenditures made using the Workforce Development Fund's assets.
? 236.02 - Workforce Development Fund Assets.
(a) The City may appropriate funding to the Workforce Development Fund.
(b) The City may accept and receive monies from non-City sources for use in the Workforce Development Fund.
(c) Funding dedicated to the Workforce Development Fund shall be used for purposes consistent with those enumerated in ? 236.03.6
(1) Any assets remaining in the Workforce Development Fund at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried into the Workforce Development Fund in the next fiscal year, including all interest and income earned, as well as any repayments or forfeiture of loans and / or grants.
(2) City Council may, at its discretion and through legislative action, re-appropriate assets previously dedicated to the Workforce Development Fund.
? 236.03 - Priorities.
(a) Use of the Workforce Development Fund's Assets shall be limited to:
(1) Establishing a Local Pre-Apprenticeship Bridge Program Certification that ensures that all pre-apprenticeship bridge programs are teachin...
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