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ORDINANCE AMENDING THE PITTSBURGH CITY CODE PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE NO. 10 OF 2004, ENACTED BY CITY COUNCIL ON JUNE 29, 2004, ADOPTING THE ACT 47 FINANCIAL RECOVERY PLAN FOR THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH DATED JUNE 11, 2004, PURSUANT TO THE MUNICIPALITIES FINANCIAL RECOVERY ACT, ACT OF JULY 10, 1987, P.L. 246, NO. 47., SECTION 101 et seq., AS AMENDED, 53 P.S. SECTION 11701.11 et seq.
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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 the Municipalities Financial Recovery Act, Act of July 10, 1987, P.L. 246, No. 47, Section 101 et seq., as amended, 53 P.S. 11701.11 et seq. ("Act 47").
Whereas, the Secretary of the Commonwealth's Department of Community and Economic Development, pursuant to Act 47 of 1987, declared Pittsburgh a distressed municipality; and,
Whereas, Secretary Yablonsky appointed a joint team of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, and Public Financial Management (jointly referred to hereinafter as "the Act 47 Coordinator") to oversee the City's economic recovery; and
Whereas, on June 29, 2004, City Council enacted Ordinance 10 of 2004 adopting the Act 47 Recovery Plan (the "Plan") proposed by the Coordinator; and
Whereas, the Recovery Plan requires that the City shall enact such new ordinances and shall adopt such new resolutions and other official actions, and repeal, amend or interpret such current ordinances, resolutions or other official actions, and take all other actions required, to accomplish the initiatives set forth in the Recovery Plan; and
Whereas, the City reduced to 52, from 83, its complement of take-home vehicles, pursuant to the Plan; and
Whereas, the Plan requires the City to have reduced from 52 to 29 the number of vehicles in its take-home fleet; and,
Whereas, the City has inflated its take-home fleet to 61 vehicles, completely ignoring the Plan's requirements; and,
Whereas, this proposed legislation is consistent, ...
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