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File #: 2026-0489    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: In Standing Committee
File created: 5/11/2026 In control: Committee on Finance and Law
On agenda: 5/12/2026 Final action:
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Title: Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title I: Administrative, Article IX: Boards, Commissions and Authorities, Chapter 179D: Records Management Advisory Commission, by repealing Chapter 179D in its entirety.
Sponsors: R. Daniel Lavelle
Indexes: PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 01 - ADMINISTRATIVE
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Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title I: Administrative, Article IX: Boards, Commissions and Authorities, Chapter 179D: Records Management Advisory Commission, by repealing Chapter 179D in its entirety.

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The Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. The Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title I: Administrative, Article IX: Boards, Commissions and Authorities, Chapter 179D: Records Management Advisory Commission, by repealing Chapter 179D in its entirety.


[CHAPTER 179D

Records Management Advisory Commission1
? 179D.01. Definitions. [Ord. No. 19-2012, ? 1, eff. 10-2-2012; Ord. No. 43-2017, ? 15, eff.
12-1-2017; Ord. No. 2-2018, ? 5, eff. 2-15-2018; Ord. No. 17-2018, ? 1, eff. 6-28-2018]
(a) RECORD(S) - Any book, correspondence, drawing, form, image, map, paper, photograph, presentation, report, application or other documentary material, regardless of physical characteristic, made or received by a City entity under law or in connection with the exercise of its powers and the discharge of its duties.
(b) RECORDS RETENTION SCHEDULE - A document that identifies and describes a department's records and provides instructions for the disposition of records throughout their life cycle.
(c) RECORDS LIAISON - An individual who serves as the liaison between a City department and the City Clerk's Office in all matters related to the department's records.
? 179D.02. Duties. [Ord. No. 19-2012, ? 1, eff. 10-2-2012; Ord. No. 17-2018, ? 1, eff.
6-28-2018]
(a) The purpose of the Records Management Advisory Commission (hereafter called the Commission) is to establish and oversee the implementation of policies related to City records management and the preservation of archival records.
(b) The Commission shall oversee the implementation of retention schedules and the transfer of inactive records to the City Clerk's Office's custody.
(c) No City record shall be disposed of without the review and approval of the City Archiv...

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