City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2012-0026

• File #: 2012-0026
• Version: 3
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed Finally
• File created: 1/24/2012
• In control: Committee on Finance and Law
• Final action: 1/31/2012
• Enactment date: 1/31/2012
• Enactment #: 2
• Effective date: 2/9/2012
• Title: Ordinance, entitled, "The Neighborhood First Capital Budget Reform Act" amending the Pittsburgh City Code, Title Two, Fiscal, to bring the City of Pittsburgh into compliance with the recommendations of the amended Act, 47 Financial Recovery Plan relating to the Capital Budget, pursuant to Ordinance No. 29 of 2010 enacted by City Council on June 8, 2010, adopting the Amended Act 47 Financial Recovery Plan for the City of Pittsburgh dated May 21, 2009.
• Sponsors: Reverend Ricky V. Burgess, Natalia Rudiak
• Indexes: CAPITAL BUDGET (AMENDING), PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 02 - FISCAL

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/9/2012	3	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
1/31/2012	2	Standing Committee	Affirmatively Recommended as Amended	Pass
1/31/2012	2	City Council	Passed Finally	Pass
1/31/2012	2	Standing Committee	AMENDED	Pass
1/25/2012	2	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
1/25/2012	2	Standing Committee	AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTE	Pass
1/24/2012	1	City Council
1/24/2012	1	City Council

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Ordinance, entitled, "The Neighborhood First Capital Budget Reform Act" amending the Pittsburgh City Code, Title Two, Fiscal, to bring the City of Pittsburgh into compliance with the recommendations of the amended Act, 47 Financial Recovery Plan relating to the Capital Budget, pursuant to Ordinance No. 29 of 2010 enacted by City Council on June 8, 2010, adopting the Amended Act 47 Financial Recovery Plan for the City of Pittsburgh dated May 21, 2009.

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The Pittsburgh City Code is hereby amended by creating Title Two: Fiscal, Article II: Chapter 218: Capital Budget, which shall read:

CHAPTER 218 - Capital Budget

218.1 Purpose

To ensure the transparent, fair, and equitable distribution of capital funds throughout the City of Pittsburgh. To establish a six year capital improvement plan that includes eligible capital projects, with sufficient detail for each project and listed in order of priority for funding, subject to annual review and amendment.

218.2 Definitions

The following definitions shall apply to all parts of this Chapter:

a) Capital Budget. The annual budget of the City of Pittsburgh, as required by Article 5, Section 502 of the Home Rule Charter, comprised exclusively of capital expenditures.

b) Capital Expenditure. City monies expended, or proposed to be expended, in the Capital Budget on a Capital Project.

c) Capital Project. Any project funded by public monies, or proposed to be funded by public monies, to build, restore, retain, or purchase any equipment, property, facilities, programs or other items, including buildings, park facilities, infrastructure, information technology systems, or other equipment, that is funded on a necessarily non-repeating, or non-indefinite, basis and that is to be used as a public asset, or for the public benefit. Any and all funds used for a Capital Project shall be used in accordance with the rules and regulations of the fund source. Capital projects shall have a minimum value ...