SPONSORED BY COUNCILMAN PATRICK DOWD
Title
An Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title One, Administrative, Article I: General Provisions, Article IX: Boards and Commissions, by adding a new section entitled Commission on City Archives.
Body
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. The Pittsburgh Code, Title One, Administrative, Article I: General Provisions, Article IX: Boards and Commissions, is hereby supplemented by adding a new section entitled Commission on City Archives.
TITLE ONE, ARTICLE IX, CHAPTER 179C: COMMISSION ON CITY ARCHIVES
Section 179C.01- DEFINITIONS
(a) Record(s)- Any City-produced book, paper, report, presentation, photograph, map, application or other documentary material, regardless of physical characteristic, deemed appropriate by the Commission for preservation
(b) Departments- Departments of the City of Pittsburgh that are required to create their own archival plan: Public Works, Finance, City Planning, Public Safety, City Council, Mayor's Office, City Information Systems, Law, Personnel
(c) Archive Plan- A plan created and implemented by each City department, overseen by the Commission on City Archiving that will preserve and make accessible records from each department. Once approved by the Commission, it becomes the City policy.
(d) Department Representative- The Department Head or her/his designee shall sit on the Commission
Section 179C.02- CREATION AND DUTIES
(a) The purpose of the Commission is to establish and oversee the implementation of policies related to the preservation of City records that have informational value to the public for current operational purposes as well as historical analysis.
(b) No City record shall be disposed of until archive plans are promulgated by the Commission on City Archives.
(c) The Commission on City Archives shall oversee the implementation of archive plans
(d) The Commission will advise Department Representatives on c...
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