City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2020-0777

• File #: 2020-0777
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed Finally
• File created: 10/2/2020
• In control: Committee on Finance and Law
• On agenda: 10/6/2020
• Final action: 10/13/2020
• Enactment date: 10/13/2020
• Enactment #: 34
• Effective date: 10/16/2020
• Title: Ordinance, amending Ordinance 22 of 2020, entitled "Directing the Allegheny County Board of Elections to place before the qualified voters of the City of Pittsburgh at the 2020 November General Election a referendum question, "Shall the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter, Article Two, Executive, be amended and supplemented by amending and adding new language to Sections 229 and 230 and adding a new Section, 231, expanding the powers of the Independent Citizen Police Review Board to allow the Board to require police officers to participate in investigations, conducting performance audits of the Police Bureau and preventing the removal of Board members except for just cause and with City Council approval" to remove the requirement to mail to every registered elector in the City.
• Sponsors: Reverend Ricky V. Burgess
• Indexes: Home Rule Charter

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/16/2020	1	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
10/13/2020	1	City Council	Passed Finally	Pass
10/7/2020	1	Standing Committee	Affirmatively Recommended	Pass
10/6/2020	1	City Council	Waived under Rule 8	Pass
10/6/2020	1	City Council	Read and referred

Title
Ordinance, amending Ordinance 22 of 2020, entitled "Directing the Allegheny County Board of Elections to place before the qualified voters of the City of Pittsburgh at the 2020 November General Election a referendum question, "Shall the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter, Article Two, Executive, be amended and supplemented by amending and adding new language to Sections 229 and 230 and adding a new Section, 231, expanding the powers of the Independent Citizen Police Review Board to allow the Board to require police officers to participate in investigations, conducting performance audits of the Police Bureau and preventing the removal of Board members except for just cause and with City Council approval" to remove the requirement to mail to every registered elector in the City.

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

Section 1. Section 3 of Ordinance 22 of 2020, effective July 22, 2020, entitled "Directing the Allegheny County Board of Elections to place before the qualified voters of the City of Pittsburgh at the 2020 November General Election a referendum question, "Shall the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter, Article Two, Executive, be amended and supplemented by amending and adding new language to Sections 229 and 230 and adding a new Section, 231, expanding the powers of the Independent Citizen Police Review Board to allow the Board to require police officers to participate in investigations, conducting performance audits of the Police Bureau and preventing the removal of Board members except for just cause and with City Council approval" is hereby amended at Section 3 as follows:

Section 3. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed, upon notification by the Allegheny County Board of Elections of the acceptance, by the Board, of the referendum question, to cause a copy of this ordinance along with a summary, approved by Council, to be sent by United States Mail to every registered elector in the City within thirty (30) da...