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Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two: Fiscal, Article I: Administration, Chapter 219 Operating Budget, by revising Section 219.03 Collaborative Budgeting Process to require the City Controller to certify revenues and expenditures for five years rather than one year.
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The Council of the City of Pittsburgh is hereby enacted as follows:
Section 1.
§ 219.03 COLLABORATIVE BUDGETING PROCESS.
The Mayor shall present a preliminary operating and capital budget to City Council on or prior to September 30 of each calendar year. The proposed budgets shall continue to be presented on the second Monday of the eleventh month of each fiscal year, pursuant to Chapter 505 of the Home Rule Charter.
(a) The Office of Management and Budget, the Council Budget Office and the Controller shall meet by August 31 each calendar year to review and agree on revenue forecasts for the formulation of the proposed budget and five-year plan.
(b) The City Controller shall certify the agreed upon revenues and expenditures for the five-year plan within thirty (30) days of said meeting and file the certification with the City Clerk's Office.
(c) Changes to revenue after certification must receive written approval by one (1) other branch.
(d) As a general rule, changes to the September preliminary operating budget and five-year plan shall not exceed two (2) percent of the total budgeted amount in the November proposed budget.
(e) As a general rule, the final budget passed by Council shall not exceed two (2) percent of the November proposed budget.
(f) The Office of Management and Budget shall provide written notice of proposed grant applications to City Council prior to submission if the project or activity is not pre-approved in current or prior year's operational budget, and/or if the amount of grant funding sought is greater than $250,000. Such notice must be provided by the Office of Management and Budget via email to the City Clerk to be distributed to each City Council Office.
(Ord. No. 19-2014, § 1, eff. 10-14-14; Ord. No. 50-2017, § 1, eff. 12-20-17; Ord. No. 30-2020, § 1, eff. 9-11-20; Ord. No. 38-2021, § 2, eff. 10-14-21; Ord. No. 41-2023, § 1, eff. 12-27-23)