title
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 weekly written notice of grant applications, to be read, received and filed by City Council.
body
The Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two: Fiscal, Article I: Administration, Chapter 219 Operating Budget, by replacing Section 219.03(f).
(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.
(f) The Office of Management and Budget shall submit a weekly written notice to the City Clerk consisting of grants for which applications are in progress and grants for which applications are being considered. Said submission shall be read, received, and filed at City Council’s Standing Committees meeting and available on public record. For each grant, the notice shall include:
1. The title of the grant
2. The funder of the grant
3. The lead city department(s)
4. The status of the grant (under consideration or submitted)
5. The project(s) the grant will be used for, if known
6. The maximum amount that can be awarded or requested through the grant
7. Any matching funding that might be required to receive the grant
8. The due date of the grant application, if still under consideration