Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Peduto proposes creating stimulus oversight commission for Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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Called the Stimulus Oversight and Reinvestment in NewGrowtn (SOARING) Commission, the body woulr oversee the city’s stimulus tracker Web adopt a priority list of all city projects and evaluated and recommend projects to city council and the “Presently we find out which projects are beingb funded as a council when the allocations are beinvg made,” Peduto said today. Peduto said he envisions a five-membed body of citizen experts innew economy, technology, publid infrastructure and energy policy.
Each member of city council would make a recommendationm and the mayor would select five of the nine nominated to servee on the volunteer All this should happen befores the endof June, Peduto added, to compl y with the Recovery Act’s speedy deadlines for movintg money. “That’s my he said, but he noted he woulrd entertain a different strategy to get council and mayoral The stimulus oversight board would function likethe city’xs planning commission, which reviews proposed project s and gives recommendations to elected officialas who have the ultimate say, Peduto noted.
The city councilman will make an official announcement tomorrow morning and also will propose the idea during a speciao council hearing on Thursday at10 a.m. in city council’se chambers, where directors of city departments and authorities are schedules to speak abouttheier agencies’ stimulus priorities. “I’ve been thinkinhg about this ever since we called forthe hearing,” Peduto said. “It didn’yt seem like enough, becausde after that one meeting, then what The motion to form the commission will be formallg introduced atcity council’s regular meetingg on Tuesday.

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