Yesterday’s blog focused on the ICA, an authority created under special legislation for cities of the second class in Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh is the only one). According to the most recent available fact sheet on authorities in Pennsylvania, there were close to 2,400 authorities, but 859 of these were inactive. It is not clear how the numbers have changed since then, but the most recent DCED edition of its report on authorities states “Today, it is estimated that Pennsylvania has more than 1,500 active authorities”. Based on a quick count of pension plans in Allegheny County and the data that formed our 2015 report there are close to 50 authorities in the County.
Locally one municipality is thinking that it might be able to do away with a related sewer authority due to a long-term lease, while another thinks that it may need to create one to handle parking.
