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ICA: Ready to Go Solo?

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Editor

The residual effects of Hurricane Sandy postponed until Thursday, November 8^th, a hearing to decide if Pittsburgh has satisfied the requirements to be released from Act 47 distressed status, a status that was granted to the City in December of 2003.

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Are Changes Coming to the Makeup of the Oversight Board?

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Editor

The Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority for Cities of the Second Class-commonly known as the ICA and more commonly as the oversight board-was created in 2004 to help prevent a fiscal calamity in Pittsburgh. The statute creating the board (Act 11) states that “the inability of a city of the second class to provide essential services to its citizens as a result of a fiscal emergency is hereby determined to affect adversely the health, safety, and welfare not only of the citizens of that municipality but also of other citizens in this Commonwealth”.

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What Will Become of the Oversight Board?

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Editor

Next year marks the end of the current life span of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority (ICA) for Cities of the Second Class, commonly known as the Oversight Board. Created by Act 11 of 2004, which was signed into law on February 12 of that year, the statute’s language declares the Board “shall exist for a term of at least seven years”. An act of the Legislature is required to extend the life of the Board beyond 2011.

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