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Votes at a glance: Allegheny County Council passes appointments, health and safety ordinances, lease and other measures
Summary
At its final regular meeting of the year, Allegheny County Council approved a slate of appointments, ordinances (public-health and safety), a 25‑year lease with Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall, and several pulled bills including two donated horses for the mounted unit.
Allegheny County Council used its final regular meeting of the year to approve multiple appointments and ordinances, take several bills from committee for immediate final votes, and confirm a 25‑year lease for Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall.
Key approvals included:
- Appointments: The council approved the reappointment of Sarah Roca to the Allegheny County Retirement Board (term to 12/31/2029) and a block approval of five additional appointments, including members to the Carnegie Library Board and various county authorities (sponsors and terms listed in the record).
- Health and building rules: Ordinance 13628‑25 (revisions to Article 6 of the Allegheny County Health Department rules on houses and community environment) and Ordinance 13742‑25 (revisions to Article 15 on plumbing and building drainage) passed after committee recommendations.
- Air-fees relief goals: Resolution 13739‑25 establishing goals for an air fees relief program at the Allegheny County Board of Health passed on council's affirmative recommendation.
- Public safety and coroner protocol: Ordinance 13738‑25, establishing a protocol for expeditious autopsies of individuals who die in custody at the Allegheny County Jail (as amended in committee), passed unanimously.
- Lease: Ordinance 13766‑25, a corrected ordinance authorizing a 25‑year lease with Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall Museum Trust Inc. for operation and maintenance of the museum, had its second reading waived and passed unanimously.
- Pulled items and immediate votes: Council pulled several bills from committee for immediate final votes before year-end deadlines, including an ordinance authorizing the acceptance of two horses for adoption by the county police mounted unit (sponsored by Nacharetti Chavkis) and an ordinance authorizing continued use of Round Hill Park property for law‑enforcement training by Steel Rivers Council of Governments; both passed.
Votes were recorded in the official roll calls for each item as shown in the meeting record.
