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Clean Pittsburgh Commission proposes committee-based structure to distribute work
Summary
The Clean Pittsburgh Commission voted to approve minutes and began preparing to move from ad hoc working groups to five standing committees (governance, membership, finance, neighborhoods of focus, advocacy) to spread responsibility and improve outreach and operations.
The Clean Pittsburgh Commission opened its November 2026 meeting with a proposal to shift to a committee‑based structure intended to spread responsibilities across members and strengthen outreach and advocacy. "The idea being that we start adjusting or shifting to a committee based structure," said Lisa Eberhardt, cochair and program director at Allegheny Cleanways, describing proposed governance, membership, finance, neighborhoods of focus and advocacy groups.
Cochair Amaya Queli said the change would help distribute workload and align the commission with the new mayoral administration. "We are mayor's commission first and foremost," Queli said, and she said she planned to meet with mayoral staff to seek a liaison and to align the commission’s mission with the administration.
Members discussed whether outreach duties should remain an "outreach coordinator" officer role (the term appears in the commission bylaws) or become an outreach committee. Helena Procopio Ross, the city’s environmental enforcement specialist and the commission’s outreach coordinator, said the coordinator role covers website, social media and graphics while an advocacy committee could focus on policy and external engagement. The group agreed to circulate the bylaws with committee proposals and to solicit member interest by email ahead of a January planning meeting.
Why it matters: Commissioners said clearer roles could speed administrative tasks, make grant and procurement requests easier to process, and help the commission reestablish routine reporting to the public. Next steps: cochairs will circulate the committee documents and bylaws, solicit volunteers by email and convene planning meetings for each proposed committee.
