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Guide to the Allegheny County Board of Commissioners Minute Books, 1862-1999
Metadata Details
- Title
- Allegheny County Board of Commissioners minute books 1862-1999
- Subject
- Allegheny County (Pa.). Board of Commissioners., Allegheny County (Pa.). County Council., County officials and employees--Pennsylvania--Allegheny County, County government--Law and legislations--Pennsylvania--Allegheny County, Allegheny County (Pa.)--Officials and employees
- Description
- The Board of County Commissioners minute books consist of 60 volumes. Board of County Commissioner minute books are a recording of all Commissioner meetings and range in date from 1862 through 1999. Commissioner minutes record various authorizations and referrals relating to municipal building projects, appointments, contracts, elections, taxes, assessments, sales and purchases, and other actions. Each entry states the meeting date, commissioners present, and bears the signature of the chief clerk recording the minutes. Minutes of the County Council, which replaced the Board of Commissioners in 2000, have been made available online via the official website of Allegheny County., Allegheny County Board of Commissioners minute books, 1862-1999, MSS 1062, Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center, Allegheny County transfer 7/6/2015 2015.0056 papers, The Allegheny County Board of Commissioners formed the seat of county administrative authority after its formation in 1788. Commissioner boards, which originated as fiscal managers within the county system prior to American independence, eventually incorporated greater legislative power. The traditionally three-member Allegheny County Board of Commissioners acted as the superintending body of county legislative and executive affairs until its replacement by the County Council in 2000. The Home Rule Charter of Allegheny County, which passed in 1998 and was enacted in 2000, abolished the board of commissioners in favor of the County Council, a body of fifteen elected district representatives. The charter also conferred executive powers to a County Executive, stipulated limitations on taxes and Council expenses, and imposed a regular timetable of departmental reviews. The County Council retains many former commissioner responsibilities, including those to approve and amend legislation, adopt an annual county budget, and authorize or refer matters related to county programs, property, projects and personnel. Notable past commissioners include John J. Kane (1937-1960); Tom Foerster (1967-1999) who initiated plans for home rule in Allegheny County; and former mayor and United States Deputy Attorney General Pete Flaherty (1984-1996)., Transfer from Allegheny County., Processed MSS 1062 7/2015 C. Lough, Finding aid available.
- Contributor
- Allegheny County Board of Commissioners, Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center (depositor)
- Date
- 1862-1999
- Type
- Collection, Text
- Format
- print, manuscript, 240.0 linear feet
- Identifier
- oclc:934123636, pitt:US-QQS-mss1062
- Language
- eng
- Relation
- http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=hswpead;cc=hswpead;rgn=main;view=text;didno=US-QQS-mss1062
- Coverage
- Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, Allegheny County (Pa.)
- Rights
- Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use., http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
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