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Pittsburgh City Council

Council frustrated by unused funds.

Written by Amy Whipple

  • Council received a package of 15 bills from the Controller’s office for removal of unencumbered funds from dormant Capital Projects.
  • City Code requires this process annually so that unused money doesn’t sit indefinitely.
  • “Dormant” encompasses job numbers with no activity for three years or job numbers that have less than $1,000 remaining and no activity for at least a year.
  • Council members expressed frustration that they were not alerted about potentially lost funds in enough time to use them.
  • For example, there was $234,149 remaining from a 2013 $1.6 million federal grant for the City’s bike share program. Because the grant expired, the money no longer exists.
  • There was additionally one request for re-appropriation and re-allocation, which would distribute $1,396,530.83 across multiple projects.
  • Council members also expressed frustration that they were not consulted about where eligible unused funds are being re-allocated.
  • The package will be held for one week so that Council can have input where appropriate.

Connections to this story

Topics:
City Budget & Fiscal
Governments:
Pittsburgh City Council
Public meetings:
City Council · July 15, 2025
Sources:
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