Press Releases

Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner today announced that she has partnered with the online startup BallotReady on a cutting-edge informational tool for Allegheny County voters.“BallotReady Allegheny provides voters a ‘one-stop shop’ to find their polling location and view the offices and candidates on their ballot. This is the type of innovation that government has lagged […]

(Pittsburgh) July 18, 2017 Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner issued the following statement regarding the release of the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority’s (PWSA) lead testing results:“The EPA, the Centers for Disease Control, and the American Academy of Pediatrics all agree that 15 ppb is nowhere near a safe level of lead in drinking water. […]

(Pittsburgh) July 11, 2017 Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner issued the following statement regarding the announcement that the Allegheny County 911 Call Center will be relocated to Pittsburgh International Airport:“My office’s audit released in May called into question the wisdom of relocating County facilities without a clear rationale or a transparent bidding process. If it […]

(Pittsburgh) June 8, 2017 Inadequate record keeping within the Allegheny County Police Department made it difficult for auditors to assess the Department’s performance, but a recent conversion to an electronic records system holds promise for more meaningful evaluation in the future, County Controller Chelsa Wagner said. Crime and incident reports examined by auditors varied widely […]

(Pittsburgh) May 31, 2017 Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner said the rationale for moving County offices from the Lexington Technology Park in Pittsburgh’s East End to other locations around the County is unclear, and is likely to result in increased costs to the taxpayers. The County currently holds 11 separate leases at the Lexington complex […]

Warns Residents of Increased Health Risks and Calls for the City to Cease Dangerous Actions (Pittsburgh) May 15, 2017 Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner today made public on a new website (LeadPGH.com) the locations where hundreds of dangerous partial water service line replacements have been performed by the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (PWSA). This […]

(Pittsburgh) April 24, 2017 Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner said today that her office will conduct an expedited performance audit of the Allegheny County Health Department to assess how it has monitored elevated blood lead levels in children and evaluated their risk from lead-contaminated water. Wagner said she is concerned with both a lack of […]

Demands transparencyfollowing PWSA’s failure to respond to Open Records request (Pittsburgh) April 5, 2017 Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner said the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (PWSA) must immediately release records showing where it has conducted hundreds of dangerous partial service line replacements to date and all locations where it plans to perform them in […]

(Pittsburgh) March 29, 2017 A recommendation by Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner to raise the pay of Election Day poll workers will be considered by the Budget and Finance Committee of Allegheny County Council, Wagner said. The Resolution–which asks the County Board of Elections to approve a 25 percent pay raise for Judges of Election, […]

(Pittsburgh) March 28, 2017 Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner called for Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto to put a halt to partial lead service line replacements that can increase lead contamination in household water, and to initiate an emergency plan to fully replace the lines, calling such measures “absolutely necessary to ensure residents’ safety.” While the […]