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WAGNER CALLS FOR CITY TO DISCLOSE LOCATION OF ALL DANGEROUS PARTIAL LINE REPLACEMENTS
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 […]
WAGNER’S RECOMMENDATION ON POLL WORKER PAY TO BE CONSIDERED BY COUNCIL
(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, […]
WAGNER CALLS FOR END TO DANGEROUS HALF MEASURES ON LEAD; DEMANDS DATA, ACTION FROM MAYOR
(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 […]
WAGNER: FILTER PLAN ENCOURAGING, BUT LINE REPLACEMENT COST CANNOT BE LEFT TO HOMEOWNERS
(Pittsburgh) March 8, 2017 Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner issued the following statement in reaction to Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto’s announcement of a “Safe Water Plan.” I am encouraged to finally see Mayor Peduto take a step in the right direction in response to our drinking water crisis. The provision of filters to all residents […]
WAGNER CALLS ON MAYOR PEDUTO TO PROMISE NOT TO PRIVATIZE PITTSBURGH WATER
Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner issued the following statement in response to Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto’s announcement that he will seek a private contractor to manage the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority: “I am deeply troubled by Mayor Peduto’s announcement today that he plans to partially privatize and further outsource control of our most basic […]
AIRMALL “STREET PRICING” REVIEW SHOWS REPEAT NON-COMPLIANCE BY SOME SHOPS
(Pittsburgh) January 24, 2017 The Office of Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner today released results of its annual review of “street pricing” by businesses within Pittsburgh International Airport’s AIRMALL. The lease between the Airport Authority and AIRMALL requires that its concessionaires not charge prices higher than those of comparable businesses outside the Airport. The County […]
RELEASE: WAGNER SAYS HEALTH DEPT. MUST STEP UP IN RESPONSE TO LEAD CONCERNS
(Pittsburgh) December 19, 2016 Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner said today that the results of an auditby her office show that the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) has not prioritized respondingto local concerns about elevated lead levels in public water in the wake of the crisis in Flint, Mich.and the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority […]
WAGNER’S MOVE TOWARD TRANSPARENT DATA BRINGS CONSIDERATION FOR NATIONAL AWARD
(Pittsburgh) November 3, 2016The office of Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner, whichlaunched its OpenGov platform in May to provide interactive, up-to-date reports on County spending,employment, and other data, is a finalist for a Navigator Awardhonoring governmental IT andData Innovators from Route Fifty, a digital publication covering government innovation. “It is a huge honor to be […]
CONTROLLER WAGNER SAYS REFORMS TO ELECTION DAY STAFFING NEEDED, ISSUES ‘TAXPAYER ALERT’
(Pittsburgh) Sept. 29, 2016 In her latest Taxpayer Alert, Allegheny County ControllerChelsa Wagner says that the County’s Elections Division must modernize its methodof tracking Election Day worker assignments, which has resulted in some polling placesbeing understaffed even while others had a number of workers in excess of what is required. “While a recent audit by […]
COUNTY’S ETHICS AND DISCLOSURE PROCESS SHOULD BE OVERHAULED, CONTROLLER WAGNER SAYS
(Pittsburgh) August 22, 2016 Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner said that the Commissioncharged with enforcing the County’s Ethics Code lacks independence and adequate resources,and that County employees are given scant training on the Code and have nowhere to turn with questions. A Controller’s Office review also showed that top County managers were among those who […]
