Pittsburgh City Council To Take Up Peduto Bill

On Wednesday, the Pittsburgh City Council is expected to vote on a bill to create a Citizen's Oversight Board to watch over how stimulus funds are being spent in the city.

Councilman Bill Peduto drafted the legislation. It would create a new Stimulus Oversight and Reinvestment in New Growth Commission that will provide oversight and guidance on the use of funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Peduto said the Commission will prevent the waste, fraud, and abuse of stimulus funds, while supporting the investment of federal dollars into the existing aging infrastructure, as well as the modernization and greening of Pittsburgh.

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