It took Pittsburgh council less than three months to effectively spend all-but $30 million of the $167.5 million it received in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds it received this year, Councilwoman Deb Gross told her colleagues Tuesday.
The city should have slowed the process and held off on transferring the money to programs administered by outside agencies, Gross said.
But council members approved $95 million in transfers. They will pay for a program to test the viability of guaranteed basic income administered by the nonprofit OnePGH, lead water line replacement projects for Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority and a bevy […]
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