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Ex. MET-PIT-050 Order Primary source read

Operational Changes for Allegheny County (COVID-19) as posted March 17, 2020

Operational Changes for Allegheny County

Allegheny County (County Executive Rich Fitzgerald; County departments), official web page · Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (County)

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Jurisdiction
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania · Pittsburgh · Pennsylvania
Level
County
Authority
Departmental operating decisions
Issued
2020-03-17 Mar. 17, 2020
Effective
2020-03-16 and 2020-03-17 (various) (read as 2020-03-16)
End
Various; page updated through spring 2020 (read as 2020-06-30)
In force
Mar. 16, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Emergency declarationBusiness closureCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • the public
  • county employees
  • court users
  • poll workers
  • park users
Functions reached
  • CT county offices and law library
  • HR (police and fire academy training suspended)
  • EV county park venues closed
  • OP
Collection
Pittsburgh MET-PIT

Operative words

Allegheny County declared an emergency on March 12. Since then, four municipalities have also made such declarations including Millvale, Penn Hills, Pittsburgh and Shaler.... The Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania has declared a judicial emergency. As a result, a number of changes have been made impacting every division of the court and including suspension of jury trials in the civil division... The Allegheny County Law Library located in Room 921 of the City-County Building is closed until further notice.... The Allegheny County Fire Academy has suspended all training at the academy through April 19, 2020.... The Allegheny County Police Academy is ceasing its academy cadet class effective March 17... Hartwood Acres Mansion, Boyce Park Nature Center and North Park Latodami Nature Center are closed through Monday, March 30.

Enforcement

Administrative closures.

Notes

The County's own statement of the March 12, 2020 emergency declaration and of the March 2020 curtailment of county services (jail visitation, Kane community living centers, elections training, parks).

Retrieval note

The ACHD orders (MET-PIT-001, -002, -004, -006, -008) and this page recite it.