Purchasing merger timetable proposed 'We've seen enough studies,' said Mr. Peduto, who is set to announce his mayoral candidacy Monday. 'We know exactly what the savings will be. ... We can't afford not to do this. It's time we stop throwing money out the window.'The other game played there is leap-frog.
Hurry and form another task force.
Connect the dots. The one wants to buy printing with a joint purchasing department. This means that those borchures about the bulk gargage pick-up days can be with more color and gloss. One doesn't have his face on all the junk mail in the city yet -- but -- should he win he would and he'd have suburban taxpayers pay for it.
Then again there is the dog license merger thingie that was big-news in the last election. Why hasn't Peduto fixed that yet? Is he saving it for after he announces? Or, is it a low priority because Michael Lamb is only running for controller? Or, do they want Mr. Lamb to keep using his old lines for the pending cycle. Everyone loves puppies.
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Purchasing merger timetable proposed
Friday, January 19, 2007
By Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh City Councilman William Peduto yesterday proposed a 120-day timetable toward full merger of the city's and Allegheny County's purchasing, saying bulk buying would save at least $3.5 million a year.
"We've seen enough studies," said Mr. Peduto, who is set to announce his mayoral candidacy Monday. "We know exactly what the savings will be. ... We can't afford not to do this. It's time we stop throwing money out the window."
Mayor Luke Ravenstahl said there's already an agreement in place with the county, which will be announced shortly.
Mr. Peduto said he'll submit legislation Tuesday to council that would direct the mayor to work with the county to create and activate a shared purchasing task force within 30 days.
The task force would have to issue a joint purchasing plan after another 30 days. Council would then have a month to review it. It would be implemented a month after that.
In all, the resolution would give the mayor 120 days to consummate a merger that has been on hold since late 2005, when County Council approved it, but City Council balked. Mr. Peduto supported the full merger that was backed by county Chief Executive Dan Onorato and then-Mayor Tom Murphy.
A cooperative agreement on purchasing is "a done deal," said Kevin Evanto, spokesman for Mr. Onorato. "We are just basically trying to find the time on Dan and Luke's calendar to hold the announcement."
The mayor agreed, and said he didn't know how much money the city will save through cooperative purchasing but hopes it reaches millions of dollars.
Mr. Peduto said he wants the city and county to buy things like printing, energy, vehicle parts, information technology, office furniture, advertisements, road materials and equipment together. In some instances, the two governments would jointly contract with brokers that buy commodities like energy in bulk.
(Rich Lord can be reached at rlord@post-gazette.com or 412-263-1542. )
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