Mayor appointments

==Background ==
The mayor gets to appoint members to various boards and commissions. These appointments go far beyond the hiring of key city officials such as the Chief of Police and the Deputy Mayor.
Many of the appointments need to be approved by City Council.
In November 2005, as Bob O'Connor was Mayor-elect, a fair appointment measure went before city council.
==City Staff Appointements==
* Mayor's bodyguard
==Study Commission on Contracting==
* Panel will review city contracting procedures September 30, 2008, by Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
** Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl said today he will name a commission to study the best practices in contracting and those will be applied to the activities of the city and its authorities.
==Board and Commission Appointments==
==URA, Urban Redevelopment Authority==
== Water & Sewer Authority==
==Human Relations Committee==
==Planning ==
==Shade Tree Commission==
==Zoning Board==
==Citizens Police Review Board==
===RAD Board===
==Cable and Telecommunications Board==
==Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh==
==Parking Authority==
==Pseudo Appointments==
The mayor has plenty of sway over other groups, boards and various bodies within the city and county beyond direct appointments. The mayor's money goes to various organizations that need these funds to survive. These organziations range from good to bad. Their missions are generally understood to be as they are, but the underground understandings are something else in many instances. Without offending everyone and casting too many questions, let's ponder the sway of the mayor over such groups as:
===PUMP===
===South Side Local Development Corporation===
===Oakland's Buisness Improvement District===
===Democratic Party of Pittsburgh===
===Pittsburgh School Board===
* A task force on Gifted Education is forming in 2006.
* A task force on High Schools is forming in 2006.
===Retirement and Pension Groups===
* Pension Board
===UPMC Board of Trustees===
=== Wireless Neighborhoods===