City Council

Council Chambers

Agenda — 30 items

1. 1 ROLL CALL ▶ jump to 21:43
2. 2 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ▶ jump to 22:06
3. 3 MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA ▶ jump to 22:40
4. 4 PROCLAMATIONS
5. 5 WILLS OF COUNCIL ▶ jump to 22:43
6. 6 WHEREAS, Founded in 1972, Pittsburgh Action Against Rape (PAAR) was established as Pennsylvania’s first rape crisis center and one of the earliest such organizations in the United States; and, 2026-0050 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 27:41
7. 7 PUBLIC COMMENTS ▶ jump to 33:13
8. 8 PRESENTATION OF PAPERS ▶ jump to 51:35
9. 9 COUNCILMAN KHARI MOSLEY PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 51:52
10. 10 Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 824 James Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, at no cost to the City. 2026-0042 Read and referred ▶ jump to 52:06
11. 11 COUNCILWOMAN KIM SALINETRO PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 52:18
12. 12 Resolution providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Construction phase of the East Liberty - Negley Avenue Implementation project, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed Two Million Five Hundred Seventy-One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-One Dollars ($2,571,661.00). 2026-0043 Read and referred ▶ jump to 52:33
13. 13 Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with Allegheny Valley Railroad for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering phase of the Herron Avenue Bridge project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), reimbursable at 100%. 2026-0044 Read and referred ▶ jump to 53:00
14. 14 Resolution providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Design, Final Design, and Construction phases of the Brownsville Road Safety Improvement Project, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed Four Million Five Hundred Four Thousand Three Hundred Sixty-Eight Dollars ($4,504,368.00), and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs at a cost to the City of Pittsburgh not to exceed Twenty-Six Thousand Dollars ($26,000.00). 2026-0045 Read and referred ▶ jump to 53:18
15. 15 Resolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering, Final Design, and Right-of-Way phases of the Herron Ave Bridge project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Five Hundred Twenty-One Thousand Dollars ($1,521,000.00), an increase of Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($800,000.00) from the previously executed agreement. This resolution serves to authorize only the amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements, at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh. Future Resolutions will authorize the project specific service agreements. 2026-0046 Read and referred ▶ jump to 53:56
16. 16 COUNCILWOMAN ERIKA STRASSBURGER PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 54:39
17. 17 Resolution amending resolution 880 of 2025 which reappropriated 2025 Seven Million Dollars ($7,000,000.00) of funds into 2026 to pay for 2025 Pittsburgh Water service costs when true-up calculations are finalized, by reducing the amount reappropriated by One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00). 2026-0051 Read and referred ▶ jump to 54:54
18. 18 COUNCILWOMAN BARBARA WARWICK PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 55:20
19. 19 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation, to enter into agreements in individual amounts of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or less with performers, instructors, artists, referees, and persons with specialized skills in connection with the Departments’ recreational and instructional programs and special events services. Payments for individual vendors meeting the above criteria are authorized through on-contract payments, departmental invoices and P-Card. 2026-0047 Read and referred ▶ jump to 55:35
20. 20 COUNCILMAN R. DANIEL LAVELLE PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 56:15
21. 21 Resolution appointing William Urbanic as a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Comprehensive Municipal Pension Trust Fund. 2026-0048 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 56:27
22. 22 Communication from Rea Price, Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget, submitting to City Council the attached status update from the Grants Office for the week ended January 16, 2026. 2026-0049 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 56:52
23. 23 UNFINISHED BUSINESS ▶ jump to 57:21
24. 24 Resolution appointing Sharon Werner as a Board Member of the Equipment Leasing Authority for a term to end March 31, 2028, serving the remainder of the term for a seat vacated by Lisa Frank. 2026-0025 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 57:26
25. 25 Resolution appointing Sheldon Williams as a Board Member of the Equipment Leasing Authority for a term to end June 15, 2026, serving the remainder of the term for a seat vacated by Lee Schmidt. 2026-0026 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 57:33
26. 26 REPORTS OF COMMITTEE - FINAL ACTION
27. 27 MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS ▶ jump to 57:36
28. 28 EXCUSE ABSENT MEMBERS
29. 29 APPROVAL OF MINUTES ▶ jump to 58:17
30. 30 ADJOURNMENT