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January 13, 2026 ·10:00 AM Final

Council Chambers

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Agenda — 57 items

  1. 1 ROLL CALL
  2. 2 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
  3. 3 MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA
  4. 4 PROCLAMATIONS
  5. 5 NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Saturday, January 10th, to be “Bailey White Day” in the City of Pittsburgh. 2026-0037 Adopted Pass
  6. 6 PUBLIC COMMENTS
  7. 7 PRESENTATION OF PAPERS
  8. 8 COUNCILPERSON ROBERT CHARLAND PRESENTS:
  9. 9 Resolution amending Resolution 559 of 2022, authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with Industrial/Organizational Solutions, Inc. (I/O Solutions) for professional consulting services in connection with Police Lieutenant and Police Sergeant position job analyses; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof not to exceed Two Hundred Seventy-Six Thousand Dollars ($276,000.00), for a new not to exceed amount of Three Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($375,000.00). 2026-0005 Read and referred
  10. 10 Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title I, Administrative, Article VII, Procedures, by adding a new Chapter, "Chapter 173A: Housing Data Dashboard". 2026-0041 Read and referred
  11. 11 COUNCILMAN ANTHONY COGHILL PRESENTS:
  12. 12 Resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor, Solicitor, Director of Planning, and Director of Office of Management and Budget, pursuant to § 204(k) of the Home Rule Charter, to provide appropriate notice and terminate contract 54920 - 684975 - RS-59-24 - Sasaki & Common Cause Consultants per Article III.2 “Termination” of the agreement. 2026-0006 Read and referred
  13. 13 Resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor, Solicitor, Director of Planning, and Director of Office of Management and Budget, pursuant to § 204(k) of the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter, to provide appropriate notice and terminate contract 54724 - 568755 - RS-58-24 - HR&A ADVISORS & URBAN AC LLC per Article III.2 “Termination” of the agreement. 2026-0007 Read and referred
  14. 14 COUNCILWOMAN DEBORAH L. GROSS PRESENTS:
  15. 15 Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Seven: Business Licensing, Article VII Service Businesses, adding a new Chapter 768: Short-Term Rental Housing. 2026-0008 Read and referred
  16. 16 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Zoning Code, Title Nine - Zoning, Article V, Use Regulations; Chapter 911 Primary Uses; Chapter 912 Accessory Uses and Structures, to add Short-Term Rental use regulations. (Sent to the Planning Commission or a Report & Recommendation on 2/11/26) (Resent to the Planning Commission for a Report & Recommendation on 7/1/26) 2026-0009 Read and referred
  17. 17 COUNCILMAN KHARI MOSLEY PRESENTS:
  18. 18 Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Allegheny County Economic Development for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the Gaming Economic Development Tourism Fund in the amount not to exceed FIFTY THOUSAND ($50,000.00) dollars for Warrington Recreation Center. 2026-0011 Read and referred
  19. 19 COUNCILWOMAN KIM SALINETRO PRESENTS:
  20. 20 Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s Green Light Go Program for the purpose of receiving grant funds in the amount ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR THOUSAND TWENTY-NINE DOLLARS AND SIX CENTS ($1,394,029.06) for intersection upgrades at three locations in the City of Pittsburgh. The grant requires a match from the City of Pittsburgh in the amount of THREE HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SEVEN AND TWENTY-SEVEN CENTS ($348,507.27) for this stated purpose for a total project cost of ONE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED FORTY-TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX DOLLARS AND THIRTY-THREE CENTS ($1,742,536.33). 2026-0010 Read and referred
  21. 21 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to take all necessary actions to acquire and secure a right-of-way, aerial easements, and permanent and/or temporary construction easements, as-needed, including the taking of property by eminent domain if necessary, involving the California Avenue Bridge project, at no cost to the City. 2026-0012 Read and referred
  22. 22 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to take all necessary actions to acquire and secure a right-of-way, aerial easements, and permanent and/or temporary construction easements, as-needed, including the taking of property by eminent domain if necessary, involving the West Carson Street Bridge project, at no cost to the City. 2026-0013 Read and referred
  23. 23 Resolution providing for an agreement with CSX Transportation, Inc. for Preliminary Engineering work on the Elizabeth Street Bridge rehabilitation; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Nineteen Thousand Five Hundred Eighty Dollars ($19,580.00), reimbursable at 100%. 2026-0014 Read and referred
  24. 24 Resolution granting unto BRASHEAR ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, at no cost to the City, a retaining wall, steps and planters at the intersection of Bausman and Grape Street, in the 30th Ward, 3rd Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 2026-0015 Read and referred
  25. 25 COUNCILWOMAN BARBARA WARWICK PRESENTS:
  26. 26 Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Two: Fiscal, Article V: Special Funds, to add a new Chapter 239: Fleet Vehicle Fund, to create a Fleet Vehicle Fund to fully fund the City of Pittsburgh’s fleet needs, and establish the purposes for which monies in the Fund may be used. 2026-0016 Read and referred
  27. 27 COUNCILMAN R. DANIEL LAVELLE PRESENTS:
  28. 28 Resolution appointing Jason Lando as the Chief of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police. 2026-0017 Held, Pending Interview Pass
  29. 29 Resolution appointing Ivette Mongalo-Winston as Director of the Department of City Planning. 2026-0018 Held, Pending Interview Pass
  30. 30 Resolution appointing Eric Sloan as the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation. 2026-0019 Held, Pending Interview Pass
  31. 31 Resolution appointing Sheldon Williams as the Director of the Department of Public Safety. 2026-0020 Held, Pending Interview Pass
  32. 32 Resolution appointing Lisa Zeidner Marcus as City Solicitor. 2026-0021 Held, Pending Interview Pass
  33. 33 Resolution informing City Council of the appointment of Laura Drogowski as Assistant Director, Community Health and Safety, of the Department of Public Safety. 2026-0022 Read, Received and Filed Pass
  34. 34 Resolution informing City Council of the appointment of Rea Price as Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 2026-0023 Read, Received and Filed Pass
  35. 35 Resolution informing City Council of the appointment of Bill Urbanic as City Treasurer for the City and School District of Pittsburgh for the Department of Finance. 2026-0024 Read, Received and Filed Pass
  36. 36 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 Held, Pending Interview Pass
  37. 37 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 Held, Pending Interview Pass
  38. 38 Resolution appointing Marita Bradley to the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board with a term to expire January 11, 2030. 2026-0027 Held, Pending Interview Pass
  39. 39 Resolution informing City Council of the appointment of Robert Charland as a Member of the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh Board of Directors with a term to expire January 11, 2030. 2026-0028 Read, Received and Filed Pass
  40. 40 Resolution informing City Council of the appointment of Yarone Zober as a Member of the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh Board of Directors with a term to expire January 11, 2030. 2026-0029 Read, Received and Filed Pass
  41. 41 Resolution appointing Rea Price as a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Comprehensive Municipal Pension Trust Fund. 2026-0030 Held, Pending Interview Pass
  42. 42 Communication from David Hutchinson, 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 2, and January 9, 2026. 2026-0031 Read, Received and Filed Pass
  43. 43 Communication from Mayor Corey O’Connor submitting Executive Order No. 2026-01, dated January 6, 2026. 2026-0032 Read, Received and Filed Pass
  44. 44 Communication from Aaron Waller, Executive Director of the Sports & Exhibition Authority, submitting the Position and Salary Report as of December 31, 2025. 2026-0033 Read, Received and Filed Pass
  45. 45 Communication from Mayor Corey O’Connor designating David Hutchinson as Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget effective Monday, January 5, 2026. 2026-0034 Read, Received and Filed Pass
  46. 46 Communication from Mayor Corey O’Connor designating John McClory as Acting Director of the Department of Public Works effective Monday, January 5, 2026. 2026-0035 Read, Received and Filed Pass
  47. 47 Communication from Mayor Corey O’Connor designating Sylvia Harris as Acting Director of the Department of Innovation and Performance effective Monday, January 5, 2026. 2026-0036 Read, Received and Filed Pass
  48. 48 Ordinance directing the Allegheny County Board of Elections to place before the qualified voters of the City of Pittsburgh at the 2026 May Primary Election a referendum question, “Shall the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter, Article Three, Legislative Branch, be amended by changing the budget approval rules to ensure timely passage at the end of legislative sessions?” (Public Hearing held 1/27/26) 2026-0039 Read and referred
  49. 49 Ordinance Directing the Allegheny County Board of Elections to place before the qualified voters of the City of Pittsburgh at the 2026 May Primary Election a referendum question, “Shall the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter, Article Three, Legislative Branch, be amended by changing public hearing notice requirements to adjust the public hearing notice requirements in light of changes in the public's consumption of newspapers of general circulation and increased use of digital media?” 2026-0040 Read and referred
  50. 50 UNFINISHED BUSINESS
  51. 51 REPORTS OF COMMITTEE - FINAL ACTION
  52. 52 MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS
  53. 53 EXCUSE ABSENT MEMBERS
  54. 53 Ordinance directing the Allegheny County Board of Elections to place before the qualified voters of the City of Pittsburgh at the 2026 May Primary Election a referendum question, “Shall the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter, Article Three, Legislative Branch, be amended by changing the budget approval rules to ensure timely passage at the end of legislative sessions?” (Public Hearing held 1/27/26) 2026-0039 Held for Cablecast Public Hearing Pass
  55. 54 APPROVAL OF MINUTES
  56. 54 Ordinance Directing the Allegheny County Board of Elections to place before the qualified voters of the City of Pittsburgh at the 2026 May Primary Election a referendum question, “Shall the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter, Article Three, Legislative Branch, be amended by changing public hearing notice requirements to adjust the public hearing notice requirements in light of changes in the public's consumption of newspapers of general circulation and increased use of digital media?” 2026-0040 Held for Cablecast Public Hearing Pass
  57. 55 ADJOURNMENT