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City Council

December 21, 2025 ·2:00 PM Final

Council Chambers

Agenda — 32 items

  1. 1 ROLL CALL ▶ jump to 16:04
  2. 2 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
  3. 3 MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA
  4. 4 PROCLAMATIONS
  5. 5 PUBLIC COMMENTS
  6. 6 PRESENTATION OF PAPERS
  7. 7 UNFINISHED BUSINESS
  8. 8 REPORTS OF COMMITTEE - FINAL ACTION
  9. 9 COUNCILWOMAN ERIKA STRASSBURGER PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND LAW
  10. 10 Report of the Committee on Finance and Law for December 21, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2025-2684 Read, Received and Filed Pass
  11. 11 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article IX: Property Taxes, Chapter 263: Real Property Tax and Exemption, by fixing the rate of real estate taxation for 2026. (Public Hearing held 12/20/25) 2025-2632 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 28:30
  12. 12 Resolution authorizing the fee schedule for 2026 pursuant to Chapter 170 of the City Code. (Public Hearing held 12/20/2025) 2025-2463 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 29:45
  13. 13 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article VII: Business Related Taxes, Chapter 246: Home Rule Tax, Section 246.03: Declaration and Payment of Tax, at subsection (d) so as to fix the rate of interest on delinquent Home Rule Tax for the year 2026. (Public Hearing held 12/20/2025) 2025-2464 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 29:52
  14. 14 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article IX: Property Taxes, Chapter 263: Real Property Tax and Exemptions, Section 263.02: Payment Options, Discount and Delinquency Penalty, so as to set the payment, discount, and delinquent dates for the 2026 fiscal year. (Public Hearing held 12/20/2025) 2025-2465 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 30:13
  15. 15 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article VII: Business Related Taxes, Chapter 245: Earned Income Tax, Section 245.03: Declaration and Payment of Tax, at subsection (d) so as to fix the rate of interest on delinquent Earned Income Tax for the year 2026. (Public Hearing held 12/20/2025) 2025-2461 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 30:34
  16. 16 Resolution making appropriations to pay the expenses of conducting the public business of the City of Pittsburgh and for meeting the debt charges thereof for the Fiscal Year beginning January 1, 2026. (Public Hearing held 12/20/25) 2025-2454 AMENDED Pass ▶ jump to 30:55
  17. 17 Resolution fixing the number of officers and employees of the City of Pittsburgh for the 2026 fiscal year, and the rate of compensation thereof, and setting maximum levels for designated positions. (Public Hearing held 12/20/25) 2025-2455 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 30:57
  18. 17 Resolution making appropriations to pay the expenses of conducting the public business of the City of Pittsburgh and for meeting the debt charges thereof for the Fiscal Year beginning January 1, 2026. (Public Hearing held 12/20/25) 2025-2454 Passed Finally, As Amended Pass
  19. 18 Resolution adopting and approving the 2026 Capital Budget, the proposed 2026 Community Development Program, and the 2026 through 2031 Capital Improvement Program. (Public Hearing held 12/20/2025) 2025-2453 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 31:10
  20. 19 Resolution authorizing City Council to approve intra-departmental transfers throughout the 2026 Fiscal Year. (Public Hearing held 12/20/2025) 2025-2456 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 31:26
  21. 20 Resolution authorizing the City of Pittsburgh to participate in applicable cooperative purchasing agreements for goods, materials, equipment, supplies, services, or construction, as authorized by the Commonwealth Procurement Code and the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Law for the 2026 Fiscal Year. (Public Hearing held 12/20/2025) 2025-2451 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 31:37
  22. 21 Resolution providing for the letting of contracts and for the use of existing contracts for the purchase of materials, supplies and equipment for City Departments, and the maintenance, repair, rental and/or leasing, rehabilitation, renovation, inspection or servicing of City buildings and facilities, and for any miscellaneous services in and for any City Departments, and providing for the payment of the costs thereof for the 2026 Fiscal Year. (Public Hearing held 12/20/2025) 2025-2452 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 31:53
  23. 22 Resolution authorizing all City departments, in conjunction with the Department of Finance, to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a facilities usage agreement or agreements during the 2026 calendar year for the purpose of permitting groups to rent City-owned facilities for recreational and community focused activities, in individual amounts not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). (Public Hearing held 12/20/2025) 2025-2462 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 32:21
  24. 23 Resolution authorizing the City Controller to accept updated financial system account strings and pay invoices for those contracts whose funding sources shifted from the Office of the Mayor into the Office of Equal Protection in the 2026 Operating Budget and Five Year Plan. (Public hearing held 12/20/25) 2025-2460 AMENDED Pass ▶ jump to 32:45
  25. 24 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh (“URA”) for the administration of certain 2026 PAYGO-funded projects and programs, and providing for the payment of the cost thereof at a not to exceed One Million Six Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($1,675,000.00). (Public Hearing held 12/20/25) 2025-2459 Passed Finally Pass
  26. 25 Resolution authorizing appropriations, salaries, and capital expenditures of the Parks Trust Fund for the 2026 Fiscal Year, beginning January 1, 2026. (Public Hearing held 12/20/2025) 2025-2458 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 33:08
  27. 25 Resolution authorizing the City Controller to accept updated financial system account strings and pay invoices for those contracts whose funding sources shifted from the Office of the Mayor into the Office of Equal Protection in the 2026 Operating Budget and Five Year Plan. (Public hearing held 12/20/25) 2025-2460 Passed Finally, As Amended Pass
  28. 26 Resolution authorizing appropriations and salaries of the Stop the Violence Fund for the 2026 Fiscal Year, beginning January 1, 2026. (Public Hearing held 12/20/2025) 2025-2457 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 33:21
  29. 27 MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS ▶ jump to 40:16
  30. 28 EXCUSE ABSENT MEMBERS ▶ jump to 45:10
  31. 29 APPROVAL OF MINUTES ▶ jump to 45:11
  32. 30 ADJOURNMENT ▶ jump to 45:11