Standing Committees
Council Chambers
Agenda — 51 items
- 1 STANDING COMMITTEES AGENDA
- 2 ROLL CALL
- 3 PUBLIC COMMENT
- 4 FINANCE AND LAW COMMITTEE, MRS. STRASSBURGER, CHAIR
- 5 NEW PAPERS
- 6 Resolution repealing an item in Resolution Number 771 of 2024, effective date October 31, 2024, in order to rescind the sale.
- 7 Resolution repealing an item in Resolution Number 68 of 2018, effective date March 1, 2018, in order to rescind the sale.
- 8 Resolution repealing an item in Resolution Number 780, effective December 29, 2016, in order to rescind the sale.
- 9 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Foster & Foster Consulting Actuaries, Inc., relating to actuary services for calculating pension benefits at a cost not to exceed Seven Thousand Dollars ($7,000.00), over one year.
- 10 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Andrew Boodoo for a single payment in 2025 in an amount not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), in full and final settlement of litigation, filed with the Commission of Human Relations at CR-2024-001A. (Executive Session held 10/28/25)
- 11 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant payable in favor of Dickie McCamey & Chilcote for one-time legal services rendered for an amount not to exceed FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS and ZERO CENTS ($50,000.00) over one year. (Executive Session held 10/21/25)
- 12 Resolution further amending Resolution No.857 of 2023, effective December 27, 2023, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2024 Capital Budget, the proposed 2024 Community Development Program, and the 2024 through 2029 Capital Improvement Program” by decreasing Facility Improvements - Sports Facilities by FIVE HUNDRED FIVE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE DOLLARS AND EIGHT CENTS ($505,769.08) and increasing Park Reconstruction by FIVE HUNDRED FIVE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE DOLLARS AND EIGHT CENTS ($505,769.08).
- 13 INVOICES NVOICES FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL The following departmental invoices not covered under a contract with the City shall be paid by the City Controller after the invoices have been approved by City Council at the October 29th, 2025 Standing Committees meeting. A completed standard form detailing the expenditures is attached to all of the below listed invoices. No payments will be made to any of the below listed vendors prior the approval of City Council. CITY COUNCIL/ CITY CLERK East Allegheny Community Council – reimbursement for black boxes (Dist. 1) 800.00 Hluska, Julianne – reimbursement for URA lunch meeting (Dist. 1) 69.25 S&S Candy & Cigar Co Inc – supplies for community events (Dist. 2) 695.20 Hilltop Alliance – donation to Fall Block Party (Dist. 3) 75.00 Black Political Empowerment Project – event donation (Dist. 5) 150.00 Brighton Heights Citizens Federation – donation for Halloween parade (Dist. 6) 200.00 COMMISSION ON HUMAN RELATIONS Port Authority – employment discrimination bus ads 1,890.00 Soul Pitt Media – full page ad 249.66 Soul Pitt Media – full page ad 500.34 OFFICE OF MUNICIPAL INVESTIGATIONS Net Transcripts Inc – transcription of case interviews 114.88 DEPT OF CITY PLANNING Raut, Mohit – membership reimbursement 96.56 Pennsylvania Solar Center – feasibility study 100.00 Berson, Scott – membership reimbursement 564.00 DEPT OF PERMITS, LICENSES, AND INSPECTIONS Platt, David H – reimbursement for certification registry 625.00 DEPT OF PUBLIC SAFETY - ADMIN Propper E-Commerce Inc – uniform pants for park rangers 2,015.58 Tokarski, John – mileage reimbursement 55.30 BUREAU OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES Ford City Hose Co #1 Ambulance Service – special event coverage (Jazz Fest) 825.11 Ford City Hose Co #1 Ambulance Service – special event coverage (Pitt football, OKT PGH, Penguins) 2,851.04 Cranberry Township EMS – special event coverage (Lord Huron) 285.62 Monroeville Volunteer Fire Co #4 – special event coverage (Pirates) 200.00 Monroeville Volunteer Fire Co #4 – special event coverage (Pitt football, Great Race, Huling-OKT PGH) 1,930.22 Munhall Area Prehospital – special event coverage (Pitt football, Pirates) 500.00 BUREAU OF POLICE Transunion Risk & Alternative Data Solutions – background check subscription 339.80 Sonder Wellness – critical incident assessment 300.00 Bush, Jamie – reimbursement for Mounted Unit tack purchase 152.47 DEPT OF PARKS & RECREATION Steve Groves Mediaworks LLC – photo session for RiverBoo 5k 300.00 Face Paint Pittsburgh – face painting for Trails and Tales 1,350.00 Face Paint Pittsburgh – face painting for Roving Art Cart/school events 2,800.00 Allegheny County Health Dept – food service permit (Greenfield HAL) 122.00 Allegheny County Treasurer – employee food safety certification course/exam 135.00 Bike Share Pittsburgh – community festival grant 1,000.00 Service Equipment Company Inc – chiller maintenance/parts 1,688.75 Runner’s High – RiverBoo equipment rental 771.40 Capezzuti, Cheryl – puppet experience 350.00 Capezzuti, Cheryl – puppeteering for Roving Art Cart 3,630.00 Ehrenberger, Emily – reimbursement for work boots 147.89 Simmons, Willard – kick-off parade performance 400.00 Wild Flying Pig Productions – installation/tear down of five sets 1,350.00 Pittsburgh Puppets Works – puppet shows during Track and Treat 1,575.00 Walters, Mark A – teaching artist for Trails and Tales 437.50 Occhipinti, Donna – Beer Garden performer 350.00 Beckley, Kerry Robert – DJ for late night basketball 300.00 Pierce, Orla – educator for Pgh County Fair 250.00 DEPT OF MOBILITY & INFRASTRUCTURE IMSA New Jersey Section Non-Profit Corp – employee IMSA certification 3,275.00 Robinson, Denny – mileage reimbursement 144.20 Fromm, David – mileage reimbursement 346.50 Fromm, David – mileage reimbursement 160.30 PA One Call System – notification system 4,689.76
- 14 INTRA DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS To: The Honorable President and Members of Council From: Office of Management and Budget Date: 10/24/2025 Re: Intradepartmental transfer --- Dear President and Members of Council: Per Resolution 927 of 2024, which authorizes City Council to approve intradepartmental transfers throughout the 2025 Fiscal Year, the Office of Management and Budget would like to make the following transfer(s):--- Department: Commission on Human Relations Amount from: $7,000 from 105000.53901 Professional Services Amount to: $7,000 to 105000.55305 Promotional This transfer is to cover the cost of promotional related advertising for the remainder of the year
- 15 P-CARD APPROVALS
- 16 P-Cards
- 17 PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, MRS. WARWICK, CHAIR
- 18 NEW PAPERS
- 19 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to commit future 2028, 2029 and 2030 Bond funds for the local match of the Congestion Mitigation Air Quality Grant from the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission in an amount not to exceed ONE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED FORTY THOUSAND ($1,440,000.00) dollars for the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure’s East Warrington Avenue project.
- 19 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to commit future 2028, 2029 and 2030 Bond funds for the local match of the Congestion Mitigation Air Quality Grant from the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission in an amount not to exceed ONE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED FORTY THOUSAND ($1,440,000.00) dollars for the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure’s East Warrington Avenue project.
- 20 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to commit future 2028, 2029 and 2030 Bond funds for the local match of the Congestion Mitigation Air Quality Grant from the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission in an amount not to exceed ONE MILLION ONE HUNDRED FOUR THOUSAND ($1,104,000.00) dollars for the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure’s Murray Avenue project.
- 21 HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE, MR. CHARLAND, CHAIR
- 21 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to commit future 2028, 2029 and 2030 Bond funds for the local match of the Congestion Mitigation Air Quality Grant from the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission in an amount not to exceed ONE MILLION ONE HUNDRED FOUR THOUSAND ($1,104,000.00) dollars for the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure’s Murray Avenue project.
- 22 RECOMMITTED PAPERS
- 23 Ordinance amending supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Six: Conduct, Chapters 651: Findings and Policy, 653: Human Relations Commission, and Chapter 659: Unlawful Civil Rights Practices by simplifying language to offer clarity, defining terms specific to the enforcement of antidiscrimination provisions within City Code, and preserving the antidiscrimination enforcement power of the City in the wake of federal changes.
- 24 LAND USE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, MR. WILSON, CHAIR
- 25 SUPPLEMENTAL - NEW PAPERS
- 26 Resolution authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an amended and restated Community Collaboration and Implementation Plan for the Lower Hill Redevelopment, at no cost to the City.
- 27 DEFERRED PAPERS
- 28 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine: Zoning Code, Article V: Use Regulations, Chapter 911: Primary Uses and Chapter 912 Accessory Uses; and Article VIII, Review and Enforcement, Chapter 922 Development Review Procedures, all to amend Outdoor Retail Sales and Service Primary and Accessory Uses. (Public Hearing held 10/22/25)
- 29 Ordinance amending and supplementing the City Code at Title Seven, Business Licensing, Article III, Sales Businesses, Chapter 719, Vendors and Peddlers, by repealing Chapter 719 in its entirety and replacing it with a new Chapter 719 to update Pittsburgh’s vending program.
- 30 NEW PAPERS
- 31 Resolution further amending Resolution No. 924 of 2024, effective December 18, 2024, as amended, entitled "Resolution adopting and approving the 2025 Capital Budget, the proposed 2025 Community Development Program, and the 2025 through 2030 Capital Improvement Program. (Public Hearing held 12-12-24)" so as to grant Five Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($550,000) to specific Public Service Grant projects and authorize a subsequent Agreement or Agreements.
- 32 Resolution further amending Resolution No. 924 of 2024, effective December 18, 2024, as amended, entitled "Resolution adopting and approving the 2025 Capital Budget, the proposed 2025 Community Development Program, and the 2025 through 2030 Capital Improvement Program. (Public Hearing held 12-12-24)" so as to fund the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank at $200,000 (TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) and authorize a subsequent Agreement or Agreements.
- 33 Resolution further amending Resolution No. 924 of 2024, effective December 18, 2024, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2025 Capital Budget, the proposed 2025 Community Development Program, and the 2025 through 2030 Capital Improvement Program” by increasing CDBG ADMINISTRATION by Two Thousand Ninety-Three Dollars ($2,093), decreasing EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT by Seventeen Thousand Five Hundred Seventy Sixty-One Dollars ($17,570 $17,561), decreasing HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS by Eight Thousand Six Hundred Seventy-Four Dollars ($8,674), and decreasing HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM by Nine Thousand Four Hundred Fifteen Dollars and Thirty-Six Cents ($9,415.36). These changes are made in response to program allocations by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development and come at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh.
- 33 Resolution further amending Resolution No. 924 of 2024, effective December 18, 2024, as amended, entitled "Resolution adopting and approving the 2025 Capital Budget, the proposed 2025 Community Development Program, and the 2025 through 2030 Capital Improvement Program. (Public Hearing held 12-12-24)" so as to grant Five Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($550,000) to specific Public Service Grant projects and authorize a subsequent Agreement or Agreements.
- 34 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreement(s) with various community-based organizations for the implementation of the 2025 Neighborhood Economic Development program and to provide for the payment of the costs thereof, at a cost not to exceed Seven Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($720,000.00).
- 34 Resolution further amending Resolution No. 924 of 2024, effective December 18, 2024, as amended, entitled "Resolution adopting and approving the 2025 Capital Budget, the proposed 2025 Community Development Program, and the 2025 through 2030 Capital Improvement Program. (Public Hearing held 12-12-24)" so as to grant Five Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($550,000) to specific Public Service Grant projects and authorize a subsequent Agreement or Agreements.
- 35 Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with the Jewish Healthcare Foundation to provide administration and operating expenses, housing and housing-related supportive services to persons with HIV/AIDS and their families, at a total cost not to exceed $1,401,162.00-One Million, Four Hundred One Thousand, One Hundred Sixty-Two Dollars.
- 36 Resolution providing for an Agreement, or Agreements with the Urban League of Pittsburgh, for the implementation/administration of the Housing Counseling Program, and related costs, in the amount not to exceed $100,000.00 (ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS).
- 37 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreement(s) with agencies to provide emergency shelter services, street outreach services, rental assistance and housing relocation and stabilization services, and/or data collection activities, as associated with 2025 Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds at a cost not to exceed $1,177,543.00 ( ONE MILLION, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR DOLLARS ($1,177,534.00).
- 37 Resolution further amending Resolution No. 924 of 2024, effective December 18, 2024, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2025 Capital Budget, the proposed 2025 Community Development Program, and the 2025 through 2030 Capital Improvement Program” by increasing CDBG ADMINISTRATION by Two Thousand Ninety-Three Dollars ($2,093), decreasing EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT by Seventeen Thousand Five Hundred Seventy Sixty-One Dollars ($17,570 $17,561), decreasing HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS by Eight Thousand Six Hundred Seventy-Four Dollars ($8,674), and decreasing HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM by Nine Thousand Four Hundred Fifteen Dollars and Thirty-Six Cents ($9,415.36). These changes are made in response to program allocations by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development and come at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh.
- 38 INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, MR. MOSLEY, CHAIR
- 39 NEW PAPERS
- 40 Resolution authorizing a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh, designating URA as the City’s agent for administration of the 2025-2026 HOME Investments Partnership Program at a cost not to exceed $1,986,153.64-One Million, Nine Hundred Eighty-Six Thousand, One Hundred Fifty-Three Dollars and Sixty-Four Cents. (Council Districts: All)
- 41 Resolution authorizing The Pittsburgh Land Bank to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the Publicly-Owned properties in the 18th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 14-E, Lots 11 and 12 (0 Curtin Avenue - Council District No. 3), at no cost to the City.
- 42 Resolution authorizing The Pittsburgh Land Bank to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the Publicly-Owned property in the 18th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 15-L, Lot 195 (111 Chalfont Street - Council District No. 3), at no cost to the City.
- 43 Resolution authorizing The Pittsburgh Land Bank to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the Publicly-Owned property in the 26th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 116-G, Lot 42 (372 Latimer Street - Council District No. 1), at no cost to the City.
- 43 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreement(s) with agencies to provide emergency shelter services, street outreach services, rental assistance and housing relocation and stabilization services, and/or data collection activities, as associated with 2025 Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds at a cost not to exceed $1,177,543.00 ( ONE MILLION, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR DOLLARS ($1,177,534.00).
- 44 Resolution authorizing The Pittsburgh Land Bank to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the Publicly-Owned property in the 12th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 124-P, Lot 79-A (6411 Meadow Street - Council District No. 9), at no cost to the City.
- 45 Resolution authorizing The Pittsburgh Land Bank to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the Publicly-Owned properties in the 24th and 26th Wards of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 47-P, Lot 43, Block 47-A, Lots 186 and 199, Block 47-E, Lot 14, Block 47-G, Lot 84, and Block 47-J, Lot 353 (1230 Itin Street, 1134 and 1108 Fabyan Street, 921 South Side Avenue, 188 Rockledge Street, and 2104 Lappe Lane - Council District No. 1), at no cost to the City.