Standing Committees
Council Chambers
Agenda — 40 items
- 1 STANDING COMMITTEES AGENDA
- 2 ROLL CALL
- 3 PUBLIC COMMENT
- 4 FINANCE AND LAW COMMITTEE, MRS. STRASSBURGER, CHAIR
- 5 NEW PAPERS
- 6 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 One Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars ($180,000.00) and increasing Facility Improvements - Recreation and Senior Centers by One Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars ($180,000.00).
- 7 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Finance to enter into, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, a lease agreement or agreements with Bike Share Pittsburgh, Inc., to utilize a portion of that certain City-owned parcel no. 29-M-151-0-2, 4th Ward, City of Pittsburgh (90 WORMSER WAY, COUNCIL DISTRICT 3), for the purpose of placing and maintaining a shipping container to be used for storage of equipment, at no cost to the City.
- 8 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a Cooperation Agreement with the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh to document local cooperation and the Housing Authority’s agreement to make payments in lieu of taxes for Bedford Dwellings Phase III housing development.
- 9 INVOICES INVOICES 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 September 22nd, 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 Brighton Heights Citizens Federation – donation to annual Halloween parade (Dist. 1) 300.00 Hilltop Alliance – donation to Knoxville Black Party (Dist. 3) 500.00 Hilltop Alliance – donation to Knoxville Black Party (Dist. 3) 350.00 Jewish Chronicle – Rosh Hashanah advertisement (Dist. 5) 305.00 ACLC Special Activities – table at banquet dinner 1,750.00 DEPT OF LAW Nickel Reporting Services – court reporter for transcripts 2,166.00 Nickel Reporting Services – court reporter for transcripts 1,028.85 Veritext Corporate Services Inc – court reporter for transcripts 1,012.00 Knox, McLaughlin, Gornall, & Sennett – mediation services 1,000.00 Tyler Mountain Water – water 84.55 Esquire Deposition Solutions LLC – court reporter for transcripts 668.00 AA Court Reporters – court reporter for transcripts 469.35 Bernstein-Burkley PC – outside legal counsel 1,506.50 Leslie Stephens – reimbursement for office supplies 30.50 West A Thomson Reuters Business – legal publication subscription 1,127.71 Network Deposition Services – copies of case documents 2,225.60 OFFICE OF MUNICIPAL INVESTIGATIONS Net Transcripts Inc – transcription of case interviews 313.14 DEPT OF HUMAN RESOURCES & CIVIL SERVICE Plungin, Alaina – reimbursement for supplies for Leadership Training 61.52 DEPT OF PERMITS, LICENSES, & INSPECTIONS Building and Fire Code Academy – certification registry 3,000.00 DEPT OF PUBLIC SAFETY - ADMIN Adamczyk, Tricia – mileage reimbursement 75.60 BUREAU OF POLICE LexisNexis Matthew Bender – PA law code books 2,739.69 North Eastern Uniforms & Equipment – sergeant badges 985.00 Cunningham, Anthony W – training reimbursement 1,884.42 Markl Supply – SWAT active shooter training rounds 4,982.74 Markl Supply – SWAT active shooter training rounds 2,297.08 Markl Supply – SWAT active shooter training rounds 2,216.16 Hartzell Machine Works – Bomb Squad parts/supplies 4,950.00 Hartzell Machine Works – Bomb Squad parts/supplies 4,800.00 BUREAU OF FIRE 3 Rivers Fire Equipment – 16” chains 2,760.00 DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS DelTek Inc – software licenses for senior project managers 4,649.07 Fort Pitt Exterminators Inc – pest control services 120.00 PA Dept of Labor & Industry – boiler certificates 440.88 DEPT OF PARKS & RECREATION OneSelf Yoga – Yoga in the Park 100.00 Mike the Balloon Guy – balloon artist 1,780.00 Toyota Material Handling PennWest Inc – Kubota maintenance charge 2,844.71 DEPT OF MOBILITY & INFRASTRUCTURE PA One Call System – notification system 4,609.91 PA Public Utility Commission – PA One Call fines 2,000.00 Metal Supermarkets Pittsburgh – steel tubes and hot rolled angle 356.89 CITIZEN POLICE REVIEW BOARD Dorman, Stephanie – reimbursement for school supplies/treats for community event 163.76
- 10 INTRA DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS To: The Honorable President and Members of Council From: Office of Management and Budget Date: 9/19/2025 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: Office of Community Health and Safety Amount from: $7,338.25 from 102300.53901 Professional Services Amount to: $7,338.25 to 102300.56151 Operational Supplies This transfer is to move liquidated funds from OS 54321 to reimburse operational supply expenses from the ROOTs program. Department: Department of Public Safety – Bureau of Administration Amount from: $29,090.14 from 210000.53529 Protective/Investigation Amount to: $29,090.14 to 210000.57531 Vehicles This transfer is to cover the cost of refitting a vehicle for use by the Office of Emergency Management & Homeland Security. ---
- 11 P-CARD APPROVALS
- 12 P-Cards
- 13 PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELLNESS COMMITTEE, MR. COGHILL, CHAIR
- 14 NEW PAPERS
- 15 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Brawner Group K-9 Services LLC in an amount not to exceed NINE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND NO CENTS ($9,500.00), for payment of one K-9 unit.
- 16 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into an Agreement or Agreements with KILO III Consulting Agency, LLC., for trainer-led on-site K-9 training, at a cost not to exceed EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($8,500.00) over one year. (Waiver of Competitive Process Received)
- 17 PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, MRS. WARWICK, CHAIR
- 18 NEW PAPERS
- 18 DEFERRED PAPERS
- 19 Resolution authorizing the Director of the Department of Finance and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh to enter into certain temporary construction easements in order to advance the Frazier Street Steps replacement project, at no cost to the City.
- 20 Resolution amending resolution 562 of 2019 which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a Professional Services Agreement between the City of Pittsburgh and ATC Group Services LLC (ATC), for architectural and engineering design services related to the stormwater management and renovation of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Firing Range, by increasing the total spend by Three Hundred Eighty Thousand Seven Hundred Forty Dollars ($380,740.00), for a new not to exceed amount of Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000.00).
- 21 HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE, MR. CHARLAND, CHAIR
- 22 NEW PAPERS
- 23 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Six Conduct, Article V, Chapter 651.04 by adding the definition for the protected class of “housing status,” amending 659.03 to include “past or present housing status” as a class protected from housing discrimination as well as simplifying 659.03 by not listing each protected class in each subsection.
- 24 LAND USE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, MR. WILSON, CHAIR
- 25 NEW PAPERS
- 26 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine - Zoning, Article V, Use Regulations, Chapter 911: Primary Uses, to add Retail: Tobacco, Inhalant, and Cannabinoids, to add specific requirements and conditional use application requirements. (Sent to the Planning Commission for a report & recommendation on 10/15/25) (Report & recommendation received on 04/9/26) (Public Hearing held 05/26/26)
- 27 RECREATION, YOUTH, AND SENIOR SERVICES COMMITTEE, MRS. KAIL-SMITH, CHAIR
- 28 DEFERRED PAPERS
- 29 Resolution submitting the recommendation of the Commission on Naming Public Properties to name the playground within Townsend Park the “Bill Coleman Memorial Playground” (Public Hearing held 9/17/25)
- 30 Resolution submitting the recommendation of the Commission on Naming Public Properties to rename Herschel Field to “Bessy Miller Field” (Public Hearing held 9/17/25)
- 31 Resolution submitting the recommendation of the Commission on Naming Public Properties to rename the Baseball/Softball field at Banksville Park from “Tower Field” to “Bill Mullen Field” (Public Hearing held 9/17/25)
- 32 INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, MR. MOSLEY, CHAIR
- 33 DEFERRED PAPERS
- 34 Resolution amending Resolution 877-2024, authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance, and the Office of the Mayor, to enter into an agreement or agreements or amendments thereto with Incapsulate, now doing business as Accenture, to upgrade the City’s Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system and our related capabilities and processes, by increasing the approved amount by Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000) for a total cost not-to-exceed One Million One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty-Five Dollars and Thirty-Three Cents ($1,125,755.33) over three (3) years, subject to appropriation by City Council in future budget years.
- 34 INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE, ASSET MANAGEMENT, AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE, MS. GROSS, CHAIR
- 35 Resolution amending resolution 336 of 2024, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Department Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County for the purpose of receiving and spending grant funds in the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) to develop a mobility plan in the West End by increasing the grant amount by One Hundred Thousand Dollars $100,000 for a new total project cost of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000).
- 35 DEFERRED PAPERS
- 36 NEW PAPERS
- 37 Resolution amending resolution No. 543 of 2022, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a cooperation agreement with the Urban Redevelopment Authority, in order to receive a grant from the Pennsylvania Budget Office Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program, for the renovation of Warrington Recreation Center in the amount of ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($1,500,000.00) dollars, and authorizing expenditures for this stated purpose,” to update accounting information for the local capital match.