Standing Committees
Council Chambers
Agenda — 33 items
- 1 STANDING COMMITTEES AGENDA
- 2 ROLL CALL
- 3 PUBLIC COMMENT
- 4 FINANCE AND LAW COMMITTEE, MRS. STRASSBURGER, CHAIR
- 5 NEW PAPERS
- 6 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Cohen Law Group for expert legal services in connection with a litigation matter for an amount not to exceed EIGHT THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FORTY-SEVEN DOLLARS AND EIGHTY CENTS ($8,247.80) over one year. (Executive Session held 5/27/25)
- 7 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 May 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 Hilltop Alliance – donation to community garden (Dist. 3) 300.00 Smith, Leslie – reimbursement for office and event supplies (Dist. 9) 108.88 Robinson, Ashley – reimbursement for staff lunch 194.30 DEPT OF INNOVATION & PERFORMANCE Harris, Sylvia – reimbursement for audiobook for managers’ book club 24.70 OFFICE OF MUNICIPAL INVESTIGATIONS Tyler Mountain Water – water for office 63.25 BUREAU OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES Rock N Rescue – AZTEK pulley systems 1,320.00 IFSTA – Hazmat materials for first responders 2,808.00 Motorola Solutions Inc – radio chargers 2,937.12 Rostraver/West Newton EMS – coverage reimbursement (AC/DC) 1,181.23 Rostraver/West Newton EMS – coverage reimbursement (AMA Supercross) 3,495.33 Butler Ambulance Service – coverage reimbursement (AC/DC, Pirates) 1,317.92 Butler Ambulance Service – coverage reimbursement (AMA Supercross) 507.76 Munhall Area Prehospital – coverage reimbursement (AC/DC) 722.56 Ford City Hose Co #1 Ambulance – coverage reimbursement (AMA Supercross) 3,816.56 Harmony EMS – coverage reimbursement (Pirates) 793.38 Harmony EMS – coverage reimbursement (AMA Supercross) 444.29 North Huntingdon Twp Rescue 8 – coverage reimbursement (Pirates, Kids Marathon) 809.25 Monroeville Volunteer Fire Co #4 – coverage reimbursement (AMA Supercross) 280.00 BUREAU OF POLICE Polley, Wayne – training reimbursement 895.00 Foley, Kevin – training reimbursement 834.00 Safran, Gregory – training reimbursement 157.94 Mercer, Andrew – training reimbursement 157.94 MCI A Verizon Company – long distance calls 15.03 MCI A Verizon Company – long distance calls 159.87 McGann & Chester LLC – towing services 127.00 McGann & Chester LLC – towing services 55.00 Allegheny Equine Association – Mounted Unit veterinary services 2,482.69 BUREAU OF FIRE Honeywell Analytics Inc – calibration of posichek machine 1,190.00 DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS Zoresco Equipment Co – storage trailer rental 130.00 Fort Pitt Exterminators Inc – pest control services 585.00 Caldwell’s Window Ware Inc – window shades 427.00 DEPT OF PARKS & RECREATION Clarke, Delroy – CommUnity concert performer 500.00 CITIZEN POLICE REVIEW BOARD Dorman, Stephanie – reimbursement for speaker w/microphone 57.23
- 8 INTRA DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS
- 9 P-CARD APPROVALS
- 10 P-Cards
- 11 PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELLNESS COMMITTEE, MR. COGHILL, CHAIR
- 12 DEFERRED PAPERS
- 13 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into a Clinical Affiliation Agreement with Community College of Allegheny County to enact a precepting program, allowing students to learn professional skills from City employees in the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services for training and educational purposes, at zero cost to the City.
- 14 NEW PAPERS
- 15 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter into an Emergency Services Provider Agreement or agreements with University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Vitalant, at no cost to the City, for professional services related to the stocking and use of emergency medical supplies for blood transfusions on City Emergency Medical Services vehicles, at no cost to the City.
- 16 PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, MRS. WARWICK, CHAIR
- 17 NEW PAPERS
- 18 Resolution amending Resolution 467 of 2022 titled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to apply for a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development's Multimodal Transportation Fund for the South 21st Street Complete Green Street Project and further providing for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed ONE MILLION THIRTY SIX THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY TWO ($1,036,422.00) dollars” to decrease the grant amount, accept the grant award, and authorize necessary expenditures.
- 19 LAND USE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, MR. WILSON, CHAIR
- 20 DEFERRED PAPERS
- 21 Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title 6: Conduct, Article I: Regulated Rights and Actions, Chapter 609: Weeds and Grass, by creating a new Section 609.08: Managed Natural Landscapes to allow for the planting and maintenance of managed natural landscapes by residents.
- 22 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh City Code, Title 10: Building, Chapter 1004: International Property Maintenance Code Adoption, Section 1004.02: Changes Specified to allow for the planting and maintenance of managed natural landscapes by residents.
- 23 NEW PAPERS
- 24 Resolution approving a Conditional Use Application under the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article V, Chapter 911, Section 911.04.A.64 to the Neighborhood Academy, property owner, for authorization to construct additions to a School, Elementary or Secondary (General) use at 709 N Aiken Avenue, Parcel 81-S-63, zoned “R1D-L”, Single-Unit Detached Residential, Low Density, 10th Ward, Council District No. 9. (Public Hearing held 6/24/25)
- 25 INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE, ASSET MANAGEMENT, AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE, MS. GROSS, CHAIR
- 26 NEW PAPERS
- 27 Resolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in favor of RPC Video in the amount of Six Thousand One Hundred Ninety-Eight Dollars ($6,198.00) to extend the City Channel control room video switcher warranty by one year.
- 28 INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, MR. MOSLEY, CHAIR
- 29 NEW PAPERS
- 30 Resolution amending and supplementing Resolution entitled, "Resolution establishing a Task Force on Sustainable Funding for the Pittsburgh Land Bank to develop recommendations for long-term financial stability," by establishing a Steering Committee to serve as the core body of the Task Force.
- 31 Resolution amending and supplementing Resolution entitled, "Resolution establishing a Task Force on Sustainable Funding for the Pittsburgh Land Bank to develop recommendations for long-term financial stability," by establishing a Steering Committee to serve as the core body of the Task Force.
- 32 Resolution amending and supplementing Resolution entitled, "Resolution establishing a Task Force on Sustainable Funding for the Pittsburgh Land Bank to develop recommendations for long-term financial stability," by establishing a Steering Committee to serve as the core body of the Task Force.
- 33 Resolution amending and supplementing Resolution entitled, "Resolution establishing a Task Force on Sustainable Funding for the Pittsburgh Land Bank to develop recommendations for long-term financial stability," by establishing a Steering Committee to serve as the core body of the Task Force.