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 DEFERRED PAPERS
- 6 Resolution providing for the sale of certain property, in the 23rd Ward, in the First (1st) Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, acquired by the City of Pittsburgh at tax sale.
- 7 NEW PAPERS
- 8 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of the New Pittsburgh Courier, doing business as Real Times, Inc., for legal advertisements published on February 5, 2025 in connection with City of Pittsburgh Quiet Title actions for an amount not to exceed SIX THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHT DOLLARS AND THIRTY CENTS ($6,158.30).
- 9 Resolution authorizing eleven (11) Open-End Professional Services Agreements with five vendors to provide professional services on an on-call basis as required related to special events services as needed by the various Departments of the City of Pittsburgh, each Agreement being at an amount not-to-exceed seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) annually for a three-year term, and providing for funding of the costs thereof,
- 10 Resolution amending and supplementing the Rules of Council to provide for contingent presiding officers over regular meetings of Council in the event of absences.
- 11 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 April 30th, 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 Northside Catholic Assumption Academy – event donation (Dist. 1) 300.00 Ralph, Antoinette – face painting for community event (Dist. 2) 240.00 Wallen Legacy LLC – petting zoo for community event (Dist. 2) 875.00 Uline – corrugated boxes 379.58 MAYOR’S OFFICE Welcoming America Inc – membership dues 1,000.00 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT & BUDGET Trib Total Media – EORC meeting notice 133.25 CONTROLLER’S OFFICE Walsh, Jenis – reimbursement for Bring Your Child to Work Day supplies 51.77 DEPT OF HUMAN RESOURCES & CIVIL SERVICE Ghaner, Chloe – mileage reimbursement for on-site recruitment event 57.28 BUREAU OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES Allegheny County EMS Council – contribution/ad for programs 500.00 North Eastern Uniforms & Equipment – work/composite safety boots 730.00 Primary Pharmaceuticals Inc – dextrose water bags, sodium chloride 1,044.81 BUREAU OF POLICE Miller, Andrew – training reimbursement 159.43 Republic Services – replacement dumpster 1,500.00 Adorama Inc – drones 4,053.20 Ray Allen Manufacturing Co – K9 unit leather goods 385.92 Dollar Rent a Car – car rental (12/26/24-2/21/25) 2,168.49 Dollar Rent a Car – car rental (3/8/24-5/7/24) 1,733.74 Dollar Rent a Car – car rental (4/5/24-6/6/24) 2,615.04 Dollar Rent a Car – car rental (5/7/24-7/2/24) 1,779.10 Dollar Rent a Car – car rental (6/6/24-8/6/24) 1,856.58 Dollar Rent a Car – car rental (7/2/24-8/29/24) 2,339.47 Dollar Rent a Car – car rental (8/6/24-10/4/24) 2,358.20 Dollar Rent a Car – car rental (8/29/24-10/30/24) 2,561.29 Dollar Rent a Car – car rental (10/30/24-12/26/24) 2,255.36 Dollar Rent a Car – car rental (12/3/24-1/31/25) 2,174.38 Dollar Rent a Car – car rental (1/31/25-3/28/25) 2,225.85 McGann & Chester LLC – City towing 1,115.00 DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS Zoresco Equipment Co – rental of storage trailers 240.00 Bistro to Go – food for Arbor Day celebration 625.00 DEPT OF PARKS & RECREATION Mitchell, Elizabeth – reimbursement for recertification 62.00 Troy Hill Citizens, Inc. – 2024 community festival grant 615.58 DEPT OF MOBILITY & INFRASTRUCTURE Treetop Products Inc – shipping costs for speed bumps 512.77 Houston Radar LLC – cost to repair and ship traffic counter 708.00 Department of Court Records – court fees 400.00 Department of Court Records – court fees 100.00 Traffic Products LLC – Polara push buttons 4,912.00 Metal Supermarkets Pittsburgh – supplies for bridge division 397.47 Tech Support – sign shop supplies 2,409.03
- 12 INTRA DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS
- 13 P-CARD APPROVALS
- 14 P-Cards
- 15 PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELLNESS COMMITTEE, MR. COGHILL, CHAIR
- 16 DEFERRED PAPERS
- 17 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.
- 18 PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, MRS. WARWICK, CHAIR
- 19 NEW PAPERS
- 20 Resolution authorizing the Directors of the Departments of Finance and Mobility and Infrastructure to take actions necessary for recordation of temporary construction easements over certain City-owned parcels in order to advance a project for rehabilitation, reconstruction, and repair of Smithfield Street in the City of Pittsburgh, at no cost to the City.
- 21 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works and/or the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into an Agreement, Agreements, and/or Amendments with Riverlife for the purpose of allowing access to the Riverlife Barge from the Allegheny Landing Dock, at no cost to the City.
- 22 LAND USE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, MR. WILSON, CHAIR
- 23 DEFERRED PAPERS
- 24 Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Nine, Zoning, Article Two, Base Zoning Districts, Chapter 903, Residential Zoning Districts, to reduce required minimum lot sizes. (Public Hearing held 4/23/25)
- 24 Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Nine, Zoning, Article Two, Base Zoning Districts, Chapter 903, Residential Zoning Districts, to reduce required minimum lot sizes. (Public Hearing held 4/23/25)
- 25 NEW PAPERS
- 26 Resolution providing for the designation as a Historic Structure under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances that certain Structure known as Donny’s Place, located at 1226 Herron Avenue (26-Q-189), in the Polish Hill Neighborhood, in the 5th Ward, City of Pittsburgh. The owner of the property does not support the nomination and there is no cost to the City. (Public Hearing held 7/10/25)
- 27 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Planning to enter into an Agreement, Agreements, and/or Amendments with the Museum of Contemporary Art (“MOCA”), for the purpose of loaning the City-owned Stephen Foster Statue to MOCA, at no cost to the City.
- 28 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.
- 29 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.
- 30 INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, MR. MOSLEY, CHAIR
- 31 NEW PAPERS
- 32 Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 7415 Hermitage Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15208, at no cost to the City.