Standing Committees
Council Chambers
Agenda — 35 items
- 1 STANDING COMMITTEES AGENDA
- 2 PRE-AGENDA - APPOINTMENTS AND/OR RE-APPOINTMENTS
- 3 Resolution reappointment of Aftyn Giles as a Member of the Clean Pittsburgh Commission with a term to expire September 1, 2028.
- 4 Resolution appointing Jesse DiRenna as a Member of the Commission on Infrastructure Asset Reporting and Investment with a term to expire July 3, 2027.
- 5 ROLL CALL
- 6 PUBLIC COMMENT
- 7 FINANCE AND LAW COMMITTEE, MRS. STRASSBURGER, CHAIR
- 8 NEW PAPERS
- 9 Resolution repealing an item in Resolution Number 512 of 2022, effective date September 23, 2022, in order to rescind the sale.
- 10 Resolution amending Resolution No. 564 of 2024 which authorized thirty six (36) Open-End Professional Services Agreements with multiple vendors to provide professional services on an on-call basis as required related to various professional services as needed by the various Departments of the City of Pittsburgh, each Agreement being at an amount not-to-exceed one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) annually for a three year term, and providing for funding of the costs thereof, by authorizing fifty six (56) additional Open-End Professional Services Agreements with multiple vendors for same various professional services.
- 11 Resolution amending Resolution No. 565 of 2024 which authorized thirty six (36) Open-End Professional Services Agreements with multiple vendors to provide professional services on an on-call basis as required related to various professional 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, by authorizing fifty six (56) additional Open-End Professional Services Agreements with multiple vendors for same various professional services.
- 12 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 March 26th, 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 Allegheny Residents Council – donation for food and equipment (Dist. 1) 300.00 Marabello, Lori – catering reimbursement (Dist. 2) 493.65 Byko, Laura – reimbursement for MailChimp (Dist. 5) 32.50 Colbert Holdings – folding and binding of newsletter (Dist. 6) 970.00 OFFICE OF MUNICIPAL INVESTIGATIONS Net Transcripts Inc – transcription of case interviews 279.42 Assured Polygraph Service Inc – polygraphing of Fire candidates 2,800.00 DEPT OF HUMAN RESOURCES & CIVIL SERVICE New Pittsburgh Courier – advertising for Black History Month 458.72 DEPT OF PUBLIC SAFETY - ADMIN Responder Training Enterprises LLC – natural gas flaring equipment 1,965.97 BUREAU OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES Munhall Area Prehospital – EMS coverage (Pens, Home Show) 989.09 Bucks County Community College – Vehicle Rescue Technical Rescuer testing 1,750.00 Bound Tree Medical – arm slings 134.80 BUREAU OF POLICE National Target Company Inc – shooting targets for Academy range 4,893.88 Golden Bone Pet Resort – K9 boarding 331.00 Critchlow Enterprises – Firing Range tractor maintenance 341.62 Dollar Rent a Car – toll fees 15.87 BUREAU OF FIRE Kleen-Line Service Co Inc – disposal of waste oil 106.20 Conserv Flag Co – gas range 559.89 DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS RE Michel Co Inc – equipment needed to install new unit heater 1,834.61 DEPT OF PARKS & RECREATION Service Equipment Company Inc – maintenance on Ice Chiller 1,311.75 CTM Services Inc – parts and service for Olympia 1,602.43 Squirrel Hill Baseball Assn – Dick’s Sporting Goods Grant 1,950.00 Brocato, Brian –Certified Pool Operator course for 17 employees 4,675.00 Wilson, Lisa – mileage reimbursement 27.20 Sciullo, Emma – mileage reimbursement 54.47 Lipscomb, Vernon – mileage reimbursement 133.03 Pittsburgh Trophy – Brookline Rec’s basketball plaque and cup 217.58
- 13 INTRA DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS
- 14 P-CARD APPROVALS
- 15 P-Cards
- 16 PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELLNESS COMMITTEE, MR. COGHILL, CHAIR
- 17 DEFERRED PAPERS
- 18 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.
- 19 PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, MRS. WARWICK, CHAIR
- 20 SUPPLEMENTAL - NEW PAPERS
- 21 Resolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in favor of United Rentals, in the amount of Thirty-Five Thousand Twenty-Five Dollars ($35,025.00), for the purpose of portable restroom rentals and servicing throughout the city’s parks system at various location; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof.
- 22 NEW PAPERS
- 23 Resolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in favor of Canon Tools for the purchase of one Mac Scan tool used to repair DPW vehicles, in the amount of Thirteen Thousand Four Hundred Ninety-Nine Dollars and Ninety-Eight cents ($13,499.98), over one (1) year.
- 24 LAND USE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, MR. WILSON, CHAIR
- 25 DEFERRED PAPERS
- 26 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Nine: Zoning, Article III: Overlay Zoning Districts, Chapter 907: Development Overlay Districts, to amend Section 907.04: IZ-O, Inclusionary Housing Overlay District; Article IV: Planning Districts, Chapter 910: Downtown Districts, to amend Section 910.01: GT, Golden Triangle District; Article V: Use Regulations, Chapter 911: Primary Uses, to amend Section 911.04: Use Standards; and Article VI: Development Standards, Chapter 915: Environmental Performance Standards, to amend Section 915.07: Performance Points System. (Sent to the Planning Commission for a Report & Recommendation on 12/18/24) (Report and Recommendation received 2/21/25) (Public Hearing held 6/18/25)
- 27 INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE, ASSET MANAGEMENT, AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE, MS. GROSS, CHAIR
- 28 NEW PAPERS
- 29 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into a Professional Service Agreement or Agreements with Cycom Data Systems, Inc. ("Cycom") for computer services relating to continuing maintenance, support, and upgrades to CityLaw, the Department of Law’s current legal case management and administrative support software system, for an amount not-to-exceed Eleven-Thousand Four-Hundred and Twenty-Four Dollars ($11,424.00) over one (1) year. (Waiver of Competitive Process Received)
- 30 INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, MR. MOSLEY, CHAIR
- 31 NEW PAPERS
- 32 Resolution authorizing a cooperation agreement or agreements providing for the transfer of funds not to exceed ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND ($125,000.00) dollars to the City of Pittsburgh Equipment Leasing Authority for the purchase of vehicles for the Department of Public Works, Bureau of Environmental Services. This expenditure is associated with grant funds that the City will receive from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection from the 902 Municipal Recycling Grant.
- 33 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant payable in favor of the Chartiers Valley District Flood Control Authority (“CVDFCA”) to renew the City of Pittsburgh’s membership into the CVDFCA and pay fees for the year 2025 in an amount not to exceed Seventeen Thousand Two Hundred Four Dollars ($17,204.00), over one (1) year.
- 33 Councilwoman Warwick motioned for a Cablecast Post Agenda for gender affirming care in the city of Pittsburgh. Councilman Mosley motioned for a cablecast Post agenda for strategies to eliminate vacant, blighted & abandon properties.
- 34 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works, and/or the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a cooperation agreement with the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership, providing for assignment of ownership and maintenance of certain infrastructure to be constructed by the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership, for the improvement of Market Square, at no cost to the City.