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 SUPPLEMENTAL - NEW PAPERS
- 6 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Works, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a Project Labor Agreement or Agreements with the Pittsburgh Regional Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO (“Building Trades”), that will apply to all phases of installation of the City’s LED street light conversion construction project, at no cost to the City (Executive Session held 10/1/24)
- 7 NEW PAPERS
- 8 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Comber Miller, LLC for legal services in connection with a police litigation matter at 2:18-cv-01567 for an amount not to exceed TEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($10,138.00) over one year. (Executive Session held 9/24/24)
- 9 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Summers McDonnell Hudock Guthrie & Rauch, P.C. for expert legal services in connection with a litigation matter in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania filed at 2:18-cv-1567 for an amount not to exceed FIFTEEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($15,200.00) over one year. (Executive Session held 9/24/24)
- 10 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC for expert legal services in connection with a litigation matter in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania filed at 2:18-cv-01567 for an amount not to exceed TWELVE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($12,432.00) over one year. (Executive Session held 9/24/24)
- 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 October 2nd, 2024 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 Center of Life – event donation (Dist. 5) 150.00 Williams, Cassandra – catering reimbursement for community meeting (Dist. 6) 141.97 ACLC Special Activities – table at AFL-CIO banquet (Dist. 8) 500.00 Smith, Leslie – catering reimbursement for community event (Dist. 9) 195.04 CivicPlus LLC – MuniCode electronic updates 112.00 Durham, Parys – reimbursement of notary swearing in 80.00 MAYOR’S OFFICE Collier, Pamela – reimbursement for funeral wreath 46.90 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT & BUDGET Schellin, Elizabeth – parking reimbursement 13.00 CONTROLLER’S OFFICE Zeo Technologies – OpenBook hosting/maintenance 2,500.00 DEPT OF FINANCE Integra Realty Resources – appraisal services 2,000.00 IHS Global Inc – data for revenue forecast 3,521.74 OFFICE OF MUNICIPAL INVESTIGATIONS Net Transcripts Inc – transcription of case interviews 361.35 DEPT OF HUMAN RESOURCES & CIVIL SERVICE Scantron Corporation – Scantool Plus app 420.00 DEPT OF PERMITS, LICENSES, & INSPECTIONS Green, Dave – training reimbursement 121.12 DEPT OF PUBLIC SAFETY - ADMIN Craig, Marvin – PJCBC tool allowance 700.00 Cato, Michael – PJCBC tool allowance 700.00 Whitehair, Randy – PJCBC tool allowance 650.00 Gerrity, Timothy – PJCBC tool allowance 650.00 BUREAU OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES Munhall Area Prehospital – coverage reimbursement (Pirates, Pitt football) 1,477.28 Phillips, Frank – coverage reimbursement (Pirates, Pitt football) 905.45 Plum Emergency Medical Services – coverage reimbursement (Pitt football) 1,023.69 Lower Valley Ambulance Service – coverage reimbursement (Jeff Lynee’s ELO, Pirates) 393.75 Monroeville Volunteer Fire Co #4 – coverage reimbursement (Jeff Lynee’s ELO, Pirates, Pitt soccer) 1,182.89 White Oak EMS – coverage reimbursement (Pitt football) 444.78 Ford City Hose Co #1 – coverage reimbursement (Pirates, Pitt football) 3,072.86 Butler Ambulance Service – coverage reimbursement (Green Day) 508.32 Rostraver/West Newton EMS – coverage reimbursement (Pitt football) 2,490.80 BUREAU OF POLICE Uline – SWAT shelving 4,046.99 Pittsburgh Veterinary Surgery – K9 paw injury consult/prescription 210.46 Schweitzer, Lucius – replacement of damaged glasses 598.60 Team Nutz LLC – car window tint removal 163.34 SecureWatch24 – software kit 120.00 Healey, Brandon – training reimbursement 1,295.00 DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS Automated Entrance Systems Co Inc – maintenance of push buttons (South Side Market House) 480.00 DEPT OF PARKS & RECREATION Zapata, Alison – Art Booth installation 1,400.00 Goodwin, Brianne – mileage reimbursement 125.96 Musico, Amy – mileage reimbursement 491.71 Donald, Scott – mileage reimbursement 776.13 Baird, Wesley – mileage reimbursement 949.56 Tecza, Ellie – mileage reimbursement 797.10 Bowman, Gwen M – puppet show 1,075.00 Goetz, Julie – tennis court fee refund 190.00 Yelena Reznik – tennis court fee refund 1,972.00 Weitzel, Kurt – large scale story set for Alphabet Trail and Tales 3,375.00 Wild Blue Yonder LLC – JAMS at Grandview performance 600.00 Theil, Anthony A – JAMS at Grandview performance 600.00 ACH Clear Pathways – community festival grant recipient 1,000.00 Walls, Amara – DJ at Pittsburgh County Fair 300.00 Cranisky, Andrew – MC at Pittsburgh County Fair 350.00 Labuff, Sara – event artwork for Pittsburgh County Fair 250.00 Staniford, Hannah – band entertainment at Pittsburgh County Fair 400.00 Friendship Community Group – community festival grant recipient 799.20 Frogang Foundation – community festival grant recipient 1,000.00 Larsen, Haldis W – pickleball court fee refund 100.00 DEPT OF MOBILITY & INFRASTRUCTURE Custom Products Corporation – surface mount bases 4,999.00 PBSC Urban Solutions Inc – materials for Pittsburgh Electronic Bike purchase 1,428.80
- 12 INTRA DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS
- 13 P-CARD APPROVALS
- 14 P-Cards
- 15 PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELLNESS COMMITTEE, MR. COGHILL, CHAIR
- 16 NEW PAPERS
- 17 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development for the purpose of receiving and spending grant funds in the amount of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($100,000) to support forensic genetic testing by the Bureau of Police.
- 18 PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, MRS. WARWICK, CHAIR
- 19 NEW PAPERS
- 20 Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of Public Works to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program for the purpose of receiving grant funds in the amount of THREE HUNDRED THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SIXTY ($337,960.00) dollars for the installation of solar panels at the City’s Fourth Division.
- 21 Resolution authorizing the City of Pittsburgh, the Director of Public Works, and Director of Finance to enter into an easement agreement or agreements with Duquesne Light Company to provide, install, use, own, operate, maintain, repair, renew, and finally remove two light (2) poles and one (1) anchor along with thirty (30’) feet of vegetation clearing rights located upon City-owned property in the parking lot of the Pittsburgh Zoo (Parcel ID 82-H-1-0-2) at no cost to the City.
- 22 Resolution granting unto INCHEON VENTURES LLC, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, at no cost to the City, new permanent shoring and footers, above-grade unit balconies and building façade elements that will extend into the right-of-way, at 32 39th Street, in the 6th Ward, 1st 7th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- 22 Resolution granting unto INCHEON VENTURES LLC, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, at no cost to the City, new permanent shoring and footers, above-grade unit balconies and building façade elements that will extend into the right-of-way, at 32 39th Street, in the 6th Ward, 1st 7th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- 23 Resolution granting unto THE STANDARD BC LLC, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, at no cost to the City, new permanent building footers and building canopy that will extend into the right-of-way, at 2120 5th Avenue, in the 4th Ward, 1st 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- 24 HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE, MR. CHARLAND, CHAIR
- 25 NEW PAPERS
- 25 Resolution granting unto THE STANDARD BC LLC, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, at no cost to the City, new permanent building footers and building canopy that will extend into the right-of-way, at 2120 5th Avenue, in the 4th Ward, 1st 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- 26 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Municipal Investigations (OMI) to enter into an agreement or agreements with Versaterm (formerly known as CI-Technologies) to extend the current agreement and amend the name of the vendor, in an amount not to exceed Seven Thousand Two-Hundred and Eighty-Two Dollars and Eighty Cents ($7,282.80) over 1 year, for OMI’s electronic case-management system, IA Pro.
- 27 Resolution providing for issuance of a warrant in favor of Rita Porterfield in an amount not to exceed Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000) as a settlement for EEOC case 532-2024-00502 over one (1) year. (Executive Session held 9/24/24)
- 28 LAND USE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, MR. WILSON, CHAIR
- 29 DEFERRED PAPERS
- 30 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article 902.03, Zoning Map, by changing from UC-E, Urban Center Employment to R-MU, Residential - Mixed Use, certain properties located on McKee Place in the 4th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh known in the Allegheny County Office of Deed Registry as Block and Lot Numbers: 28-F-314, 28-F-310, 28-F-308, 28-F-306, 28-F-304, and 28-F-302. (Sent to the Planning Commission for a Report and Recommendation on 12/18/23) (Report and Recommendation received on 4/4/24) (Public Hearing held 6/12/24)
- 31 NEW PAPERS
- 32 Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article VI, Chapter 919, Signs, to create and establish the North Shore Entertainment District and set forth regulations for Neighborhood or District Gateway signs. (Sent to the Planning Commission for a report and recommendation on 1/29/25) (Resent to the Planning Commission for a report and recommendation on 6/27/25) (Report and Recommendation received 11/20/25) (Public Hearing held 1/20/26)
- 33 RECREATION, YOUTH, AND SENIOR SERVICES COMMITTEE, MRS. KAIL-SMITH, CHAIR
- 34 NEW PAPERS
- 35 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into an agreement or agreements with Allegheny County, Department of Human Services, for the City’s operation of its Senior Community Centers. Said agreement or agreement shall be for a term of one year at no cost to the City with compensation to the City not to exceed SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($773,100.00).
- 36 INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE, ASSET MANAGEMENT, AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE, MS. GROSS, CHAIR
- 37 NEW PAPERS
- 38 Resolution amending Resolution No. 629 of 2023 further amending Resolution No. 484 of 2022 further amending Resolution No. 647 of 2021 authorizing the Mayor, the Director of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections, the Director of City Planning and the Director of Innovation & Performance to enter into an Amended Professional Service Agreement or Agreements with Buildingeye, Inc. ("Buildingeye") to purchase software and related support services that will create an interactive map for internal and public visual display of planning, permit, license, and violation data, by increasing the approved amount by increasing the approved amount by Forty Thousand Five Hundred Ninety Six Dollars and Zero Cents ($40,596) for an amended total cost not-to-exceed Six Hundred Twenty-Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty-Six dollars and Zero Cents ($627,936) over eight and a half (8.5) years.