Standing Committees
Council Chambers
Agenda — 41 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 issuance of a warrant payable to the Allegheny County Department of Court Records for a single payment in 2024 in an amount not to exceed FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($500,000.00), in payment of the City of Pittsburgh’s Petition to Interplead and discharge of all liability and costs in the litigation filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at G.D. Luciani GD-22-005855 and GD-24-000971; Runco GD-22-005927 and GD-24-000976; Evans GD-22-005929 and GD-24-000975; Engelmeier GD-22-010910 and GD-24-000997; Bench GD-23-001282 and GD-24-000978; Perry GD-23-001280 and GD-24-00973; and Nichols GD-24-000996, GD-24-001072, and GD-24-001046. (Executive Session held 9/17/24)
- 7 DEFERRED PAPERS
- 8 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Six: Conduct, Article V: Discrimination, Chapter 651: Findings and Policy, and Chapter 659: Unlawful Practices to make medical marijuana patients a protected class and restrict discrimination against them.
- 9 Resolution authorizing and directing the Director of The Department of Finance to suspend the City’s Side Yard Sale Program indefinitely.
- 9 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Six: Conduct, Article V: Discrimination, Chapter 651: Findings and Policy, and Chapter 659: Unlawful Practices to make medical marijuana patients a protected class and restrict discrimination against them.
- 10 NEW PAPERS
- 10 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Six: Conduct, Article V: Discrimination, Chapter 651: Findings and Policy, and Chapter 659: Unlawful Practices to make medical marijuana patients a protected class and restrict discrimination against them.
- 11 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of The Binkley Kanavy Group, LLC for printing services for the Popular Annual Financial Report for an amount not to exceed FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($5,275.00) over one year.
- 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 September 18th, 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 Lion of Judah Enterprises – event donation (Dist. 5) 100.00 Byko, Laura – reimbursement for Lyft rides (Dist. 5) 59.00 Malmstrom, Theresa – event donation (Dist. 8) 250.00 OFFICE OF THE MAYOR Translate One DBA TrustPoint Intl – interpretation services 147.02 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT & BUDGET Trib Total Media – Commission on Infrastructure advertising 190.25 DEPT OF INNOVATION & PERFORMANCE Burns, Zoe – gift card reimbursement (employee incentive) 20.00 DEPT OF LAW Michael D McDowell – mediation services 4,027.80 KDL Court Reporting – court reporter for transcripts 197.50 Verisma Systems Inc – copies of cast documents 28.01 DEPT OF PERMITS, LICENSES, & INSPECTIONS Ballein, Alyssa – office supply reimbursement 39.75 DEPT OF PUBLIC SAFETY - ADMIN Leadership Pittsburgh Inc – Leadership Development Initiative program for A. West 2,050.00 BUREAU OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AWOGS – facepiece identifier nameplates 152.00 Ford City Hose Co #1 Ambulance – EMS coverage reimbursement (Pirates, Steelers) 1,175.49 Munhall Area Prehospital – EMS coverage reimbursement (Pirates, Steelers, concert) 1,231.75 Harmony EMS - EMS coverage reimbursement (Pirates, Steelers) 437.50 BUREAU OF POLICE Pittsburgh File Box – evidence storage boxes 562.00 Daly, Sharon – Zone 4 clerical services 828.00 Holzer Specialties LLC – vehicle upfit 3,210.00 Holzer Specialties LLC – vehicle upfit 3,230.00 Holzer Specialties LLC – vehicle upfit 3,230.00 BUREAU OF FIRE Unifirst Corp – towels for training academy 82.88 DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS Professional Service Industries Inc – asbestos survey 2,030.00 Fort Pitt Exterminators – pest control services 120.00 Zoresco Equipment Co – monthly rental of storage trailers 130.00 Turf & Soil Diagnostics – soil testing 1,080.00 DEPT OF PARKS & RECREATION Allegheny County Treasurer – food safety certification fee 270.00 Allegheny County Health Dept – food service permit 122.00 Big Day Entertainment & Video LLC – concert performance 3,000.00 Abel, Joanna – summer teaching artist instruction 850.00 Capezzuti, Cheryl – summer puppet show production 360.00 Capezzuti, Cheryl – summer puppet show production 4,220.00 Gluzman, Benji – tennis clinic instruction 175.75 Haffner, Mark – tennis clinic instruction 135.00 Jermon, Drake – tennis clinic instruction 564.25 Kilpatrick, Spencer – tennis clinic instruction 101.25 Lacaria, Aldene – tennis clinic instruction 150.00 Parks, Richard – tennis clinic instruction 1,102.51 Paull, Mark J – tennis clinic instruction 916.90 Stanislawczyk, Michael Patrick – pickleball clinic instruction 495.00 Business Production Group Inc – band performance 1,000.00 Holden Corp dba Mr. John of Pittsburgh – restrooms for special events 2,040.00 DEPT OF MOBILITY & INFRASTRUCTURE Traffic Control Products Inc – traffic signals equipment 3,460.00 Custom Products Corporation – surface mounts 4,749.05 PA One Call System – notification system 4,733.66 Permaband – sign brackets 4,328.00
- 13 INTRA DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS
- 14 P-CARD APPROVALS
- 15 P-Cards
- 16 PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, MRS. WARWICK, CHAIR
- 17 SUPPLEMENTAL - NEW PAPERS
- 18 Resolution approving the recommendation made by the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure that the block stone portions of Valonia, Marena and Uvilla Streets located in Elliott be paved with asphalt in accordance with Section 417.06 of the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances.
- 19 DEFERRED PAPERS
- 20 Resolution authorizing, pursuant to Chapter 173 of the Pittsburgh City Code, the naming of Room 458 in the City-County Building to the Tim McNulty Press Room. (Public Hearing held 9/11/24)
- 21 NEW PAPERS
- 22 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works of the City of Pittsburgh to apply for grant funding from the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County (RAAC)’s Gaming Economic Development Tourism Fund to rehabilitate the Brighton Heights Healthy Active Living Center. In the event the grant is awarded, this resolution provides for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($500,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.
- 23 Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh and the Director of the Department of Public Works to apply for a grant from the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County’s Gaming Economic Development Tourism Fund for the “Historic Former Carnegie Library of Hazelwood Phase 1 Roof Stabilization Repairs” project. The grant proposal includes an ask of $300,000 with a local private match of $150,000 for a total project cost of FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND ($450,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.
- 24 Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to apply for a grant from the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County’s Gaming Economic Development Tourism Fund for the 6th Street to Market Square connector project in the amount not to exceed TWO HUNDRED FORTY FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY SIX ($244,556.00) dollars for this stated purpose.
- 25 Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to apply for a grant from the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County’s Gaming Economic Development Tourism Fund for the Upper McArdle Roadway Bridge Repairs project in an amount not to exceed TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND ($250,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.
- 26 LAND USE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, MR. WILSON, CHAIR
- 27 DEFERRED PAPERS
- 28 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreement(s) with Auberle for services relating to Non-Congregate Shelter Services related to the HOME-ARP program, for a total not to exceed One Million Five-Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000.00).
- 29 NEW PAPERS
- 30 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Planning and/or the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Manchester Citizens Corporation for the purpose of receiving grant funds in the amount of Thirteen Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-Two ($13,852) dollars to support the city’s planning effort to study State Route 65 and ways to connect the Chateau and Manchester neighborhoods.
- 31 RECREATION, YOUTH, AND SENIOR SERVICES COMMITTEE, MRS. KAIL-SMITH, CHAIR
- 32 NEW PAPERS
- 33 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Paramount Pursuits to provide technical assistance to applicants and awardees of projects from the City of Pittsburgh's Food Justice Fund, for a sum not to exceed TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($200,000.00) over two years.
- 34 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into a Sponsorship Agreement(s) with Clearview Federal Credit Union for the 2024 City of Pittsburgh Gingerbread House Display and Tree Lighting Ceremony at no cost to the City.
- 35 INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE, ASSET MANAGEMENT, AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE, MS. GROSS, CHAIR
- 36 NEW PAPERS
- 37 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into a Professional Services Agreement or agreements with Matrix Pointe Software, LLC, in an amount not to exceed Three-Hundred and Ten Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($310,000.00) over six (6) years, for software, professional support, and related training services related to litigation case management for the City’s Department of Law.
- 40 Motions and Resolutions
- 41 Councilwoman Kail-Smith motioned for a Cablecast Post Agenda relative to the plan for homelessness. The motion carried.