Standing Committees
Council Chambers
Agenda — 35 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 creation of the Equitable Development Trust Fund and setting conditions for the deposit and expenditures of such funds. This fund is to be used to address community goals, including, but not limited to, workforce development and community reinvestment.
- 7 NEW PAPERS
- 8 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Dmiera Atkins in an amount not to exceed SIX THOUSAND EIGHTY-SEVEN DOLLARS AND SIX CENTS ($6,087.06) over one year, in full and final settlement of a claim (24C-0034) for damage to her vehicle from an accident with a City ES vehicle on December 29, 2023. (Executive Session held 5/1/24)
- 9 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two: Fiscal, Article I: Administration, Chapter 218.05: Capital Budget and Improvement Plan Project Authorization to require weekly written notice of grant applications, to be read, received and filed by City Council.
- 10 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two: Fiscal, Article I: Administration, Chapter 219 Operating Budget, by revising Section 219.03 Collaborative Budgeting Process to require weekly written notice of grant applications, to be read, received and filed by City Council.
- 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 May 8th, 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 Northside Leadership Conference – donation (Dist. 1) 200.00 Marabello, Lori – reimbursement for community event (Dist.2) 224.07 Wade, Aaron – event donation (Dist. 3) 250.00 Wilson, Leigh Ann – reimbursement for community event (Dist.3) 5.97 Coit Services Incorporated – office blinds 3,081.00 DEPT OF LAW AKF Reporters Incorporated – transcript services 1,831.90 Nemeth Reporting – transcript services 379.04 Ralph H Colflesh Jr Esquire – arbitration services 3,202.78 Sargents Court Reporting – transcript services 386.30 Petrucci Engineering Consultants – consulting services 1,165.00 Constance Lee & Company – transcript services 175.00 OFFICE OF MUNICIPAL INVESTIGATIONS Office of Court Reporters – transcription services 40.00 DEPT OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND CIVIL SERVICE Fry, Heather – psych evaluation clinical reports 360.00 Plungin, Alaina – supply reimbursement for event 101.04 DEPT OF CITY PLANNING Scharff, Thomas – training reimbursement 40.00 DEPT OF PERMITS, LICENSES, AND INSPECTIONS Lambert, Derek – catering for department meeting 48.92 Barszczowski, Autumn D – supply reimbursement 13.90 Green, Dave – training reimbursement 121.12 BUREAU OF POLICE Noble Supply & Logistics LLC – Glock kits 2,184.00 Golden Bone Pet Resort Inc. – K9 boarding 380.00 Pittsburgh Veterinary Surgery – K9 monthly meds 161.95 Monticelli, Robert S – catering reimbursement 100.91 BUREAU OF FIRE Hydro Test Products – recalibration of hydro test machine 134.59 DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS Zoresco Equipment Co – monthly rental of storage trailers 130.00 DEPT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Bowman, Gerald – arts/tech learning instruction 1,625.00 Redden, Mondale - arts/tech learning instruction 1,875.00 Fowlkes, Wayne Lewis - arts/tech learning instruction 1,500.00 Fowlkes, Jason - arts/tech learning instruction 1,750.00 Burnett, Brian - arts/tech learning instruction 1,500.00 Harper, Anthony - arts/tech learning instruction 1,500.00 Richards, Shari – performance 1,105.73 Purcell, Richard – performance 1,821.33 Witt, Crystal – mileage reimbursement 33.50 Sniderman, David – mileage reimbursement 15.28 O’Malley, Noreen – mileage reimbursement 77.85 Mitchell, Elizabeth – mileage reimbursement 41.14 Lipscomb, Vernon – mileage reimbursement 139.36 Freiss, Patricia – mileage reimbursement 62.99 DEPT OF MOBILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE PA Turnpike Toll by Plate – toll fees 74.40
- 12 INTRA DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS
- 13 P-CARD APPROVALS
- 14 P-Cards
- 15 PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, MRS. WARWICK, CHAIR
- 16 NEW PAPERS
- 17 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Works to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ Community Conservation Partnerships Program to provide funding for the Spring Hill Park Rehabilitation project. The grant proposal includes an ask of $562,605.00 with a match of $562,605.00 from the City of Pittsburgh’s 2024 Capital Budget (JDE job number 4550000424) for a total project cost of ONE MILLION ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED TEN ($1,125,210.00) dollars for this stated purpose.
- 18 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an intergovernmental cooperation agreement with Pittsburgh Regional Transit (“PRT”) for assistance with construction of a new bus shelter within the public right-of-way of Penn Avenue near the intersection of North Saint Clair Street in the City of Pittsburgh.
- 19 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County for the purpose of receiving and spending grant funds in the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) to develop a transit plan in the West End.
- 19 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County for the purpose of receiving and spending grant funds in the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) to develop a transit plan in the West End.
- 20 HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE, MR. CHARLAND, CHAIR
- 20 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County for the purpose of receiving and spending grant funds in the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) to develop a transit plan in the West End.
- 21 NEW PAPERS
- 22 Resolution amending Resolution 309 of 2023 authorizing the Mayor and the Commission on Human Relations to expand the agreement with Keen360 to include two additional software licenses yearly, by increasing the approved amount by Five Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-Four Dollars and Ninety-Seven Cents ($5,924.97) for an amended total cost not-to-exceed Fifty-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty-Five Dollars and Seventy-Two Cents ($59,865.72) over Five (5) years.
- 23 LAND USE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, MR. WILSON, CHAIR
- 24 DEFERRED PAPERS
- 25 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article IV, Planning Districts, 908 Public Realm Districts and 909.01 Specially Planned Districts and Article V, Use Regulations, Chapter 911, Primary Uses, Section 911.02, Use Table, and Section 911.04, Use Standards, to remove the review of Sidewalk Cafes from the Zoning Code. (Public Hearing held 5/1/24)
- 26 NEW PAPERS
- 27 Resolution further amending Resolution No. 886 of 2021, effective December 27, 2021, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2022 Capital Budget and the 2022 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2022 through 2027 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing OAKLAND BUISINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT/INNOVATEPGH PARTNERSHIP by five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) and STEEL CITY BOXING ASSOCIATION by two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) and increasing PITTSBURGH NATIONAL YOUTH BOXING by seven thousand dollars ($7,000.00) and authorize subsequent agreements.
- 28 INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE, ASSET MANAGEMENT AND, TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE, MS. GROSS, CHAIR
- 29 NEW PAPERS
- 30 Resolution amending Resolution 317-2023, authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an agreement or agreements and amendments thereto with Monday.com, an online project management and portfolio management tool, for use with multiple City departments by increasing the approved amount by Seventy Thousand Dollars ($70,000) for an amended total cost not-to-exceed Two Hundred Forty-Four Thousand Dollars ($244,000) over 4 years.
- 31 INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, MR. MOSLEY, CHAIR
- 32 NEW PAPERS
- 33 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Council as a Body to pay annual membership dues for 2024 to the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies for the CONNECT program at a cost not to exceed Six Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-One Dollars ($6,891).