Standing Committees
Council Chambers
Agenda — 37 items
- 1 STANDING COMMITTEES AGENDA
- 2 ROLL CALL
- 3 PUBLIC COMMENT
- 4 FINANCE AND LAW COMMITTEE, MRS. STRASSBURGER, CHAIR
- 5 SUPPLEMENTAL - NEW PAPERS
- 6 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article IX: Property Taxes, Chapter 263: Real Property Tax and Exemptions, Section 263.02 (a) Discount in advance, (b)(1) Optional tri-annual payments, and (d): Due Dates, so as to amend the discount date for the 2024 fiscal year.
- 6 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article IX: Property Taxes, Chapter 263: Real Property Tax and Exemptions, Section 263.02 (a) Discount in advance, (b)(1) Optional tri-annual payments, and (d): Due Dates, so as to amend the discount date for the 2024 fiscal year.
- 7 DEFERRED PAPERS
- 8 Resolution amending Resolution No. 683 of 2022 titled, “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Clerk to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Dick’s Sporting Goods Foundation for the purpose of receiving and spending grant funds in the amount of NINETY THOUSAND ($90,000.00) dollars to support youth sports programming in each council district” to add the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation as a signatory on grant awards.
- 9 NEW PAPERS
- 10 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, 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-01567 for an amount not to exceed TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX DOLLARS AND FIFTY-EIGHT CENTS ($27,286.58) over one year.
- 11 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of a single payment in 2024 to the Allegheny County Health Department at a cost not to exceed EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($8,000.00) in full and final settlement of enforcement proceedings filed at ASB-21-1103 for violations of Article XXI (Air Pollution Control).
- 12 Resolution further amending Resolution No. 797 of 2017, as amended, effective December 28, 2017, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2018 Capital Budget and the 2018 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2018 through 2023 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing COMPLETE STREETS by $70,581.06 and increasing STREET RESURFACING by $70,581.06.
- 13 Resolution further amending Resolution No. 863 of 2018, effective January 1, 2019, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2019 Capital Budget and the 2019 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2019 through 2024 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing COMPLETE STREETS by $72,853.77 and increasing STREET RESURFACING by $72,853.77.
- 14 Resolution further amending Resolution No. 723 of 2022, effective December 27, 2022, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2023 Capital Budget, the 2023 Community Development Program, and the 2023 through 2028 Capital Improvement Program” by increasing COMPLETE STREETS by $226,068 to account for additional Federal Highway Administration funding being received by the City of Pittsburgh.
- 15 Resolution amending Resolution 909 of 2023 titled "Resolution authorizing the fee schedule for 2024 pursuant to Chapter 170 of the City Code" to reduce the cost of employee parking. (Needs to be held for a Public Hearing)
- 16 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 February 7th, 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/Northshore Chamber of Commerce – membership (Dist. 1) 200.00 Boone, Patsy – reimbursement for office supplies (Dist. 8) 37.44 Wilson, Leigh Ann – reimbursement for community event refreshments (Dist. 3) 24.95 Wilson, Leigh Ann – reimbursement for community event refreshments (Dist. 3) 36.93 DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS Morningside Partners LP – utilities payment 2,031.00 Fort Pitt Exterminators, Inc. – monthly pest control services 1,180.00 Caligiuri Window Cleaning – window cleaning 300.00 Snodgrass, Russell C. Jr – CDL license reimbursement 123.50 Palmer, Bradley – HAZMAT license reimbursement 24.15 DEPT OF LAW Department of Court Records – recording fees 4,500.00 BUREAU OF POLICE Sonitrol Security Systems – zone 1 security system 380.00 S&D Calibration Services – Accutrak certification 468.00 Blue Pearl North Hills – veterinary services 3,848.33 Shred America Iron City – document shredding 48.00 Shred America Iron City – document shredding 48.00 Shred America Iron City – document shredding 32.00 Shred America Iron City – document shredding 320.00 Shred America Iron City – document shredding 240.00 Sonitrol Security Systems – Webster Ave security system 777.00 Thick Bikes LLC – bicycle maintenance 243.50 Coyne, Lucas – reimbursement for K9 medication 728.50 BUREAU OF FIRE Teamsters Local 249 – hall rental for recruit graduation 600.00 Kleen-Line Service Co Inc. – disposal of waste oil 106.20
- 17 INTRA DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS
- 18 P-CARD APPROVALS
- 19 P-Cards
- 20 PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELLNESS COMMITTEE, MR. COGHILL, CHAIR
- 21 NEW PAPERS
- 22 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a professional services agreement or agreements with the Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania for the provision of medical direction services at a cost not to exceed THIRTY DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($30.00) over three years.
- 23 PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, MRS. WARWICK, CHAIR
- 24 NEW PAPERS
- 25 Resolution amending Resolution 442 of 2023 which provided for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Design phase of the Bridge over RT 51 Near Woodruff Street, also referred to as the Parking Lot Bridge Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Six Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($625,000.00). This resolution serves to authorize only the Reimbursement Agreement, an increase of Twenty-Eight Thousand Dollars ($28,000.00) at a total not to exceed cost of One Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($1,250.00) Twenty-Nine Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($29,250.00). Future Resolutions will authorize the project specific service agreements.
- 26 Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh and the Director of the Department of Public Works to receive grant funding from the Pittsburgh Arena Real Estate Redevelopment LP to benefit the rehabilitation of the City-owned Ammon Recreation Center and Park in the Hill District Neighborhood in the amount of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($500,000.00) dollars.
- 27 INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE, ASSET MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE, MS. GROSS, CHAIR
- 28 SUPPLEMENTAL - NEW PAPERS
- 29 Resolution amending Resolution 898-2023, authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into Startup Participation Agreements with selected entities as part of the cohorts of PGH Lab and further authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance to enter into Program Participation Agreements with local municipal entities to allow such entities to test products and services through PGH Lab, at a total cost not-to-exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) over 1 year. The purpose of the amending legislation is to correct the name of one of the cohort companies and the amending legislation is not adding any additional funds.
- 30 NEW PAPERS
- 31 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant payable in favor of eCivis Inc for one year subscription in an amount not to exceed EIGHTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS and ZERO CENTS ($18,000.00).
- 32 INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, MR. MOSLEY, CHAIR
- 33 NEW PAPERS
- 34 Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 1315 Western Avenue, at no cost to the City.
- 35 Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 320 Cedarhurst Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15210, at no cost to the City.
- 36 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant payable in favor of Allegheny League of Municipalities for one year membership dues in an amount not to exceed NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS and ZERO CENTS ($9,000.00).