Order 12020-0597
WHEREAS, After securing a plurality of votes in a close election in Wheeling City Council Ward 3, Rosemary Ketchum is now the first openly transgender official elected in the state of West Virginia; and,
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| Order | File | Title | Discussion | Vote | Votes For | Votes Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2020-0597 | WHEREAS, After securing a plurality of votes in a close election in Wheeling City Council Ward 3, Rosemary Ketchum is now the first openly transgender official elected in the state of West Virginia; and, | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 2 | 2020-0600 | WHEREAS, Pittsburgh Professional Women (PPW), a community resource organization that helps women in Western PA succeed in life and business, turned 15 in May, 2020, however their celebration was postponed due to COVID 19; and, | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 3 | 2020-0601 | WHEREAS, Sarah Jean Herbert was a lifelong Pittsburgher and community-minded citizen of the Spring Garden neighborhood, a graduate of Latimer Junior High School and Allegheny High School; and, | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 4 | 2020-0602 | WHEREAS, Lillian Rausch, née Abel was born on August 13, 1920; and | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 5 | 2020-0598 | WHEREAS, Pennsylvania Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine, the highest-ranking medical professional in the Commonwealth, who was appointed by Governor Wolf and unanimously confirmed by the legislature to the position in 2018, and who previously served as Pennsylvania’s Physician General, was recently the intended target of actions meant to humiliate her and all members of the queer and trans community; and, | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 6 | 2020-0599 | WHEREAS, U.S. Representative John Robert Lewis of Troy, Alabama died on July 17, 2020, in Atlanta, Georgia, at 80 years old, and at the end of a life devoted to civil rights, progress, and combatting disenfranchisement of minority voters; and, | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 7 | 2020-0596 | Files a communication from Kevin Pawlos about acting pay approval on behalf of Public Works for Tom Samstag, Paul Abel, Rob Jacobs, Mike Schmitt, Robert Jacobs, Justin Aull, per the Acting Pay Policy revised in June 2018. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 8 | 2020-0458 | Resolution appointing Dr. Sharon Higginbothan to serve as a Member of the Gender Equity Commission for a term to expire June 30, 2023. Dr. Higginbothan will be serving in a seat previously held by Dr. Chelsea Pallatino who had resigned. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 9 | 2020-0464 | Resolution appointing Ms. Leah Lizarondo to serve as a Commissioner for the Commission on Human Relations for a term to expire June 30, 2024. Ms. Lizarondo will fill a seat that had been vacant. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 10 | 2020-0465 | Resolution appointing Ms. Brittany Beasley to serve as a Commissioner for the City of Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations for a term to expire June 30, 2024. Ms. Beasley will be filling a seat that had been vacant. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 11 | 2020-0466 | Resolution appointing Mr. Alberto Benzaquen to serve as a Commissioner for the Commission on Human Relations for a term to expire June 30, 2024. Mr. Benzaquen will fill a seat that had been vacant. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 12 | 2020-0470 | Resolution appointing Ms. Brazitte Poole to serve as a Member of the Ethics Hearing Board for a term to expire June 30, 2023. Ms. Poole will fill a seat that had been previously held by Mr. Khalif Ali whose term has expired. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 13 | 2020-0589 | Records the Finance and Law committee report for July 22, 2020. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 14 | 2020-0410 | Resolution authorizing and directing the City Controller to transfer a total of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) from Police Salaries (Police Recruit Allowance) to the STOP THE VIOLENCE FUND, within the 2020 Operating Budget. (Cablecast Public Hearing held 7/15/20 & Cablecast Post Agenda held 7/16/20) | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 15 | 2020-0512 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Jones Passodelis, PLLC, Gulf Tower, Suite 3410, 707 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 for professional legal services for an employment related matter before the Human Relations Commission for an amount not to exceed Twenty Four Thousand and No Cents ($24,000.00). (Executive Session held 7/20/20) | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 16 | 2020-0543 | Resolution amending Resolution No. 55 of 2018 authorizing the Mayor through the Bureau of Neighborhood Empowerment to execute relevant agreements to receive grant funding to plan and implement the creation of Financial Empowerment Centers Fund within the City of Pittsburgh and further providing for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed $20,000 dollars for this stated purpose. Amendment includes additional $60,000 for the Financial Empowerment Centers to hire an additional Financial Coach through Neighborhood Allies. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 17 | 2020-0544 | Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in the total sum of Three Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($3,000.00) in favor of Shanda Harris d/b/a Shirl the Pearls and her attorney, Jennifer O. Price, Esquire, c/o Law Office of Jennifer O. Price, Esquire, 3950 William Penn Highway, Suite 6, Murrysville, PA 15668, relating to the full and final settlement of litigation at USDC 2:19-cv-00074 (2019). (Executive Session held 7/24/20) | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 18 | 2020-0545 | Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Erin M. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 19 | 2020-0546 | Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in the amount of Five Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and No Cents ($5,500.00) to Robert A. Creo, 2645 Railroad Street, Suite 158, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 in connection with labor arbitration services. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 20 | 2020-0556 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Directors of the Departments of Public Safety, Finance and/or Public Works to enter into an Agreement or Agreements for acquisition of real property and execution of related Agreements for the site of the former U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs facility known as the Highland Drive Medical Center, located along the east side of Washington Boulevard (Highway PA -8) at 7180 Highland Drive, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (“Property”), for construction of new facilities and renovation of existing facilities for emergency management and law enforcement uses by City’s Department of Public Safety. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 21 | 2020-0558 | Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Horne Daller, LLC, 1380 Old Freeport Road, Suite 3A, Pittsburgh, PA 15238 in the amount of Sixteen Thousand Six Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars and No Cents ($16,625.00) as attorneys for their client Elena Shklyar relating to the full and final settlement of a litigation filed at No. 2:18-CV-01588 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against the City of Pittsburgh. (Executive Session held 7/24/20) | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 22 | 2020-0575 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into a Grant Agreement with Allegheny County for the purpose of receiving Coronavirus Relief funds in the amount of Six Million Two Hundred Thousand ($6,200,000.00), which shall be used to reimburse eligible City expenditures. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 23 | 2020-0590 | Records the Public Safety Services committee report for July 22, 2020. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 24 | 2020-0404 | Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Two--Fiscal, Article V-Special Funds, to add a new Chapter, Chapter 237 - “STOP THE VIOLENCE FUND”, to prioritize the prevention of violence and crime within communities and to create a budgetary obligation for the Fund. (Cablecast Public Hearing held 7/15/20 & Cablecast Post Agenda held 7/16/20) | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 25 | 2020-0405 | Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title One -- Administrative, Article III - Organization, Chapter 116: Department of Public Safety, to add a new subsection, § 116.02A - “Duty to Intervene”, by requiring sworn and unsworn police employees and officers to stop or attempt to stop another employee or officer from applying inappropriate force or knowingly depriving any person of any constitutionally or statutorily-guaranteed right. (Cablecast Public Hearing held 7/15/20 & Cablecast Post Agenda held 7/16/20) | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 26 | 2020-0406 | Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title One, Administrative, Article One, General Provisions, Chapter 103, Official Standards, by adding a new subsection, 103.06 - Prohibition on Acquisition of Military Equipment or Weaponry. (Cablecast Public Hearing held 7/15/20 & Cablecast Post Agenda held 7/16/20) | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 27 | 2020-0487 | Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title One, Administrative; Article III, Organization; Chapter 116, Department of Public Safety; by adding a new Section, Section 116.14, Chokehold Prohibition. (Cablecast Public Hearing held 7-15-20) | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 28 | 2020-0576 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an access agreement or agreements with the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium for purposes of a drive-in movie presentation. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 29 | 2020-0577 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an access agreement or agreements with the Kossman Development Company for purposes of a drive-in movie presentation. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 30 | 2020-0578 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an access agreement or agreements with the Community College of Allegheny County for purposes of a drive-in movie presentation. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 31 | 2020-0587 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to execute relevant Grant Agreements to receive funding from Allegheny County Health Department to develop a public health-informed diversion program and further providing for expenditures under the terms of said Agreements not to exceed ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY SIX THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED TWELVE DOLLARS AND SIXTEEN CENTS ($186,512.16). (Waiver of Rule 8 Requested) | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 32 | 2020-0591 | Records the Public Works committee report for July 22, 2020. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 33 | 2020-0503 | Resolution granting unto Crafton Borough, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, an 18 foot storm water sewer line and endwall with storm water outfall into Chartiers Creek, at the intersection of Chartiers Avenue and Sycamore Street, in the 28th Ward, 2nd Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 34 | 2020-0527 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works, to execute relevant agreements with Carry All Products Inc. to process source separated glass at no cost; and further for this stated purpose to reach zero waste goals by 2030. All material will be hauled by the Bureau of Environmental Services from multiple recycling drop-off locations. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 35 | 2020-0528 | Resolution providing for an amended reimbursement agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the construction phase of the Allegheny Circle Phase 2 construction project, and providing for the payment of municipal incurred costs thereof, not to exceed Two Million, Eighty Six Thousand, Four Hundred Ninety Five ($2,086,495.00) dollars; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs not to exceed Eight Thousand ($8,000.00) dollars. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 36 | 2020-0529 | Resolution providing for an amended reimbursement agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering phase of the Smithfield Street reconstruction project, and providing for the payment of municipal incurred costs thereof, not to exceed Eight Hundred Thousand ($800,000.00) dollars; and the previously authorized municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs not to exceed Five Thousand ($5,000.00) dollars. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 37 | 2020-0530 | Resolution providing for an amended reimbursement agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering phase of the Swinburne Bridge reconstruction project, and providing for the payment of municipal incurred costs thereof, not to exceed One Million, Twenty Thousand ($1,020,000.00) dollars; and the previously authorized municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs not to exceed One Thousand, Five Hundred ($1,500.00) dollars. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 38 | 2020-0532 | 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 agreement or agreements with Mosites Construction Company (“Mosites”), the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (“PennDOT”), and/or the Federal Highway Administration (“FHWA”) for work, settlement and/or final completion and acceptance of the Greenfield Bridge replacement project. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 39 | 2020-0557 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a Settlement Agreement and Release between the City of Pittsburgh and Judith B. Nozling owner of real property located at 7320 Trevanion Avenue, Swissvale, Allegheny County PA; Sharon S. Hadley owner of real property located at 7322 Trevanion Avenue, Swissvale, Allegheny County PA; Charles, Laura and Shaina Kaiser owners of real property located at 7324 Trevanion Avenue, Swissvale, Allegheny County PA; Alex Mychkovsky owner of real property located at 7326 Trevanion Avenue, Swissvale, Allegheny County PA; Anna Zemke owner of real property located at 7328 Trevanion Avenue, Swissvale, Allegheny County PA; Schuchert’s Landscaping, Inc. and Regis J. Schuchert for the purpose of settlement of the City’s claims against the aforementioned parties as a result of a retaining wall failure and subsequent landslide into Frick Park; and further authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a Right of Entry and License Agreement to allow temporary access into Frick Park for repair work on City-property and non-City property and installation of a retaining wall on non-City property; and a separate agreement, as needed, for the City to own a portion of a geo-grid mesh to stabilize designated hillside in Frick Park. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 40 | 2020-0565 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Finance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh to enter into temporary construction easements, temporary trail easements, and permanent trail easements, in lieu of eminent domain, with the owners of certain properties in the 6th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, parcel ID number 0049-E-00132-0000-00, addressed as 147 39th Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15201, for multimodal trail work related to public mobility. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 41 | 2020-0572 | Resolution granting unto SING PROPERTIES LLC, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, a new set of entrance steps, at 1900 Saint Ives Street, in the 21st Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 42 | 2020-0573 | Resolution granting unto Charles and Ann Heil, 204 Kramer Way, Pittsburgh, Pa, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, to install a new front porch, at 204 Kramer Way, in the 19th Ward, 2nd Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 43 | 2020-0574 | Resolution granting unto BETH RODGERS, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, to install a new deck with an accessible wheelchair ramp, at 402 Knox Ave, in the 18th Ward, 3rd Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 44 | 2020-0592 | Records the Human Resources committee report for July 22, 2020. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 45 | 2020-0541 | Resolution amending Resolution No. 773 of 2017 (effective February 10, 2017), which authorized the City of Pittsburgh to enter into a Professional Service Agreement(s) with O’Brien, Rulis & Bochicchio, LLC for the purpose of providing legal services in connection with the defense of certain workers’ compensation matters and claims brought against the city, by increasing the cost by $600,000.00 for 2 additional years of services and by updating the firm’s name. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 46 | 2020-0542 | Resolution amending Resolution No. 484 of 2016, which authorized the City of Pittsburgh to enter into a Professional Service Agreement(s) with Corporate Cost Control for third party administration of the City of Pittsburgh’s liabilities under the Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Act by, increasing the authorized spend by $10,400 for 2 additional years of services. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 47 | 2020-0593 | Records the Land Use and Economic Development committee report for July 22, 2020. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 48 | 2020-0492 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreement(s) with Community Based Organizations for community and economic development for planning assistance in various neighborhoods in the City and providing operating support for these groups, and provide for the payment at a cost thereof, at a cost not to exceed $500,000.00. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 49 | 2020-0550 | 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 increasing the Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS line item by $165,945 and Emergency Solutions Grant line item by $6,452,349 to reflect the allocation of federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 50 | 2020-0551 | Resolution amending Resolution No. 600 of 2019, effective September 29, 2019, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreement(s) with agencies to provide emergency shelter services; street outreach services; rental assistance and housing relocation and stabilization services; or data collection activities, as associated with Emergency Solutions Grant funds, at a cost not to exceed $1,180,626.00,” by increasing the not-to-exceed amount for an Emergency Solutions Grant line item Agreement or Agreements by $6,452,349 to $7,632,975 to reflect the allocation of federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
Order 22020-0600
WHEREAS, Pittsburgh Professional Women (PPW), a community resource organization that helps women in Western PA succeed in life and business, turned 15 in May, 2020, however their celebration was postponed due to COVID 19; and,
Order 32020-0601
WHEREAS, Sarah Jean Herbert was a lifelong Pittsburgher and community-minded citizen of the Spring Garden neighborhood, a graduate of Latimer Junior High School and Allegheny High School; and,
Order 42020-0602
WHEREAS, Lillian Rausch, née Abel was born on August 13, 1920; and
Order 52020-0598
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine, the highest-ranking medical professional in the Commonwealth, who was appointed by Governor Wolf and unanimously confirmed by the legislature to the position in 2018, and who previously served as Pennsylvania’s Physician General, was recently the intended target of actions meant to humiliate her and all members of the queer and trans community; and,
Order 62020-0599
WHEREAS, U.S. Representative John Robert Lewis of Troy, Alabama died on July 17, 2020, in Atlanta, Georgia, at 80 years old, and at the end of a life devoted to civil rights, progress, and combatting disenfranchisement of minority voters; and,
Order 72020-0596
Files a communication from Kevin Pawlos about acting pay approval on behalf of Public Works for Tom Samstag, Paul Abel, Rob Jacobs, Mike Schmitt, Robert Jacobs, Justin Aull, per the Acting Pay Policy revised in June 2018.
Order 82020-0458
Resolution appointing Dr. Sharon Higginbothan to serve as a Member of the Gender Equity Commission for a term to expire June 30, 2023. Dr. Higginbothan will be serving in a seat previously held by Dr. Chelsea Pallatino who had resigned.
Order 92020-0464
Resolution appointing Ms. Leah Lizarondo to serve as a Commissioner for the Commission on Human Relations for a term to expire June 30, 2024. Ms. Lizarondo will fill a seat that had been vacant.
Order 102020-0465
Resolution appointing Ms. Brittany Beasley to serve as a Commissioner for the City of Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations for a term to expire June 30, 2024. Ms. Beasley will be filling a seat that had been vacant.
Order 112020-0466
Resolution appointing Mr. Alberto Benzaquen to serve as a Commissioner for the Commission on Human Relations for a term to expire June 30, 2024. Mr. Benzaquen will fill a seat that had been vacant.
Order 122020-0470
Resolution appointing Ms. Brazitte Poole to serve as a Member of the Ethics Hearing Board for a term to expire June 30, 2023. Ms. Poole will fill a seat that had been previously held by Mr. Khalif Ali whose term has expired.
Order 132020-0589
Records the Finance and Law committee report for July 22, 2020.
Order 142020-0410
Resolution authorizing and directing the City Controller to transfer a total of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) from Police Salaries (Police Recruit Allowance) to the STOP THE VIOLENCE FUND, within the 2020 Operating Budget. (Cablecast Public Hearing held 7/15/20 & Cablecast Post Agenda held 7/16/20)
Order 152020-0512
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Jones Passodelis, PLLC, Gulf Tower, Suite 3410, 707 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 for professional legal services for an employment related matter before the Human Relations Commission for an amount not to exceed Twenty Four Thousand and No Cents ($24,000.00). (Executive Session held 7/20/20)
Order 162020-0543
Resolution amending Resolution No. 55 of 2018 authorizing the Mayor through the Bureau of Neighborhood Empowerment to execute relevant agreements to receive grant funding to plan and implement the creation of Financial Empowerment Centers Fund within the City of Pittsburgh and further providing for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed $20,000 dollars for this stated purpose. Amendment includes additional $60,000 for the Financial Empowerment Centers to hire an additional Financial Coach through Neighborhood Allies.
Order 172020-0544
Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in the total sum of Three Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($3,000.00) in favor of Shanda Harris d/b/a Shirl the Pearls and her attorney, Jennifer O. Price, Esquire, c/o Law Office of Jennifer O. Price, Esquire, 3950 William Penn Highway, Suite 6, Murrysville, PA 15668, relating to the full and final settlement of litigation at USDC 2:19-cv-00074 (2019). (Executive Session held 7/24/20)
Order 182020-0545
Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Erin M.
Order 192020-0546
Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in the amount of Five Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and No Cents ($5,500.00) to Robert A. Creo, 2645 Railroad Street, Suite 158, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 in connection with labor arbitration services.
Order 202020-0556
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Directors of the Departments of Public Safety, Finance and/or Public Works to enter into an Agreement or Agreements for acquisition of real property and execution of related Agreements for the site of the former U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs facility known as the Highland Drive Medical Center, located along the east side of Washington Boulevard (Highway PA -8) at 7180 Highland Drive, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (“Property”), for construction of new facilities and renovation of existing facilities for emergency management and law enforcement uses by City’s Department of Public Safety.
Order 212020-0558
Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Horne Daller, LLC, 1380 Old Freeport Road, Suite 3A, Pittsburgh, PA 15238 in the amount of Sixteen Thousand Six Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars and No Cents ($16,625.00) as attorneys for their client Elena Shklyar relating to the full and final settlement of a litigation filed at No. 2:18-CV-01588 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against the City of Pittsburgh. (Executive Session held 7/24/20)
Order 222020-0575
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into a Grant Agreement with Allegheny County for the purpose of receiving Coronavirus Relief funds in the amount of Six Million Two Hundred Thousand ($6,200,000.00), which shall be used to reimburse eligible City expenditures.
Order 232020-0590
Records the Public Safety Services committee report for July 22, 2020.
Order 242020-0404
Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Two--Fiscal, Article V-Special Funds, to add a new Chapter, Chapter 237 - “STOP THE VIOLENCE FUND”, to prioritize the prevention of violence and crime within communities and to create a budgetary obligation for the Fund. (Cablecast Public Hearing held 7/15/20 & Cablecast Post Agenda held 7/16/20)
Order 252020-0405
Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title One -- Administrative, Article III - Organization, Chapter 116: Department of Public Safety, to add a new subsection, § 116.02A - “Duty to Intervene”, by requiring sworn and unsworn police employees and officers to stop or attempt to stop another employee or officer from applying inappropriate force or knowingly depriving any person of any constitutionally or statutorily-guaranteed right. (Cablecast Public Hearing held 7/15/20 & Cablecast Post Agenda held 7/16/20)
Order 262020-0406
Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title One, Administrative, Article One, General Provisions, Chapter 103, Official Standards, by adding a new subsection, 103.06 - Prohibition on Acquisition of Military Equipment or Weaponry. (Cablecast Public Hearing held 7/15/20 & Cablecast Post Agenda held 7/16/20)
Order 272020-0487
Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title One, Administrative; Article III, Organization; Chapter 116, Department of Public Safety; by adding a new Section, Section 116.14, Chokehold Prohibition. (Cablecast Public Hearing held 7-15-20)
Order 282020-0576
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an access agreement or agreements with the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium for purposes of a drive-in movie presentation.
Order 292020-0577
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an access agreement or agreements with the Kossman Development Company for purposes of a drive-in movie presentation.
Order 302020-0578
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an access agreement or agreements with the Community College of Allegheny County for purposes of a drive-in movie presentation.
Order 312020-0587
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to execute relevant Grant Agreements to receive funding from Allegheny County Health Department to develop a public health-informed diversion program and further providing for expenditures under the terms of said Agreements not to exceed ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY SIX THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED TWELVE DOLLARS AND SIXTEEN CENTS ($186,512.16). (Waiver of Rule 8 Requested)
Order 322020-0591
Records the Public Works committee report for July 22, 2020.
Order 332020-0503
Resolution granting unto Crafton Borough, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, an 18 foot storm water sewer line and endwall with storm water outfall into Chartiers Creek, at the intersection of Chartiers Avenue and Sycamore Street, in the 28th Ward, 2nd Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Order 342020-0527
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works, to execute relevant agreements with Carry All Products Inc. to process source separated glass at no cost; and further for this stated purpose to reach zero waste goals by 2030. All material will be hauled by the Bureau of Environmental Services from multiple recycling drop-off locations.
Order 352020-0528
Resolution providing for an amended reimbursement agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the construction phase of the Allegheny Circle Phase 2 construction project, and providing for the payment of municipal incurred costs thereof, not to exceed Two Million, Eighty Six Thousand, Four Hundred Ninety Five ($2,086,495.00) dollars; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs not to exceed Eight Thousand ($8,000.00) dollars.
Order 362020-0529
Resolution providing for an amended reimbursement agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering phase of the Smithfield Street reconstruction project, and providing for the payment of municipal incurred costs thereof, not to exceed Eight Hundred Thousand ($800,000.00) dollars; and the previously authorized municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs not to exceed Five Thousand ($5,000.00) dollars.
Order 372020-0530
Resolution providing for an amended reimbursement agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering phase of the Swinburne Bridge reconstruction project, and providing for the payment of municipal incurred costs thereof, not to exceed One Million, Twenty Thousand ($1,020,000.00) dollars; and the previously authorized municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs not to exceed One Thousand, Five Hundred ($1,500.00) dollars.
Order 382020-0532
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 agreement or agreements with Mosites Construction Company (“Mosites”), the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (“PennDOT”), and/or the Federal Highway Administration (“FHWA”) for work, settlement and/or final completion and acceptance of the Greenfield Bridge replacement project.
Order 392020-0557
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a Settlement Agreement and Release between the City of Pittsburgh and Judith B. Nozling owner of real property located at 7320 Trevanion Avenue, Swissvale, Allegheny County PA; Sharon S. Hadley owner of real property located at 7322 Trevanion Avenue, Swissvale, Allegheny County PA; Charles, Laura and Shaina Kaiser owners of real property located at 7324 Trevanion Avenue, Swissvale, Allegheny County PA; Alex Mychkovsky owner of real property located at 7326 Trevanion Avenue, Swissvale, Allegheny County PA; Anna Zemke owner of real property located at 7328 Trevanion Avenue, Swissvale, Allegheny County PA; Schuchert’s Landscaping, Inc. and Regis J. Schuchert for the purpose of settlement of the City’s claims against the aforementioned parties as a result of a retaining wall failure and subsequent landslide into Frick Park; and further authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a Right of Entry and License Agreement to allow temporary access into Frick Park for repair work on City-property and non-City property and installation of a retaining wall on non-City property; and a separate agreement, as needed, for the City to own a portion of a geo-grid mesh to stabilize designated hillside in Frick Park.
Order 402020-0565
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Finance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh to enter into temporary construction easements, temporary trail easements, and permanent trail easements, in lieu of eminent domain, with the owners of certain properties in the 6th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, parcel ID number 0049-E-00132-0000-00, addressed as 147 39th Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15201, for multimodal trail work related to public mobility.
Order 412020-0572
Resolution granting unto SING PROPERTIES LLC, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, a new set of entrance steps, at 1900 Saint Ives Street, in the 21st Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Order 422020-0573
Resolution granting unto Charles and Ann Heil, 204 Kramer Way, Pittsburgh, Pa, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, to install a new front porch, at 204 Kramer Way, in the 19th Ward, 2nd Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Order 432020-0574
Resolution granting unto BETH RODGERS, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, to install a new deck with an accessible wheelchair ramp, at 402 Knox Ave, in the 18th Ward, 3rd Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Order 442020-0592
Records the Human Resources committee report for July 22, 2020.
Order 452020-0541
Resolution amending Resolution No. 773 of 2017 (effective February 10, 2017), which authorized the City of Pittsburgh to enter into a Professional Service Agreement(s) with O’Brien, Rulis & Bochicchio, LLC for the purpose of providing legal services in connection with the defense of certain workers’ compensation matters and claims brought against the city, by increasing the cost by $600,000.00 for 2 additional years of services and by updating the firm’s name.
Order 462020-0542
Resolution amending Resolution No. 484 of 2016, which authorized the City of Pittsburgh to enter into a Professional Service Agreement(s) with Corporate Cost Control for third party administration of the City of Pittsburgh’s liabilities under the Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Act by, increasing the authorized spend by $10,400 for 2 additional years of services.
Order 472020-0593
Records the Land Use and Economic Development committee report for July 22, 2020.
Order 482020-0492
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreement(s) with Community Based Organizations for community and economic development for planning assistance in various neighborhoods in the City and providing operating support for these groups, and provide for the payment at a cost thereof, at a cost not to exceed $500,000.00.
Order 492020-0550
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 increasing the Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS line item by $165,945 and Emergency Solutions Grant line item by $6,452,349 to reflect the allocation of federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding.
Order 502020-0551
Resolution amending Resolution No. 600 of 2019, effective September 29, 2019, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreement(s) with agencies to provide emergency shelter services; street outreach services; rental assistance and housing relocation and stabilization services; or data collection activities, as associated with Emergency Solutions Grant funds, at a cost not to exceed $1,180,626.00,” by increasing the not-to-exceed amount for an Emergency Solutions Grant line item Agreement or Agreements by $6,452,349 to $7,632,975 to reflect the allocation of federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding.