Meeting

Standing Committees · Mar 9, 2022

10:00 AM · Council Chambers · 12 itemsMinutes Details

Legislation Items

Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.

OrderFileTitleDiscussionVoteVotes ForVotes Against
12022-0138Resolution providing for the sale of certain property, acquired by the City of Pittsburgh at tax sales. ITEMS A through C: [A: 2514 Park Hill - DELETE], B: 1018 Marena, C: 138 WabashNo matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
22022-0154Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Department of Law and/or the Director of the Department of Finance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, in full and final settlement related to the litigation at City of Pittsburgh v. Purdue Pharma, L.P. et al., Case No. 18-006153, as coordinated in In Re Opioid Litigation, No. 2017-00895 (Delaware County, PA) stemming from In Re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation Case No. 1:17-md-2804 in the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, MDL 2804 initially as to the Defendants McKesson Corporation, Cardinal Health, Inc. and AmeriSource Bergen Corporation, Johnson and Johnson, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ortho-McNeil-Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc., and any future settling Defendants, to accept a yearly allocation of funds into a special revenue account to be subsequently created to accept the funds of this settlement as determined by Pennsylvania’s Intrastate Opioid Trust & Allocation Order. (Executive Session held 3/16/22)No matched discussionHeld for Executive SessionNot recordedNot recorded
32022-0157Ordinance amending and supplementing the City Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article I: Administration, Chapter 219: Operating Budget, by adding a new section 219.08 entitled “Legal Requirements in Preparation of Operating Budget”No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
4Item 0011-2022Approves the P-Card purchases listed in Item 0011-2022.No matched discussionApprovedNot recordedNot recorded
52022-0155Resolution amending Resolution No. 822 of 2017, authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into an Amended Professional Services Agreement or Agreements with Quick Med Claims LLC for the provision of EMS billing services to the City of Pittsburgh.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
62022-0056Resolution vacating a portion of Forbes Ave, laid out in the Associate Congregation Plan, recorded in plan book volume 1, page 95, in the 1st Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.No matched discussionHeld in Committee to the Committee on Public Works , due back by 3/16/2022Not recordedNot recorded
72022-0104Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director or Acting Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh and through the City’s Department of Law, to adopt certain settlement terms and enter into a settlement agreement with Norfolk Southern Railway, Manchester Citizens Corporation, Northside Leadership Conference, and Rail Pollution Protection Pittsburgh in order to resolve claims arising from the Application of Norfolk Southern Railway Company for approval to reconstruct the crossing of the North Avenue / Brighton Road bridge docketed at Public Utility Commission Docket No. A-2018-3006432; and from Northside Leadership Conference, et. al, v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission appeal docketed at No. 611 CD 2019 in the Commonwealth Court. (Executive Session held 3-1-22)No matched discussionHeld in the Committee on Public Works , due back by 3/30/2022Not recordedNot recorded
82022-0151Resolution amending resolution No. 708, effective October 25, 2021, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Works, to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Keystone Communities Grant program, to provide funding for the purchase of play equipment in Phillips Park” to accept the grant and authorize necessary expenditures.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
92022-0152Resolution providing for a Reimbursement Agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Construction phase of the 30th Street Bridge Preservation Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000.00). This resolution serves to authorize only the Reimbursement Agreement, at a cost of Two Thousand and Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00). Future Resolutions will authorize the project specific service agreements.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
102022-0153Resolution providing for a Reimbursement Agreement with the Norfolk Southern Railway Company for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering phase of the South Negley Avenue Bridge Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Twenty Five Thousand Six Hundred and Twenty One Dollars ($25,621.00).No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
112022-0065Resolution amending Resolution number 863 of 2018, entitled “adopting and approving the 2019 Community Development Block Grant Program” by transferring remaining funds from the James Street Step Reconstruction project to the North Side Christian Health Center ($90,220.54).No matched discussionHeld in the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development, due back by 3/16/2022Not recordedNot recorded
122022-0160Resolution adopting the ALCOSAN Act 537 Special StudyNo matched discussionHeld in the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 3/23/2022Not recordedNot recorded
Order 12022-0138

Resolution providing for the sale of certain property, acquired by the City of Pittsburgh at tax sales. ITEMS A through C: [A: 2514 Park Hill - DELETE], B: 1018 Marena, C: 138 Wabash

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
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Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 22022-0154

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Department of Law and/or the Director of the Department of Finance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, in full and final settlement related to the litigation at City of Pittsburgh v. Purdue Pharma, L.P. et al., Case No. 18-006153, as coordinated in In Re Opioid Litigation, No. 2017-00895 (Delaware County, PA) stemming from In Re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation Case No. 1:17-md-2804 in the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, MDL 2804 initially as to the Defendants McKesson Corporation, Cardinal Health, Inc. and AmeriSource Bergen Corporation, Johnson and Johnson, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ortho-McNeil-Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc., and any future settling Defendants, to accept a yearly allocation of funds into a special revenue account to be subsequently created to accept the funds of this settlement as determined by Pennsylvania’s Intrastate Opioid Trust & Allocation Order. (Executive Session held 3/16/22)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held for Executive Session
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 32022-0157

Ordinance amending and supplementing the City Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article I: Administration, Chapter 219: Operating Budget, by adding a new section 219.08 entitled “Legal Requirements in Preparation of Operating Budget”

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
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Approves the P-Card purchases listed in Item 0011-2022.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Approved
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Order 52022-0155

Resolution amending Resolution No. 822 of 2017, authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into an Amended Professional Services Agreement or Agreements with Quick Med Claims LLC for the provision of EMS billing services to the City of Pittsburgh.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 62022-0056

Resolution vacating a portion of Forbes Ave, laid out in the Associate Congregation Plan, recorded in plan book volume 1, page 95, in the 1st Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in Committee to the Committee on Public Works , due back by 3/16/2022
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 72022-0104

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director or Acting Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh and through the City’s Department of Law, to adopt certain settlement terms and enter into a settlement agreement with Norfolk Southern Railway, Manchester Citizens Corporation, Northside Leadership Conference, and Rail Pollution Protection Pittsburgh in order to resolve claims arising from the Application of Norfolk Southern Railway Company for approval to reconstruct the crossing of the North Avenue / Brighton Road bridge docketed at Public Utility Commission Docket No. A-2018-3006432; and from Northside Leadership Conference, et. al, v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission appeal docketed at No. 611 CD 2019 in the Commonwealth Court. (Executive Session held 3-1-22)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in the Committee on Public Works , due back by 3/30/2022
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 82022-0151

Resolution amending resolution No. 708, effective October 25, 2021, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Works, to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Keystone Communities Grant program, to provide funding for the purchase of play equipment in Phillips Park” to accept the grant and authorize necessary expenditures.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 92022-0152

Resolution providing for a Reimbursement Agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Construction phase of the 30th Street Bridge Preservation Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000.00). This resolution serves to authorize only the Reimbursement Agreement, at a cost of Two Thousand and Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00). Future Resolutions will authorize the project specific service agreements.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 102022-0153

Resolution providing for a Reimbursement Agreement with the Norfolk Southern Railway Company for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering phase of the South Negley Avenue Bridge Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Twenty Five Thousand Six Hundred and Twenty One Dollars ($25,621.00).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 112022-0065

Resolution amending Resolution number 863 of 2018, entitled “adopting and approving the 2019 Community Development Block Grant Program” by transferring remaining funds from the James Street Step Reconstruction project to the North Side Christian Health Center ($90,220.54).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development, due back by 3/16/2022
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 122022-0160

Resolution adopting the ALCOSAN Act 537 Special Study

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 3/23/2022
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded