Meeting

Standing Committees · Dec 14, 2022

10:00 AM · Council Chambers · 30 itemsMinutes Details

Legislation Items

Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.

OrderFileTitleDiscussionVoteVotes ForVotes Against
12022-1065Resolution authorizing an interdepartmental transfer in the amount of $264,805.53 from the Bureaus of Administration and Animal Care and Control in the Department of Public Safety to the Bureau of Police. This transfer is necessary to assist the Bureau of Police with sufficient funding for necessary body armor replacement.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
22022-0939Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article VII: Business Related Taxes, Chapter 245: Earned Income Tax, Section 245.03: Declaration and Payment of Tax, at subsection (d) so as to fix the rate of interest on delinquent Earned Income Tax for the year 2023. (Public Hearing held 11/23/22)No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
32022-0940Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article VII: Business Related Taxes, Chapter 246: Home Rule Tax, Section 246.03: Declaration and Payment of Tax, at subsection (d) so as to fix the rate of interest on delinquent Home Rule Tax for the year 2023. (Public Hearing held 11/23/22)No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
42022-0941Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article IX: Property Taxes, Chapter 263: Real Property Tax and Exemptions, Section 263.02: Payment Options, Discount and Delinquency Penalty, so as to set the payment, discount, and delinquent dates for the 2023 fiscal year. (Public Hearing held 11/23/22)No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
52022-0942Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article IX: Property Taxes, Chapter 263: Real Property Tax and Exemption, by fixing the rate of real estate taxation for 2023. (Public Hearing held 11/23/22)No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
62022-0943Resolution authorizing all City departments, in conjunction with the Department of Finance, to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a facilities usage agreement or agreements during the 2023 calendar year for the purpose of permitting groups to rent City-owned facilities for recreational and community focused activities, in individual amounts not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
72022-0944Resolution authorizing the fee schedule for 2023 pursuant to Chapter 170 of the City Code.No matched discussionAMENDEDNot recordedNot recorded
82022-0945Resolution authorizing the City of Pittsburgh to participate in applicable cooperative purchasing agreements for goods, materials, equipment, supplies, services, or construction, as authorized by the Commonwealth Procurement Code and the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Law for the 2023 Fiscal Year.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
92022-0946Resolution providing for the letting of contracts and for the use of existing contracts for the purchase of materials, supplies and equipment for City Departments, and the maintenance, repair, rental and/or leasing, rehabilitation, renovation, inspection or servicing of City buildings and facilities, and for any miscellaneous services in and for any City Departments, and providing for the payment of the costs thereof for the 2023 Fiscal Year.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
102022-0947Resolution adopting and approving the 2023 Capital Budget, the 2023 Community Development Program, and the 2023 through 2028 Capital Improvement Program.No matched discussionAMENDEDNot recordedNot recorded
112022-0948Resolution making appropriations to pay the expenses of conducting the public business of the City of Pittsburgh and for meeting the debt charges thereof for the Fiscal Year beginning January 1, 2023.No matched discussionAMENDEDNot recordedNot recorded
122022-0949Resolution fixing the number of officers and employees of the City of Pittsburgh for the 2023 fiscal year, and the rate of compensation thereof, and setting maximum levels for designated positions.No matched discussionAMENDEDNot recordedNot recorded
132022-0950Resolution authorizing City Council to approve intra-departmental transfers throughout the 2023 Fiscal Year.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
142022-0951Resolution amending Resolution 410 of 2022, which reappropriated federal American Rescue Plan funding, by updating the approved projects as outlined in Exhibit A, version 4.No matched discussionAMENDEDAye: 7Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 2Kraus, Kail-Smith
152022-0952Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two: Fiscal, Article V: Special Funds, Chapter 237 “Stop The Violence Fund”, § 237.03 - Uses and Restrictions of the Stop The Violence Fund, by changing the annual percentage budgeted for outside community-based, non-governmental organizations.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
162022-0953Resolution authorizing appropriations and salaries of the Stop the Violence Fund for the 2023 Fiscal Year, beginning January 1, 2023.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
172022-0954Resolution authorizing appropriations, salaries, and capital expenditures of the Parks Trust Fund for the 2023 Fiscal Year, beginning January 1, 2023.No matched discussionAMENDEDNot recordedNot recorded
182022-1013Resolution repealing an item in Resolution Number 318 of 2018, effective date May 14, 2018, in order to rescind the sale.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
19Item 0047-2022Approves the P-Card purchases listed in Item 0047-2022.No matched discussionApprovedNot recordedNot recorded
202022-0629Resolution establishing the Pittsburgh Strong Communities Initiative and Advisory Committee.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
212022-1017Resolution amending Resolution No. 453 of 2002, providing for an Amended Lease for the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Police headquarters located at 1203 Western Avenue, extending the term six more years and providing for the payment thereof.No matched discussionTABLEDAye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
222022-0959Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Construction phase of the Sylvan Avenue Multimodal Path Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00). This resolution serves to authorize only the Reimbursement Agreement, at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh. Future Resolutions will authorize the project specific service agreements.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
232022-0989Resolution providing for an agreement with CSXT for Engineering work on the Frazier Street/Swinburne Bridge Replacement Project; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Twenty Thousand Twenty Dollars ($20,020.00).No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
242022-1036Resolution authorizing the Director of Public Works and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an agreement with Duquesne Light Company (DLC), accepting a minimum annual electricity usage requirement in return for DLC to install a power line from the street to the Environmental Services lot to supply power to the new E/V charging infrastructure to charge electric refuse trucks.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
252022-0270Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Seven: Business Licensing, Article X: Rental of Residential Housing, by amending in its entirety Chapter 781: Residential Housing Rental Permit Program. (Public Hearing held 5/19/22)No matched discussionHeld in the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development, due back by 3/1/2023Not recordedNot recorded
262022-0465Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title V: Traffic, Article VII: Parking, Chapter 549: Residential Parking Permit Program, § 549.08: Visitor Permits; Non-Resident Permits, so as to relate the issuance of residential parking permits for short-term rentals to the issuance of licenses by the Department of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections authorizing the operation of short-term rentals in the City of Pittsburgh.No matched discussionHeld in Committee to the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development, due back by 3/1/2023Not recordedNot recorded
272022-0860Resolution instructing the Director of Parks and Recreation and the Department of Public Works to amend the Rules and Regulations for Sports Field Permits to provide priority use to athletic organizations comprised of City of Pittsburgh residents.No matched discussionHeld in the Committee on Urban Recreation , due back by 1/4/2023Not recordedNot recorded
282022-1035Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of Parks and Recreation to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into an agreement or agreements with Keys Service Corps with regard to the 2022 AmeriCorps Summer Program. Said agreement or agreements involves the matching of funds and shall be a cost to the City not to exceed TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS and ZERO CENTS ($12,000.00).No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
292022-1037Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for the Environmental Charter School project which will involve the development of an environmental charter school with associated amenities.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
302022-1038Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for the Lower Hill Redevelopment Project in the Third Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, PA 15219 (“Lower Hill Redevelopment”).No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
Order 12022-1065

Resolution authorizing an interdepartmental transfer in the amount of $264,805.53 from the Bureaus of Administration and Animal Care and Control in the Department of Public Safety to the Bureau of Police. This transfer is necessary to assist the Bureau of Police with sufficient funding for necessary body armor replacement.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 22022-0939

Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article VII: Business Related Taxes, Chapter 245: Earned Income Tax, Section 245.03: Declaration and Payment of Tax, at subsection (d) so as to fix the rate of interest on delinquent Earned Income Tax for the year 2023. (Public Hearing held 11/23/22)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 32022-0940

Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article VII: Business Related Taxes, Chapter 246: Home Rule Tax, Section 246.03: Declaration and Payment of Tax, at subsection (d) so as to fix the rate of interest on delinquent Home Rule Tax for the year 2023. (Public Hearing held 11/23/22)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 42022-0941

Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article IX: Property Taxes, Chapter 263: Real Property Tax and Exemptions, Section 263.02: Payment Options, Discount and Delinquency Penalty, so as to set the payment, discount, and delinquent dates for the 2023 fiscal year. (Public Hearing held 11/23/22)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 52022-0942

Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article IX: Property Taxes, Chapter 263: Real Property Tax and Exemption, by fixing the rate of real estate taxation for 2023. (Public Hearing held 11/23/22)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 62022-0943

Resolution authorizing all City departments, in conjunction with the Department of Finance, to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a facilities usage agreement or agreements during the 2023 calendar year for the purpose of permitting groups to rent City-owned facilities for recreational and community focused activities, in individual amounts not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 72022-0944

Resolution authorizing the fee schedule for 2023 pursuant to Chapter 170 of the City Code.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
AMENDED
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 82022-0945

Resolution authorizing the City of Pittsburgh to participate in applicable cooperative purchasing agreements for goods, materials, equipment, supplies, services, or construction, as authorized by the Commonwealth Procurement Code and the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Law for the 2023 Fiscal Year.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 92022-0946

Resolution providing for the letting of contracts and for the use of existing contracts for the purchase of materials, supplies and equipment for City Departments, and the maintenance, repair, rental and/or leasing, rehabilitation, renovation, inspection or servicing of City buildings and facilities, and for any miscellaneous services in and for any City Departments, and providing for the payment of the costs thereof for the 2023 Fiscal Year.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 102022-0947

Resolution adopting and approving the 2023 Capital Budget, the 2023 Community Development Program, and the 2023 through 2028 Capital Improvement Program.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
AMENDED
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 112022-0948

Resolution making appropriations to pay the expenses of conducting the public business of the City of Pittsburgh and for meeting the debt charges thereof for the Fiscal Year beginning January 1, 2023.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
AMENDED
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 122022-0949

Resolution fixing the number of officers and employees of the City of Pittsburgh for the 2023 fiscal year, and the rate of compensation thereof, and setting maximum levels for designated positions.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
AMENDED
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 132022-0950

Resolution authorizing City Council to approve intra-departmental transfers throughout the 2023 Fiscal Year.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 152022-0952

Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two: Fiscal, Article V: Special Funds, Chapter 237 “Stop The Violence Fund”, § 237.03 - Uses and Restrictions of the Stop The Violence Fund, by changing the annual percentage budgeted for outside community-based, non-governmental organizations.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 162022-0953

Resolution authorizing appropriations and salaries of the Stop the Violence Fund for the 2023 Fiscal Year, beginning January 1, 2023.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 172022-0954

Resolution authorizing appropriations, salaries, and capital expenditures of the Parks Trust Fund for the 2023 Fiscal Year, beginning January 1, 2023.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
AMENDED
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 182022-1013

Resolution repealing an item in Resolution Number 318 of 2018, effective date May 14, 2018, in order to rescind the sale.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded

Approves the P-Card purchases listed in Item 0047-2022.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Approved
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 202022-0629

Resolution establishing the Pittsburgh Strong Communities Initiative and Advisory Committee.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 222022-0959

Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Construction phase of the Sylvan Avenue Multimodal Path Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00). This resolution serves to authorize only the Reimbursement Agreement, at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh. 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 232022-0989

Resolution providing for an agreement with CSXT for Engineering work on the Frazier Street/Swinburne Bridge Replacement Project; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Twenty Thousand Twenty Dollars ($20,020.00).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 242022-1036

Resolution authorizing the Director of Public Works and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an agreement with Duquesne Light Company (DLC), accepting a minimum annual electricity usage requirement in return for DLC to install a power line from the street to the Environmental Services lot to supply power to the new E/V charging infrastructure to charge electric refuse trucks.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 252022-0270

Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Seven: Business Licensing, Article X: Rental of Residential Housing, by amending in its entirety Chapter 781: Residential Housing Rental Permit Program. (Public Hearing held 5/19/22)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development, due back by 3/1/2023
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 262022-0465

Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title V: Traffic, Article VII: Parking, Chapter 549: Residential Parking Permit Program, § 549.08: Visitor Permits; Non-Resident Permits, so as to relate the issuance of residential parking permits for short-term rentals to the issuance of licenses by the Department of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections authorizing the operation of short-term rentals in the City of Pittsburgh.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in Committee to the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development, due back by 3/1/2023
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 272022-0860

Resolution instructing the Director of Parks and Recreation and the Department of Public Works to amend the Rules and Regulations for Sports Field Permits to provide priority use to athletic organizations comprised of City of Pittsburgh residents.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in the Committee on Urban Recreation , due back by 1/4/2023
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 282022-1035

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of Parks and Recreation to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into an agreement or agreements with Keys Service Corps with regard to the 2022 AmeriCorps Summer Program. Said agreement or agreements involves the matching of funds and shall be a cost to the City not to exceed TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS and ZERO CENTS ($12,000.00).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 292022-1037

Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for the Environmental Charter School project which will involve the development of an environmental charter school with associated amenities.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 302022-1038

Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for the Lower Hill Redevelopment Project in the Third Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, PA 15219 (“Lower Hill Redevelopment”).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded