Meeting

City Council · May 31, 2023

10:00 AM · Council Chambers · 32 itemsMinutes Details

Legislation Items

Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.

OrderFileTitleDiscussionVoteVotes ForVotes Against
12023-1598WHEREAS, LGA Partners, a woman led architectural firm founded in 1993 by Suzan Lami and succeeded by Paulette Burns, will be celebrating its 30th anniversary; and,No matched discussionAdoptedNot recordedNot recorded
22023-1599WHEREAS, LGBTQ Pride Month is celebrated each year in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Greenwich Village; and,No matched discussionAdoptedNot recordedNot recorded
32023-1600WHEREAS, Yeshiva Schools began in 1941 under the leadership of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe. The Previous Rebbe personally sent Rabbi Mordechai Dov Altein to begin an after school program in the city, among other initiatives; and,No matched discussionAdoptedNot recordedNot recorded
42023-1601WHEREAS, Brashear High School Gender Sexuality Alliance (GSA) was formed in 2012 with 12 students of diverse identities as a means to make Brashear a safer school for LGBTQIA+ students, starting by developing and executing educational presentations on LGBTQIA+ issues and concerns to their peers;No matched discussionAdoptedNot recordedNot recorded
52023-1602WHEREAS, it's estimated that over 60,000 of Pittsburgh's residents experience food insecurity regularly, meaning that one in 5 residents (or one-in-three brown residents) struggle to have affordable, nutritionally beneficial, and culturally appropriate food to live a healthy, active life; andNo matched discussionAdoptedNot recordedNot recorded
62023-1582Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh (“City”), to enter into an agreement with Bloomfield Development Corporation (“Licensee”) to provide a license, ownership and maintenance agreement for jointly- sponsored asphalt art on Friendship Ave.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
72023-1583Resolution authorizing the Director of the Department of Finance and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into certain temporary construction easements on certain properties in the 19th Ward of the City in order to advance the Mt. Washington Landslide Remediation Project. Costs for these temporary easements shall not exceed $2,875.00.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
82023-1584Resolution authorizing, pursuant to Ch. 210 (“Acceptance of Gifts to City”) of the City Code, the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to accept a donation from the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh in the amount of TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($200,000.00) for Fairywood Park and Playground improvements.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
92023-1585Authorizes a City warrant payment to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.No matched discussionWaived under Rule 8Not recordedNot recorded
102023-1586Authorizes a City warrant payment to Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
112023-1587Authorizes a City warrant payment to Campbell Durrant.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
122023-1588Authorizes a City warrant payment to Spilman Thomas & Battle.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
132023-1589Authorizes a City warrant payment to Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
142023-1590Resolution amending Resolution 731 of 2022, which authorized the 2023 fee schedule pursuant to Chapter 170 of the City Code, by adding a maximum cap for zoning review fees.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
152023-1591Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Parks and Recreation to enter into a Sponsorship Agreement or Agreements with Chevrolet for the sponsorship of Pistons in the Park. The City may receive up to $3,000 per year from this sponsorship.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
162023-1592Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department Parks and Recreation, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a professional services agreement with Green Gears for waste management services in conjunction with the City of Pittsburgh’s Independence Day Festival at an amount not to exceed ELEVEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND NO CENTS ($11,300.00).No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
172023-1593Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, a license agreement or agreements with the University of Pittsburgh, Department of Physical Therapy for implementation of the On The Move Program, at no cost to the City. The City will receive $1,000.00 in revenue for each site that participates in the Program.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
182023-1594Resolution amending Resolution 227 of 2023, authorizing the Department of Parks & Recreation, Office of Special Events, to enter, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, into a professional services agreement or agreements with Pittsburgh Three Rivers Marathon, Inc. (“P3R”) to provide management services for the Richard S. Caliguiri City of Pittsburgh Great Race (“Great Race”), in order to correct an error within the legislation to allow for the payment of $135,000.00 for prior-year sponsorships.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
192023-1595Resolution amending Resolution No. 342 of 2022, which authorized the Mayor and Department of Parks and Recreation to enter, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, into an agreement or agreements with Allegheny County, Department of Human Services, for the City’s operation of its Senior Community Centers, for the purpose of increasing the allocation amount by TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,000.00).No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
202023-1596Files a communication from Michael Lamb about Fiscal Audit of the City of Pittsburgh’s Department of Finance and Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) of Pittsburgh, Tax Abatement and Tax Incremental Financing Program, dated May 2023.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
212023-1597Files a communication from Jake Pawlak about acting pay request on behalf of the Department of Public Works for John Minard, per the Acting Pay Policy revised in June 2018.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
222023-1604Files a communication from City Controller Michael Lamb submitting the City of Pittsburgh Capital Projects Accounting Close and Report dated May 30 about City of Pittsburgh Capital Projects Accounting Close and Report dated May 30, 2023.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
232023-1578Records the Finance and Law committee report for May 24, 2023.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
242023-1534Authorizes a City warrant payment to DiGioia Gray, 570 Beatty Road, Monroeville, PA 15146, in the amount of Sixteen Thousand Six Hundred Fifty-Nine Dollars and 12 cents ($16,659.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
252023-1579Records the Public Works and Infrastructure committee report for May 24, 2023.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
262023-1532Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a supplemental agreement or agreements with CDR Maguire, Inc., for Project Design Management Services and Reviews in connection with various City of Pittsburgh projects to add funding for the Preliminary Engineering and Final Design phases increasing the total not to exceed to Three Million Four Hundred Ninety One Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy Seven Dollars and Fifty Nine Cents ($3,491,877.59), an increase of Three Hundred Thirty Four Thousand Six Hundred Eight Dollars and Ninety Eight Cents ($334,608.98).No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
272023-1533Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources for the purpose of receiving and spending grant funds in the amount of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($500,000.00) dollars to support the equitable street tree plan.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
282023-1580Records the Land Use and Economic Development committee report for May 24, 2023.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
292023-1536Resolution further amending Resolution No. 816 of 2015, effective December 18, 2015, as amended, entitled "Resolution adopting and approving the 2016 Capital Budget and the 2016 Community Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2016 through 2021 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, increasing EAST END COOPERATIVE MINISTRY, and authorizing a subsequent Agreement.No matched discussionRECOMMITTED to the Committee on Land Use and Economic DevelopmentNot recordedNot recorded
302023-1538Resolution 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” so as to identify specific projects in City Council District 9, and authorizing subsequent Agreements.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
312023-1581Records the Innovation, Performance, Asset Management and Technology committee report for May 24, 2023.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
322023-1535Resolution amending Resolution No. 270 of 2020, which authorized an Agreement with Workiva, Inc. to provide a subscription-based budget publishing software solution for four years, by increasing the approved 2023 amount by $2,164.33 for a new total cost not-to-exceed $169,300.33.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
Order 12023-1598

WHEREAS, LGA Partners, a woman led architectural firm founded in 1993 by Suzan Lami and succeeded by Paulette Burns, will be celebrating its 30th anniversary; and,

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Adopted
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Order 22023-1599

WHEREAS, LGBTQ Pride Month is celebrated each year in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Greenwich Village; and,

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Adopted
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Not recorded
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Order 32023-1600

WHEREAS, Yeshiva Schools began in 1941 under the leadership of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe. The Previous Rebbe personally sent Rabbi Mordechai Dov Altein to begin an after school program in the city, among other initiatives; and,

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Adopted
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Not recorded
Order 42023-1601

WHEREAS, Brashear High School Gender Sexuality Alliance (GSA) was formed in 2012 with 12 students of diverse identities as a means to make Brashear a safer school for LGBTQIA+ students, starting by developing and executing educational presentations on LGBTQIA+ issues and concerns to their peers;

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Adopted
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Order 52023-1602

WHEREAS, it's estimated that over 60,000 of Pittsburgh's residents experience food insecurity regularly, meaning that one in 5 residents (or one-in-three brown residents) struggle to have affordable, nutritionally beneficial, and culturally appropriate food to live a healthy, active life; and

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Adopted
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Not recorded
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Order 62023-1582

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh (“City”), to enter into an agreement with Bloomfield Development Corporation (“Licensee”) to provide a license, ownership and maintenance agreement for jointly- sponsored asphalt art on Friendship Ave.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Not recorded
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Not recorded
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Not recorded
Order 72023-1583

Resolution authorizing the Director of the Department of Finance and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into certain temporary construction easements on certain properties in the 19th Ward of the City in order to advance the Mt. Washington Landslide Remediation Project. Costs for these temporary easements shall not exceed $2,875.00.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Not recorded
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Order 82023-1584

Resolution authorizing, pursuant to Ch. 210 (“Acceptance of Gifts to City”) of the City Code, the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to accept a donation from the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh in the amount of TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($200,000.00) for Fairywood Park and Playground improvements.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Order 92023-1585

Authorizes a City warrant payment to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Waived under Rule 8
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Order 102023-1586

Authorizes a City warrant payment to Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Order 112023-1587

Authorizes a City warrant payment to Campbell Durrant.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Order 122023-1588

Authorizes a City warrant payment to Spilman Thomas & Battle.

Discussion
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Order 132023-1589

Authorizes a City warrant payment to Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.

Discussion
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Order 142023-1590

Resolution amending Resolution 731 of 2022, which authorized the 2023 fee schedule pursuant to Chapter 170 of the City Code, by adding a maximum cap for zoning review fees.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Order 152023-1591

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Parks and Recreation to enter into a Sponsorship Agreement or Agreements with Chevrolet for the sponsorship of Pistons in the Park. The City may receive up to $3,000 per year from this sponsorship.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Not recorded
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Order 162023-1592

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department Parks and Recreation, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a professional services agreement with Green Gears for waste management services in conjunction with the City of Pittsburgh’s Independence Day Festival at an amount not to exceed ELEVEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND NO CENTS ($11,300.00).

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Not recorded
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Order 172023-1593

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, a license agreement or agreements with the University of Pittsburgh, Department of Physical Therapy for implementation of the On The Move Program, at no cost to the City. The City will receive $1,000.00 in revenue for each site that participates in the Program.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Not recorded
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Order 182023-1594

Resolution amending Resolution 227 of 2023, authorizing the Department of Parks & Recreation, Office of Special Events, to enter, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, into a professional services agreement or agreements with Pittsburgh Three Rivers Marathon, Inc. (“P3R”) to provide management services for the Richard S. Caliguiri City of Pittsburgh Great Race (“Great Race”), in order to correct an error within the legislation to allow for the payment of $135,000.00 for prior-year sponsorships.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Not recorded
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Not recorded
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Not recorded
Order 192023-1595

Resolution amending Resolution No. 342 of 2022, which authorized the Mayor and Department of Parks and Recreation to enter, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, into an agreement or agreements with Allegheny County, Department of Human Services, for the City’s operation of its Senior Community Centers, for the purpose of increasing the allocation amount by TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,000.00).

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Not recorded
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Order 202023-1596

Files a communication from Michael Lamb about Fiscal Audit of the City of Pittsburgh’s Department of Finance and Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) of Pittsburgh, Tax Abatement and Tax Incremental Financing Program, dated May 2023.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Read, Received and Filed
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Not recorded
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Not recorded
Order 212023-1597

Files a communication from Jake Pawlak about acting pay request on behalf of the Department of Public Works for John Minard, per the Acting Pay Policy revised in June 2018.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Read, Received and Filed
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Not recorded
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Order 222023-1604

Files a communication from City Controller Michael Lamb submitting the City of Pittsburgh Capital Projects Accounting Close and Report dated May 30 about City of Pittsburgh Capital Projects Accounting Close and Report dated May 30, 2023.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Read, Received and Filed
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Order 232023-1578

Records the Finance and Law committee report for May 24, 2023.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Read, Received and Filed
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Order 252023-1579

Records the Public Works and Infrastructure committee report for May 24, 2023.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Read, Received and Filed
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Order 262023-1532

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a supplemental agreement or agreements with CDR Maguire, Inc., for Project Design Management Services and Reviews in connection with various City of Pittsburgh projects to add funding for the Preliminary Engineering and Final Design phases increasing the total not to exceed to Three Million Four Hundred Ninety One Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy Seven Dollars and Fifty Nine Cents ($3,491,877.59), an increase of Three Hundred Thirty Four Thousand Six Hundred Eight Dollars and Ninety Eight Cents ($334,608.98).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Passed Finally
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No: 0
Order 272023-1533

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources for the purpose of receiving and spending grant funds in the amount of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($500,000.00) dollars to support the equitable street tree plan.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Passed Finally
Votes Against
No: 0
Order 282023-1580

Records the Land Use and Economic Development committee report for May 24, 2023.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Read, Received and Filed
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Not recorded
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Order 292023-1536

Resolution further amending Resolution No. 816 of 2015, effective December 18, 2015, as amended, entitled "Resolution adopting and approving the 2016 Capital Budget and the 2016 Community Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2016 through 2021 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, increasing EAST END COOPERATIVE MINISTRY, and authorizing a subsequent Agreement.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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RECOMMITTED to the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development
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Not recorded
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Order 302023-1538

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” so as to identify specific projects in City Council District 9, and authorizing subsequent Agreements.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Passed Finally
Votes Against
No: 0
Order 312023-1581

Records the Innovation, Performance, Asset Management and Technology committee report for May 24, 2023.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Read, Received and Filed
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Not recorded
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Order 322023-1535

Resolution amending Resolution No. 270 of 2020, which authorized an Agreement with Workiva, Inc. to provide a subscription-based budget publishing software solution for four years, by increasing the approved 2023 amount by $2,164.33 for a new total cost not-to-exceed $169,300.33.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Passed Finally
Votes Against
No: 0