WHEREAS, National Manufacturing Day is organized nationwide by the Manufacturing Institute in October of each year; and
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| Order | File | Title | Discussion | Vote | Votes For | Votes Against |
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| 1 | 2023-2039 | WHEREAS, National Manufacturing Day is organized nationwide by the Manufacturing Institute in October of each year; and | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 2 | 2023-2040 | WHEREAS, Valerie Lowe grew up in a loving home with two devout God-fearing parents and two siblings. She resided in Long Island New York and left a17-year corporate career to marry the man she believed to be the love of her life. During her 13-year marriage, she was deprived of financial security, subjected to mental abuse and left homeless while caring for her two young children; and, | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 3 | 2023-2041 | WHEREAS, National Coming Out Day, first celebrated in the US in 1988, is celebrated across the country on October 11, 2023; and, | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 4 | 2023-2042 | WHEREAS, Pittsburgh’s long history of labor power and industrial development continues to inspire those working, living, and making art in the city, including those at Industrial Arts Workshop, who partner workforce development with art making; and, | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 5 | 2023-2012 | Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 4608 and 4644 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 6 | 2023-2013 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance and/or the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a lease, leases, sublease and/or subleases for approximately 8,000 square feet, from the lessor, the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (“HACP”), for the purpose of continuing to provide office space for City employees, located within the City of Pittsburgh's First Ward at 100 Ross Street, 15219, Lot number 2-J-00244, effective on or about September 1, 2023 for a six (6) month period, and providing for the payment thereof in an amount not to exceed Eighty-six Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($86,250.00). | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 7 | 2023-2014 | Resolution authorizing a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh in connection with the URA’s application for a Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant for the Brighton Heights Healthy Active Living Center in the amount of TWO MILLION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY NINE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN ($2,229,987.00) dollars and authorizing expenditures for this stated purpose. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 8 | 2023-2015 | Resolution authorizing a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh in connection with the URA’s application for a Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant for the Renovation of Sheraden Park in the amount of ONE MILLION EIGHTY THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY SEVEN ($1,083,467.00) dollars and authorizing expenditures for this stated purpose. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 9 | 2023-2016 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a professional services agreement with Western Pennsylvania Conservancy in an amount not to exceed TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND ($200,000) dollars to support the city’s equitable street tree plan over the course of up to three (3) of years. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 10 | 2023-2017 | Authorizes a City warrant payment to People’s Natural Gas Company, in the amount of Twenty Four Thousand Nine Hundred Forty Seven Dollars and Two Cents ($24,947. | Waived under Rule 8 | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 11 | 2023-2018 | Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with SAI Consulting Engineers Inc. for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering Phase for the Safe Routes to School project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Hundred Sixteen Thousand Four Hundred Seventy-Two Dollars and Eighty-Six Cents ($116,472.86), reimbursable at 100%. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 12 | 2023-2019 | Resolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Construction phase of the Pittsburgh Pedestrian Wayfinding Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00), an increase of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) from the previously executed agreement. This resolution serves to authorize only the amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements, at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh. Future Resolutions will authorize the project specific service agreements. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 13 | 2023-2020 | Resolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Construction phase of the Critical Sidewalk Gaps Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Four Hundred and Eighty Five Thousand Dollars ($1,485,000.00), an increase of Five Hundred and Five Thousand Dollars ($505,000.00) from the previously executed agreement. This resolution serves to authorize only the amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements, at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh. Future Resolutions will authorize the project specific service agreements. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 14 | 2023-2021 | Resolution amending Resolution 108 of 2023 effective 3/1/2023, which amended Resolution 458 of 2022 effective 9/7/2022, authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Fisher Phillips LLP for legal services in connection with collective bargaining, by further authorizing an amendment or amendments to said Professional Services Agreement, at no additional cost to the City. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 15 | 2023-2022 | Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Plaintiff, James Frierson, administrator of the estate of Jim Rogers, decedent, and his counsel of record, Todd, J. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 16 | 2023-2023 | Authorizes a City warrant payment to Bennet Omalu Pathology. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 17 | 2023-2024 | Resolution further amending Resolution No. 863 of 2018, effective January 1, 2019, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2019 Capital Budget and the 2019 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2019 through 2024 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND INSPECTION SERVICES by $46,000 and increasing COMPLETE STREETS by $46,000. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 18 | 2023-2025 | Resolution further amending Resolution No. 647 of 2020, effective December 23, 2020, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2021 Capital Budget and the 2021 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2021 through 2026 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS - SPORT FACILITIES by $200,000 and increasing COMPLETE STREETS by $200,000. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 19 | 2023-2026 | Resolution further amending Resolution No. 723 of 2022, effective December 27, 2022, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2023 Capital Budget, the 2023 Community Development Program, and the 2023 through 2028 Capital Improvement Program” by decreasing RAMP AND PUBLIC SIDEWALK by $75,000 and increasing COMPLETE STREETS by $75,000. RAMP AND PUBLIC SIDEWALK is further increased by $505,000 and SIGNAGE AND WAYFINDING increased by $500,000 to account for additional Federal Highway Administration funding being received at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 20 | 2023-2027 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Rynse, LLC. for services relating to the washing of City vehicles. Expenditures for the purchases shall be limited to authorized annual budgeted amounts by each City Using Department. The cost of each car wash has been pre-negotiated over the course of the agreement’s three-year term. Costs for these services will vary based on individual departmental need. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 21 | 2023-2028 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Parks and Recreation to enter into a Sponsorship Agreement with Duolingo in support of the CommUnity Concert series, from which the City will receive a fee in the amount of Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($7,500.00). | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 22 | 2023-2038 | Ordinance amending City Code Title Six: Conduct, Article V: Discrimination, Chapter 651: Findings and Policy, and Chapter 659: Unlawful Practices, by adding enhanced housing protections for survivors of domestic violence. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 23 | 2023-2029 | Resolution further amending Resolution No. 723 of 2022, effective December 27, 2022, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2023 Capital Budget, the 2023 Community Development Program, and the 2023 through 2028 Capital Improvement Program” by increasing PERSONNEL - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM by $97,804, increasing EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT by $7,044, increasing HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS by $260,014, and increasing HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM by $257,679. These changes are made in response to program allocations by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development and come at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 24 | 2023-2030 | Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with the Jewish Healthcare Foundation to provide administration and operating expenses, housing and housing related supportive services to persons with HIV/AIDS and their families, at a total cost not to exceed $1,410,014.00. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 25 | 2023-2031 | Resolution further amending Resolution No. 723 of 2022, effective December 27, 2022, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2023 Capital Budget, the 2023 Community Development Program, and the 2023 through 2028 Capital Improvement Program” so as to grant $100,000 to specific Public Service Grant projects of the Mayor's Office and authorize a subsequent Agreement or Agreements. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 26 | 2023-2032 | 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, and/or data collection activities, as associated with 2023 Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds at a cost not to exceed $1,207,044.00. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 27 | 2023-2033 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Urban Design Ventures, LLC for services relating to the program design, and application development of the City’s HOME-ARP application for a sum not to exceed Twenty-Eight Thousand Six Hundred Thirty Dollars ($28,600.00) over three years for the payment of the costs thereof. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 28 | 2023-2034 | Resolution appointing Philip Wu as a Member of the Planning Commission with a term to expire October 1, 2029. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 29 | 2023-2035 | Resolution appointing Michele Miller Beener as a Member of the Commission on Infrastructure Asset Reporting and Investment with a term to expire September 15, 2027. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 30 | 2023-2036 | Files a communication from Sally Stadelman about activity reports and audits for the years ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2022. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 31 | 2023-2037 | Files a communication from Jake Pawlak about acting pay requests on behalf of the Department of Public Works for Robert Sapp, per the Acting Pay Policy revised in June 2018. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 32 | 2023-1897 | Resolution appointing Gregory Kottler as a Member of the Citizen Police Review Board with a term to expire October 31, 2027. | Approved | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 33 | 2023-2007 | Records the Finance and Law committee report for October 4, 2023. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 34 | 2023-1973 | Resolution authorizing the issuance of two (2) warrants in favor of Plaintiff, Donald W. Waldorf and his attorneys Drexler Law, LLC, at a cost not-to-exceed One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($150,000.00) over two (2) years, in full and final settlement of litigation, including attorney’s fees and costs, filed at No. G.D. 19-014251 in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 35 | 2023-1974 | Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Owen M. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 36 | 2023-1978 | Resolution repealing an item in Resolution Number 344 of 2018, effective date June 12, 2018, in order to rescind the sale. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 37 | 2023-2008 | Records the Public Safety and Wellness Services committee report for October 4, 2023. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 38 | 2023-1956 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the purpose of receiving and spending grant funds in the amount of TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY NINE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOUR DOLLARS AND FIFTY FOUR CENTS ($269,954.54) with a local match of TWENTY SIX THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED NINETY FIVE DOLLARS AND FORTY FIVE CENTS ($26,995.45) for the purchase of ventilation saws and fans for vehicles. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 39 | 2023-2009 | Records the Public Works and Infrastructure committee report for October 4, 2023. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 40 | 2023-1966 | Resolution authorizing an interdepartmental transfer in the amount of $200,000.00 from the Bureau of Operations within the Department of Public Works to the Bureau of Facilities within the Department of Public Works. This transfer is necessary to reimburse materials purchased from the Bureau of Facilities that were ultimately used by activities in the Bureau of Operations. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 41 | 2023-1967 | Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with SAI Consulting Engineers Inc for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering Phase for the Larimer Avenue Bridge; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Two Hundred Forty One Thousand Five Hundred Seventy Three Dollars and Seventy Three Cents ($1,241,573.73), reimbursable at 95%. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 42 | 2023-1968 | Resolution providing for a Supplemental Agreement or Agreements with KCI Technologies Inc. for costs associated with the 28th St Bridge project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Nine Hundred Seventy Two Thousand One Hundred Dollars and Ninety Three Cents ($972,100.93), an increase of Seventy Two Thousand One Hundred Dollars and Ninety Three Cents ($72,100.93) to the amount previously authorized by Resolution 558 of 2020 to add additional funding for Preliminary Engineering Phase of the project. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 43 | 2023-1969 | Resolution providing for a Supplemental Agreement or Agreements with Wellington Power Corp. for construction services associated with the CBD Signal Phase 3 Construction Project; providing for payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Four Million, One Hundred Seven Thousand One Hundred Thirty Eight Dollars and Twenty Three Cents ($4,107,138.23), an increase of Two Hundred Forty Five Thousand One Hundred Seventy Nine Dollars and Eighty Eight Cents ($245,179.88) from the previously executed agreement (52813) as previously authorized by Resolution 203 of 2017, reimbursable at 80%. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 44 | 2023-2010 | Records the Human Resources committee report for October 4, 2023. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 45 | 2023-1955 | Resolution providing that the City of Pittsburgh enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contracts with Pittsburgh Event Childcare for professional services in connection with onsite childcare being provided to City of Pittsburgh employees during the days that school is not in session. Additionally, offsite childcare will be provided for those attending community events sponsored by the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services, and providing for payment of the cost thereof. Cost not to exceed $45,000.00. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 46 | 2023-2001 | Resolution providing for the formal recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the City of Pittsburgh as the second Monday of October to honor and appreciate the plight, contributions, culture, survivance, and achievements of the Indigenous communities in and around the City of Pittsburgh. | Passed Finally | Aye: 6Burgess, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 3Anthony Coghill, Kraus, Kail-Smith | |
| 47 | 2023-2011 | Records the Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs committee report for October 4, 2023. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 48 | 2023-1957 | Resolution amending Resolution 351 of 2020, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with the URA, HACP, Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Officer, and 327 NN LLC, by further authorizing an amendment or amendments to said Memorandum, at no cost to the City, and by adding 327 NN Rotunda LLC as a signatory. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 49 | 2023-1958 | Resolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh Housing Development Corporation for the sale of Block 26-P, Lot 185, in the 5th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (830 Adelaide Street - Council District No. 6) at no cost to the City. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 50 | 2023-1959 | Resolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Land Bank for the sale of Block 9-M, Lots 273 and 274, in the 3rd Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (Bedford Avenue - Council District No. 6), at no cost to the City. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 |
WHEREAS, Valerie Lowe grew up in a loving home with two devout God-fearing parents and two siblings. She resided in Long Island New York and left a17-year corporate career to marry the man she believed to be the love of her life. During her 13-year marriage, she was deprived of financial security, subjected to mental abuse and left homeless while caring for her two young children; and,
WHEREAS, National Coming Out Day, first celebrated in the US in 1988, is celebrated across the country on October 11, 2023; and,
WHEREAS, Pittsburgh’s long history of labor power and industrial development continues to inspire those working, living, and making art in the city, including those at Industrial Arts Workshop, who partner workforce development with art making; and,
Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 4608 and 4644 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance and/or the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a lease, leases, sublease and/or subleases for approximately 8,000 square feet, from the lessor, the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (“HACP”), for the purpose of continuing to provide office space for City employees, located within the City of Pittsburgh's First Ward at 100 Ross Street, 15219, Lot number 2-J-00244, effective on or about September 1, 2023 for a six (6) month period, and providing for the payment thereof in an amount not to exceed Eighty-six Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($86,250.00).
Resolution authorizing a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh in connection with the URA’s application for a Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant for the Brighton Heights Healthy Active Living Center in the amount of TWO MILLION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY NINE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN ($2,229,987.00) dollars and authorizing expenditures for this stated purpose.
Resolution authorizing a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh in connection with the URA’s application for a Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant for the Renovation of Sheraden Park in the amount of ONE MILLION EIGHTY THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY SEVEN ($1,083,467.00) dollars and authorizing expenditures for this stated purpose.
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a professional services agreement with Western Pennsylvania Conservancy in an amount not to exceed TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND ($200,000) dollars to support the city’s equitable street tree plan over the course of up to three (3) of years.
Authorizes a City warrant payment to People’s Natural Gas Company, in the amount of Twenty Four Thousand Nine Hundred Forty Seven Dollars and Two Cents ($24,947.
Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with SAI Consulting Engineers Inc. for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering Phase for the Safe Routes to School project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Hundred Sixteen Thousand Four Hundred Seventy-Two Dollars and Eighty-Six Cents ($116,472.86), reimbursable at 100%.
Resolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Construction phase of the Pittsburgh Pedestrian Wayfinding Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00), an increase of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) from the previously executed agreement. This resolution serves to authorize only the amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements, at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh. Future Resolutions will authorize the project specific service agreements.
Resolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Construction phase of the Critical Sidewalk Gaps Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Four Hundred and Eighty Five Thousand Dollars ($1,485,000.00), an increase of Five Hundred and Five Thousand Dollars ($505,000.00) from the previously executed agreement. This resolution serves to authorize only the amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements, at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh. Future Resolutions will authorize the project specific service agreements.
Resolution amending Resolution 108 of 2023 effective 3/1/2023, which amended Resolution 458 of 2022 effective 9/7/2022, authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Fisher Phillips LLP for legal services in connection with collective bargaining, by further authorizing an amendment or amendments to said Professional Services Agreement, at no additional cost to the City.
Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Plaintiff, James Frierson, administrator of the estate of Jim Rogers, decedent, and his counsel of record, Todd, J.
Authorizes a City warrant payment to Bennet Omalu Pathology.
Resolution further amending Resolution No. 863 of 2018, effective January 1, 2019, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2019 Capital Budget and the 2019 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2019 through 2024 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND INSPECTION SERVICES by $46,000 and increasing COMPLETE STREETS by $46,000.
Resolution further amending Resolution No. 647 of 2020, effective December 23, 2020, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2021 Capital Budget and the 2021 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2021 through 2026 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS - SPORT FACILITIES by $200,000 and increasing COMPLETE STREETS by $200,000.
Resolution further amending Resolution No. 723 of 2022, effective December 27, 2022, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2023 Capital Budget, the 2023 Community Development Program, and the 2023 through 2028 Capital Improvement Program” by decreasing RAMP AND PUBLIC SIDEWALK by $75,000 and increasing COMPLETE STREETS by $75,000. RAMP AND PUBLIC SIDEWALK is further increased by $505,000 and SIGNAGE AND WAYFINDING increased by $500,000 to account for additional Federal Highway Administration funding being received at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh.
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Rynse, LLC. for services relating to the washing of City vehicles. Expenditures for the purchases shall be limited to authorized annual budgeted amounts by each City Using Department. The cost of each car wash has been pre-negotiated over the course of the agreement’s three-year term. Costs for these services will vary based on individual departmental need.
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Parks and Recreation to enter into a Sponsorship Agreement with Duolingo in support of the CommUnity Concert series, from which the City will receive a fee in the amount of Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($7,500.00).
Ordinance amending City Code Title Six: Conduct, Article V: Discrimination, Chapter 651: Findings and Policy, and Chapter 659: Unlawful Practices, by adding enhanced housing protections for survivors of domestic violence.
Resolution further amending Resolution No. 723 of 2022, effective December 27, 2022, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2023 Capital Budget, the 2023 Community Development Program, and the 2023 through 2028 Capital Improvement Program” by increasing PERSONNEL - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM by $97,804, increasing EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT by $7,044, increasing HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS by $260,014, and increasing HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM by $257,679. These changes are made in response to program allocations by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development and come at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh.
Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with the Jewish Healthcare Foundation to provide administration and operating expenses, housing and housing related supportive services to persons with HIV/AIDS and their families, at a total cost not to exceed $1,410,014.00.
Resolution further amending Resolution No. 723 of 2022, effective December 27, 2022, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2023 Capital Budget, the 2023 Community Development Program, and the 2023 through 2028 Capital Improvement Program” so as to grant $100,000 to specific Public Service Grant projects of the Mayor's Office and authorize a subsequent Agreement or Agreements.
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, and/or data collection activities, as associated with 2023 Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds at a cost not to exceed $1,207,044.00.
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Urban Design Ventures, LLC for services relating to the program design, and application development of the City’s HOME-ARP application for a sum not to exceed Twenty-Eight Thousand Six Hundred Thirty Dollars ($28,600.00) over three years for the payment of the costs thereof.
Resolution appointing Philip Wu as a Member of the Planning Commission with a term to expire October 1, 2029.
Resolution appointing Michele Miller Beener as a Member of the Commission on Infrastructure Asset Reporting and Investment with a term to expire September 15, 2027.
Files a communication from Sally Stadelman about activity reports and audits for the years ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2022.
Files a communication from Jake Pawlak about acting pay requests on behalf of the Department of Public Works for Robert Sapp, per the Acting Pay Policy revised in June 2018.
Resolution appointing Gregory Kottler as a Member of the Citizen Police Review Board with a term to expire October 31, 2027.
Records the Finance and Law committee report for October 4, 2023.
Resolution authorizing the issuance of two (2) warrants in favor of Plaintiff, Donald W. Waldorf and his attorneys Drexler Law, LLC, at a cost not-to-exceed One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($150,000.00) over two (2) years, in full and final settlement of litigation, including attorney’s fees and costs, filed at No. G.D. 19-014251 in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas.
Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Owen M.
Resolution repealing an item in Resolution Number 344 of 2018, effective date June 12, 2018, in order to rescind the sale.
Records the Public Safety and Wellness Services committee report for October 4, 2023.
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the purpose of receiving and spending grant funds in the amount of TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY NINE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOUR DOLLARS AND FIFTY FOUR CENTS ($269,954.54) with a local match of TWENTY SIX THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED NINETY FIVE DOLLARS AND FORTY FIVE CENTS ($26,995.45) for the purchase of ventilation saws and fans for vehicles.
Records the Public Works and Infrastructure committee report for October 4, 2023.
Resolution authorizing an interdepartmental transfer in the amount of $200,000.00 from the Bureau of Operations within the Department of Public Works to the Bureau of Facilities within the Department of Public Works. This transfer is necessary to reimburse materials purchased from the Bureau of Facilities that were ultimately used by activities in the Bureau of Operations.
Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with SAI Consulting Engineers Inc for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering Phase for the Larimer Avenue Bridge; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Two Hundred Forty One Thousand Five Hundred Seventy Three Dollars and Seventy Three Cents ($1,241,573.73), reimbursable at 95%.
Resolution providing for a Supplemental Agreement or Agreements with KCI Technologies Inc. for costs associated with the 28th St Bridge project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Nine Hundred Seventy Two Thousand One Hundred Dollars and Ninety Three Cents ($972,100.93), an increase of Seventy Two Thousand One Hundred Dollars and Ninety Three Cents ($72,100.93) to the amount previously authorized by Resolution 558 of 2020 to add additional funding for Preliminary Engineering Phase of the project.
Resolution providing for a Supplemental Agreement or Agreements with Wellington Power Corp. for construction services associated with the CBD Signal Phase 3 Construction Project; providing for payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Four Million, One Hundred Seven Thousand One Hundred Thirty Eight Dollars and Twenty Three Cents ($4,107,138.23), an increase of Two Hundred Forty Five Thousand One Hundred Seventy Nine Dollars and Eighty Eight Cents ($245,179.88) from the previously executed agreement (52813) as previously authorized by Resolution 203 of 2017, reimbursable at 80%.
Records the Human Resources committee report for October 4, 2023.
Resolution providing that the City of Pittsburgh enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contracts with Pittsburgh Event Childcare for professional services in connection with onsite childcare being provided to City of Pittsburgh employees during the days that school is not in session. Additionally, offsite childcare will be provided for those attending community events sponsored by the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services, and providing for payment of the cost thereof. Cost not to exceed $45,000.00.
Resolution providing for the formal recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the City of Pittsburgh as the second Monday of October to honor and appreciate the plight, contributions, culture, survivance, and achievements of the Indigenous communities in and around the City of Pittsburgh.
Records the Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs committee report for October 4, 2023.
Resolution amending Resolution 351 of 2020, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with the URA, HACP, Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Officer, and 327 NN LLC, by further authorizing an amendment or amendments to said Memorandum, at no cost to the City, and by adding 327 NN Rotunda LLC as a signatory.
Resolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh Housing Development Corporation for the sale of Block 26-P, Lot 185, in the 5th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (830 Adelaide Street - Council District No. 6) at no cost to the City.
Resolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Land Bank for the sale of Block 9-M, Lots 273 and 274, in the 3rd Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (Bedford Avenue - Council District No. 6), at no cost to the City.