Meeting

Standing Committees · Nov 20, 2023

1:30 PM · Council Chambers · 25 itemsMinutes Details

Legislation Items

Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.

OrderFileTitleDiscussionVoteVotes ForVotes Against
12023-2146Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to a single payment in 2023 to Evelyn Mary Miller and her attorneys Woomer & Talarico, LLC, at a cost not to exceed Thirty-five Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($35,000.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
22023-2147Resolution 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 2024 Fiscal Year. (Public Hearing held 12/14/23)No matched discussionHeld for Cablecast Public HearingNot recordedNot recorded
32023-2148Resolution 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 2024 Fiscal Year. (Public Hearing held 12/14/23)No matched discussionHeld for Cablecast Public HearingNot recordedNot recorded
42023-2149Resolution adopting and approving the 2024 Capital Budget, the proposed 2024 Community Development Program, and the 2024 through 2029 Capital Improvement Program. (Public Hearing held 12/14/23)No matched discussionHeld for Cablecast Public HearingNot recordedNot recorded
52023-2150Resolution 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, 2024. (Public Hearing held 12/14/23)No matched discussionHeld for Cablecast Public HearingNot recordedNot recorded
62023-2151Resolution fixing the number of officers and employees of the City of Pittsburgh for the 2024 fiscal year, and the rate of compensation thereof, and setting maximum levels for designated positions. (Public Hearing held 12/14/23)No matched discussionHeld for Cablecast Public HearingNot recordedNot recorded
72023-2152Resolution authorizing City Council to approve intra-departmental transfers throughout the 2024 Fiscal Year. (Public Hearing held 12/14/23)No matched discussionHeld for Cablecast Public HearingNot recordedNot recorded
82023-2153Resolution authorizing appropriations and salaries of the Stop the Violence Fund for the 2024 Fiscal Year, beginning January 1, 2024. (Public Hearing held 12/14/23)No matched discussionHeld for Cablecast Public HearingNot recordedNot recorded
92023-2154Resolution authorizing appropriations, salaries, and capital expenditures of the Parks Trust Fund for the 2024 Fiscal Year, beginning January 1, 2024. (Public Hearing held 12/14/23)No matched discussionHeld for Cablecast Public HearingNot recordedNot recorded
102023-2155Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh (URA) for the administration of certain 2024 PAYGO-funded projects and programs, and providing for the payment of the cost thereof not to exceed $2,750,000.00. (Public Hearing held 12/14/23)No matched discussionHeld for Cablecast Public Hearing to the Committee on HearingsNot recordedNot recorded
112023-2156Ordinance 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 2024. (Public Hearing held 12/14/23)No matched discussionHeld for Cablecast Public HearingNot recordedNot recorded
122023-2157Resolution 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 2024 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). (Public Hearing held 12/14/23)No matched discussionHeld for Cablecast Public HearingNot recordedNot recorded
132023-2158Resolution authorizing the fee schedule for 2024 pursuant to Chapter 170 of the City Code. (Public Hearing held 12/14/23)No matched discussionHeld for Cablecast Public HearingNot recordedNot recorded
142023-2159Ordinance 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 2024. (Public Hearing held 12/14/23)No matched discussionHeld for Cablecast Public Hearing to the Committee on HearingsNot recordedNot recorded
152023-2160Ordinance 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 2024 fiscal year. (Public Hearing held 12/14/23)No matched discussionHeld for Cablecast Public HearingNot recordedNot recorded
162023-2161Ordinance 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 2024. (Public Hearing held 12/14/23)No matched discussionHeld for Cablecast Public Hearing to the Committee on HearingsNot recordedNot recorded
172023-2122Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to a single payment in 2023 to 2826 Edwards Way Associates, LLC and its’ attorneys McMillen Law Office, LLC, at a cost not-to-exceed One Hundred Seventy-four Thousand Three Hundred Twenty Dollars and No Cents ($174,320.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
182023-2144Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Allegheny County and the Department of Justice’s Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant for the purpose of receiving and spending grant funds in the amount of EIGHTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($85,000) to support the purchase of new holsters.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
192023-2164Resolution authorizing the taking, appropriating, and condemning by the City of Pittsburgh of certain easements necessary for the completion of temporary support work for land stabilization around Andover Terrace for public transportation purposes through eminent domain and further authorizing the payment of just compensation and necessary and incidental acquisition costs related thereto at an amount not to exceed nineteen thousand dollars ($19,000).No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
202023-2189Authorizes a City warrant payment to Burnalong, Inc.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
212023-1817Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article VI, Chapter 919, Signs, to regulate the use of non-advertising signs for Major Public Destination Facilities in the RIV-NS District. (Needs to be sent to the Planning Commission for a Report & Recommendation)No matched discussionReferred for Report and Recommendation to the Commission - Planning CommissionNot recordedNot recorded
222023-2084Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreement(s) with various community-based organizations for the implementation of the 2023 Neighborhood Economic Development program and to provide for the payment of the costs thereof, at a cost not to exceed $500,000.00.No matched discussionHeld in Committee to the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development, due back by 11/29/2023Not recordedNot recorded
232023-2162Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of Public Safety, and the Director of Innovation & Performance to enter into a Professional Service Agreement or Agreements with EProval to provide film and event permitting application software, at an overall cost to the City not to exceed TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($250,000) over five years.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
242023-2163Resolution amending Resolution 650 of 2022 authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an agreement or agreements or amendments thereto with Change Agents Training for access to their Learning Management System and consultative assistance to adapt the City of Pittsburgh Gold Belt Workshop for e-Learning by increasing the approved amount by $36,000 for an additional one year with option to renew for one more year ($18,000 per year), for an amended total cost not-to-exceed Seventy Two Thousand Dollars ($72,000).No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
252023-2145Resolution providing for a Supplemental Agreement or Agreements with Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (“PWSA) to reimburse expenses of PWSA incurred for roadway base and pavement restoration performed by PWSA on behalf of utilities and the City in advance of the Bus Rapid Transit Project, not to exceed Six Hundred Ninety-Six Thousand Seven Hundred and Five Dollars and Ninety- Two Cents ($696,705.92), an increase of One Hundred Thirty-Nine Thousand Seven Hundred and Three Dollars and Sixty-Eight Cents ($139,703.68) to the amount previously authorized by Resolution 474 of 2022.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
Order 12023-2146

Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to a single payment in 2023 to Evelyn Mary Miller and her attorneys Woomer & Talarico, LLC, at a cost not to exceed Thirty-five Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($35,000.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 22023-2147

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 2024 Fiscal Year. (Public Hearing held 12/14/23)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held for Cablecast Public Hearing
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 32023-2148

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 2024 Fiscal Year. (Public Hearing held 12/14/23)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held for Cablecast Public Hearing
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 42023-2149

Resolution adopting and approving the 2024 Capital Budget, the proposed 2024 Community Development Program, and the 2024 through 2029 Capital Improvement Program. (Public Hearing held 12/14/23)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held for Cablecast Public Hearing
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 52023-2150

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, 2024. (Public Hearing held 12/14/23)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held for Cablecast Public Hearing
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 62023-2151

Resolution fixing the number of officers and employees of the City of Pittsburgh for the 2024 fiscal year, and the rate of compensation thereof, and setting maximum levels for designated positions. (Public Hearing held 12/14/23)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held for Cablecast Public Hearing
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 72023-2152

Resolution authorizing City Council to approve intra-departmental transfers throughout the 2024 Fiscal Year. (Public Hearing held 12/14/23)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held for Cablecast Public Hearing
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 82023-2153

Resolution authorizing appropriations and salaries of the Stop the Violence Fund for the 2024 Fiscal Year, beginning January 1, 2024. (Public Hearing held 12/14/23)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held for Cablecast Public Hearing
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 92023-2154

Resolution authorizing appropriations, salaries, and capital expenditures of the Parks Trust Fund for the 2024 Fiscal Year, beginning January 1, 2024. (Public Hearing held 12/14/23)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held for Cablecast Public Hearing
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 102023-2155

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh (URA) for the administration of certain 2024 PAYGO-funded projects and programs, and providing for the payment of the cost thereof not to exceed $2,750,000.00. (Public Hearing held 12/14/23)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held for Cablecast Public Hearing to the Committee on Hearings
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 112023-2156

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 2024. (Public Hearing held 12/14/23)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held for Cablecast Public Hearing
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 122023-2157

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 2024 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). (Public Hearing held 12/14/23)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held for Cablecast Public Hearing
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 132023-2158

Resolution authorizing the fee schedule for 2024 pursuant to Chapter 170 of the City Code. (Public Hearing held 12/14/23)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held for Cablecast Public Hearing
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 142023-2159

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 2024. (Public Hearing held 12/14/23)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held for Cablecast Public Hearing to the Committee on Hearings
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 152023-2160

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 2024 fiscal year. (Public Hearing held 12/14/23)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held for Cablecast Public Hearing
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 162023-2161

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 2024. (Public Hearing held 12/14/23)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held for Cablecast Public Hearing to the Committee on Hearings
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 172023-2122

Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to a single payment in 2023 to 2826 Edwards Way Associates, LLC and its’ attorneys McMillen Law Office, LLC, at a cost not-to-exceed One Hundred Seventy-four Thousand Three Hundred Twenty Dollars and No Cents ($174,320.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 182023-2144

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Allegheny County and the Department of Justice’s Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant for the purpose of receiving and spending grant funds in the amount of EIGHTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($85,000) to support the purchase of new holsters.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 192023-2164

Resolution authorizing the taking, appropriating, and condemning by the City of Pittsburgh of certain easements necessary for the completion of temporary support work for land stabilization around Andover Terrace for public transportation purposes through eminent domain and further authorizing the payment of just compensation and necessary and incidental acquisition costs related thereto at an amount not to exceed nineteen thousand dollars ($19,000).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 202023-2189

Authorizes a City warrant payment to Burnalong, Inc.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 212023-1817

Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article VI, Chapter 919, Signs, to regulate the use of non-advertising signs for Major Public Destination Facilities in the RIV-NS District. (Needs to be sent to the Planning Commission for a Report & Recommendation)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Referred for Report and Recommendation to the Commission - Planning Commission
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 222023-2084

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreement(s) with various community-based organizations for the implementation of the 2023 Neighborhood Economic Development program and to provide for the payment of the costs thereof, at a cost not to exceed $500,000.00.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in Committee to the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development, due back by 11/29/2023
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 232023-2162

Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of Public Safety, and the Director of Innovation & Performance to enter into a Professional Service Agreement or Agreements with EProval to provide film and event permitting application software, at an overall cost to the City not to exceed TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($250,000) over five years.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 242023-2163

Resolution amending Resolution 650 of 2022 authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an agreement or agreements or amendments thereto with Change Agents Training for access to their Learning Management System and consultative assistance to adapt the City of Pittsburgh Gold Belt Workshop for e-Learning by increasing the approved amount by $36,000 for an additional one year with option to renew for one more year ($18,000 per year), for an amended total cost not-to-exceed Seventy Two Thousand Dollars ($72,000).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 252023-2145

Resolution providing for a Supplemental Agreement or Agreements with Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (“PWSA) to reimburse expenses of PWSA incurred for roadway base and pavement restoration performed by PWSA on behalf of utilities and the City in advance of the Bus Rapid Transit Project, not to exceed Six Hundred Ninety-Six Thousand Seven Hundred and Five Dollars and Ninety- Two Cents ($696,705.92), an increase of One Hundred Thirty-Nine Thousand Seven Hundred and Three Dollars and Sixty-Eight Cents ($139,703.68) to the amount previously authorized by Resolution 474 of 2022.

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