Order 12024-0955
WHEREAS, Maser Galleries on Walnut Street was founded by husband and wife Ron “Lefty” and Brenda Maser in 1974; and,
Legislation Items
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| Order | File | Title | Discussion | Vote | Votes For | Votes Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024-0955 | WHEREAS, Maser Galleries on Walnut Street was founded by husband and wife Ron “Lefty” and Brenda Maser in 1974; and, | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 2 | 2024-0956 | WHEREAS, Chorbishop Michael J. Kail celebrated his 50th anniversary of ordination into the priesthood on September 14, 2024; and | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 3 | 2024-0957 | WHEREAS, Alpha Omicron Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity will be hosting its Fourth Annual Black & Gold Community Awards Gala on September 28, where members of the Pittsburgh community who exemplify the values of the fraternity will be recognized and honored; and, | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 4 | 2024-0958 | WHEREAS, the Northside Church of God, located at 1822 Chateau Street, holds the distinction of being the oldest Church of God in the state affiliated with the denomination’s headquarters in Cleveland, Tennessee; and, | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 5 | 2024-0941 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Municipal Investigations (OMI) to enter into an agreement or agreements with Versaterm (formerly known as CI-Technologies) to extend the current agreement and amend the name of the vendor, in an amount not to exceed Seven Thousand Two-Hundred and Eighty-Two Dollars and Eighty Cents ($7,282.80) over 1 year, for OMI’s electronic case-management system, IA Pro. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 6 | 2024-0942 | Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Rita Porterfield in an amount not to exceed Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000) as a settlement. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 7 | 2024-0943 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development for the purpose of receiving and spending grant funds in the amount of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($100,000) to support forensic genetic testing by the Bureau of Police. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 8 | 2024-0945 | Resolution amending Resolution No. 629 of 2023 further amending Resolution No. 484 of 2022 further amending Resolution No. 647 of 2021 authorizing the Mayor, the Director of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections, the Director of City Planning and the Director of Innovation & Performance to enter into an Amended Professional Service Agreement or Agreements with Buildingeye, Inc. ("Buildingeye") to purchase software and related support services that will create an interactive map for internal and public visual display of planning, permit, license, and violation data, by increasing the approved amount by increasing the approved amount by Forty Thousand Five Hundred Ninety Six Dollars and Zero Cents ($40,596) for an amended total cost not-to-exceed Six Hundred Twenty- Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty-Six dollars and Zero Cents ($627,936) over eight and a half (8.5) years. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 9 | 2024-0949 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the 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. Said agreement or agreement shall be for a term of one year at no cost to the City with compensation to the City not to exceed SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($773,100.00). | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 10 | 2024-0946 | Authorizes a City warrant payment to Comber Miller, LLC. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 11 | 2024-0947 | Authorizes a City warrant payment to Summers McDonnell Hudock Guthrie & Rauch, P. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 12 | 2024-0948 | Authorizes a City warrant payment to Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 13 | 2024-0950 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of Public Works to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program for the purpose of receiving grant funds in the amount of THREE HUNDRED THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SIXTY ($337,960.00) dollars for the installation of solar panels at the City’s Fourth Division. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 14 | 2024-0951 | Resolution authorizing the City of Pittsburgh, the Director of Public Works, and Director of Finance to enter into an easement agreement or agreements with Duquesne Light Company to provide, install, use, own, operate, maintain, repair, renew, and finally remove two light (2) poles and one (1) anchor along with thirty (30’) feet of vegetation clearing rights located upon City-owned property in the parking lot of the Pittsburgh Zoo (Parcel ID 82-H-1-0-2) at no cost to the City. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 15 | 2024-0952 | Allows INCHEON VENTURES LLC to use City right-of-way or property for infrastructure work. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 16 | 2024-0953 | Allows THE STANDARD BC LLC to use City right-of-way or property for infrastructure work. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 17 | 2024-0959 | Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article VI, Chapter 919, Signs, to create and establish the North Shore Entertainment District and set forth regulations for Neighborhood or District Gateway signs. (Sent to the Planning Commission for a report and recommendation on 1/29/25) (Resent to the Planning Commission for a report and recommendation on 6/27/25) (Report and Recommendation received 11/20/25) (Public Hearing held 1/20/26) | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 18 | 2024-0954 | Files a communication from Jake Pawlak about status update from the Grants Office for the week ended September 20, 2024. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 19 | 2024-0936 | Records the Finance and Law committee report for September 18, 2024. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 20 | 2024-0705 | Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Six: Conduct, Article V: Discrimination, Chapter 651: Findings and Policy, and Chapter 659: Unlawful Practices to make medical marijuana patients a protected class and restrict discrimination against them. | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 21 | 2024-0867 | Authorizes a City warrant payment to The Binkley Kanavy Group, LLC. | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 22 | 2024-0909 | Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant payable to the Allegheny County Department of Court Records for a single payment in 2024 in an amount not to exceed FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($500,000.00), in payment of the City of Pittsburgh’s Petition to Interplead and discharge of all liability and costs in the litigation filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at G.D. Luciani GD-22-005855 and GD-24-000971; Runco GD-22- 005927 and GD-24-000976; Evans GD-22-005929 and GD-24-000975; Engelmeier GD-22-010910 and GD-24-000997; Bench GD-23-001282 and GD-24-000978; Perry GD-23-001280 and GD-24- 00973; and Nichols GD-24-000996, GD-24-001072, and GD-24-001046. (Executive Session held 9/17/24) | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 23 | 2024-0937 | Records the Public Works and Infrastructure committee report for September 18, 2024. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 24 | 2024-0706 | Resolution authorizing, pursuant to Chapter 173 of the Pittsburgh City Code, the naming of Room 458 in the City-County Building to the Tim McNulty Press Room. (Public Hearing held 9/11/24) | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 25 | 2024-0868 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works of the City of Pittsburgh to apply for grant funding from the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County (RAAC)’s Gaming Economic Development Tourism Fund to rehabilitate the Brighton Heights Healthy Active Living Center. In the event the grant is awarded, this resolution provides for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($500,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose. | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 26 | 2024-0869 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh and the Director of the Department of Public Works to apply for a grant from the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County’s Gaming Economic Development Tourism Fund for the “Historic Former Carnegie Library of Hazelwood Phase 1 Roof Stabilization Repairs” project. The grant proposal includes an ask of $300,000 with a local private match of $150,000 for a total project cost of FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND ($450,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose. | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 27 | 2024-0870 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to apply for a grant from the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County’s Gaming Economic Development Tourism Fund for the 6th Street to Market Square connector project in the amount not to exceed TWO HUNDRED FORTY FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY SIX ($244,556.00) dollars for this stated purpose. | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 28 | 2024-0871 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to apply for a grant from the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County’s Gaming Economic Development Tourism Fund for the Upper McArdle Roadway Bridge Repairs project in an amount not to exceed TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND ($250,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose. | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 29 | 2024-0935 | Resolution approving the recommendation made by the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure that the block stone portions of Valonia, Marena and Uvilla Streets located in Elliott be paved with asphalt in accordance with Section 417.06 of the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances. | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 30 | 2024-0938 | Records the Land Use and Economic Development committee report for September 18, 2024. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 31 | 2024-0749 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreement(s) with Auberle for services relating to Non-Congregate Shelter Services related to the HOME-ARP program, for a total not to exceed One Million Five-Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000.00). | RECOMMITTED to the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 32 | 2024-0872 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Planning and/or the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Manchester Citizens Corporation for the purpose of receiving grant funds in the amount of Thirteen Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-Two ($13,852) dollars to support the city’s planning effort to study State Route 65 and ways to connect the Chateau and Manchester neighborhoods. | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 33 | 2024-0939 | Records the Recreation, Youth, and Senior Services committee report for September 18, 2024. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 34 | 2024-0866 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into a Sponsorship Agreement(s) with Clearview Federal Credit Union for the 2024 City of Pittsburgh Gingerbread House Display and Tree Lighting Ceremony at no cost to the City. | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 35 | 2024-0940 | Records the Innovation, Performance, Asset Management, and Technology committee report for September 18, 2024. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 36 | 2024-0864 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into a Professional Services Agreement or agreements with Matrix Pointe Software, LLC, in an amount not to exceed Three- Hundred and Ten Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($310,000.00) over six (6) years, for software, professional support, and related training services related to litigation case management for the City’s Department of Law. | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 |
Order 22024-0956
WHEREAS, Chorbishop Michael J. Kail celebrated his 50th anniversary of ordination into the priesthood on September 14, 2024; and
Order 32024-0957
WHEREAS, Alpha Omicron Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity will be hosting its Fourth Annual Black & Gold Community Awards Gala on September 28, where members of the Pittsburgh community who exemplify the values of the fraternity will be recognized and honored; and,
Order 42024-0958
WHEREAS, the Northside Church of God, located at 1822 Chateau Street, holds the distinction of being the oldest Church of God in the state affiliated with the denomination’s headquarters in Cleveland, Tennessee; and,
Order 52024-0941
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Municipal Investigations (OMI) to enter into an agreement or agreements with Versaterm (formerly known as CI-Technologies) to extend the current agreement and amend the name of the vendor, in an amount not to exceed Seven Thousand Two-Hundred and Eighty-Two Dollars and Eighty Cents ($7,282.80) over 1 year, for OMI’s electronic case-management system, IA Pro.
Order 62024-0942
Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Rita Porterfield in an amount not to exceed Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000) as a settlement.
Order 72024-0943
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development for the purpose of receiving and spending grant funds in the amount of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($100,000) to support forensic genetic testing by the Bureau of Police.
Order 82024-0945
Resolution amending Resolution No. 629 of 2023 further amending Resolution No. 484 of 2022 further amending Resolution No. 647 of 2021 authorizing the Mayor, the Director of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections, the Director of City Planning and the Director of Innovation & Performance to enter into an Amended Professional Service Agreement or Agreements with Buildingeye, Inc. ("Buildingeye") to purchase software and related support services that will create an interactive map for internal and public visual display of planning, permit, license, and violation data, by increasing the approved amount by increasing the approved amount by Forty Thousand Five Hundred Ninety Six Dollars and Zero Cents ($40,596) for an amended total cost not-to-exceed Six Hundred Twenty- Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty-Six dollars and Zero Cents ($627,936) over eight and a half (8.5) years.
Order 92024-0949
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the 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. Said agreement or agreement shall be for a term of one year at no cost to the City with compensation to the City not to exceed SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($773,100.00).
Order 102024-0946
Authorizes a City warrant payment to Comber Miller, LLC.
Order 112024-0947
Authorizes a City warrant payment to Summers McDonnell Hudock Guthrie & Rauch, P.
Order 122024-0948
Authorizes a City warrant payment to Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC.
Order 132024-0950
Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of Public Works to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program for the purpose of receiving grant funds in the amount of THREE HUNDRED THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SIXTY ($337,960.00) dollars for the installation of solar panels at the City’s Fourth Division.
Order 142024-0951
Resolution authorizing the City of Pittsburgh, the Director of Public Works, and Director of Finance to enter into an easement agreement or agreements with Duquesne Light Company to provide, install, use, own, operate, maintain, repair, renew, and finally remove two light (2) poles and one (1) anchor along with thirty (30’) feet of vegetation clearing rights located upon City-owned property in the parking lot of the Pittsburgh Zoo (Parcel ID 82-H-1-0-2) at no cost to the City.
Order 152024-0952
Allows INCHEON VENTURES LLC to use City right-of-way or property for infrastructure work.
Order 162024-0953
Allows THE STANDARD BC LLC to use City right-of-way or property for infrastructure work.
Order 172024-0959
Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article VI, Chapter 919, Signs, to create and establish the North Shore Entertainment District and set forth regulations for Neighborhood or District Gateway signs. (Sent to the Planning Commission for a report and recommendation on 1/29/25) (Resent to the Planning Commission for a report and recommendation on 6/27/25) (Report and Recommendation received 11/20/25) (Public Hearing held 1/20/26)
Order 182024-0954
Files a communication from Jake Pawlak about status update from the Grants Office for the week ended September 20, 2024.
Order 192024-0936
Records the Finance and Law committee report for September 18, 2024.
Order 202024-0705
Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Six: Conduct, Article V: Discrimination, Chapter 651: Findings and Policy, and Chapter 659: Unlawful Practices to make medical marijuana patients a protected class and restrict discrimination against them.
Order 212024-0867
Authorizes a City warrant payment to The Binkley Kanavy Group, LLC.
Order 222024-0909
Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant payable to the Allegheny County Department of Court Records for a single payment in 2024 in an amount not to exceed FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($500,000.00), in payment of the City of Pittsburgh’s Petition to Interplead and discharge of all liability and costs in the litigation filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at G.D. Luciani GD-22-005855 and GD-24-000971; Runco GD-22- 005927 and GD-24-000976; Evans GD-22-005929 and GD-24-000975; Engelmeier GD-22-010910 and GD-24-000997; Bench GD-23-001282 and GD-24-000978; Perry GD-23-001280 and GD-24- 00973; and Nichols GD-24-000996, GD-24-001072, and GD-24-001046. (Executive Session held 9/17/24)
Order 232024-0937
Records the Public Works and Infrastructure committee report for September 18, 2024.
Order 242024-0706
Resolution authorizing, pursuant to Chapter 173 of the Pittsburgh City Code, the naming of Room 458 in the City-County Building to the Tim McNulty Press Room. (Public Hearing held 9/11/24)
Order 252024-0868
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works of the City of Pittsburgh to apply for grant funding from the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County (RAAC)’s Gaming Economic Development Tourism Fund to rehabilitate the Brighton Heights Healthy Active Living Center. In the event the grant is awarded, this resolution provides for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($500,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.
Order 262024-0869
Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh and the Director of the Department of Public Works to apply for a grant from the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County’s Gaming Economic Development Tourism Fund for the “Historic Former Carnegie Library of Hazelwood Phase 1 Roof Stabilization Repairs” project. The grant proposal includes an ask of $300,000 with a local private match of $150,000 for a total project cost of FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND ($450,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.
Order 272024-0870
Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to apply for a grant from the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County’s Gaming Economic Development Tourism Fund for the 6th Street to Market Square connector project in the amount not to exceed TWO HUNDRED FORTY FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY SIX ($244,556.00) dollars for this stated purpose.
Order 282024-0871
Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to apply for a grant from the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County’s Gaming Economic Development Tourism Fund for the Upper McArdle Roadway Bridge Repairs project in an amount not to exceed TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND ($250,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.
Order 292024-0935
Resolution approving the recommendation made by the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure that the block stone portions of Valonia, Marena and Uvilla Streets located in Elliott be paved with asphalt in accordance with Section 417.06 of the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances.
Order 302024-0938
Records the Land Use and Economic Development committee report for September 18, 2024.
Order 312024-0749
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreement(s) with Auberle for services relating to Non-Congregate Shelter Services related to the HOME-ARP program, for a total not to exceed One Million Five-Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000.00).
Order 322024-0872
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Planning and/or the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Manchester Citizens Corporation for the purpose of receiving grant funds in the amount of Thirteen Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-Two ($13,852) dollars to support the city’s planning effort to study State Route 65 and ways to connect the Chateau and Manchester neighborhoods.
Order 332024-0939
Records the Recreation, Youth, and Senior Services committee report for September 18, 2024.
Order 342024-0866
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into a Sponsorship Agreement(s) with Clearview Federal Credit Union for the 2024 City of Pittsburgh Gingerbread House Display and Tree Lighting Ceremony at no cost to the City.
Order 352024-0940
Records the Innovation, Performance, Asset Management, and Technology committee report for September 18, 2024.
Order 362024-0864
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into a Professional Services Agreement or agreements with Matrix Pointe Software, LLC, in an amount not to exceed Three- Hundred and Ten Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($310,000.00) over six (6) years, for software, professional support, and related training services related to litigation case management for the City’s Department of Law.