Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.
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| 1 | 2024-1308 | WHEREAS, Jack and Jill of America, Inc. was founded January 24, 1938 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at a meeting of 20 mothers who came together to create an organization to provide social, cultural and educational opportunities for youth between the ages of 2 and 19; and, | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 2 | 2024-1309 | WHEREAS, Andrew “Torio” Donald was born in Pittsburgh, PA on September 17th, 1970. Andrew comes from a large family as he has three (3) brothers and three (3) sisters and was reared in the inner city from very humble beginnings in the district 9 neighborhood of Homewood. and, | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 3 | 2024-1310 | WHEREAS, Zane Noah Aqra of Troop 109 was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout from The Boy Scouts of America; and, | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 4 | 2024-1311 | WHEREAS, Volunteers are invaluable resources to a community. At its core, volunteerism embodies a spirit of selflessness by individuals who willingly contribute their time, skills and resources; and, | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 5 | 2024-1312 | WHEREAS, Amnesty International, founded in London in 1961, is a Nobel Prize-winning grassroots activist organization that undertakes research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights; and, | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 6 | 2024-1313 | WHEREAS, David Johnson was born in Jacksonville, Florida, and grew up in nearby Daytona Beach; and, | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 7 | 2024-1314 | WHEREAS, this proclamation honors the 100th Year Anniversary of the Business and Professional Girls’ Club of the Centre Avenue YWCA (Girls’ Club) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, founded with Ms. Mary Turner Burrell’s vision when she and a group of young women in 1924 formed the Girls’ Club, which later affiliated with the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc. (NANBPWC) led by President Betty Allen Graves in 1951; and, | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 8 | 2024-1293 | Resolution amending Resolution 756 of 2023, providing for the authorization to make all legitimate expenditures for payments and agreements or agreements with various agencies for job development and employment services necessary to implement the 2023 Neighborhood Employment Program, and providing the periodic transfer of funds to be used in the 2023 Neighborhood Employment Program for payment of cost thereof, cost not to exceed Two Hundred Ten Thousand ($210,000.00) Dollars. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 9 | 2024-1294 | Resolution providing for the authorization to make all legitimate expenditures for payments and agreements or agreements with various agencies for job development and employment services necessary to implement the 2024 Neighborhood Employment Program, and providing the periodic transfer of funds to be used in the 2024 Neighborhood Employment Program for payment of cost thereof, cost not to exceed Two Hundred Ten Thousand ($210,000.00) Dollars. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 10 | 2024-1295 | Resolution providing the authorization to make all legitimate expenditures for payments and agreements or agreements with various agencies to provide job development and employment services, wages and fringe benefits for supervisor, staff, workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation, vocational skills training and on-the-job training, outreach, recruitment costs and administrative expenditures necessary to implement the 2024 Pittsburgh Partnership Employment Program; and providing the periodic transfer of funds to be used in the 2024 Pittsburgh Partnership Employment Program, and for payment of cost thereof, cost not to exceed Three Hundred Thousand ($300,000.00) Dollars. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 11 | 2024-1296 | Authorizes a City warrant payment to Amcom in the amount of Sixty-One Thousand One Hundred Three Dollars and Forty-Two Cents ($61,103. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 12 | 2024-1297 | Resolution amending Resolution 320-2024, 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 and amendments thereto with Monday.com, an online project management and portfolio management tool, for use with multiple City departments by increasing the approved amount by Seventy-Nine Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($79,200) for an amended total cost not-to-exceed Three Hundred Twenty-Three Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($323,200) over 4 years. (Waiver of Competitive Process Received) | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 13 | 2024-1298 | Authorizes a City warrant payment to US Ignite in the amount of Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 14 | 2024-1299 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with MGT Impact Solutions, LLC for services relating to conducting a business disparity causation analysis and economic impact analysis study on behalf of the Pittsburgh Regional Disparity Study Consortium, comprised of the City of Pittsburgh, the County of Allegheny, the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP), the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), the Parking Authority, Pittsburgh Water, and the Stadium Authority, to ensure that minority-owned, woman-owned (“MWBEs”), and LGBTQ-owned (LGBTQBE) businesses are afforded equitable opportunities to participate in local government and other contracts within our region for a sum not to exceed One Million One Hundred Fifty-One Thousand Five Hundred Ninety Dollars and Zero Cents ($1,151,590.00). | Waived under Rule 8 | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 15 | 2024-1300 | Resolution authorizing fifty-two (52) Open-End Professional Services Agreements with multiple vendors to provide professional services on an on-call basis as required related to various professional services as needed by the various Departments of the City of Pittsburgh, each Agreement being at an amount not-to-exceed one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) annually for a three-year term, and providing for funding of the costs thereof. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 16 | 2024-1301 | Resolution authorizing fifty two (52) Open-End Professional Services Agreements with multiple vendors to provide professional services on an on-call basis as required related to various professional services as needed by the various Departments of the City of Pittsburgh, each Agreement being at an amount not-to-exceed seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) annually for a three year term, and providing for funding of the costs thereof. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 17 | 2024-1302 | Resolution amending resolution No. 322 of 2024, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Works to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ Community Conservation Partnerships Program to provide funding for the Spring Hill Park Rehabilitation project. The grant proposal includes an ask of FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FIVE ($562,605.00) dollars” to accept the grant, decrease the amount, and authorize necessary expenditures. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 18 | 2024-1303 | Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article I, Introduction and Establishment, Section 902.03, Zoning Map, to rezone parcels bounded by Neville Street, Forbes Avenue, S Bellefield Avenue, and Bigelow Boulevard in the North Oakland neighborhood from RM-M, RM-VH (Multi-Unit Residential, Moderate and Very High Density), OPR-B (Oakland Public Realm, Subdistrict B), SP-7 (Specially Planned District 7), UI (Urban Industrial), and H (Hillside) to Urban Center Employment (UC-E) and Urban Center Mixed Use (UC-MU) in the North Oakland neighborhood. (Public Hearing held 2/5/25) | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 19 | 2024-1315 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of Public Safety to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Casa San José for services relating to universal representation in immigration proceedings, for a sum not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00). | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 20 | 2024-1304 | Resolution appointing Anne Marie Ellison as the Manager of the Office of Equal Protection of the City of Pittsburgh. | Approved | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 21 | 2024-1305 | Resolution appointing Nathaniel Harper as the Manager of the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs of the City of Pittsburgh. | Approved | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 22 | 2024-1306 | Resolution appointing Andrew Dewitt as a Member of the Commission on Infrastructure Asset Reporting and Investment with a term to expire December 1, 2028. | Approved | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 23 | 2024-1307 | Files a communication from Jake Pawlak about status update from the Grants Office for the week ended December 6, 2024. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 24 | 2024-1203 | Notifies City Council of the appointment of Ronald Porter as a Member of the Equal Opportunity Review Commission with a term to expire November 1, 2028. | Approved | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 25 | 2024-1285 | Records the Finance and Law committee report for December 4, 2024. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 26 | 2024-1236 | Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Marya A. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 27 | 2024-1237 | Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Cassandra Hoskey, and her attorney, Rabner Law Offices, P. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 28 | 2024-1238 | Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Suad Ibrahim, and their attorneys, Kontos, Mengine, Killion & Hassen. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 29 | 2024-1239 | Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Kush T. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 30 | 2024-1240 | Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Iron City Ventures, LLC. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 31 | 2024-1241 | Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Sarah Pratt, and her attorneys, HKM Employment Attorneys, LLP. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 32 | 2024-1242 | Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Gordon M. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 33 | 2024-1243 | Authorizes a City warrant payment to Frost Brown Todd, LLC. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 34 | 2024-1244 | Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Joanna Obuzor. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 35 | 2024-1245 | Resolution providing for the sale of certain property, acquired by the City of Pittsburgh at tax sales. ITEMS A through Q: A: 4331 Dakota Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 6), [B: 251 Brereton Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 7) - DELETED], [C: 0 Brereton Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 7) - DELETED], D: 5369 Warble Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 9), E: 5217 Natrona Way (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 7), F: 521 Kendall Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 7), G: 7053 Chaucer Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 9), H: 0 Bricelyn Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 9), I: 0 Bricelyn Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 9), J: 0 Millbridge Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 3), K: 0 Millbridge Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 3), L: 2929 Zephyr Avenue (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 2), [M: 0 Itin Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 1) - DELETED], N: 239 E Jefferson Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 6), O: 1440 Sandusky Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 6), [P: 0 Sunset Avenue (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 1) - DELETED], Q: 1637 Marylin Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 5). | AMENDED | Aye: 9Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 36 | 2024-1246 | Resolution authorizing, pursuant to Chapter 210 of the City Code (“Acceptance of Gifts to City”), the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to accept a donation from Varonis of professional services to conduct an assessment of data security risks to the City of Pittsburgh, at an estimated market value of $40,000; and further to enter into an agreement or agreements or amendments thereto with Varonis for such professional services. There is no cost to the City. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 37 | 2024-1247 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Bloomberg Philanthropies for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the Bloomberg American Sustainable Cities (BASC) Initiative in the amount not to exceed ONE HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND ($120,000.00) dollars for the City’s Innovation Team project. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 38 | 2024-1270 | Resolution further amending Resolution No. 723 of 2022, effective December 27, 2022, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2023 Capital Budget, the 2023 Community Development Program, and the 2023 through 2028 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing Sport Facilities by $100,000.00 and increasing Play Area Improvements by $100,000.00. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 39 | 2024-1286 | Records the Public Safety and Wellness committee report for December 4, 2024. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 40 | 2024-1226 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into an agreement or agreements with A Step Up Veterinary, Inc. for professional licensed veterinary services to the City's Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Animal Care & Control, at an overall cost to the City not to exceed TWO HUNDRED NINETY-TWO THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED NINETY DOLLARS AND FORTY-EIGHT CENTS ($292,390.48) over four years. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 41 | 2024-1287 | Records the Public Works and Infrastructure committee report for December 4, 2024. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 42 | 2024-1249 | Resolution providing for an amended Agreement or Agreements with SAI Consulting Engineers, Inc. for costs associated with the CBD Signals Phase 4 Project; providing for payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Six Hundred Thirty-Three Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-Seven Dollars and Forty-Six Cents ($633,887.46), an increase of Fifty-Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine Dollars and Eighty-Two Cents ($57,999.82) from the previously passed authorization (688 of 2024). | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 43 | 2024-1251 | Resolution authorizing an interdepartmental transfer in the amount of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) from the Department of Public Works, Bureau of Facilities to the Department of Public Works, Bureau of Administration to pay for utility expenses. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 44 | 2024-1271 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an Agreement, or Agreements, or the use of existing agreements, with the Pittsburgh Public Schools (“PPS”), for the purpose of renovating the playground on PPS-owned property known as Westwood Park where Westwood PreK-5 School resides, at a cost not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00). | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 45 | 2024-1288 | Records the Human Resources committee report for December 4, 2024. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 46 | 2024-1223 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service to enter into an agreement that will amend Resolution 97 of 2024, which authorized a Professional Services contract between the City of Pittsburgh and UPMC Benefit Management Services, Inc., d/b/a WorkPartners EAP Life Solutions for services relating to the administration of the City of Pittsburgh’s Employee Assistance Program by extending the contract for one year, increasing the approved amount by Forty-Nine Thousand Five Hundred dollars ($49,500.00), for a new total cost not to exceed Ninety-Nine Thousand dollars ($99,000.00). | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 47 | 2024-1224 | Resolution amending resolution No. 95 of 2024, authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Human Resources and Civil Service to enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) with P&A Group for services relating to the administration of the City of Pittsburgh’s Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) program by adding One Hundred and Sixty-Five Thousand Dollars ($165,000.00) and extending the contract for three (3) years, for a new total not to exceed One Hundred Eighty Thousand dollars ($180,000.00) over the course of four years. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 48 | 2024-1225 | Resolution providing for a Professional Agreement(s) with Lewis Neatrour Consulting to provide strategic planning and training to the Commission over one (1) year at a total cost not-to-exceed Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000). (Waiver of Competitive Process Requested) | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 49 | 2024-1289 | Records the Land Use and Economic Development committee report for December 4, 2024. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 50 | 2024-0819 | Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article I, Introduction and Establishment, Section 902.03, Zoning Map, to rezone parcels 83-J-300, 83- K-104, and 83-K-102 from R2-M (Two-Unit Residential, Moderate Density) to RM-VH (Multi-Unit Residential, Very High Density) and parcels 83-J-301, 83-K-48, 83-K-60, and a portion of 83-K-61 from RM-M (Multi-Unit Residential, Moderate Density) to RM-VH (Multi-Unit Residential, Very High Density) in the East Liberty neighborhood. (Public Hearing held 10/23/24) | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 |
WHEREAS, Jack and Jill of America, Inc. was founded January 24, 1938 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at a meeting of 20 mothers who came together to create an organization to provide social, cultural and educational opportunities for youth between the ages of 2 and 19; and,
WHEREAS, Andrew “Torio” Donald was born in Pittsburgh, PA on September 17th, 1970. Andrew comes from a large family as he has three (3) brothers and three (3) sisters and was reared in the inner city from very humble beginnings in the district 9 neighborhood of Homewood. and,
WHEREAS, Zane Noah Aqra of Troop 109 was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout from The Boy Scouts of America; and,
WHEREAS, Volunteers are invaluable resources to a community. At its core, volunteerism embodies a spirit of selflessness by individuals who willingly contribute their time, skills and resources; and,
WHEREAS, Amnesty International, founded in London in 1961, is a Nobel Prize-winning grassroots activist organization that undertakes research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights; and,
WHEREAS, David Johnson was born in Jacksonville, Florida, and grew up in nearby Daytona Beach; and,
WHEREAS, this proclamation honors the 100th Year Anniversary of the Business and Professional Girls’ Club of the Centre Avenue YWCA (Girls’ Club) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, founded with Ms. Mary Turner Burrell’s vision when she and a group of young women in 1924 formed the Girls’ Club, which later affiliated with the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc. (NANBPWC) led by President Betty Allen Graves in 1951; and,
Resolution amending Resolution 756 of 2023, providing for the authorization to make all legitimate expenditures for payments and agreements or agreements with various agencies for job development and employment services necessary to implement the 2023 Neighborhood Employment Program, and providing the periodic transfer of funds to be used in the 2023 Neighborhood Employment Program for payment of cost thereof, cost not to exceed Two Hundred Ten Thousand ($210,000.00) Dollars.
Resolution providing for the authorization to make all legitimate expenditures for payments and agreements or agreements with various agencies for job development and employment services necessary to implement the 2024 Neighborhood Employment Program, and providing the periodic transfer of funds to be used in the 2024 Neighborhood Employment Program for payment of cost thereof, cost not to exceed Two Hundred Ten Thousand ($210,000.00) Dollars.
Resolution providing the authorization to make all legitimate expenditures for payments and agreements or agreements with various agencies to provide job development and employment services, wages and fringe benefits for supervisor, staff, workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation, vocational skills training and on-the-job training, outreach, recruitment costs and administrative expenditures necessary to implement the 2024 Pittsburgh Partnership Employment Program; and providing the periodic transfer of funds to be used in the 2024 Pittsburgh Partnership Employment Program, and for payment of cost thereof, cost not to exceed Three Hundred Thousand ($300,000.00) Dollars.
Authorizes a City warrant payment to Amcom in the amount of Sixty-One Thousand One Hundred Three Dollars and Forty-Two Cents ($61,103.
Resolution amending Resolution 320-2024, 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 and amendments thereto with Monday.com, an online project management and portfolio management tool, for use with multiple City departments by increasing the approved amount by Seventy-Nine Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($79,200) for an amended total cost not-to-exceed Three Hundred Twenty-Three Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($323,200) over 4 years. (Waiver of Competitive Process Received)
Authorizes a City warrant payment to US Ignite in the amount of Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with MGT Impact Solutions, LLC for services relating to conducting a business disparity causation analysis and economic impact analysis study on behalf of the Pittsburgh Regional Disparity Study Consortium, comprised of the City of Pittsburgh, the County of Allegheny, the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP), the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), the Parking Authority, Pittsburgh Water, and the Stadium Authority, to ensure that minority-owned, woman-owned (“MWBEs”), and LGBTQ-owned (LGBTQBE) businesses are afforded equitable opportunities to participate in local government and other contracts within our region for a sum not to exceed One Million One Hundred Fifty-One Thousand Five Hundred Ninety Dollars and Zero Cents ($1,151,590.00).
Resolution authorizing fifty-two (52) Open-End Professional Services Agreements with multiple vendors to provide professional services on an on-call basis as required related to various professional services as needed by the various Departments of the City of Pittsburgh, each Agreement being at an amount not-to-exceed one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) annually for a three-year term, and providing for funding of the costs thereof.
Resolution authorizing fifty two (52) Open-End Professional Services Agreements with multiple vendors to provide professional services on an on-call basis as required related to various professional services as needed by the various Departments of the City of Pittsburgh, each Agreement being at an amount not-to-exceed seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) annually for a three year term, and providing for funding of the costs thereof.
Resolution amending resolution No. 322 of 2024, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Works to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ Community Conservation Partnerships Program to provide funding for the Spring Hill Park Rehabilitation project. The grant proposal includes an ask of FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FIVE ($562,605.00) dollars” to accept the grant, decrease the amount, and authorize necessary expenditures.
Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article I, Introduction and Establishment, Section 902.03, Zoning Map, to rezone parcels bounded by Neville Street, Forbes Avenue, S Bellefield Avenue, and Bigelow Boulevard in the North Oakland neighborhood from RM-M, RM-VH (Multi-Unit Residential, Moderate and Very High Density), OPR-B (Oakland Public Realm, Subdistrict B), SP-7 (Specially Planned District 7), UI (Urban Industrial), and H (Hillside) to Urban Center Employment (UC-E) and Urban Center Mixed Use (UC-MU) in the North Oakland neighborhood. (Public Hearing held 2/5/25)
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of Public Safety to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Casa San José for services relating to universal representation in immigration proceedings, for a sum not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00).
Resolution appointing Anne Marie Ellison as the Manager of the Office of Equal Protection of the City of Pittsburgh.
Resolution appointing Nathaniel Harper as the Manager of the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs of the City of Pittsburgh.
Resolution appointing Andrew Dewitt as a Member of the Commission on Infrastructure Asset Reporting and Investment with a term to expire December 1, 2028.
Files a communication from Jake Pawlak about status update from the Grants Office for the week ended December 6, 2024.
Notifies City Council of the appointment of Ronald Porter as a Member of the Equal Opportunity Review Commission with a term to expire November 1, 2028.
Records the Finance and Law committee report for December 4, 2024.
Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Marya A.
Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Cassandra Hoskey, and her attorney, Rabner Law Offices, P.
Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Suad Ibrahim, and their attorneys, Kontos, Mengine, Killion & Hassen.
Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Kush T.
Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Iron City Ventures, LLC.
Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Sarah Pratt, and her attorneys, HKM Employment Attorneys, LLP.
Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Gordon M.
Authorizes a City warrant payment to Frost Brown Todd, LLC.
Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Joanna Obuzor.
Resolution providing for the sale of certain property, acquired by the City of Pittsburgh at tax sales. ITEMS A through Q: A: 4331 Dakota Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 6), [B: 251 Brereton Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 7) - DELETED], [C: 0 Brereton Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 7) - DELETED], D: 5369 Warble Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 9), E: 5217 Natrona Way (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 7), F: 521 Kendall Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 7), G: 7053 Chaucer Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 9), H: 0 Bricelyn Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 9), I: 0 Bricelyn Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 9), J: 0 Millbridge Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 3), K: 0 Millbridge Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 3), L: 2929 Zephyr Avenue (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 2), [M: 0 Itin Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 1) - DELETED], N: 239 E Jefferson Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 6), O: 1440 Sandusky Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 6), [P: 0 Sunset Avenue (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 1) - DELETED], Q: 1637 Marylin Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 5).
Resolution authorizing, pursuant to Chapter 210 of the City Code (“Acceptance of Gifts to City”), the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to accept a donation from Varonis of professional services to conduct an assessment of data security risks to the City of Pittsburgh, at an estimated market value of $40,000; and further to enter into an agreement or agreements or amendments thereto with Varonis for such professional services. There is no cost to the City.
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Bloomberg Philanthropies for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the Bloomberg American Sustainable Cities (BASC) Initiative in the amount not to exceed ONE HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND ($120,000.00) dollars for the City’s Innovation Team project.
Resolution further amending Resolution No. 723 of 2022, effective December 27, 2022, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2023 Capital Budget, the 2023 Community Development Program, and the 2023 through 2028 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing Sport Facilities by $100,000.00 and increasing Play Area Improvements by $100,000.00.
Records the Public Safety and Wellness committee report for December 4, 2024.
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into an agreement or agreements with A Step Up Veterinary, Inc. for professional licensed veterinary services to the City's Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Animal Care & Control, at an overall cost to the City not to exceed TWO HUNDRED NINETY-TWO THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED NINETY DOLLARS AND FORTY-EIGHT CENTS ($292,390.48) over four years.
Records the Public Works and Infrastructure committee report for December 4, 2024.
Resolution providing for an amended Agreement or Agreements with SAI Consulting Engineers, Inc. for costs associated with the CBD Signals Phase 4 Project; providing for payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Six Hundred Thirty-Three Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-Seven Dollars and Forty-Six Cents ($633,887.46), an increase of Fifty-Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine Dollars and Eighty-Two Cents ($57,999.82) from the previously passed authorization (688 of 2024).
Resolution authorizing an interdepartmental transfer in the amount of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) from the Department of Public Works, Bureau of Facilities to the Department of Public Works, Bureau of Administration to pay for utility expenses.
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an Agreement, or Agreements, or the use of existing agreements, with the Pittsburgh Public Schools (“PPS”), for the purpose of renovating the playground on PPS-owned property known as Westwood Park where Westwood PreK-5 School resides, at a cost not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00).
Records the Human Resources committee report for December 4, 2024.
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service to enter into an agreement that will amend Resolution 97 of 2024, which authorized a Professional Services contract between the City of Pittsburgh and UPMC Benefit Management Services, Inc., d/b/a WorkPartners EAP Life Solutions for services relating to the administration of the City of Pittsburgh’s Employee Assistance Program by extending the contract for one year, increasing the approved amount by Forty-Nine Thousand Five Hundred dollars ($49,500.00), for a new total cost not to exceed Ninety-Nine Thousand dollars ($99,000.00).
Resolution amending resolution No. 95 of 2024, authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Human Resources and Civil Service to enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) with P&A Group for services relating to the administration of the City of Pittsburgh’s Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) program by adding One Hundred and Sixty-Five Thousand Dollars ($165,000.00) and extending the contract for three (3) years, for a new total not to exceed One Hundred Eighty Thousand dollars ($180,000.00) over the course of four years.
Resolution providing for a Professional Agreement(s) with Lewis Neatrour Consulting to provide strategic planning and training to the Commission over one (1) year at a total cost not-to-exceed Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000). (Waiver of Competitive Process Requested)
Records the Land Use and Economic Development committee report for December 4, 2024.
Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article I, Introduction and Establishment, Section 902.03, Zoning Map, to rezone parcels 83-J-300, 83- K-104, and 83-K-102 from R2-M (Two-Unit Residential, Moderate Density) to RM-VH (Multi-Unit Residential, Very High Density) and parcels 83-J-301, 83-K-48, 83-K-60, and a portion of 83-K-61 from RM-M (Multi-Unit Residential, Moderate Density) to RM-VH (Multi-Unit Residential, Very High Density) in the East Liberty neighborhood. (Public Hearing held 10/23/24)