Order 12024-1349
WHEREAS, Thomas “Tom” Putinsky is a Neighborhood Legal Services staff attorney specializing in family law; and,
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| Order | File | Title | Discussion | Vote | Votes For | Votes Against |
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| 1 | 2024-1349 | WHEREAS, Thomas “Tom” Putinsky is a Neighborhood Legal Services staff attorney specializing in family law; and, | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 2 | 2024-1324 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED)’s Local Share Account Statewide to provide funding to purchase two ambulances. The grant proposal includes an ask of ONE MILLION ($1,000,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 3 | 2024-1325 | 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 Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh for detention, care and/or euthanasia of domesticated animals, at an overall cost to the City not to exceed TWO MILLION TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE DOLLARS ($2,280,273) over three years. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 4 | 2024-1350 | Resolution further amending resolution 413 of 2020, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements relating to the shared operation and administration of the City of Pittsburgh Child Care Quality Fund, by extending the term through 2025 at no further cost to the City. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 5 | 2024-1326 | Resolution authorizing a sub-award agreement or agreements providing for the transfer of funds not to exceed SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND ($750,000.00) to the Urban Redevelopment Authority to support the development of affordable housing on Homewood Avenue as part of a Federal Appropriation managed by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 6 | 2024-1327 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the ARPA Capital Projects Fund Digital Connectivity Technology Program in the form of laptops valued at an amount not to exceed TWO HUNDRED NINETY FIVE THOUSAND ($295,000.00) dollars for Rec2Tech program. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 7 | 2024-1328 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Parks and Recreation on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh to enter into financial and “in-kind” Sponsorship Agreements valued at ten-thousand-dollars ($10,000) or less for the Citiparks Office of Special Events’ 2025 Season. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 8 | 2024-1329 | Authorizes a City warrant payment to Pittsburgh Regional Transit, 345 Sixth Avenue, Fifth Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, in an amount not to exceed THIRTEEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED ELEVEN DOLLARS AND SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS ($13,411. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 9 | 2024-1330 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director Parks and Recreation to enter into an agreement with Swank Motion Pictures, Inc. as a sole source for 2025, 2026, and 2027, for rental and display rights of certain movie entertainment for events to be held by the Office of Special Events for a yearly cost of Thirty Two Thousand Dollars ($32,000) and a total cost not to exceed Ninety Six Thousand Dollars ($96,000). (Waiver of Competitive Process Received) | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 10 | 2024-1331 | Authorizes a City warrant payment to Frost Brown Todd, LLC. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 11 | 2024-1332 | Resolution amending Resolution 1016 of 1991, which authorized the creation of the Emergency Medical Services Reimbursed Events Trust Fund, to rename the fund and update its allowable uses for consistency with other such funds within the Department of Public Safety, at no cost to the City. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 12 | 2024-1333 | Resolution amending Resolution 259 of 2013, which authorized the creation of Police Secondary Employment Trust Fund, to update its allowable uses for consistency with other such funds within the Department of Public Safety, at no cost to the City. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 13 | 2024-1334 | Resolution authorizing and directing the City Controller to create a special trust fund, to be designated as the Fire Secondary Employment Trust Fund, for the deposit of monies from Fire Details, Secondary Employment, and Special Events cost recovery, and authorizing the use of monies deposited therein by the Department of Public Safety to cover premium pay reimbursement for Fire personnel and administrative costs related to the aforementioned activities, at no cost to the City. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 14 | 2024-1335 | Resolution amending Resolution 106 of 2020, which authorized the creation of the Crossing Guards Special Events Trust Fund, to rename the fund and update its allowable uses for consistency with other such funds within the Department of Public Safety, at no cost to the City. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 15 | 2024-1336 | Resolution providing for the conveyance by the City of Pittsburgh of certain property, having been placed for sale to adjoining property owners in conjunction with the City of Pittsburgh Side Yard Program. ITEMS A through X: A: 306 N Millvale Avenue (Council District No. 9), B: 5204 Kincaid Street (Council District No. 9), C: 5414 Broad Street (Council District No. 9), D: 216 N Aiken Avenue (Council District No. 9), E: 5436 Rosetta Street (Council District No. 9), F: 5465 Kincaid Street (Council District No. 9), G: 1217 Montezuma Street (Council District No. 9), H: 303 Renfrew Street (Council District No. 9), I: 305 Renfrew Street (Council District No. 9), J: 1440 Oberlin Street (Council District No. 9), K: 295 W Elizabeth Street (Council District No. 5), L: 2410 Carey Way (Council District No. 3), M: 34 Millbridge Street (Council District No. 3), N: 943 Manton Way (Council District No. 3), O: 939 Manton Way (Council District No. 3), P: 0 Michigan Street (Council District No. 3),Q: 0 Wilhelm Street (Council District No. 2), [R: 933 Itin Street (Council District No. 1) - DELETED], S: 0 Norwood Avenue (Council District No. 6), T: 906 Luella Street (Council District No. 1), U: 1420 Geyer Avenue (Council District No. 1), V: 3206 Rothpletz Street (Council District No. 1), W: 4518 Armorhill Avenue (Council District No. 5), X: [4520] 4518 Armorhill Avenue (Council District No. 5). | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 16 | 2024-1337 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED)’s Local Share Account Statewide to provide funding for the planning around the Bluff Street Steps. The grant proposal includes an ask of ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY SIX THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED ($176,400.00) dollars for this stated purpose. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 17 | 2024-1338 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of Public Works to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED)’s Local Share Account Statewide to provide funding for the Schenley Heights Pavilion Construction project. The grant proposal includes an ask of ONE MILLION ($1,000,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 18 | 2024-1339 | 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 the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the 902 Municipal Recycling Grant in the amount not to exceed TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND ($200,000.00) dollars for equipment and outreach around the City’s Recycling Program. The grant requires a match from the City of Pittsburgh in the amount not to exceed TWENTY TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED TWENTY THREE ($22,223.00) dollars for this stated purpose for a total project cost not to exceed TWO HUNDRED TWENTY TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED TWENTY THREE ($222,223.00) dollars. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 19 | 2024-1340 | Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with H.W. Lochner, Inc. for costs associated with the Preliminary Design Phase for the Pittsburgh City Steps project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Six Hundred Sixty-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty Dollars and Seventy-Eight Cents ($669,850.78), reimbursable at eighty (80%) percent. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 20 | 2024-1341 | Resolution providing for an agreement with CSXT for Preliminary Engineering work on the rehabilitation of the West Carson Street Bridge; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Sixteen Thousand Two Hundred Eighty Dollars ($16,280.00), reimbursable at 95%. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 21 | 2024-1342 | Authorizes a City warrant payment to Baiano Construction Inc. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 22 | 2024-1343 | Resolution approving an Institutional Master Plan Application under the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article II, Chapter 905, Section 905.03.D. to Central Catholic High School, property owner, for the Central Catholic High School campus located along Fifth Avenue and South Neville Street, Parcels 52-J-264 and 52-J-118, zoned “EMI”, Educational Medical Institution, 14th Ward, Council District No. 8. (Public Hearing held 2/5/25) | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 23 | 2024-1344 | Resolution authorizing the City’s acceptance of deeds conveying all right, title, and interest in parcels 0232-A-00266-0000-00, which is a vacant land parcel on a wooded hillside with no address located along Warsaw Street and Nimick Place Council District 9 and in the 13th Ward abutted by city-owned parcels, and 0046-J-00315-0000-00, which is a vacant land parcel with no address on Cutler Street in Council District 6 and in the 26th Ward abutted by a city-owned parcel to the City of Pittsburgh and authorizing the payment of One Dollar ($1) in exchange for the parcel. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 24 | 2024-1345 | Resolution amending and supplementing Resolution Number 598 of 2004, effective December 10, 2004, entitled, “Resolution AMENDING RESOLUTION No. 145 Of 2001, Eff. March 28, 2001, WHICH AMENDED RESOLUTION NO. 69 OF 2001, Eff. February 28, 2001, WHICH AMENDED RESOLUTION No. 844 OF 1989, Eff. October 27, 1989, WHICH AMENDED RESOLUTION No. 564 OF 1989, Eff. July 17, 1989, Authorizing Implementation Of an Employee Tuition Reimbursement Program, To Reduce Such Reimbursement To Fifty Percent (50%) Of Tuition Costs, Pursuant To Act 47 Plan Initiative WF15:”, by extending the prior approval requirement for eligible employees and providing for a retroactive effective date. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 25 | 2024-1346 | Resolution appointing Jesse DiRenna as a Member of the Commission on Infrastructure Asset Reporting and Investment with a term to expire July 3, 2027. | Held, Pending Interview to the Committee on Hearings and Policy | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 26 | 2024-1347 | Files a communication from Jake Pawlak about status update from the Grants Office for the week ended December 13, 2024. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 27 | 2024-1348 | Files a communication from Jake Pawlak about acting pay requests on behalf of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure for Dan Rodriguez, per the Acting Pay Policy revised in June 2018. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 28 | 2024-1316 | Records the Finance and Law committee report for December 11, 2024. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 29 | 2024-1154 | 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 2025 Fiscal Year. (Public Hearing held 12-12-24) | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 1Kail-Smith | |
| 30 | 2024-1155 | 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 2025 Fiscal Year. (Public Hearing held 12-12-24) | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 1Kail-Smith | |
| 31 | 2024-1156 | Resolution adopting and approving the 2025 Capital Budget, the proposed 2025 Community Development Program, and the 2025 through 2030 Capital Improvement Program. (Public Hearing held 12-12-24) | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 1Kail-Smith | |
| 32 | 2024-1157 | 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, 2025. (Public Hearing held 12/12/24) | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 1Kail-Smith | |
| 33 | 2024-1158 | Resolution fixing the number of officers and employees of the City of Pittsburgh for the 2025 fiscal year, and the rate of compensation thereof, and setting maximum levels for designated positions. (Public Hearing held 12-12-24) | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 1Kail-Smith | |
| 34 | 2024-1159 | Resolution authorizing City Council to approve intra-departmental transfers throughout the 2025 Fiscal Year. (Public Hearing held 12-12-24) | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 1Kail-Smith | |
| 35 | 2024-1160 | Resolution authorizing appropriations and salaries of the Stop the Violence Fund for the 2025 Fiscal Year, beginning January 1, 2025. (Public Hearing held 12-12-24) | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 1Kail-Smith | |
| 36 | 2024-1161 | Resolution authorizing appropriations, salaries, and capital expenditures of the Parks Trust Fund for the 2025 Fiscal Year, beginning January 1, 2025. (Public Hearing held 12/12/24) | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 1Kail-Smith | |
| 37 | 2024-1162 | 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 2025 PAYGO-funded projects and programs, and providing for the payment of the cost thereof at a not to exceed One Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,100,000.00). (Public Hearing held 12-12-24) | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 1Kail-Smith | |
| 38 | 2024-1163 | 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 2025. (Public Hearing held 12-12-24) | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 1Kail-Smith | |
| 39 | 2024-1164 | 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 2025 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 12-12-24) | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 1Kail-Smith | |
| 40 | 2024-1165 | 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 2025. (Public Hearing held 12-12-24) | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 1Kail-Smith | |
| 41 | 2024-1166 | 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 2025 fiscal year. (Public Hearing held 12-12-24) | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 1Kail-Smith | |
| 42 | 2024-1167 | 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 2025. (Public Hearing held 12-12-24) | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 1Kail-Smith | |
| 43 | 2024-1191 | Resolution authorizing the fee schedule for 2025 pursuant to Chapter 170 of the City Code. (Public Hearing held 12-12-24) | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 1Kail-Smith | |
| 44 | 2024-1193 | Resolution amending Resolution 523 of 2024, which reappropriated federal American Rescue Plan funding, by updating the approved projects as outlined in Exhibit A, version 9. (Public Hearing held 12/9/24) | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 1Kail-Smith | |
| 45 | 2024-1207 | Resolution providing for the continued designation of a Downtown Pittsburgh Business Improvement District for the area shown on Exhibit "A" at the behest of the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership, a coalition of property owners, business leaders, retailers, civic organizations, and residents. (Public Hearing held 12/9/24) | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 1Kail-Smith | |
| 46 | 2024-1269 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into a Professional Services Agreement or Agreements with Cliff Jobe Consulting LLC, in an amount not to exceed Ten-Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($10,000) over 1 year, for expert witness services in connection with ongoing litigation, Case No. 2:24-cv-1234-PLD (Waiver of Competitive Process Received) (Executive Session held 12/3/24) | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 1Kail-Smith | |
| 47 | 2024-1279 | 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 PLAY AREA IMPROVEMENTS by one hundred eighty four thousand dollars ($184,000.00) and increasing COMPLETE STREETS by one hundred eighty four thousand dollars ($184,000.00). | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 1Kail-Smith | |
| 48 | 2024-1317 | Records the Public Safety and Wellness committee report for December 11, 2024. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 49 | 2024-1265 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a Professional Services Agreement or Agreements with Zoll Medical Corporation for heart-monitor and defibrillator maintenance and warranty services at a total cost not to exceed SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT THOUSAND, FIFTY-FOUR DOLLARS ($788,054.00) over five years. (Waiver of Competitive Process Received) | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 50 | 2024-1318 | Records the Public Works and Infrastructure committee report for December 11, 2024. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded |
Order 22024-1324
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED)’s Local Share Account Statewide to provide funding to purchase two ambulances. The grant proposal includes an ask of ONE MILLION ($1,000,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.
Order 32024-1325
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 Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh for detention, care and/or euthanasia of domesticated animals, at an overall cost to the City not to exceed TWO MILLION TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE DOLLARS ($2,280,273) over three years.
Order 42024-1350
Resolution further amending resolution 413 of 2020, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements relating to the shared operation and administration of the City of Pittsburgh Child Care Quality Fund, by extending the term through 2025 at no further cost to the City.
Order 52024-1326
Resolution authorizing a sub-award agreement or agreements providing for the transfer of funds not to exceed SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND ($750,000.00) to the Urban Redevelopment Authority to support the development of affordable housing on Homewood Avenue as part of a Federal Appropriation managed by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Order 62024-1327
Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the ARPA Capital Projects Fund Digital Connectivity Technology Program in the form of laptops valued at an amount not to exceed TWO HUNDRED NINETY FIVE THOUSAND ($295,000.00) dollars for Rec2Tech program.
Order 72024-1328
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Parks and Recreation on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh to enter into financial and “in-kind” Sponsorship Agreements valued at ten-thousand-dollars ($10,000) or less for the Citiparks Office of Special Events’ 2025 Season.
Order 82024-1329
Authorizes a City warrant payment to Pittsburgh Regional Transit, 345 Sixth Avenue, Fifth Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, in an amount not to exceed THIRTEEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED ELEVEN DOLLARS AND SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS ($13,411.
Order 92024-1330
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director Parks and Recreation to enter into an agreement with Swank Motion Pictures, Inc. as a sole source for 2025, 2026, and 2027, for rental and display rights of certain movie entertainment for events to be held by the Office of Special Events for a yearly cost of Thirty Two Thousand Dollars ($32,000) and a total cost not to exceed Ninety Six Thousand Dollars ($96,000). (Waiver of Competitive Process Received)
Order 102024-1331
Authorizes a City warrant payment to Frost Brown Todd, LLC.
Order 112024-1332
Resolution amending Resolution 1016 of 1991, which authorized the creation of the Emergency Medical Services Reimbursed Events Trust Fund, to rename the fund and update its allowable uses for consistency with other such funds within the Department of Public Safety, at no cost to the City.
Order 122024-1333
Resolution amending Resolution 259 of 2013, which authorized the creation of Police Secondary Employment Trust Fund, to update its allowable uses for consistency with other such funds within the Department of Public Safety, at no cost to the City.
Order 132024-1334
Resolution authorizing and directing the City Controller to create a special trust fund, to be designated as the Fire Secondary Employment Trust Fund, for the deposit of monies from Fire Details, Secondary Employment, and Special Events cost recovery, and authorizing the use of monies deposited therein by the Department of Public Safety to cover premium pay reimbursement for Fire personnel and administrative costs related to the aforementioned activities, at no cost to the City.
Order 142024-1335
Resolution amending Resolution 106 of 2020, which authorized the creation of the Crossing Guards Special Events Trust Fund, to rename the fund and update its allowable uses for consistency with other such funds within the Department of Public Safety, at no cost to the City.
Order 152024-1336
Resolution providing for the conveyance by the City of Pittsburgh of certain property, having been placed for sale to adjoining property owners in conjunction with the City of Pittsburgh Side Yard Program. ITEMS A through X: A: 306 N Millvale Avenue (Council District No. 9), B: 5204 Kincaid Street (Council District No. 9), C: 5414 Broad Street (Council District No. 9), D: 216 N Aiken Avenue (Council District No. 9), E: 5436 Rosetta Street (Council District No. 9), F: 5465 Kincaid Street (Council District No. 9), G: 1217 Montezuma Street (Council District No. 9), H: 303 Renfrew Street (Council District No. 9), I: 305 Renfrew Street (Council District No. 9), J: 1440 Oberlin Street (Council District No. 9), K: 295 W Elizabeth Street (Council District No. 5), L: 2410 Carey Way (Council District No. 3), M: 34 Millbridge Street (Council District No. 3), N: 943 Manton Way (Council District No. 3), O: 939 Manton Way (Council District No. 3), P: 0 Michigan Street (Council District No. 3),Q: 0 Wilhelm Street (Council District No. 2), [R: 933 Itin Street (Council District No. 1) - DELETED], S: 0 Norwood Avenue (Council District No. 6), T: 906 Luella Street (Council District No. 1), U: 1420 Geyer Avenue (Council District No. 1), V: 3206 Rothpletz Street (Council District No. 1), W: 4518 Armorhill Avenue (Council District No. 5), X: [4520] 4518 Armorhill Avenue (Council District No. 5).
Order 162024-1337
Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED)’s Local Share Account Statewide to provide funding for the planning around the Bluff Street Steps. The grant proposal includes an ask of ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY SIX THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED ($176,400.00) dollars for this stated purpose.
Order 172024-1338
Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of Public Works to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED)’s Local Share Account Statewide to provide funding for the Schenley Heights Pavilion Construction project. The grant proposal includes an ask of ONE MILLION ($1,000,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.
Order 182024-1339
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 the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the 902 Municipal Recycling Grant in the amount not to exceed TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND ($200,000.00) dollars for equipment and outreach around the City’s Recycling Program. The grant requires a match from the City of Pittsburgh in the amount not to exceed TWENTY TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED TWENTY THREE ($22,223.00) dollars for this stated purpose for a total project cost not to exceed TWO HUNDRED TWENTY TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED TWENTY THREE ($222,223.00) dollars.
Order 192024-1340
Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with H.W. Lochner, Inc. for costs associated with the Preliminary Design Phase for the Pittsburgh City Steps project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Six Hundred Sixty-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty Dollars and Seventy-Eight Cents ($669,850.78), reimbursable at eighty (80%) percent.
Order 202024-1341
Resolution providing for an agreement with CSXT for Preliminary Engineering work on the rehabilitation of the West Carson Street Bridge; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Sixteen Thousand Two Hundred Eighty Dollars ($16,280.00), reimbursable at 95%.
Order 212024-1342
Authorizes a City warrant payment to Baiano Construction Inc.
Order 222024-1343
Resolution approving an Institutional Master Plan Application under the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article II, Chapter 905, Section 905.03.D. to Central Catholic High School, property owner, for the Central Catholic High School campus located along Fifth Avenue and South Neville Street, Parcels 52-J-264 and 52-J-118, zoned “EMI”, Educational Medical Institution, 14th Ward, Council District No. 8. (Public Hearing held 2/5/25)
Order 232024-1344
Resolution authorizing the City’s acceptance of deeds conveying all right, title, and interest in parcels 0232-A-00266-0000-00, which is a vacant land parcel on a wooded hillside with no address located along Warsaw Street and Nimick Place Council District 9 and in the 13th Ward abutted by city-owned parcels, and 0046-J-00315-0000-00, which is a vacant land parcel with no address on Cutler Street in Council District 6 and in the 26th Ward abutted by a city-owned parcel to the City of Pittsburgh and authorizing the payment of One Dollar ($1) in exchange for the parcel.
Order 242024-1345
Resolution amending and supplementing Resolution Number 598 of 2004, effective December 10, 2004, entitled, “Resolution AMENDING RESOLUTION No. 145 Of 2001, Eff. March 28, 2001, WHICH AMENDED RESOLUTION NO. 69 OF 2001, Eff. February 28, 2001, WHICH AMENDED RESOLUTION No. 844 OF 1989, Eff. October 27, 1989, WHICH AMENDED RESOLUTION No. 564 OF 1989, Eff. July 17, 1989, Authorizing Implementation Of an Employee Tuition Reimbursement Program, To Reduce Such Reimbursement To Fifty Percent (50%) Of Tuition Costs, Pursuant To Act 47 Plan Initiative WF15:”, by extending the prior approval requirement for eligible employees and providing for a retroactive effective date.
Order 252024-1346
Resolution appointing Jesse DiRenna as a Member of the Commission on Infrastructure Asset Reporting and Investment with a term to expire July 3, 2027.
Order 262024-1347
Files a communication from Jake Pawlak about status update from the Grants Office for the week ended December 13, 2024.
Order 272024-1348
Files a communication from Jake Pawlak about acting pay requests on behalf of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure for Dan Rodriguez, per the Acting Pay Policy revised in June 2018.
Order 282024-1316
Records the Finance and Law committee report for December 11, 2024.
Order 292024-1154
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 2025 Fiscal Year. (Public Hearing held 12-12-24)
Order 302024-1155
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 2025 Fiscal Year. (Public Hearing held 12-12-24)
Order 312024-1156
Resolution adopting and approving the 2025 Capital Budget, the proposed 2025 Community Development Program, and the 2025 through 2030 Capital Improvement Program. (Public Hearing held 12-12-24)
Order 322024-1157
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, 2025. (Public Hearing held 12/12/24)
Order 332024-1158
Resolution fixing the number of officers and employees of the City of Pittsburgh for the 2025 fiscal year, and the rate of compensation thereof, and setting maximum levels for designated positions. (Public Hearing held 12-12-24)
Order 342024-1159
Resolution authorizing City Council to approve intra-departmental transfers throughout the 2025 Fiscal Year. (Public Hearing held 12-12-24)
Order 352024-1160
Resolution authorizing appropriations and salaries of the Stop the Violence Fund for the 2025 Fiscal Year, beginning January 1, 2025. (Public Hearing held 12-12-24)
Order 362024-1161
Resolution authorizing appropriations, salaries, and capital expenditures of the Parks Trust Fund for the 2025 Fiscal Year, beginning January 1, 2025. (Public Hearing held 12/12/24)
Order 372024-1162
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 2025 PAYGO-funded projects and programs, and providing for the payment of the cost thereof at a not to exceed One Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,100,000.00). (Public Hearing held 12-12-24)
Order 382024-1163
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 2025. (Public Hearing held 12-12-24)
Order 392024-1164
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 2025 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 12-12-24)
Order 402024-1165
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 2025. (Public Hearing held 12-12-24)
Order 412024-1166
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 2025 fiscal year. (Public Hearing held 12-12-24)
Order 422024-1167
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 2025. (Public Hearing held 12-12-24)
Order 432024-1191
Resolution authorizing the fee schedule for 2025 pursuant to Chapter 170 of the City Code. (Public Hearing held 12-12-24)
Order 442024-1193
Resolution amending Resolution 523 of 2024, which reappropriated federal American Rescue Plan funding, by updating the approved projects as outlined in Exhibit A, version 9. (Public Hearing held 12/9/24)
Order 452024-1207
Resolution providing for the continued designation of a Downtown Pittsburgh Business Improvement District for the area shown on Exhibit "A" at the behest of the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership, a coalition of property owners, business leaders, retailers, civic organizations, and residents. (Public Hearing held 12/9/24)
Order 462024-1269
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into a Professional Services Agreement or Agreements with Cliff Jobe Consulting LLC, in an amount not to exceed Ten-Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($10,000) over 1 year, for expert witness services in connection with ongoing litigation, Case No. 2:24-cv-1234-PLD (Waiver of Competitive Process Received) (Executive Session held 12/3/24)
Order 472024-1279
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 PLAY AREA IMPROVEMENTS by one hundred eighty four thousand dollars ($184,000.00) and increasing COMPLETE STREETS by one hundred eighty four thousand dollars ($184,000.00).
Order 482024-1317
Records the Public Safety and Wellness committee report for December 11, 2024.
Order 492024-1265
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a Professional Services Agreement or Agreements with Zoll Medical Corporation for heart-monitor and defibrillator maintenance and warranty services at a total cost not to exceed SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT THOUSAND, FIFTY-FOUR DOLLARS ($788,054.00) over five years. (Waiver of Competitive Process Received)
Order 502024-1318
Records the Public Works and Infrastructure committee report for December 11, 2024.