Meeting

Standing Committees · Mar 19, 2025

10:00 AM · Council Chambers · 21 itemsMinutes Details

Legislation Items

Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.

OrderFileTitleDiscussionVoteVotes ForVotes Against
12025-1572Resolution authorizing the City of Pittsburgh to accept the sum of THREE HUNDRED SIXTEEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($316,367.00), in full and final settlement of litigation, filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at G.D. 24- 004792, involving the Finland Street Pedestrian Bridge. (Executive Session held 3/4/25)No matched discussionHeld in Committee to the Committee on Finance and Law , due back by 4/2/2025Not recordedNot recorded
22025-1599Authorizes a City warrant payment to Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
32025-1600Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Dominique Decenzo, and her attorney, Max Petrunya, P.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
42025-1601Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to WesBanco Bank in an amount not to exceed THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($3,800.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
52025-1602Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Edward Torak in an amount not to exceed SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($6,250.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
62025-1603Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
72025-1604Resolution amending Resolution No. 446 of 2024, which allocated an additional Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) to the agreement with Frost, Brown, Todd LLC, by authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance to extend the Agreement or Agreements with Frost, Brown, Todd LLC for legal assistance relating to real estate, public finance, municipal law, and as-needed consultation by adding Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) for a new total not to exceed Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00).No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
82025-1605Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh City Code, Title Two: Fiscal, Article IX: Property Taxes, Chapter 263: Real Property Tax and Exemption, Subchapter B: Exemption, by replacing Sections 263.11 through 263.14 with new Sections 263.11 through 263.16, collectively to be titled Subchapter B: Tax Exemptions for Longtime Owner-Occupants of Residential Properties.No matched discussionAMENDEDNot recordedNot recorded
9Item 0010-2025Approves the P-Card purchases listed in Item 0010-2025.No matched discussionApprovedNot recordedNot recorded
102025-1606Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the Automated Red Light Enforcement Grant Program in the amount not to exceed THREE HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY ONE DOLLARS AND EIGHTY EIGHT CENTS ($335,981.88) to replace the traffic signals at Centre Avenue and North Dithridge Street.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
112025-1607Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the Automated Red Light Enforcement Grant Program in the amount not to exceed SIX HUNDRED FORTY SEVEN THOUSAND FORTY NINE DOLLARS AND FORTY FIVE CENTS ($647,049.45) to replace signals at the intersection of East General Robinson Street and Sandusky Street.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
122025-1608Allows BH VENTURE ONE LP to use City right-of-way or property for infrastructure work.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
132025-1609Resolution amending Resolution No. 249 of 2023, which authorized the Mayor and the Directors of the Department of Public Works and the Department of Finance, on behalf of the City, to amend and renew the Lease Agreement with Beaver Avenue Associates, LLC, by continuing to provide a leased space at 1301 Beaver Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA for the purposes of housing the Facilities Maintenance Division of the Department of Public Works, by extending the term through March 31, 2028 with new property owner 1301 Beaver Ave LLC managed by the Regency Transportation Group, LTD.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
142025-1610Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Planning to enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with HR & A Advisors, Inc. in an amount not to exceed THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($300,000) for work on the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Flood Mitigation Assistance Grant for Saw Mill Run Boulevard.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
152025-1611Authorizes a City warrant payment to The Franco Harris Pittsburgh Center at Penn State.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
162025-1598Authorizes a City warrant payment to FenceScreen, LLC.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
172025-1581Resolution amending Resolution 621-2020, 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 ERP-One Consulting Inc. for the provision of services including professional services, consultation, and day to day managed services of the City of Pittsburgh JD Edwards Enterprise One 9.2 application, by increasing the approved amount by Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000) and extending the agreement for an additional three (3) years, for an amended total cost not-to-exceed Eight Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($850,000) over seven (7) years. (Waiver of Competitive Process Received)No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
182025-1586Authorizes a City warrant payment to Buildingeye, Inc.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
192025-1587Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Allegheny County and the United States Department of Justice for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the 2024 Byrne Justice Assistance Grant in the amount not to exceed FIFTY ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FOURTEEN ($51,614.00) dollars to purchase a real-time asset management technology platform.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
202025-1588Resolution authorizing a cooperation agreement or agreements providing for the transfer of funds not to exceed Eighty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($80,000.00) to the City of Pittsburgh Equipment Leasing Authority for the purchase of vehicles for use by the City of Pittsburgh Park Rangers. This expenditure is associated with grant funds that the City will receive from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s (DCED) Local Share Account Statewide.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
212025-1589Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh to enter into a cooperation agreement with Pittsburgh Regional Transit for post-construction, access, and maintenance of certain City owned steps to be constructed around Downing Street in the 6th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, at no cost to the city.No matched discussionHeld in Committee to the Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs, due back by 4/2/2025Not recordedNot recorded
Order 12025-1572

Resolution authorizing the City of Pittsburgh to accept the sum of THREE HUNDRED SIXTEEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($316,367.00), in full and final settlement of litigation, filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at G.D. 24- 004792, involving the Finland Street Pedestrian Bridge. (Executive Session held 3/4/25)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in Committee to the Committee on Finance and Law , due back by 4/2/2025
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 22025-1599

Authorizes a City warrant payment to Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 32025-1600

Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Dominique Decenzo, and her attorney, Max Petrunya, P.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 42025-1601

Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to WesBanco Bank in an amount not to exceed THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($3,800.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 52025-1602

Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Edward Torak in an amount not to exceed SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($6,250.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
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Order 62025-1603

Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 72025-1604

Resolution amending Resolution No. 446 of 2024, which allocated an additional Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) to the agreement with Frost, Brown, Todd LLC, by authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance to extend the Agreement or Agreements with Frost, Brown, Todd LLC for legal assistance relating to real estate, public finance, municipal law, and as-needed consultation by adding Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) for a new total not to exceed Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 82025-1605

Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh City Code, Title Two: Fiscal, Article IX: Property Taxes, Chapter 263: Real Property Tax and Exemption, Subchapter B: Exemption, by replacing Sections 263.11 through 263.14 with new Sections 263.11 through 263.16, collectively to be titled Subchapter B: Tax Exemptions for Longtime Owner-Occupants of Residential Properties.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
AMENDED
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Not recorded
Votes Against
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Approves the P-Card purchases listed in Item 0010-2025.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Approved
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 102025-1606

Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the Automated Red Light Enforcement Grant Program in the amount not to exceed THREE HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY ONE DOLLARS AND EIGHTY EIGHT CENTS ($335,981.88) to replace the traffic signals at Centre Avenue and North Dithridge Street.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 112025-1607

Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the Automated Red Light Enforcement Grant Program in the amount not to exceed SIX HUNDRED FORTY SEVEN THOUSAND FORTY NINE DOLLARS AND FORTY FIVE CENTS ($647,049.45) to replace signals at the intersection of East General Robinson Street and Sandusky Street.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 122025-1608

Allows BH VENTURE ONE LP to use City right-of-way or property for infrastructure work.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 132025-1609

Resolution amending Resolution No. 249 of 2023, which authorized the Mayor and the Directors of the Department of Public Works and the Department of Finance, on behalf of the City, to amend and renew the Lease Agreement with Beaver Avenue Associates, LLC, by continuing to provide a leased space at 1301 Beaver Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA for the purposes of housing the Facilities Maintenance Division of the Department of Public Works, by extending the term through March 31, 2028 with new property owner 1301 Beaver Ave LLC managed by the Regency Transportation Group, LTD.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 142025-1610

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Planning to enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with HR & A Advisors, Inc. in an amount not to exceed THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($300,000) for work on the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Flood Mitigation Assistance Grant for Saw Mill Run Boulevard.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 152025-1611

Authorizes a City warrant payment to The Franco Harris Pittsburgh Center at Penn State.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 162025-1598

Authorizes a City warrant payment to FenceScreen, LLC.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 172025-1581

Resolution amending Resolution 621-2020, 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 ERP-One Consulting Inc. for the provision of services including professional services, consultation, and day to day managed services of the City of Pittsburgh JD Edwards Enterprise One 9.2 application, by increasing the approved amount by Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000) and extending the agreement for an additional three (3) years, for an amended total cost not-to-exceed Eight Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($850,000) over seven (7) years. (Waiver of Competitive Process Received)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 182025-1586

Authorizes a City warrant payment to Buildingeye, Inc.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 192025-1587

Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Allegheny County and the United States Department of Justice for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the 2024 Byrne Justice Assistance Grant in the amount not to exceed FIFTY ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FOURTEEN ($51,614.00) dollars to purchase a real-time asset management technology platform.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 202025-1588

Resolution authorizing a cooperation agreement or agreements providing for the transfer of funds not to exceed Eighty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($80,000.00) to the City of Pittsburgh Equipment Leasing Authority for the purchase of vehicles for use by the City of Pittsburgh Park Rangers. This expenditure is associated with grant funds that the City will receive from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s (DCED) Local Share Account Statewide.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 212025-1589

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh to enter into a cooperation agreement with Pittsburgh Regional Transit for post-construction, access, and maintenance of certain City owned steps to be constructed around Downing Street in the 6th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, at no cost to the city.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in Committee to the Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs, due back by 4/2/2025
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded