Meeting

Standing Committees · Apr 2, 2025

10:00 AM · Council Chambers · 18 itemsMinutes Details

Legislation Items

Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.

OrderFileTitleDiscussionVoteVotes ForVotes Against
12024-1346Resolution appointing Jesse DiRenna as a Member of the Commission on Infrastructure Asset Reporting and Investment with a term to expire July 3, 2027.No matched discussionadded to the AgendaNot recordedNot recorded
22025-1572Resolution 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 discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
32025-1660Resolution authorizing the issuance of two (2) warrants with the total sum of THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($32,000.00) over one (1) year. It is further understood and agreed that the payment schedule of the total settlement amount shall be as follows: (i) SIXTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($16,000.00) payable to Scott Alan Beatty; (ii) SIXTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($16,000.00) payable to Samuel J. Cordes, Esq., in full and final settlement of litigation, filed in the United States District Court for the Western District Court of Pennsylvania at 2:24-cv-01582. (Executive Session held 3/25/25)No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
42025-1661Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with USI Insurance Services for insurance brokerage services for all necessary policy types. This shall be a no-cost agreement with a term of three years with two one- year options to extend.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
52025-1662Resolution amending Resolution No. 924 of 2024, effective December 18, 2024, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2025 Capital Budget, the proposed 2025 Community Development Program, and the 2025 through 2030 Capital Improvement Program” by increasing LIBERTY AVENUE (HSIP) by One Million Sixty Three Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-Three Dollars and Thirty Cents ($1,063,333.30) to account for additional Federal Highway Administration funding being received by the City of Pittsburgh.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
62025-1667Authorizes a City warrant payment to Mohammed Burny.No matched discussionHeld in Committee to the Committee on Finance and Law , due back by 4/9/2025Not recordedNot recorded
72025-1675Resolution providing for the sale of certain property, in the 23rd Ward, in the First (1st) Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, acquired by the City of Pittsburgh at tax sale.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
8Item 0012-2025Approves the P-Card purchases listed in Item 0012-2025.No matched discussionApprovedNot recordedNot recorded
92025-1656Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a Professional Services Agreement or Agreements with Kicker, Inc., to provide video production services, including conceptualization, scripting, and production planning, to create videos to aid with police recruitment efforts, at a total cost not to exceed THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($32,750.00) over a one-year period.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
102025-1663Resolution amending resolution No. 615 of 2024, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to apply for a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s Multimodal Transportation Fund for the Smallman Street Complete Street Project. The grant proposal includes an ask of TWO MILLION TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO DOLLARS and THIRTY CENTS ($2,279,662.30) with a local match of ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS and ZERO CENTS ($117,100.00) from the 2024 Capital Budget for a total grant project cost of TWO MILLION THREE HUNDRED NINETY-SIX THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO DOLLARS and THIRTY CENTS ($2,396,762.30),” to accept the grant, decrease the award amount and authorize necessary expenditures.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
112025-1665Resolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering, Final Design, Right of Way, and Construction phases of the Liberty Ave Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP); providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Twelve Million Nine Hundred Five Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-Six Dollars ($12,905,556.00) an increase of Five Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($5,400,000.00) from the previously authorized amount; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs not to exceed Twenty-Nine Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($29,700.00), an increase of Twenty Four Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($24,200.00) from the previously authorized amount (600 of 2023). Future Resolutions will authorize the project specific agreements.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
122025-1666Resolution providing for a supplemental agreement or agreements with WSP USA, Inc. for costs associated with South Negley Avenue Bridge Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million One Hundred Eighty-Eight Thousand Four Hundred Nine Dollars and Thirty- Nine Cents ($1,188,409.39) an increase of Three Hundred Seventeen Thousand Five Hundred Eighty -Eight Dollars and Thirty-Four Cents ($317,588.34) from the previously executed agreement (51166- 3).No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
132023-1698Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article IV, Chapter 909.01.P, “SP- 9 Bakery Square”, amending the certain provisions of Chapter 909.01.P and by the addition of a new Sections 909.01.P.1(c)-(g). (Sent to the Planning Commission for a Report & Recommendation on 7/6/23) (Report and Recommendation received on 1/24/25) (Public Hearing held 7/8/25)No matched discussionAMENDED BY SUBSTITUTENot recordedNot recorded
142023-1723Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article I, Section 902.03 Zoning Map, by changing from HC, Highway Commercial District to SP-9/Bakery Square District, certain property roughly bounded by Penn Avenue, East Liberty Boulevard and the Pittsburgh Regional Transit East Busway, all in the Allegheny County Block and Lot System, 11th Ward; and by changing from UI, Urban Industrial District to SP-9/Bakery Square District, that certain property roughly bounded by Penn Avenue and the existing easternmost boundary of the SP-9/Bakery Square District; in the Allegheny County Block and Lot System, 12th Ward; and by changing from HC, Highway Commercial District to UI, Urban Industrial District, that certain property roughly bounded by the northwestern boundary of the SP-9/Bakery Square District and Norfolk Southern Rail line, in the Allegheny County Block and Lot System, 11th Ward. (Sent to the Planning Commission for a report and recommendation on 7/12/23) (Report and Recommendation received on 1/24/25) (Public Hearing held 7/8/25)No matched discussionAMENDED BY SUBSTITUTENot recordedNot recorded
152025-1589Resolution 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 the Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs, due back by 5/14/2025Not recordedNot recorded
162025-1657Resolution amending Resolution 21 of 2025, which authorized a cooperation agreement or agreements with the City of Pittsburgh Equipment Leasing Authority for the purchase and leasing of vehicles, equipment and accessories, equipment support infrastructure, and professional services in fiscal year 2025, by increasing the authorized amount by Ninety-Three Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($93,000.00) to purchase vehicles and equipment for the Office of Community Health and Safety, for a new total of Seven Million Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine Thousand Three Hundred Nineteen Dollars and Thirty-Seven Cents ($7,999,319.37).No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
172025-1658Resolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with Pittsburgh Water for costs associated with the Haverhill Project where Pittsburgh Water is overseeing the design and construction of the storm water management components as well as the roadway replacement and rehabilitation and has or will retain the services of a Design Consultant, Construction Management/Inspection Consultant, and Construction Contractor for the project. The City will reimburse Pittsburgh Water for this work at a cost to the City not to exceed Nine Hundred Ninety-Two Thousand Six Hundred Twenty-Eight Dollars and Seventy-Seven Cents ($992,628.77), an increase of Three Hundred Eighty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Thirteen Dollars and Thirty Cents ($382,513.30) from the previously authorizing resolution (404 of 2023).No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
182025-1659Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh to enter into an Agility Agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for purposes of exchange, documentation, and cooperation with respect to provision of in-kind services between both parties, at no cost to the City.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
Order 12024-1346

Resolution appointing Jesse DiRenna as a Member of the Commission on Infrastructure Asset Reporting and Investment with a term to expire July 3, 2027.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
added to the Agenda
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 22025-1572

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
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 32025-1660

Resolution authorizing the issuance of two (2) warrants with the total sum of THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($32,000.00) over one (1) year. It is further understood and agreed that the payment schedule of the total settlement amount shall be as follows: (i) SIXTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($16,000.00) payable to Scott Alan Beatty; (ii) SIXTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($16,000.00) payable to Samuel J. Cordes, Esq., in full and final settlement of litigation, filed in the United States District Court for the Western District Court of Pennsylvania at 2:24-cv-01582. (Executive Session held 3/25/25)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 42025-1661

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with USI Insurance Services for insurance brokerage services for all necessary policy types. This shall be a no-cost agreement with a term of three years with two one- year options to extend.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 52025-1662

Resolution amending Resolution No. 924 of 2024, effective December 18, 2024, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2025 Capital Budget, the proposed 2025 Community Development Program, and the 2025 through 2030 Capital Improvement Program” by increasing LIBERTY AVENUE (HSIP) by One Million Sixty Three Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-Three Dollars and Thirty Cents ($1,063,333.30) to account for additional Federal Highway Administration funding being received by the City of Pittsburgh.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 62025-1667

Authorizes a City warrant payment to Mohammed Burny.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in Committee to the Committee on Finance and Law , due back by 4/9/2025
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 72025-1675

Resolution providing for the sale of certain property, in the 23rd Ward, in the First (1st) Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, acquired by the City of Pittsburgh at tax sale.

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

Approves the P-Card purchases listed in Item 0012-2025.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Approved
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
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Order 92025-1656

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a Professional Services Agreement or Agreements with Kicker, Inc., to provide video production services, including conceptualization, scripting, and production planning, to create videos to aid with police recruitment efforts, at a total cost not to exceed THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($32,750.00) over a one-year period.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 102025-1663

Resolution amending resolution No. 615 of 2024, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to apply for a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s Multimodal Transportation Fund for the Smallman Street Complete Street Project. The grant proposal includes an ask of TWO MILLION TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO DOLLARS and THIRTY CENTS ($2,279,662.30) with a local match of ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS and ZERO CENTS ($117,100.00) from the 2024 Capital Budget for a total grant project cost of TWO MILLION THREE HUNDRED NINETY-SIX THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO DOLLARS and THIRTY CENTS ($2,396,762.30),” to accept the grant, decrease the award amount and authorize necessary expenditures.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 112025-1665

Resolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering, Final Design, Right of Way, and Construction phases of the Liberty Ave Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP); providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Twelve Million Nine Hundred Five Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-Six Dollars ($12,905,556.00) an increase of Five Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($5,400,000.00) from the previously authorized amount; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs not to exceed Twenty-Nine Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($29,700.00), an increase of Twenty Four Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($24,200.00) from the previously authorized amount (600 of 2023). Future Resolutions will authorize the project specific agreements.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 122025-1666

Resolution providing for a supplemental agreement or agreements with WSP USA, Inc. for costs associated with South Negley Avenue Bridge Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million One Hundred Eighty-Eight Thousand Four Hundred Nine Dollars and Thirty- Nine Cents ($1,188,409.39) an increase of Three Hundred Seventeen Thousand Five Hundred Eighty -Eight Dollars and Thirty-Four Cents ($317,588.34) from the previously executed agreement (51166- 3).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 132023-1698

Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article IV, Chapter 909.01.P, “SP- 9 Bakery Square”, amending the certain provisions of Chapter 909.01.P and by the addition of a new Sections 909.01.P.1(c)-(g). (Sent to the Planning Commission for a Report & Recommendation on 7/6/23) (Report and Recommendation received on 1/24/25) (Public Hearing held 7/8/25)

Discussion
No matched discussion
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AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTE
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 142023-1723

Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article I, Section 902.03 Zoning Map, by changing from HC, Highway Commercial District to SP-9/Bakery Square District, certain property roughly bounded by Penn Avenue, East Liberty Boulevard and the Pittsburgh Regional Transit East Busway, all in the Allegheny County Block and Lot System, 11th Ward; and by changing from UI, Urban Industrial District to SP-9/Bakery Square District, that certain property roughly bounded by Penn Avenue and the existing easternmost boundary of the SP-9/Bakery Square District; in the Allegheny County Block and Lot System, 12th Ward; and by changing from HC, Highway Commercial District to UI, Urban Industrial District, that certain property roughly bounded by the northwestern boundary of the SP-9/Bakery Square District and Norfolk Southern Rail line, in the Allegheny County Block and Lot System, 11th Ward. (Sent to the Planning Commission for a report and recommendation on 7/12/23) (Report and Recommendation received on 1/24/25) (Public Hearing held 7/8/25)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTE
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 152025-1589

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 the Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs, due back by 5/14/2025
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 162025-1657

Resolution amending Resolution 21 of 2025, which authorized a cooperation agreement or agreements with the City of Pittsburgh Equipment Leasing Authority for the purchase and leasing of vehicles, equipment and accessories, equipment support infrastructure, and professional services in fiscal year 2025, by increasing the authorized amount by Ninety-Three Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($93,000.00) to purchase vehicles and equipment for the Office of Community Health and Safety, for a new total of Seven Million Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine Thousand Three Hundred Nineteen Dollars and Thirty-Seven Cents ($7,999,319.37).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 172025-1658

Resolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with Pittsburgh Water for costs associated with the Haverhill Project where Pittsburgh Water is overseeing the design and construction of the storm water management components as well as the roadway replacement and rehabilitation and has or will retain the services of a Design Consultant, Construction Management/Inspection Consultant, and Construction Contractor for the project. The City will reimburse Pittsburgh Water for this work at a cost to the City not to exceed Nine Hundred Ninety-Two Thousand Six Hundred Twenty-Eight Dollars and Seventy-Seven Cents ($992,628.77), an increase of Three Hundred Eighty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Thirteen Dollars and Thirty Cents ($382,513.30) from the previously authorizing resolution (404 of 2023).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 182025-1659

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh to enter into an Agility Agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for purposes of exchange, documentation, and cooperation with respect to provision of in-kind services between both parties, at no cost to the City.

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