NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby commend and thank Caster Binion for a job well done at the Housing Authority City of Pittsburgh (HACP) & his dedication to improving the fabric of our great city.
Legislation Items
Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.
| Order | File | Title | Discussion | Vote | Votes For | Votes Against |
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| 1 | 2026-0942 | NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby commend and thank Caster Binion for a job well done at the Housing Authority City of Pittsburgh (HACP) & his dedication to improving the fabric of our great city. | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 2 | 2026-0943 | Declares September as “National Service Dog Month” in the City of Pittsburgh, in recognition of the extraordinary contributions service dogs perform for our neighbors with disabilities, and commends the work Canine Companion performs in connecting residents with their service dogs. | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 3 | 2026-0944 | Declares October 10, 2026 “Buddy Walk Day” in the City of Pittsburgh. | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 4 | 2026-0962 | Declares October 7, 2026, to be “Our Lady of Victory Day” in the City of Pittsburgh. | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 5 | 2026-0961 | WHEREAS, functional electric infrastructure is of critical importance to the City of Pittsburgh; and, | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 6 | 2026-0945 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a professional services agreement or agreements with the Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania for the provision of medical direction services at a cost not to exceed FIFTY DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($50.00) over five years. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 7 | 2026-0946 | 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 the Department of Homeland Security for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the Assistance to Firefighters Grant in the amount not to exceed SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTEEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED NINE DOLLARS AND NINE CENTS ($715,909.09) for Fire apparatus /vehicle training and backfill salaries. The grant requires a match from the City of Pittsburgh in an amount not to exceed SEVENTY ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED NINETY DOLLARS AND NINETY ONE CENTS ($71,590.91) for this stated purpose for a total project cost not to exceed SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED ($787,500.00) dollars. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 8 | 2026-0947 | 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 the Department of Homeland Security for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the Assistance to Firefighters grant in the amount not to exceed ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED NINETY DOLLARS AND NINETY CENTS ($153,590.90) to purchase Immediate Dangerous to Life or Health Monitors. The grant requires a match from the City of Pittsburgh in the amount not to exceed FIFTEEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FIFTY NINE DOLLARS AND TEN CENTS ($15,359.10) for this stated purpose for a total project cost not to exceed ONE HUNDRED SIXTY EIGHT THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FIFTY ($168,950.00) dollars. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 9 | 2026-0948 | Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for property on the 3100 block of Smallman Street. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 10 | 2026-0949 | Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 733 N. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 11 | 2026-0950 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works for the City of Pittsburgh (“City”) to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting through the Department of Transportation (“PennDOT”), for Winter Maintenance Services provided by the City for PennDOT on designated state highways (state routes), including bridges and approaches, and subject to terms and conditions of an Agreement or Agreements, at a PennDOT cost not to exceed Five Million Ninety Four Thousand Nine Hundred Nineteen Dollars and Twenty Cents ($5,094,919.20) over a period of five (5) years. | Waived under Rule 8 | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 12 | 2026-0951 | Resolution amending Resolution 284 of 2026, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a Professional Service Agreement, or Agreements, or Amended Agreements, with Studio Zewde for costs associated with the Homewood Park - Construction Project, for the Construction Administration schedule extension; by increasing the total spend by Twenty-Five Thousand, Six Hundred Seventy-Eight Dollars and Seventy-five Cents ($25,678.75) for a new not to exceed amount of Two Million, One Hundred and Sixty-Two Thousand, Seven Hundred Sixty-One Dollars and Five Cents ($2,162,761.05). | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 13 | 2026-0952 | Resolution amending Resolution 152 of 2024, which provided for an Agreement or Agreements with SAI Consulting Engineers for costs associated with the Construction Management and Construction Inspection phases for the Charles Anderson Bridge Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Three Million Two Hundred Four Thousand Two Hundred Six Dollars and Ninety-Six Cents ($3,204,206.96), an increase of Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Twenty Dollars and Eighty-Five Cents ($350,020.85), federally reimbursable at 100%. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 14 | 2026-0953 | Resolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Construction phase of the City Steps Project, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed Eight Million Two Hundred Seventeen Thousand Dollars ($8,217,000.00) a decrease of One Million Six Hundred Fifty- Three Thousand Dollars ($1,653,000.00) from the previously executed agreement, reimbursable at 100%; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs at a cost to the City of Pittsburgh not to exceed Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00), a decrease of Twenty-Six Thousand Dollars ($26,000.00) from the previously executed agreement. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 15 | 2026-0954 | Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Barbara Klein and her legal counsel, Berger and Green, P. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 16 | 2026-0964 | Authorizes a City warrant payment to Recreonics, in the amount of Five Thousand Eight Hundred Forth-Nine Dollars and Thirty-One Cents ($5,849. | Waived under Rule 8 | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 17 | 2026-0955 | Resolution appointing Mathew Davis as the Chief of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire. | Held, Pending Interview to the Committee on Hearings and Policy | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 18 | 2026-0956 | Resolution appointing Rea Price as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and Chief Financial Officer. | Held, Pending Interview to the Committee on Hearings and Policy | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 19 | 2026-0957 | Resolution appointing Sylvia Harris as the Director of the Department of Innovation and Performance and Chief Information Officer. | Held, Pending Interview to the Committee on Hearings and Policy | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 20 | 2026-0958 | Extends the term of the Acting Director, Office of Management and Budget, for 90 additional days, to run through January 7, 2027. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Kim Salinetro, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 21 | 2026-0959 | Files a communication from Rea Price about status update from the Grants Office for the week ended October 2, 2026. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 22 | 2026-0960 | Files a communication from Kimberly Clark-Baskin about second-quarter 2026 travel reports from various City departments. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 23 | 2026-0963 | Files a communication from Rachael Heisler about City of Pittsburgh’s Preliminary Revenue Forecast for years 2027-2031, dated September 29, 2026. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 24 | 2026-0852 | Resolution appointing DeAnna Davis to the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board with a term to expire September 6, 2030. | Approved | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 25 | 2026-0854 | Resolution appointing Oliver Beasley to the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board with a term to expire September 6, 2030. | Approved | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 26 | 2026-0855 | Resolution appointing Walter Lewis to the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board with a term to expire September 6, 2030. | Approved | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 27 | 2026-0856 | Resolution appointing John Katz to the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board with a term to expire September 6, 2030. | Approved | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 28 | 2026-0938 | Records the Finance and Law committee report for September 30, 2026. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 29 | 2026-0895 | Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Jerald S. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Kim Salinetro, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 30 | 2026-0896 | Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Sage Melody Grodin in an amount not to exceed THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX DOLLARS AND FORTY CENTS ($3,726. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Kim Salinetro, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 31 | 2026-0939 | Records the Public Works and Infrastructure committee report for September 30, 2026. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 32 | 2026-0893 | Resolution authorizing the Director of the Department of Finance and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into certain temporary construction easements, aerial easements, and permanent right-of-way acquisitions on certain properties in the 26th Ward of the City in order to advance the Swindell Bridge project. Costs for these temporary construction easements, aerial easements, and right-of-way acquisitions shall not exceed Ninety Thousand Dollars ($90,000.00), reimbursable at 95%. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Kim Salinetro, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 33 | 2026-0894 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to close out a Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Community Conservation Partnerships Program grant agreement (BRC-TAG-28- 179), which provided funding to help develop the Trail Maintenance Master Plan, at no cost to the City. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Kim Salinetro, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 34 | 2026-0920 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a license agreement or agreements with the Buncher Company for temporary placement of City vehicles onto property in the 6th Ward of Pittsburgh and designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block and Lot 25-L-26 at no cost to the City in order to allow necessary resurfacing work to occur at the City’s Environmental Services Center at 3001 Railroad Street. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Kim Salinetro, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 35 | 2026-0921 | Resolution authorizing The Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Works, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh to enter into a license agreement with Friends of South Side Park to plant native trees, shrubs and herbaceous perennials in South Side Park if the community group is awarded a grant from the United Stated Department of Agriculture at no cost to the City. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Kim Salinetro, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 36 | 2026-0940 | Records the Innovation, Performance, Asset Management, and Technology committee report for September 30, 2026. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 37 | 2026-0891 | Resolution 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 or amendments thereto with ePlus Technology, Inc. for professional services for firewall upgrade, at a cost not-to-exceed Forty- Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($47,800) over one (1) year. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Kim Salinetro, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 38 | 2026-0941 | Records the Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs committee report for September 30, 2026. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 39 | 2026-0892 | Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 929 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa 15222. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Khari Mosley, Kim Salinetro, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 |
Declares September as “National Service Dog Month” in the City of Pittsburgh, in recognition of the extraordinary contributions service dogs perform for our neighbors with disabilities, and commends the work Canine Companion performs in connecting residents with their service dogs.
Declares October 10, 2026 “Buddy Walk Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.
Declares October 7, 2026, to be “Our Lady of Victory Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.
WHEREAS, functional electric infrastructure is of critical importance to the City of Pittsburgh; and,
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a professional services agreement or agreements with the Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania for the provision of medical direction services at a cost not to exceed FIFTY DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($50.00) over five years.
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 the Department of Homeland Security for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the Assistance to Firefighters Grant in the amount not to exceed SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTEEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED NINE DOLLARS AND NINE CENTS ($715,909.09) for Fire apparatus /vehicle training and backfill salaries. The grant requires a match from the City of Pittsburgh in an amount not to exceed SEVENTY ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED NINETY DOLLARS AND NINETY ONE CENTS ($71,590.91) for this stated purpose for a total project cost not to exceed SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED ($787,500.00) dollars.
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 the Department of Homeland Security for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the Assistance to Firefighters grant in the amount not to exceed ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED NINETY DOLLARS AND NINETY CENTS ($153,590.90) to purchase Immediate Dangerous to Life or Health Monitors. The grant requires a match from the City of Pittsburgh in the amount not to exceed FIFTEEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FIFTY NINE DOLLARS AND TEN CENTS ($15,359.10) for this stated purpose for a total project cost not to exceed ONE HUNDRED SIXTY EIGHT THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FIFTY ($168,950.00) dollars.
Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for property on the 3100 block of Smallman Street.
Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 733 N.
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works for the City of Pittsburgh (“City”) to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting through the Department of Transportation (“PennDOT”), for Winter Maintenance Services provided by the City for PennDOT on designated state highways (state routes), including bridges and approaches, and subject to terms and conditions of an Agreement or Agreements, at a PennDOT cost not to exceed Five Million Ninety Four Thousand Nine Hundred Nineteen Dollars and Twenty Cents ($5,094,919.20) over a period of five (5) years.
Resolution amending Resolution 284 of 2026, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a Professional Service Agreement, or Agreements, or Amended Agreements, with Studio Zewde for costs associated with the Homewood Park - Construction Project, for the Construction Administration schedule extension; by increasing the total spend by Twenty-Five Thousand, Six Hundred Seventy-Eight Dollars and Seventy-five Cents ($25,678.75) for a new not to exceed amount of Two Million, One Hundred and Sixty-Two Thousand, Seven Hundred Sixty-One Dollars and Five Cents ($2,162,761.05).
Resolution amending Resolution 152 of 2024, which provided for an Agreement or Agreements with SAI Consulting Engineers for costs associated with the Construction Management and Construction Inspection phases for the Charles Anderson Bridge Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Three Million Two Hundred Four Thousand Two Hundred Six Dollars and Ninety-Six Cents ($3,204,206.96), an increase of Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Twenty Dollars and Eighty-Five Cents ($350,020.85), federally reimbursable at 100%.
Resolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Construction phase of the City Steps Project, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed Eight Million Two Hundred Seventeen Thousand Dollars ($8,217,000.00) a decrease of One Million Six Hundred Fifty- Three Thousand Dollars ($1,653,000.00) from the previously executed agreement, reimbursable at 100%; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs at a cost to the City of Pittsburgh not to exceed Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00), a decrease of Twenty-Six Thousand Dollars ($26,000.00) from the previously executed agreement.
Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Barbara Klein and her legal counsel, Berger and Green, P.
Authorizes a City warrant payment to Recreonics, in the amount of Five Thousand Eight Hundred Forth-Nine Dollars and Thirty-One Cents ($5,849.
Resolution appointing Mathew Davis as the Chief of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire.
Resolution appointing Rea Price as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and Chief Financial Officer.
Resolution appointing Sylvia Harris as the Director of the Department of Innovation and Performance and Chief Information Officer.
Extends the term of the Acting Director, Office of Management and Budget, for 90 additional days, to run through January 7, 2027.
Files a communication from Rea Price about status update from the Grants Office for the week ended October 2, 2026.
Files a communication from Kimberly Clark-Baskin about second-quarter 2026 travel reports from various City departments.
Files a communication from Rachael Heisler about City of Pittsburgh’s Preliminary Revenue Forecast for years 2027-2031, dated September 29, 2026.
Resolution appointing DeAnna Davis to the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board with a term to expire September 6, 2030.
Resolution appointing Oliver Beasley to the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board with a term to expire September 6, 2030.
Resolution appointing Walter Lewis to the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board with a term to expire September 6, 2030.
Resolution appointing John Katz to the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board with a term to expire September 6, 2030.
Records the Finance and Law committee report for September 30, 2026.
Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Jerald S.
Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Sage Melody Grodin in an amount not to exceed THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX DOLLARS AND FORTY CENTS ($3,726.
Records the Public Works and Infrastructure committee report for September 30, 2026.
Resolution authorizing the Director of the Department of Finance and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into certain temporary construction easements, aerial easements, and permanent right-of-way acquisitions on certain properties in the 26th Ward of the City in order to advance the Swindell Bridge project. Costs for these temporary construction easements, aerial easements, and right-of-way acquisitions shall not exceed Ninety Thousand Dollars ($90,000.00), reimbursable at 95%.
Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to close out a Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Community Conservation Partnerships Program grant agreement (BRC-TAG-28- 179), which provided funding to help develop the Trail Maintenance Master Plan, at no cost to the City.
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a license agreement or agreements with the Buncher Company for temporary placement of City vehicles onto property in the 6th Ward of Pittsburgh and designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block and Lot 25-L-26 at no cost to the City in order to allow necessary resurfacing work to occur at the City’s Environmental Services Center at 3001 Railroad Street.
Resolution authorizing The Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Works, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh to enter into a license agreement with Friends of South Side Park to plant native trees, shrubs and herbaceous perennials in South Side Park if the community group is awarded a grant from the United Stated Department of Agriculture at no cost to the City.
Records the Innovation, Performance, Asset Management, and Technology committee report for September 30, 2026.
Resolution 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 or amendments thereto with ePlus Technology, Inc. for professional services for firewall upgrade, at a cost not-to-exceed Forty- Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($47,800) over one (1) year.
Records the Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs committee report for September 30, 2026.
Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 929 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa 15222.