City Council

Tuesday, January 13, 2026 · 10:00 AM AM · Council Chambers

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Agenda

ROLL CALL
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA
PROCLAMATIONS
2026-0037 NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Saturday, January 10th, to be “Bailey White Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.
Proclamation
Action: Adopted Passed

A motion was made that this matter be Adopted. The motion carried.
PUBLIC COMMENTS

Dr. Ronald Lynn Miller, Amanda Neatrour, Armin Samii, Raqeeb Bey, Jon Hanrahan, Bernadette Mosey, Dale Marazoli, Chad Ringbloom, Unique Brown, Special Agent Sunshine, Yvonne F. Brown
PRESENTATION OF PAPERS
COUNCILPERSON ROBERT CHARLAND PRESENTS:
2026-0005 Resolution amending Resolution 559 of 2022, authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with Industrial/Organizational Solutions, Inc. (I/O Solutions) for professional consulting services in connection with Police Lieutenant and Police Sergeant position job analyses; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof not to exceed Two Hundred Seventy-Six Thousand Dollars ($276,000.00), for a new not to exceed amount of Three Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($375,000.00).
Resolution
Action: Read and referred

Read and referred to the Committee on Human Resources
2026-0041 Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title I, Administrative, Article VII, Procedures, by adding a new Chapter, "Chapter 173A: Housing Data Dashboard"
Ordinance
Action: Read and referred

Read and referred to the Committee on Innovation, Performance, Asset Management, and Technology
COUNCILMAN ANTHONY COGHILL PRESENTS:
2026-0006 Resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor, Solicitor, Director of Planning, and Director of Office of Management and Budget, pursuant to § 204(k) of the Home Rule Charter, to provide appropriate notice and terminate contract 54920 - 684975 - RS-59-24 - Sasaki & Common Cause Consultants per Article III.2 “Termination” of the agreement.
Resolution
Action: Read and referred

Read and referred to the Committee on Finance and Law
2026-0007 Resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor, Solicitor, Director of Planning, and Director of Office of Management and Budget, pursuant to § 204(k) of the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter, to provide appropriate notice and terminate contract 54724 - 568755 - RS-58-24 - HR&A ADVISORS & URBAN AC LLC per Article III.2 “Termination” of the agreement.
Resolution
Action: Read and referred

Read and referred to the Committee on Finance and Law
COUNCILWOMAN DEBORAH L. GROSS PRESENTS:
2026-0008 Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Seven: Business Licensing, Article VII Service Businesses, adding a new Chapter 768: Short-Term Rental Housing.
Ordinance
Action: Read and referred

Read and referred to the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development
2026-0009 Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine: Zoning, Article V: Use Regulations, Chapter 911-Primary Uses, 911.02 - Use Table, and Adding Section 911.04.A.101 - Short Term Rental; and amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine: Zoning, Article V: Use Regulations, Chapter 912 - Accessory Uses and Structures, by adding Section 912.09 - Short-Term Rental. (Needs to be sent to the Planning Commission or a Report & Recommendation)
Ordinance
Action: Read and referred

Read and referred to the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development
COUNCILMAN KHARI MOSLEY PRESENTS:
2026-0011 Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Allegheny County Economic Development for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the Gaming Economic Development Tourism Fund in the amount not to exceed FIFTY THOUSAND ($50,000.00) dollars for Warrington Recreation Center.
Resolution
Action: Read and referred

Read and referred to the Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs
COUNCILWOMAN KIM SALINETRO PRESENTS:
2026-0010 Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s Green Light Go Program for the purpose of receiving grant funds in the amount ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR THOUSAND TWENTY-NINE DOLLARS AND SIX CENTS ($1,394,029.06) for intersection upgrades at three locations in the City of Pittsburgh. The grant requires a match from the City of Pittsburgh in the amount of THREE HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SEVEN AND TWENTY-SEVEN CENTS ($348,507.27) for this stated purpose for a total project cost of ONE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED FORTY-TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX DOLLARS AND THIRTY-THREE CENTS ($1,742,536.33).
Resolution
Action: Read and referred

Read and referred to the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure
2026-0012 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to take all necessary actions to acquire and secure a right-of-way, aerial easements, and permanent and/or temporary construction easements, as-needed, including the taking of property by eminent domain if necessary, involving the California Avenue Bridge project, at no cost to the City.
Resolution
Action: Read and referred

Read and referred to the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure
2026-0013 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to take all necessary actions to acquire and secure a right-of-way, aerial easements, and permanent and/or temporary construction easements, as-needed, including the taking of property by eminent domain if necessary, involving the West Carson Street Bridge project, at no cost to the City.
Resolution
Action: Read and referred

Read and referred to the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure
2026-0014 Resolution providing for an agreement with CSX Transportation, Inc. for Preliminary Engineering work on the Elizabeth Street Bridge rehabilitation; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Nineteen Thousand Five Hundred Eighty Dollars ($19,580.00), reimbursable at 100%.
Resolution
Action: Read and referred

Read and referred to the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure
2026-0015 Resolution granting unto BRASHEAR ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, at no cost to the City, a retaining wall, steps and planters at the intersection of Bausman and Grape Street, in the 30th Ward, 3rd Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Resolution
Action: Read and referred

Read and referred to the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure
COUNCILWOMAN BARBARA WARWICK PRESENTS:
2026-0016 Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Two: Fiscal, Article V: Special Funds, to add a new Chapter 239: Fleet Vehicle Fund, to create a Fleet Vehicle Fund to fully fund the City of Pittsburgh’s fleet needs, and establish the purposes for which monies in the Fund may be used.
Resolution
Action: Read and referred

Read and referred to the Committee on Finance and Law
COUNCILMAN R. DANIEL LAVELLE PRESENTS:
2026-0017 Resolution appointing Jason Lando as the Chief of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police.
Appointment-Requiring Vote
Action: Held, Pending Interview Passed

A motion was made that this matter be Held, Pending Interview to the Committee on Hearings and Policy. The motion carried.
2026-0018 Resolution appointing Ivette Mongalo-Winston as Director of the Department of City Planning.
Appointment-Requiring Vote
Action: Held, Pending Interview Passed

A motion was made that this matter be Held, Pending Interview to the Committee on Hearings and Policy. The motion carried.
2026-0019 Resolution appointing Eric Sloan as the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation.
Appointment-Requiring Vote
Action: Held, Pending Interview Passed

A motion was made that this matter be Held, Pending Interview to the Committee on Hearings and Policy. The motion carried.
2026-0020 Resolution appointing Sheldon Williams as the Director of the Department of Public Safety.
Appointment-Requiring Vote
Action: Held, Pending Interview Passed

A motion was made that this matter be Held, Pending Interview to the Committee on Hearings and Policy. The motion carried.
2026-0021 Resolution appointing Lisa Zeidner Marcus as City Solicitor.
Appointment-Requiring Vote
Action: Held, Pending Interview Passed

A motion was made that this matter be Held, Pending Interview to the Committee on Hearings and Policy. The motion carried.
2026-0022 Resolution informing City Council of the appointment of Laura Drogowski as Assistant Director, Community Health and Safety, of the Department of Public Safety.
Appointment-Informing
Action: Read, Received and Filed Passed

A motion was made that this matter be Read, Received and Filed. The motion carried.
2026-0023 Resolution informing City Council of the appointment of Rea Price as Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
Appointment-Informing
Action: Read, Received and Filed Passed

A motion was made that this matter be Read, Received and Filed. The motion carried.
2026-0024 Resolution informing City Council of the appointment of Bill Urbanic as City Treasurer for the City and School District of Pittsburgh for the Department of Finance.
Appointment-Informing
Action: Read, Received and Filed Passed

A motion was made that this matter be Read, Received and Filed. The motion carried.
2026-0025 Resolution appointing Sharon Werner as a Board Member of the Equipment Leasing Authority for a term to end March 31, 2028, serving the remainder of the term for a seat vacated by Lisa Frank.
Appointment-Requiring Vote
Action: Held, Pending Interview Passed

A motion was made that this matter be Held, Pending Interview to the Committee on Hearings and Policy. The motion carried.
2026-0026 Resolution appointing Sheldon Williams as a Board Member of the Equipment Leasing Authority for a term to end June 15, 2026, serving the remainder of the term for a seat vacated by Lee Schmidt.
Appointment-Requiring Vote
Action: Held, Pending Interview Passed

A motion was made that this matter be Held, Pending Interview to the Committee on Hearings and Policy. The motion carried.
2026-0027 Resolution appointing Marita Bradley to the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board with a term to expire January 11, 2030.
Appointment-Requiring Vote
Action: Held, Pending Interview Passed

A motion was made that this matter be Held, Pending Interview to the Committee on Hearings and Policy. The motion carried.
2026-0028 Resolution informing City Council of the appointment of Robert Charland as a Member of the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh Board of Directors with a term to expire January 11, 2030.
Appointment-Informing
Action: Read, Received and Filed Passed

A motion was made that this matter be Read, Received and Filed. The motion carried.
2026-0029 Resolution informing City Council of the appointment of Yarone Zober as a Member of the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh Board of Directors with a term to expire January 11, 2030.
Appointment-Informing
Action: Read, Received and Filed Passed

A motion was made that this matter be Read, Received and Filed. The motion carried.
2026-0030 Resolution appointing Rea Price as a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Comprehensive Municipal Pension Trust Fund.
Appointment-Requiring Vote
Action: Held, Pending Interview Passed

A motion was made that this matter be Held, Pending Interview to the Committee on Hearings and Policy . The motion carried.
2026-0031 Communication from David Hutchinson, Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget, submitting to City Council the attached status update from the Grants Office for the week ended January 2, and January 9, 2026.
Communication
Action: Read, Received and Filed Passed

A motion was made that this matter be Read, Received and Filed. The motion carried.
2026-0032 Communication from Mayor Corey O’Connor submitting Executive Order No. 2026-01, dated January 6, 2026.
Communication
Action: Read, Received and Filed Passed

A motion was made that this matter be Read, Received and Filed. The motion carried.
2026-0033 Communication from Aaron Waller, Executive Director of the Sports & Exhibition Authority, submitting the Position and Salary Report as of December 31, 2025.
Communication
Action: Read, Received and Filed Passed

A motion was made that this matter be Read, Received and Filed. The motion carried.
2026-0034 Communication from Mayor Corey O’Connor designating David Hutchinson as Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget effective Monday, January 5, 2026.
Communication
Action: Read, Received and Filed Passed

A motion was made that this matter be Read, Received and Filed. The motion carried.
2026-0035 Communication from Mayor Corey O’Connor designating John McClory as Acting Director of the Department of Public Works effective Monday, January 5, 2026.
Communication
Action: Read, Received and Filed Passed

A motion was made that this matter be Read, Received and Filed. The motion carried.
2026-0036 Communication from Mayor Corey O’Connor designating Sylvia Harris as Acting Director of the Department of Innovation and Performance effective Monday, January 5, 2026.
Communication
Action: Read, Received and Filed Passed

A motion was made that this matter be Read, Received and Filed. The motion carried.
2026-0039 Ordinance directing the Allegheny County Board of Elections to place before the qualified voters of the City of Pittsburgh at the 2026 May Primary Election a referendum question, “Shall the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter, Article Three, Legislative Branch, be amended by changing the budget approval rules to ensure timely passage at the end of legislative sessions?” (Public Hearing Scheduled for 1/27/26)
Ordinance
Action: Read and referred

Read and referred to the Committee on Finance and Law
2026-0040 Ordinance directing the Allegheny County Board of Elections to place before the qualified voters of the City of Pittsburgh at the 2026 May Primary Election a referendum question, "Shall the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter, Article Three, Legislative Branch, be amended by changing public hearing notice requirements to adjust the public hearing notice requirements in light of the loss of both newspapers of general circulation in the City?” (Public Hearing Scheduled for 1/27/26)
Ordinance
Action: Read and referred

Read and referred to the Committee on Finance and Law
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
REPORTS OF COMMITTEE - FINAL ACTION
MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS

Councilwoman Warwick motioned for a Post-Agenda relative to Shot Spotter. The motion carried. Councilperson Strassburger motioned for a Post-Agenda relative to Climate Action Plan Update. The motion carried.
EXCUSE ABSENT MEMBERS
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
ADJOURNMENT
2026-0040 Ordinance directing the Allegheny County Board of Elections to place before the qualified voters of the City of Pittsburgh at the 2026 May Primary Election a referendum question, "Shall the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter, Article Three, Legislative Branch, be amended by changing public hearing notice requirements to adjust the public hearing notice requirements in light of the loss of both newspapers of general circulation in the City?” (Public Hearing Scheduled for 1/27/26)
Ordinance
Action: Held for Cablecast Public Hearing Passed

A motion was made that this matter be Held for Cablecast Public Hearing to the Committee on Hearings and Policy. The motion carried.
2026-0039 Ordinance directing the Allegheny County Board of Elections to place before the qualified voters of the City of Pittsburgh at the 2026 May Primary Election a referendum question, “Shall the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter, Article Three, Legislative Branch, be amended by changing the budget approval rules to ensure timely passage at the end of legislative sessions?” (Public Hearing Scheduled for 1/27/26)
Ordinance
Action: Held for Cablecast Public Hearing Passed

A motion was made that this matter be Held for Cablecast Public Hearing to the Committee on Hearings and Policy. The motion carried.

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