City Council
TL;DR
Pittsburgh City Council approved several resolutions on March 3, 2026, including settlement payments for legal claims, a $200,000 partnership with Carnegie Mellon University for street safety improvements, and funding adjustments for community development programs in Lawrenceville. The council also created a new Housing Data Dashboard and approved cybersecurity training costs.
Key Decisions
- Settlement payments approved Passed
- Carnegie Mellon University Safe Streets partnership ($200,000 city + $200,000 in-kind services) Passed
- Sylvan Avenue Multimodal Path Project cost increase ($86,733.76 additional funding) Passed
- Lawrenceville community development funding reallocated ($42,000 total shifted between organizations) Passed
- New Housing Data Dashboard ordinance approved Passed
Agenda
- ROLL CALL
- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
- MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA
- PROCLAMATIONS
- PUBLIC COMMENTS
- PRESENTATION OF PAPERS
- UNFINISHED BUSINESS
- REPORTS OF COMMITTEE - FINAL ACTION
- COUNCILWOMAN ERIKA STRASSBURGER PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND LAW
- 2026-0188 Report of the Committee on Finance and Law for February 25, 2026 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Report
- Pittsburgh, PA March 3, 2026 TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL Gentlemen and Madame: Your Committee on Finance and Law respectfully returns herewith the following Resolutions and/or Ordinances with an affirmative recommendation. Respectfully Submitted, ______________________________________ Mrs. Strassburger, Chair
- 2026-0121 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Alayna Griffiths in an amount not to exceed TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($2,650.00) over one year, in full and final settlement of a claim (2025-CLAIM-0237) for damage to her parked vehicle on Wightman Street from a City EMS vehicle on August 18, 2025. (Executive Session held 2/17/26)Resolution
- 2026-0122 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Naeem Martinez and Max Petrunya, PC, in the amount of SIXTY-TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($62,000.00) over one year, in full and final settlement of litigation filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania at docket number 2:21-cv-111. (Executive Session held 2/17/26)Resolution
- 2026-0123 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Network Deposition Services for legal transcript services for an amount not to exceed Twenty-Four Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-Eight Dollars and Ten Cents ($24,538.10) over one year.Resolution
- 2026-0162 Resolution transferring the amount of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) within the 2026 Operating Budget from City Council Postage, to the Office of the City Clerk for the purpose of professional services.Resolution
- COUNCILWOMAN KIM SALINETRO PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE
- 2026-0189 Report of the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure for February 25, 2026 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Report
- Pittsburgh, PA March 3, 2026 TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL Gentlemen and Madame: Your Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure respectfully returns herewith the following Resolutions and/or Ordinances with an affirmative recommendation. Respectfully Submitted, ______________________________________ Mrs. Salinetro, Chair
- 2026-0119 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into a contract with Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in an amount not to exceed TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND ($200,000) dollars over three (3) years to support the City’s Safe Streets and Roads for All project. CMU will also provide in-kind services in the amount of TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND ($200,000) dollars for a total project cost of FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND ($400,000) Dollars. (Waiver of Competitive Process Received)Resolution
- 2026-0179 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a supplemental agreement or agreements with A. Liberoni Inc., for costs associated with construction for the Sylvan Avenue Multimodal Path Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Seven Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Four Dollars and Thirteen Cents ($1,732,504.13), a net increase of Eighty-Six Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-Three Dollars and Seventy-Six Cents ($86,733.76), reimbursable at various rates.Resolution
- COUNCILMAN BOBBY WILSON PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON LAND USE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- 2026-0190 Report of the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development for February 25, 2026 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Report
- Pittsburgh, PA March 3, 2026 TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL Gentlemen and Madame: Your Committee on Land Use and Economic Development respectfully returns herewith the following Resolutions and/or Ordinances with an affirmative recommendation. Respectfully Submitted, ______________________________________ Mr. Wilson, Chair
- 2026-0120 Resolution further amending Resolution No. 924 of 2024, effective December 18, 2024, as amended, entitled "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)" so as to decrease Lawrenceville United by Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000) and increase Lawrenceville Corporation by Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000) so as to fund specific Public Service Grant projects of City Council and authorize a subsequent Agreement or Agreements.Resolution
- 2026-0124 Resolution amending Resolution No. 792 of 2024, effective November 6, 2024, as amended, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreement(s) with various community-based organizations for the implementation of the 2024 Neighborhood Economic Development program and to provide for the payment of the costs thereof, at a cost not to exceed Seven Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($720,000.00)" so as to decrease Lawrenceville United by Twenty-Seven Thousand Dollars ($27,000) and increase Lawrenceville Corporation by Twenty-Seven Thousand Dollars ($27,000) so as to authorize a subsequent Agreement or Agreements.Resolution
- COUNCILWOMAN DEBORAH L. GROSS PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE, ASSET MANAGEMENT, AND TECHNOLOGY
- 2026-0191 Report of the Committee on Innovation, Performance, Asset Management, and Technology for February 25, 2026 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Report
- Pittsburgh, PA March 3, 2026 TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL Gentlemen and Madame: Your Committee on Innovation, Performance, Asset Management and Technology respectfully returns herewith the following Resolutions and/or Ordinances with an affirmative recommendation. Respectfully Submitted, ______________________________________ Ms. Gross, Chair
- 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
- 2026-0175 Resolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in favor of Levy Convention Centers aka Levy Premium Foodservice in the amount of Nine Thousand Seventy-Seven Dollars and Forty Cents ($9,077.40) to pay for costs incurred for cybersecurity training. (Waiver of Competitive Process Received)Resolution
- COUNCILMAN KHARI MOSLEY PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS
- 2026-0192 Report of the Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs for February 25, 2026 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Report
- Pittsburgh, PA March 3, 2026 TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL Gentlemen and Madame: Your Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs respectfully returns herewith the following Resolutions and/or Ordinances with an affirmative recommendation. Respectfully Submitted, ______________________________________ Mr. Mosley, Chair
- 2026-0117 Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 2402 North Charles Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15214, at no cost to the City.Resolution
- 2026-0118 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant payable in favor of the Chartiers Valley District Flood Control Authority (“CVDFCA”) to renew the City of Pittsburgh’s membership into the CVDFCA and pay fees for the year 2026 in an amount not to exceed Seventeen Thousand Two Hundred and Four Dollars ($17,204.00), over one (1) year.Resolution
- MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS
- EXCUSE ABSENT MEMBERS
- APPROVAL OF MINUTES
- ADJOURNMENT