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City Council

Tuesday, June 9, 2026 · 10:01 AM AM · Council Chambers

TL;DR

Pittsburgh City Council approved multiple infrastructure and service agreements, including grant applications for park improvements totaling $575,000 and highway safety projects. The council also authorized contracts for lead dust analysis, emergency medical training, and deer management programs, while advancing a zoning ordinance to regulate tobacco and cannabinoid retail locations.

Key Decisions

  • Lead Safe Ordinance - Environmental Testing Contract Passed
  • Greenways Grants for Manchester Park and Bedford Park Passed
  • Liberty Avenue Highway Safety Improvements - Expanded PennDOT Funding Passed
  • Zoning Ordinance - Retail Tobacco, Inhalant, and Cannabinoid Sales Regulations Passed
  • Wildlife Damage Management - White-Tailed Deer Program Passed

Agenda

  1. ROLL CALL
  2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
  3. MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA
  4. PROCLAMATIONS
  5. PUBLIC COMMENTS
  6. PRESENTATION OF PAPERS
  7. COUNCILMAN BOBBY WILSON PRESENTS:
  8. 2026-0540 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into an Agreement or Agreements with Batta Environmental Associates, Inc. for professional services providing materials for and analysis of lead dust samples pertaining to PLI’s execution of the City of Pittsburgh’s Lead Safe Ordinance for a total cost not to exceed THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FORTY NINE DOLLARS AND FOURTEEN CENTS ($35,949.14) over three years.
    Resolution
  9. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
  10. REPORTS OF COMMITTEE - FINAL ACTION
  11. COUNCILWOMAN ERIKA STRASSBURGER PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND LAW
  12. 2026-0576 Report of the Committee on Finance and Law for June 3, 2026 with an Affirmative Recommendation.
    Report
  13. Pittsburgh, PA June 9, 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
  14. 2026-0537 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of 1410 East Carson, LLC in an amount not to exceed THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($3,151.00) over one year, in full and final settlement of a claim (2025-CLAIM-0270) for damage to the front window of the business at 1410 East Carson Street from a City of Pittsburgh Police horse on March 16, 2025. (Executive Session held 5/27/26)
    Resolution
  15. COUNCILMAN ANTHONY COGHILL PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELLNESS
  16. 2026-0577 Report of the Committee on Public Safety and Wellness for June 3, 2026 with an Affirmative Recommendation.
    Report
  17. Pittsburgh, PA June 9, 2026 TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL Gentlemen and Madame: Your Committee on Public Safety and Wellness respectfully returns herewith the following Resolutions and/or Ordinances with an affirmative recommendation. Respectfully Submitted, ______________________________________ Mr. Coghill, Chair
  18. 2026-0527 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of International Trauma Life Support-Penn Ohio (ITLS), in an amount not to exceed EIGHT THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($8,100.00), for trauma and life support certifications necessary to the mission of the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services.
    Resolution
  19. 2026-0528 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the United States Department of Agriculture for services relating to a cooperative wildlife damage management program for white-tailed deer for a sum not to exceed ONE HUNDRED THREE THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO DOLLARS AND EIGHTY-EIGHT CENTS ($103,132.88) over one year.
    Resolution
  20. COUNCILWOMAN KIM SALINETRO PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE
  21. 2026-0578 Report of the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure for June 3, 2026 with an Affirmative Recommendation.
    Report
  22. Pittsburgh, PA June 9, 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
  23. 2026-0414 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Finance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an agreement or agreements or amendments thereto with various parties for the purpose of accessing City property while certain railroad crossing at Lock Way East and Lock Way West (Council District 7) are being upgraded or removed, at no cost to the City.
    Resolution
  24. 2026-0532 Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh, and the Department of Public Works to apply for a grant from Pennsylvania Department of Economic Development’s Greenways, Trails, and Recreation Program for the Manchester Park Rehabilitation Project. The grant proposal includes an ask of TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND ($250,000) dollars with a local match of THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED ($37,500.00) dollars for a total grant project cost of TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED ($287,500.00) dollars for this stated purpose.
    Resolution
  25. 2026-0533 Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh and the Department of Public Works to apply for a grant from Pennsylvania Department of Economic Development’s Greenways, Trails, and Recreation Program for the Planning of Bedford Park. The grant proposal includes an ask of TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND ($250,000) dollars with a local match of THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED ($37,500.00) dollars for a total grant project cost of TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED ($287,500.00) dollars for this stated purpose.
    Resolution
  26. 2026-0534 Resolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Study phase and the Preliminary Design phase of the Beaver Avenue Esplanade Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00), an increase of Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000.00) from the previously executed agreement, reimbursable at 100%, at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh.
    Resolution
  27. 2026-0535 Resolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Design, Final Design, Right of Way, and Construction phases of the Liberty Ave Highway Safety Improvements Program (HSIP); providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Fourteen Million Eight Hundred Eighty-Three Thousand One Hundred Fifty-One Dollars and Ninety-Three Cents ($14,883,151.93) an increase of One Million Nine Hundred Seventy-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Ninety-Five Dollars and Ninety-Three Cents ($1,977,595.93) from the previously authorized amount, reimbursable at eighty percent; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs not to exceed Twenty-Nine Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($29,700.00), an increase of Zero Dollars ($0.00) from the previously authorized amount (215 of 2025). Future Resolutions will authorize the project specific agreements.
    Resolution
  28. COUNCILPERSON ROBERT CHARLAND PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES
  29. 2026-0579 Report of the Committee on Human Resources for June 3, 2026 with an Affirmative Recommendation.
    Report
  30. Pittsburgh, PA June 9, 2026 TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL Gentlemen and Madame: Your Committee on Human Resources respectfully returns herewith the following Resolutions and/or Ordinances with an affirmative recommendation. Respectfully Submitted, ______________________________________ Mr. Charland, Chair
  31. 2026-0526 Resolution providing for the authorization to make all legitimate expenditures for payments and agreements or agreements with various agencies for job development and employment services necessary to implement the 2025 Neighborhood Employment Program, and providing the periodic transfer of funds to be used in the 2025 Neighborhood Employment Program for payment of cost thereof, cost not to exceed Two Hundred Ten Thousand ($210,000.00) Dollars.
    Resolution
  32. COUNCILMAN BOBBY WILSON PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON LAND USE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
  33. 2026-0580 Report of the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development for June 3, 2026 with an Affirmative Recommendation.
    Report
  34. Pittsburgh, PA June 9, 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
  35. 2025-2250 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine - Zoning, Article V, Use Regulations, Chapter 911: Primary Uses, to add Retail: Tobacco, Inhalant, and Cannabinoids, to add specific requirements and conditional use application requirements. (Sent to the Planning Commission for a report & recommendation on 10/15/25) (Report & recommendation received on 04/9/26) (Public Hearing held 05/26/26)
    Ordinance
  36. COUNCILWOMAN BARBARA WARWICK PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON RECREATION, YOUTH AND SENIOR SERVICES
  37. 2026-0581 Report of the Committee on Recreation, Youth, and Senior Services for June 3, 2026 with an Affirmative Recommendation.
    Report
  38. Pittsburgh, PA June 9, 2026 TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL Gentlemen and Madame: Your Committee on Recreation, Youth and Senior Services respectfully returns herewith the following Resolutions and/or Ordinances with an affirmative recommendation. Respectfully Submitted, _______________________________________ Mrs. Warwick, Chair
  39. 2026-0538 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an agreement or agreements for booking, performance and entertainment services in conjunction with the City of Pittsburgh's Independence Day Festival at an amount not to exceed FIFTY-FOUR THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS ($54,950.00) to be paid for using grant funds received from the Richard King Mellon Foundation and chargeable to job number 5029400545. (Waiver of Competitive Process Received)
    Resolution
  40. 2026-0539 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Parks and Recreation on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh to enter into a financial Sponsorship Agreement with Bank of New York Mellon Corporation valued at FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($50,000.00) for the 2026 City of Pittsburgh Independence Day Celebration at no cost to the city.
    Resolution
  41. COUNCILWOMAN DEBORAH L. GROSS PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE, ASSET MANAGEMENT, AND TECHNOLOGY
  42. 2026-0582 Report of the Committee on Innovation, Performance, Asset Management, and Technology for June 3, 2026 with an Affirmative Recommendation.
    Report
  43. Pittsburgh, PA June 9, 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
  44. 2026-0529 Resolution amending Resolution 897-2024, 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 Granicus, Inc. in a form approved by the City Solicitor for website content management, by increasing the approved amount by Three Hundred Ninety-Four Thousand Six Hundred Thirty-Six Dollars and Twenty-Seven Cents ($394,636.27) for a total cost not-to-exceed Eight Hundred Ninety Thousand Two Hundred Forty-Four Dollars and Twenty-Seven Cents ($890,244.27) over six (6) years. (Waiver of Competitive Process Received)
    Resolution
  45. COUNCILMAN KHARI MOSLEY PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS
  46. 2026-0583 Report of the Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs for June 3, 2026 with an Affirmative Recommendation.
    Report
  47. Pittsburgh, PA June 9, 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
  48. 2026-0530 Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 1208 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15282 at no cost to the City.
    Resolution
  49. MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS
  50. EXCUSE ABSENT MEMBERS
  51. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
  52. ADJOURNMENT