City Council
TL;DR
Pittsburgh City Council approved multiple resolutions and ordinances on June 23, 2026, including agreements for lead dust testing, homeless outreach services, and property sales from tax foreclosures. The council also updated city codes related to urban gardens, greenways, parks, and immigration enforcement in city spaces.
Key Decisions
- Lead dust testing contract with Batta Environmental Associates Passed
- Homeless outreach services funding from Allegheny County ($800,000) Passed
- Property sales of 23 tax-foreclosed properties across multiple council districts Passed
- New City Farms Garden Program and Greenways Program ordinances Passed
- Conditional use approval for Passport Academy Charter School at 1835 Forbes Avenue Passed
Agenda
- ROLL CALL
- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
- MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA
- PROCLAMATIONS
- PUBLIC COMMENTS
- PRESENTATION OF PAPERS
- COUNCILMAN BOBBY WILSON PRESENTS:
- 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
- UNFINISHED BUSINESS
- REPORTS OF COMMITTEE - FINAL ACTION
- COUNCILWOMAN ERIKA STRASSBURGER PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND LAW
- 2026-0644 Report of the Committee on Finance and Law for June 17, 2026 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Report
- Pittsburgh, PA June 23, 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
- 2026-0592 Resolution providing for the sale of certain property, acquired by the City of Pittsburgh at tax sales. ITEMS A through W: A: 6601 Lyric Street, 124-R-300 (Council District 9), B: 0 Deary Street, 124-S-43 (Council District 9), C: 6929 Bennett Street, 125-H-309 (Council District 9), D: 234 E Elizabeth Street, 56-L-71 (Council District 5), E: 2369 South 18th Street, 13-A-9 (Council District 3), F: 716 McLain Street, 3-P-183 (Council District 3), G: 616 Industry Street, 14-E-196 (Council District 3), H: 604 Beltzhoover Avenue, 14-J-156 (Council District 3), I: 606 Beltzhoover Avenue, 14-J-157 (Council District 3), J: 608 Beltzhoover Avenue, 14-J-158 (Council District 3), K: 612 Beltzhoover Avenue, 14-J-159 (Council District 3), L: 138 Wabash Street, 19-M-79 (Council District 2), M: 821 Fairdale Street, 42-K-62 (Council District 2), N: 2128 Lowrie Street, 48-E-274 (Council District 1) O: 0 Chautauqua Street, 46-J-162 (Council District 6), P: 2729 Perrysville Avenue, 77-P-272 (Council District 6), Q: 3622 Grenada Street, 75-B-305 (Council District 1), R: 0 Grenada Street, 75-B-307 (Council District 1), S: 0 Grenada Street, 75-B-309 (Council District 1), T: 3632 Grenada Street, 75-B-310 (Council District 1), U: 514 West Prospect Avenue, 70-E-12 (Council District 2), V: 516 West Prospect Avenue, 70-E-13 (Council District 2), W: 520 West Prospect Avenue, 70-E-15 (Council District 2).Resolution
- 2026-0593 Resolution repealing an item in Resolution Number 226, effective April 10, 2024, in order to rescind the sale.Resolution
- 2026-0594 Resolution repealing items in Resolutions approved on various dates, which authorized the sale of property in various wards of the City of Pittsburgh, due to an incompletion of sale. Items A through AA. A: 223 Wick Street, 11-E-223 (Council District No. 6), B: 221 Wick Street, 11-E-224 (Council District No. 6), C: 750 Cherokee Street, 27-B-281 (Council District No. 6), D: 723 N Mathilda Street, 50-B-223 (Council District No. 9), E: 5220 Kincaid Street, 50-L-104 (Council District No. 9), F: 5301 Broad Street, 50-L-147 (Council District No. 9), G: 5410 Kincaid Street, 50-M-159 (Council District No. 9), H: 6406 Dean Street, 124-G-124 (Council District No. 9), I: 7135 Vassar Street, 173-J-375 (Council District No. 9), J: 1116 N Murtland Street, 125-D-99 (Council District No. 9), K: 7154 Apple Avenue, 173-P-194 (Council District No. 9), L: 7220 Idlewild Street, 174-F-315 (Council District No. 9), M: 640 Arlington Avenue, 3-K-42 (Council District No. 3), N: 211 Estella Avenue, 15-H-188 (Council District No. 3), O: 19 Lafferty Avenue, 15-K-183 (Council District No. 3), P: 401 Sylvania Avenue, 15-M-153 (Council District No. 3), Q: 417 Michigan Street, 15-S-52 (Council District No. 3), R: 0 Wilhelm Street, 20-R-197 (Council District No. 2), S: 2662 Glasgow Street, 21-P-70 (Council District No. 2), T: 826 Vista Street, 24-E-284 (Council District No. 1), U: 1202 Seidle Street, 24-B-332 (Council District No. 1), V: 1406 Dickson Street, 45-E-6 (Council District No. 1), W: 514 Fairywood Street, 70-E-46 (Council District No. 2), X: 2108 Mazette Place, 107-M-40 (Council District No. 2), Y: 215 Suncrest Street, 33-F-92 (Council District No. 3), Z: 12 Zimmerman Street, 61-G-275 (Council District No. 4), AA: 2129 Belleville Street, 190-D-20 (Council District No. 4)Resolution
- COUNCILMAN ANTHONY COGHILL PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELLNESS
- 2026-0645 Report of the Committee on Public Safety and Wellness for June 17, 2026 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Report
- Pittsburgh, PA June 23, 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
- 2026-0584 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 Allegheny County Department of Human Services for the purpose of receiving funds to deliver professional services and to purchase operational supplies and vehicles in an amount not to exceed EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND ($800,000.00) dollars for the City’s Office of Community and Health and Safety to provide expanded outreach services to individuals who experience homelessness and housing instability.Resolution
- 2026-0587 Ordinance amending Ordinance Number 11 of 2026, effective May 14, 2026, entitled, “Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Four: Public Places and Property, by adding Article IX: Use of City Owned or Operated Spaces, Chapter 495 - Prohibiting Immigration Enforcement in City-Owned or Operated Spaces.” to update the article number to XIX from IX.Ordinance
- 2026-0588 Ordinance amending Ordinance Number 12 of 2026, effective May 14, 2026, entitled, “Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Four: Public Places and Property, by adding Article IX: Use of City Owned or Operated Spaces, Chapter 495 - Protecting Community Spaces.” to update the article number to XIX from IX.Ordinance
- COUNCILWOMAN KIM SALINETRO PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE
- 2026-0646 Report of the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure for June 17, 2026 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Report
- Pittsburgh, PA June23, 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
- 2026-0591 Resolution providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with Verizon Pennsylvania LLC (“Verizon”) for costs associated with the City Steps project where Verizon Pennsylvania LLC would be responsible for paying 100% of the actual expenses involved in certain work to be described in the Agreement(s), at an amount not to exceed Six Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($6,500.00).Resolution
- COUNCILMAN BOBBY WILSON PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON LAND USE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- 2026-0647 Report of the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development for June 17, 2026 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Report
- Pittsburgh, PA June 23, 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
- 2026-0481 Resolution approving a Conditional Use Application under the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article V, Chapter 911, Section 911.04.A.64 to Passport Academy Charter School, applicant, for authorization to operate a School, Elementary or Secondary (General) use at 1835 Forbes Avenue, Block and Lot 11-J-56, zoned “UPR-B” Uptown Public Realm, District B, 1st Ward, Council District No. 6. (Public Hearing held 6/15/26)Resolution
- 2026-0564 Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title 4: Public Places and Property, Article VII: City Realty by amending Chapter 454 to update Pittsburgh’s Adopt-A-Lot Program.Ordinance
- COUNCILWOMAN BARBARA WARWICK PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON RECREATION, YOUTH AND SENIOR SERVICES
- 2026-0648 Report of the Committee on Recreation, Youth, and Senior Services for June 17, 2026 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Report
- Pittsburgh, PA June 23, 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
- 2026-0562 Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Department of City Planning to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Open Space Institute for the purpose of receiving grant funds in the amount not to exceed TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND ($25,000.00) dollars to acquire privately owned tax-delinquent land to improve connectivity of our greenways.Resolution
- 2026-0565 Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title 4: Public Places and Property, Article VII: City Realty by adding a new Chapter 456: City Farms Garden Program, to authorize the Department of Parks and Recreation to establish a Garden Program, which permits urban agricultural activities on permanently City-owned property, all under certain terms and conditions.Ordinance
- 2026-0566 Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title 4: Public Places and Property, Article VII: City Realty by adding a new Chapter 455: Greenways, to authorize the Department of City Planning and its appointed designees to establish a Greenways Program, which permits stewardship and urban agriculture activities in the greenways, all under certain terms and conditions.Ordinance
- 2026-0567 Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title 4: Public Places and Property, Article XI: Parks and Playgrounds by amending Chapter 473.01.a.3 and 473.01.b.1 to update Pittsburgh’s Park Property Use Regulations.Ordinance
- COUNCILWOMAN DEBORAH L. GROSS PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE, ASSET MANAGEMENT, AND TECHNOLOGY
- 2026-0650 Report of the Committee on Innovation, Performance, Asset Management, and Technology for June 17, 2026 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Report
- Pittsburgh, PA June 23, 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
- 2026-0585 Resolution amending Resolution 846-2023, 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 The Wilson Group for the lease of multifunction devices and managed print services, to include MFDs, all related hardware (integrated and standalone), support, maintenance and supplies, software, related services and solutions, by increasing the approved amount by Two Hundred Seventy Thousand Dollars ($270,000) for an amended total cost not-to-exceed One Million Eight Hundred Seventy Thousand Dollars ($1,870,000) over 4 years.Resolution
- 2026-0586 Resolution amending Resolution 248-2020, authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure or the Director of the Department of Innovation and Performance to enter into an agreement or agreements or amendments thereto with Cyclomedia Technology, Inc. for the City to continue to access the captured 360 GeoCycloramas for approximately 1,553 total miles of city owned roads along with LiDAR data, by increasing the approved amount by Forty-Six Thousand Five Hundred Ninety Dollars ($46,590) for an amended total cost not-to-exceed Eight Hundred Fourteen Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty-Six Dollars and Seventy-Five Cents ($814,936.75) over nine (9) years.Resolution
- COUNCILMAN KHARI MOSLEY PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS
- 2026-0649 Report of the Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs for June 17, 2026 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Report
- Pittsburgh, PA June 23, 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
- 2026-0589 Resolution providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with Pennsylvania American Water Company (“PAWC”) for costs associated with the City Steps project where Pennsylvania American Water Company would be responsible for paying 100% of the actual expenses involved in certain work to be described in the Agreement(s), at an amount not to exceed Five Thousand Three Hundred Fifty Dollars ($5,350.00).Resolution
- 2026-0590 Resolution providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with Pennsylvania American Water Company (“PAWC”) for costs associated with the City Steps project where Pennsylvania American Water Company would be responsible for paying 100% of the actual expenses involved in certain work to be described in the Agreement(s), at an amount not to exceed Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($3,500.00).Resolution
- MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS
- EXCUSE ABSENT MEMBERS
- APPROVAL OF MINUTES
- ADJOURNMENT