City Council

Tuesday, July 21, 2026 · 10:01 AM AM · Council Chambers

TL;DR

Pittsburgh City Council approved multiple resolutions on July 21, 2026, including a $35,949 contract for lead dust testing under the Lead Safe Ordinance, budget adjustments moving funds from pool maintenance to play area improvements, and an extension of the city's natural gas fueling station agreement. Council also rezoned three residential parcels in Homewood West to industrial use and transferred publicly-owned properties to the Pittsburgh Land Bank for community development.

Key Decisions

  • Lead Safe Ordinance Testing Contract Approved
  • Budget Reallocation: Swimming Pool to Play Areas Approved
  • Natural Gas Fueling Station Agreement Extension Approved
  • Homewood West Zoning Change (Residential to Industrial) Approved
  • Property Transfer to Pittsburgh Land Bank Approved (3 parcels)

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. Pittsburgh, PA July 21, 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
  13. 2026-0705 Resolution further amending Resolution No. 797 of 2017, effective December 28, 2017, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2018 Capital Budget and the 2018 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2018 through 2023 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing SWIMMING POOL MAINTENANCE by Fifty-Two Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-Four Dollars and Sixty-Eight Cents ($52,854.68), and increasing PLAY AREA IMPROVEMENTS by Fifty-Two Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-Four Dollars and Sixty-Eight Cents ($52,854.68).
    Resolution
  14. 2026-0706 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Comber Miller LLC for expert legal services for litigation filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania at GD 2:25-cv-1303, for an amount not to exceed Twenty Thousand One Hundred Ninety-Seven Dollars and Seventy-One Cents ($20,197.71) over one year. (Executive Session scheduled for 7/7/26)
    Resolution
  15. 2026-0707 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of MedicoLegal, Inc., for expert witness services in connection with a litigation matter filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, at G.D. 21-007781 for an amount not to exceed Six Thousand Two Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($6,200.00) over one year. (Executive Session scheduled for 7/7/26)
    Resolution
  16. 2026-0730 Resolution amending Resolution 124 of 2023, which authorized the Mayor, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Compass Natural Gas for professional services relating to the leasing and maintenance of a mobile CNG fueling station by extending the term through September 30, 2026 and not to exceed amount by One Hundred Twenty-Six Thousand Dollars ($126,000.00), for a new cost not to exceed Eight Hundred Eighty-Two Thousand Dollars ($882,000.00).
    Resolution
  17. COUNCILWOMAN KIM SALINETRO PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE
  18. Pittsburgh, PA July 21, 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
  19. 2026-0704 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into a License and Maintenance Agreement for Limited-Term Public Art with Larimer Consensus Group (“Licensee”), a non-profit corporation, having a mailing address at 200 Larimer Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, and the City of Pittsburgh (“City” or “the City”), a municipal corporation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, having a mailing address of City-County Building, 414 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.
    Resolution
  20. COUNCILMAN BOBBY WILSON PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON LAND USE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
  21. Pittsburgh, PA July 21, 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
  22. 2026-0513 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article I, Introduction and Establishment, Section 902.03, Zoning Map, to rezone parcels 125-G-13, 125-G-14, 125-G-15 from Residential Single Unit Detached - Low Density (R1D-L) to Urban Industrial (UI) in the Homewood West neighborhood. (Public Hearing held 7/9/26)
    Ordinance
  23. COUNCILWOMAN DEBORAH L. GROSS PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE, ASSET MANAGEMENT, AND TECHNOLOGY
  24. Pittsburgh, PA July 21, 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
  25. 2026-0700 Resolution authorizing an interdepartmental transfer in the amount of $76,601.25 from Computer Maintenance - Bureau of Police to Computer Maintenance - Department of Innovation & Performance, and authorizing an interdepartmental transfer in the amount of $1,080.00 from Computer Maintenance - Department of Finance to Computer Maintenance - Department of Innovation & Performance, to consolidate remaining Police and Finance funding in the contract under I&P Software Maintenance associated with the B-Three developed Police and Finance applications retirement and migration to new modern solutions through June 2027.
    Resolution
  26. COUNCILMAN KHARI MOSLEY PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS
  27. Pittsburgh, PA July 21, 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
  28. 2026-0701 Resolution authorizing The Pittsburgh Land Bank to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the Publicly-Owned properties in the 13th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 174-P, Lot 284 (0 Kelly Street - Council District No. 9), at no cost to the City.
    Resolution
  29. 2026-0702 Resolution authorizing The Pittsburgh Land Bank to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the Publicly-Owned properties in the 12th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 125-B, Lot 274 (0 Lincoln Avenue - Council District No. 9), at no cost to the City.
    Resolution
  30. 2026-0703 Resolution authorizing The Pittsburgh Land Bank to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the Publicly-Owned properties in the 12th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 125-A, Lot 375 (169 Auburn Street - Council District No. 9), at no cost to the City.
    Resolution
  31. MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS
  32. EXCUSE ABSENT MEMBERS
  33. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
  34. ADJOURNMENT