Executive Session
TL;DR
The city council held an executive session on March 31, 2026 to discuss three settlement and legal matters. The meeting covered authorization for legal fees in a federal court case, a property settlement involving a city-owned home, and a vehicle damage claim payout.
Key Decisions
- Legal services warrant for federal litigation Scheduled for approval
- Property settlement - quitclaim deed for 708 North Pacific Avenue Scheduled for approval
- Vehicle damage claim settlement - Karen Williams Scheduled for approval
Agenda
- M E M O R A N D U M TO: PRESIDENT AND ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM: KIMBERLY CLARK-BASKIN, CITY CLERK SUBJECT: EXECUTIVE SESSION Please be advised that an executive session has been scheduled regarding the following:
- 2026-0304 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Comber Miller LLC. for expert legal services in connection with a litigation matter in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania filed at 2:25-cv-1303 for an amount not to exceed SEVENTEEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR DOLLARS AND SIXTEEN CENTS ($17,844.16) over one year. (Executive Session scheduled for 3/31/26)Resolution
- 2026-0305 Resolution authorizing the execution of quitclaim deeds conveying all of the City's right, title and interest in and to the City-owned property located at 708 North Pacific Avenue in the 10th Ward of the City and designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block & Lot: 50-G-345, to Mary Sauer, relating to the full and final settlement of a case filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at GD 19-017927. (Executive Session scheduled for 3/31/26)Resolution
- 2026-0306 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Karen Williams in an amount not to exceed SEVEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED NINETY-SIX DOLLARS AND SIXTY-THREE CENTS ($7,496.63) over one year, in full and final settlement of a claim (2025-CLAIM-0108) for damage to her parked vehicle on Beacon Street near Wightman Street from a City ES vehicle on April 1, 2025. (Executive Session scheduled for 3/31/26)Resolution
- City Solicitor Lisa Marcus, Associate Solicitor Julie Koren and Claims Supervisor Margaret Vitale will be in attendance.