Executive Session
TL;DR
Pittsburgh City Council held an executive session on November 10, 2026, to discuss three legal and financial matters in closed session: a proposed new unearned income tax, a $35,000 settlement for residents Nicole and Adedayo Taiwo, and increased legal fees for HR-related litigation. No public votes or decisions were recorded in this executive session agenda.
Key Decisions
- Proposed Unearned Income Tax Ordinance Discussed in executive session
- Settlement Payment to Nicole C. Taiwo and Adedayo Taiwo Discussed in executive session
- Increased Legal Services Contract with Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC Discussed in executive session - requesting $120,000 increase to extend contract one additional year (new total: $200,000 over three years)
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:
- 2026-1052 Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title 2: Fiscal, Article VII: Business Related Taxes by adding a new Chapter 248: Unearned Income Tax, to tax the net unearned income of City residents that is not subject to other City income taxes.Ordinance
- 2026-1112 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Nicole C. Taiwo and Adedayo Taiwo, and their attorneys, Shenderovich, Shenderovich & Fishman, P.C., in an amount not to exceed Thirty-Five Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($35,000.00), in full and final settlement of litigation filed in the Common Pleas Court of Allegheny County at No. GD-23-000428, payable over one year. (Executive Session scheduled for 11-10-26)Resolution
- 2026-1113 Resolution amending Resolution 343 of 2025, which authorized the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into a Professional Services Agreement or Agreements, or amendments thereto, with Buchanan, Ingersoll, & Rooney PC, for expert legal services in connection with human resource related legal litigation, by extending the contract an additional year and increasing the total not to exceed amount by One Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($120,000) for a new not to exceed amount of Two Hundred Thousand ($200,000), over the course of three (3) years. (Executive Session scheduled for 11-10-26)Resolution
- Solicitor Lisa Marcus, Deputy Solicitor Jesse Exilus, and Assistant Solicitor John DeMarco will be in attendance.