Standing Committees
TL;DR
Pittsburgh City Council's Standing Committees meeting approved multiple departmental invoices totaling roughly $10,000, appointments to city boards, and several infrastructure and service contracts. Major actions included authorizing police supervisor training ($20,000), legal services for the Citizen Police Review Board ($45,000/year), additional funding for engineering services on city projects ($121,861.99), and emergency snow removal payments ($109,847.58).
Key Decisions
- Police Supervisor Training Contract Approved
- Citizen Police Review Board Legal Services Approved
- Infrastructure Project Design Management Funding Increase Approved
- Penn Ave Phase 2 Reconstruction Additional Services Approved
- Helen Cestra Appointment to Historic Review Commission Approved
Agenda
- STANDING COMMITTEES AGENDA
- PRE-AGENDA - APPOINTMENTS AND/OR RE-APPOINTMENTS
- 2026-0233 Resolution appointing Helen Cestra as a Member of the Historic Review Commission for a term to expire January 1, 2028.Appointment-Requiring Vote
- ROLL CALL
- MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA
- PUBLIC COMMENT
- INVOICES INVOICES FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL The following departmental invoices not covered under a contract with the City shall be paid by the City Controller after the invoices have been approved by City Council at the March 25th, 2026 Standing Committees meeting. A completed standard form detailing the expenditures is attached to all of the below listed invoices. No payments will be made to any of the below listed vendors prior the approval of City Council. CITY COUNCIL/ CITY CLERK St. Andrew Lutheran Church – donation to Easter Egg Hunt (Dist. 2) 100.00 Urban Land Institute – women’s leadership event registration for M. Kaelin (Dist. 3) 35.00 Kaelin, Marian – reimbursement for Mailchimp subscription (Dist. 3) 28.36 Carrick Community Council – support for Community Easter Egg Hunt (Dist. 4) 250.00 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – meeting notifications 135.60 OFFICE OF MUNICIPAL INVESTIGATIONS Net Transcripts Inc – transcription of case interviews 210.24 DEPT OF PUBLIC SAFETY - ADMIN Tokarski, John – mileage & parking reimbursement 89.88 BUREAU OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES Boundtree Medical – 2 bolster mattresses for stretchers 1,985.98 Boundtree Medical – 2 suction kits 91.18 Rock N Rescue – rescue rope 374.37 BUREAU OF POLICE Thick Bikes LLC – Bicycle Unit tools and parts 143.97 Harleman, Alexa – reimbursement for academy graduation snacks 227.63 Tri-State Office Furniture – Zone One replacement of 8 Duty Room chairs 1,525.00 BUREAU OF FIRE Janosko, Joseph – reimbursement for HazMat materials 64.19 Krull, Brian – reimbursement for CPR instructor course 91.27 Lewis, Charles – reimbursement for monitor mounting supplies 136.15 OFFICE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY Talik, Benjamin – reimbursement for supplies purchased on behalf of clients 646.08 DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS Hayworth, Rhett – reimbursement for community meeting catering 146.32 Stazko, Michael – reimbursement for plumber training 865.00 Kelley, Michael – reimbursement for registration for 7th National Adaptation Forum 290.00 Sonitrol Security Systems – burglary monitoring at SWAT building/garage 270.00 DEPT OF PARKS & RECREATION Allegheny County Treasurer – food protection manager certification 135.00 Allegheny County Treasurer – food protection manager certification 270.00 Ulrich, Edward – reimbursement for refreshments purchased for Greenfield HAL retreat 16.98 Coleman, Zachary – reimbursement for keys purchased for temporary door at Oliver Bath 62.11 Small, Joseph – reimbursement for work boots 144.50 Global Payments/Merchant Solutions – quarterly tennis clinic import fees 53.60 Pittaway, Marya – reimbursement for work boots 160.00 Tree Pittsburgh – 11 plants purchased for project in District 4 209.00 DEPT OF MOBILITY & INFRASTRUCTURE Metal Supermarkets Pittsburgh – steel tubes and hot rolled angle 716.45 Jackson Welding Supply Company – supplies for Bridge Division 1,045.94
- INTRA DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS
- P-CARD APPROVALS
- Item 0011-2026 P-CardsInvoices
- PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELLNESS COMMITTEE, MR. COGHILL, CHAIR
- NEW PAPERS
- 2026-0252 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into an Agreement or Agreements with North Star Leadership LLC, for Police supervisor development and training, at a total cost not to exceed TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($20,000.00), over one year. (Waiver of Competitive Process Received)Resolution
- 2026-0253 Resolution authorizing the Citizen Police Review Board to enter into an Agreement(s) or Contract(s) with Attorney Alec B. Wright of O’Brien Coleman & Wright, LLC, for professional services to assist in the legal representation of the Citizen Police Review Board for a period of three years. Said Agreement(s) or Contract(s) shall not exceed Forty-Five Thousand Dollars ($45,000) per year for 2026, 2027, and 2028; subject to the annual allocation by City Council. (Waiver of Competitive Process Received)Resolution
- PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, MRS. SALINETRO, CHAIR
- NEW PAPERS
- 2026-0258 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a supplemental agreement or agreements with CDR Maguire, Inc., for Project Design Management Services and Reviews in connection with various City of Pittsburgh projects to add funding for the Preliminary Engineering phase increasing the total not to exceed to Three Million Nine Hundred Thousand Four Hundred Sixty-Three Dollars and Nineteen Cents ($3,900,463.19), an increase of One Hundred Twenty-One Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty-One Dollars and Ninety-Nine Cents ($121,861.99), reimbursable at various rates.Resolution
- 2026-0259 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a supplemental agreement or agreements with Trans Associates Engineering Consultants, Inc. for Services During Construction for the Penn Ave Phase 2 Reconstruction Project at a cost thereof, not to exceed One Million Seven Hundred Forty-Three Thousand Three Hundred Five Dollars and Fifty-Six Cents ($1,743,305.56), an increase of One Hundred Seventy-Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty-Nine Dollars and Eleven Cents ($178,939.11) from the previously executed agreement, reimbursable at 80%.Resolution
- 2026-0260 Resolution authorizing the taking, appropriating, and condemning by the City of Pittsburgh of certain easements necessary for the completion of repair and support of Andover Terrace, in the Fifth Ward, for public transportation purposes through eminent domain and further authorizing the payment of just compensation and necessary and incidental acquisition costs related thereto at an amount not to exceed Thirty-Five Thousand Dollars ($35,000.00).Resolution
- 2026-0261 Ordinance amending Ordinance 223 of 1911 in order to grant the City’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure limited authority to permit installation of overhead wires or poles on certain portions of Kinsman Road and on Worth Street located in the 14th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh.Ordinance
- 2026-0262 Resolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in favor of Mele Landscape Contractors, Inc., in the amount of One Hundred Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Forty-Seven Dollars and Fifty-Eight Cents ($109,847.58), for the purpose of Emergency Snow Removal at various location; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof over one year.Resolution
- HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE, MR. CHARLAND, CHAIR
- NEW PAPERS
- 2026-0250 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Municipal Investigations (OMI) to enter into a Software Maintenance Agreement or Agreements with Versaterm to extend the current agreement for OMI’s electronic case-management system, IA Pro, for a period of three (3) years, in an amount not to exceed Twenty-Three Thousand Four Hundred Thirteen Dollars and Forty-Eight Cents ($23,413.48). (Waiver of Competitive Process Received)Resolution
- 2026-0251 Resolution providing for a Professional Service Agreement or Agreements with Fair Housing Partnership of Greater Pittsburgh to provide fair housing testing, housing analysis, and technical assistance to the Commission on Human Relations at a cost not-to-exceed Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000) over one (1) year. (Waiver of Competitive Process Received)Resolution
- RECREATION, YOUTH, AND SENIOR SERVICES COMMITTEE, MRS. BARBARA WARWICK, CHAIR
- NEW PAPERS
- 2026-0268 Resolution providing for the designation and transfer of certain public properties within the Upper Lawrenceville neighborhood to become permanent, public, passive open space, included in the Allegheny River Greenway as part of the Greenways for Pittsburgh program.Resolution
- INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, MR. MOSLEY, CHAIR
- SUPPLEMENTAL - NEW PAPERS
- 2026-0274 Resolution amending Resolution No. 352 of 2025, which authorized a Professional Service Agreement(s) and or Contract(s) with Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC for consulting services for federal government affairs and legislative services, by extending the term through the second quarter of 2026, and increasing the approved amount by Fifteen Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($15,500) for a new total cost not to exceed of Five Hundred Eighty-Nine Thousand Dollars ($589,000) over ten (10) years.Resolution
- 2026-0275 Resolution amending Resolution No. 353 of 2025, which authorized a Professional Service Agreement(s) and or Contract(s) with Malady & Wooten, Inc. for consulting services for state government affairs and legislative services, by extending the term through the second quarter of 2026, and increasing the approved amount by Sixteen Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($16,500) for a new total cost not to exceed Six Hundred Twenty Seven Thousand Dollars ($627,000) over ten (10) years and three (3) months.Resolution
- 2026-0290 Resolution authorizing the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into intergovernmental cooperation agreements between the City of Pittsburgh and various government agencies and municipalities for the purpose of cooperative police and public services during the 2026 National Football League Draft.Resolution
- NEW PAPERS
- 2026-0254 Resolution amending Resolution 930 of 2024, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh (“URA”) for the administration of 2025 PAYGO-funded projects and programs, by adding the “Land Bank Personnel” deliverable and increasing the total not to exceed amount by One Hundred Fifty-Seven Thousand One Hundred Seventy-Five Dollars ($157,175) to One Million Two Hundred Fifty-Seven Thousand One Hundred Seventy-Five Dollars ($1,257,175.00).Resolution
- 2026-0255 Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 120 Cecil Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, at no cost to the City.Resolution
- 2026-0256 Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 403, 407, and 413 Chalfont Street, at no cost to the City.Resolution
- 2026-0257 Resolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and Margaret Elizabeth Graham for the sale of Block 50-F, Lot 144, in the 10th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (Rosetta Street - Council District No. 9), at no cost to the City.Resolution
- MOTIONS