Standing Committees

Wednesday, April 29, 2026 · 10:00 AM AM · Council Chambers

TL;DR

Pittsburgh's Standing Committees met to address various financial and operational matters, including creating a new Fleet Vehicle Fund to manage city vehicle expenses, expanding professional services agreements across multiple departments, and settling several legal claims and litigation cases. The committees also approved utility easements, volunteer conservation partnerships, and funding reallocation for food banks.

Key Decisions

  • Fleet Vehicle Fund Creation Approved for consideration
  • Professional Services Agreements Expansion Approved for consideration
  • Legal Settlement - Vehicle Damage Claim Approved for consideration
  • Community Development Block Grant Reallocation Approved for consideration
  • Payment Processing System Contract Extension Approved for consideration
Agenda PDF

Agenda

  1. STANDING COMMITTEES AGENDA
  2. ROLL CALL
  3. MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA
  4. PUBLIC COMMENT
  5. FINANCE AND LAW COMMITTEE, MRS. STRASSBURGER, CHAIR
  6. DEFERRED PAPERS
  7. 2026-0016 Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Two: Fiscal, Article V: Special Funds, to add a new Chapter 239: Fleet Vehicle Fund, to create a Fleet Vehicle Fund to fully fund the City of Pittsburgh’s fleet needs, and establish the purposes for which monies in the Fund may be used.
    Resolution
  8. NEW PAPERS
  9. 2026-0391 Resolution amending Resolution No. 390 of 2025 which authorized ninety-three (93) Open-End Professional Services Agreements with multiple vendors to provide on-call professional services as needed by the various Departments of the City of Pittsburgh, with each Agreement being at an amount not-to-exceed Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000) annually for a three-year term, by authorizing an additional fifty-eight (58) agreements for an updated total of one hundred fifty-one (151) Open-End Professional Services Agreements.
    Resolution
  10. 2026-0392 Resolution amending Resolution No. 389 of 2025 which authorized ninety-three (93) Open-End Professional Services Agreements with multiple vendors to provide on-call professional services as needed by the various Departments of the City of Pittsburgh, with each Agreement being at an amount not-to-exceed One Million Five Hundred Thousand dollars ($1,500,000) annually for a three-year term, by authorizing an additional fifty-eight (58) agreements for an updated total of one hundred fifty-one (151) Open-End Professional Services Agreements.
    Resolution
  11. 2026-0393 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Yushan Liu in an amount not to exceed SIX THOUSAND EIGHTY-FOUR DOLLARS AND SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS ($6,084.75) over one year, in full and final settlement of a claim (2025-CLAIM-0340) for damage to his parked vehicle on Carey Way from a City ES vehicle on November 13, 2025. (Executive Session held 4/20/26)
    Resolution
  12. 2026-0394 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Exponent, Inc., for a single payment in 2026 in an amount not to exceed Sixteen Thousand Two Hundred Seventy-Five Dollars and Fifty Cents ($16,275.50), in for professional services related to litigation filed in the Common Pleas Court of Allegheny County, at No. GD 22-005855. (Executive Session held 4/20/26)
    Resolution
  13. 2026-0395 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Robert Mahouski and his legal counsel, Samuel J. Cordes & Associates, for a single payment in 2026 in an amount not to exceed One hundred and one thousand, two hundred and fifty-six and 25/100 ($101,256.25), as payment in satisfaction of the terms evidenced by the Private Agreement executed on the 4th day of August, 2023, and for the full and final closure of the litigation filed in the Common Pleas Court of Allegheny County, at No. GD 25-014112. (Executive Session held 4/20/26)
    Resolution
  14. 2026-0396 Resolution designating Banks and Lending Institutions to act as Depositories for the years 2026, 2027, and 2028 in accordance with the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two, Fiscal, Article III, Depositories.
    Resolution
  15. 2026-0399 Resolution amending Resolution No. 197 of 2025 which authorized ninety-two (92) Open-End Professional Services Agreements with multiple vendors to provide professional services on an on-call basis as required related to various professional services as needed by the various Departments of the City of Pittsburgh, each Agreement being at an amount not-to-exceed seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) annually for a three-year term, and providing for funding of the costs thereof, by authorizing thirty-nine (39) additional agreements for a new total of one hundred thirty-one (131) Open-End Professional Services Agreements.
    Resolution
  16. 2026-0400 Resolution amending Resolution No. 196 of 2025 which authorized ninety-two (92) Open-End Professional Services Agreements with multiple vendors to provide professional services on an on-call basis as required related to various professional services as needed by the various Departments of the City of Pittsburgh, each Agreement being at an amount not-to-exceed one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) annually for a three-year term, and providing for funding of the costs thereof, by authorizing thirty-nine (39) additional agreements for a new total of one hundred thirty-one (131) Open-End Professional Services Agreements.
    Resolution
  17. INVOICES
  18. INTRA DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS
  19. P-CARD APPROVALS
  20. PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELLNESS COMMITTEE, MR. COGHILL, CHAIR
  21. NEW PAPERS
  22. 2026-0383 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of PFM Group Consulting LLC for payment for professional services rendered in the Act 111 Interest Arbitration between the City of Pittsburgh and the Fraternal Order of Police, for an amount not to exceed Ninety Thousand Five Hundred Eighty-Eight Dollars and Twenty-Four Cents ($90,588.24) over one year. (Executive Session held 4/20/26)
    Resolution
  23. PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, MRS. SALINETRO, CHAIR
  24. NEW PAPERS
  25. 2026-0387 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Finance to enter into an easement agreement or agreements with Duquesne Light Company for the installation of one (1) pole and one (1) anchor on City-owned parcel ID 76-D-1-0-2.
    Resolution
  26. 2026-0389 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works (“DPW”) and/or the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Student Conservation Association (“SCA”) for the purpose of volunteer services provided by the SCA, resulting in improving the City of Pittsburgh’s (“City”) environmental conservation, at no cost to the City.
    Resolution
  27. LAND USE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, MR. WILSON, CHAIR
  28. NEW PAPERS
  29. 2026-0390 Resolution further amending Resolution No. 863 of 2018, effective January 1, 2019, as amended, entitled "Resolution adopting and approving the 2019 Capital Budget and the 2019 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2019 through 2024 Capital Improvement Program" so as to re-allocate Fifty-five Thousand, Six Hundred Ninety-Two Dollars and Sixty Cents ($55,692.60) of Community Development Block Grant - Cares Act (CDBG-CV) funding to two food banks, and authorize a subsequent Agreement or Agreements.
    Resolution
  30. INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE, ASSET MANAGEMENT, AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE, MS. GROSS, CHAIR
  31. NEW PAPERS
  32. 2026-0384 Resolution amending Resolution 20 of 2025, which authorized the City of Pittsburgh to enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with CORE Business Technologies for software, equipment, and services related to payment processing and cashiering systems for the Department of Finance and the Bureau of Police, by extending the contract by one (1) year and increasing the approved amount by ONE HUNDRED FOUR THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO DOLLARS AND SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS ($104,172.75) for an amended total cost not-to-exceed FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE DOLLARS AND THIRTY-FIVE CENTS ($500,229.35).
    Resolution
  33. INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, MR. MOSLEY, CHAIR
  34. NEW PAPERS
  35. 2026-0385 Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 3634 Penn Ave, at no cost to the City.
    Resolution
  36. 2026-0386 Resolution approving and authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a right-of-way license agreement or agreements with the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (“ALCOSAN”) in lieu of permits for the occupation of certain portions of the public right-of-way in the City of Pittsburgh.
    Resolution
  37. MOTIONS