Standing Committees
TL;DR
Pittsburgh City Council's Standing Committees approved approximately $2.1 million in additional street funding from federal and pandemic relief sources, including $1 million for Complete Streets projects and $1.06 million for street resurfacing. The council also advanced several initiatives related to parks, greenways, urban agriculture, and lead safety testing, along with approving routine vendor invoices and service agreements.
Key Decisions
- Additional Street Funding - Complete Streets Approved
- Street Resurfacing Enhancement Approved
- East Ohio Street Safety and Streetscape Project Approved for agreement with PennDOT (up to $2.5M reimbursable at 100%)
- City Farms Garden Program and Greenways Program
- Lead Dust Sample Testing Agreement Approved (up to $35,949.14 over three years for Lead Safe Ordinance compliance)
Agenda
- STANDING COMMITTEES AGENDA
- ROLL CALL
- MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA
- PUBLIC COMMENT
- FINANCE AND LAW COMMITTEE, MRS. STRASSBURGER, CHAIR
- NEW PAPERS
- 2026-0560 Resolution amending Resolution No. 924 of 2024, effective December 18, 2024, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2025 Capital Budget, the proposed 2025 Community Development Program, and the 2025 through 2030 Capital Improvement Program” by increasing COMPLETE STREETS by One Million Dollars and Zero Cents ($1,000,000.00) to account for additional Federal Highway Administration funding being received by the City of Pittsburgh.Resolution
- 2026-0561 Resolution further amending Resolution No. 857 of 2023, effective December 27, 2023, as amended, entitled "Resolution adopting and approving the 2024 Capital Budget, the proposed 2024 Community Development Program, and the 2024 through 2029 Capital Improvement Program" by increasing STREET RESURFACING by One Million Sixty-Five Thousand Seven Ninety-five dollars and Seventy-Five cents ($1,065,795.78) to align with the most recent American Rescue Plan Act allocation.Resolution
- 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 June 10th, 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. OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK Lori Marabello – reimbursement for youth group refreshments, D2 106.61 Kaellin Marian – reimbursement for Mailchimp newsletter subscription, D3 28.36 Leslie Smith – reimbursement for travel expenses incurred by Dr. Valerie Bass who provided post agenda testimony regarding Youth Flash Crowds, D9 1,276.17 Jewish Chronicle – advertisement wishing those celebrating Passover a good holiday, D5 315.00 South Side Community Council – donation for annual Goat Fest PGH event, D3 250.00 Khari Mosley – reimbursement for travel to Harrisburg, D9 137.30 AG Trimble Company – outdoor City of Pittsburgh flags, D2 199.57 Julianna Hluska – reimbursement for intern’s last day luncheon, D1 112.58 OFFICE OF THE CITY CONTROLLER Formax – contract renewal for folder/sealer 832.00 Namita Dwarakanath – reimbursement for Bridge the Gap training 70.00 DEPT OF LAW West A Thomas Reuters Business – library plan charges, April 2026 1,127.71 West A Thomas Reuters Business – library plan charges, March 2026 1,127.71 Cycom Data Systems, Inc. – City Law license maintenance fee, June 2026 952.00 Erin Brunner – reimbursement for a retirement gift 68.59 George T Bisel Co Inc – subscription for legal publisher services 518.41 Leslie Stephens – reimbursement for postage 24.28 Attorney Registration – 18 Pennsylvania attorney annual registrations 4,950.00 ETHICS HEARING BOARD Attorney Registration – 1 Pennsylvania attorney annual registration 275.00 OFFICE OF MUNICIPAL INVESTIGATION VIQ Solutions Inc – transcription of case interviews 315.36 DEPT OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND CIVIL SERVICE Nadia Schweizer – reimbursement for notary exam 42.00 BUREAU OF ADMINISTRATION Rynse, Inc – vehicle exterior wash 20.92 BUREAU OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES Penn Care Inc – pulse oximeters 199.50 Penn Care Inc – disposable resuscitators 545.76 Penn Care Inc – alcohol preps and oxygen masks 157.10 BUREAU OF POLICE Allegheny Equine Association – mounted unit medication 128.46 Allegheny Equine Association – mounted unit exam and medication 166.00 Always Compassionate Vet Care – K9 annual checkups and medication 489.90 MCI a Verizon Company – long distance call, Zone 1 10.69 Translate.One LLC – translation services for victim interview 265.50 Holzer Specialties LLC – vehicle upfit 3,270.00 Zackery Martsolf – reimbursement for mounted unit supplies 66.32 DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS Zoresco – monthly rental of storage trailers for ongoing projects 240.00 DEPT OF PARKS & RECREATION Lily Hunter – 2026 ARTWorks winner, 3rd place teen 50.00 Jacob Andromalos – 2026 ARTWorks winner, 3rd place youth 50.00 Isreal Armstead – 2026 ARTWorks winner, 2nd place teen 100.00 Freya Palomo – 2026 ARTWorks winner, 2nd place youth 100.00 Marie Bleumling – 2026 ARTWorks winner, 1st place teen 150.00 Daniel Elias – 2026 ARTWorks winner, 3rd place intermediate 150.00 JP Lesovich – 2026 ARTWorks winner, 3rd place amateur 150.00 Christopher Mitchell – 2026 ARTWorks winner, 3rd place professional 150.00 Vince Ornato – 2026 ARTWorks winner, 2nd place professional 250.00 Donna Shaw – 2026 ARTWorks winner, 2nd place amateur 250.00 Blake Toki – 2026 ARTWorks winner, 2nd place intermediate 250.00 MJ Walting – 2026 ARTWorks winner, 1st place intermediate 350.00 Taylor Warren – 2026 ARTWorks winner, 1st place amateur 350.00 Alphonso Sloan – 2026 ARTWorks winner, best of show 400.00 Liam Snider – 2026 ARTWorks winner, art education award 200.00 Richard Purcell – performance at Greenfield HAL jazz concert 342.96 Beechview Senior Center Advisory Council – instructor payments for tai chi classes at Beechview HAL, October 2025-April 2026 1,052.07 DEPT OF MOBILITY & INFRASTRUCTURE Signal Service Inc – traffic management operations & maintenance services 3,245.00
- INTRA DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS
- P-CARD APPROVALS
- Item 0022-2026 P-CardsInvoices
- PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELLNESS COMMITTEE, MR. COGHILL, CHAIR
- NEW PAPERS
- 2026-0554 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of PulsePoint Foundation, PO Box 12594, Pleasanton, CA 94588, in an amount not to exceed SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($6,000.00), for the City’s share of the license fee for the annual renewal of the PulsePoint emergency services application.Resolution
- PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, MRS. SALINETRO, CHAIR
- NEW PAPERS
- 2026-0556 Resolution amending Resolution 542 of 2023 authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a sub-award agreement with Riverlife, for the purpose of spending grant funds in an amount not to exceed Four Hundred Ninety-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred ($499,900.00) dollars to support the renovation of Allegheny Landing Park, by correcting the park name on the Section 1.Resolution
- 2026-0558 Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with Traffic Planning and Design, Inc. for costs associated with the Final Design phase of the Frankstown Avenue Signals project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Four Hundred Four Thousand Two Hundred Fifty-Four Dollars and Thirty-Four Cents ($404,254.34), reimbursable at eighty percent.Resolution
- 2026-0559 Resolution providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Construction phase of the East Ohio Street Safety and Streetscape project, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000.00) reimbursable at 100%.Resolution
- 2026-0574 Resolution approving the recommendation made by the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure that the concrete portion of Allegheny Ave situated North of, and beginning at the intersection of N. Franklin Ave and ending at 1631 Allegheny Ave at the termination of this Northerly block, should be paved with asphalt in accordance with Section 417.06 of the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances.Resolution
- LAND USE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, MR. WILSON, CHAIR
- NEW PAPERS
- 2026-0563 Resolution authorizing, pursuant to Ch. 210 (“Acceptance of Gifts to City”) of the City Code, the Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Planning to accept a donation from Preservation Pittsburgh in the amount of TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) for the conservation of the Soldiers and Sailors Foundation in Arsenal Park.Resolution
- 2026-0564 Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title 4: Public Places and Property, Article VII: City Realty by amending Chapter 454 to update Pittsburgh’s Adopt-A-Lot Program.Ordinance
- 2026-0568 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
- RECREATION, YOUTH, AND SENIOR SERVICES COMMITTEE, MRS. BARBARA WARWICK, CHAIR
- NEW PAPERS
- 2026-0562 Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Department of City Planning to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Open Space Institute for the purpose of receiving grant funds in the amount not to exceed TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND ($25,000.00) dollars to acquire privately owned tax-delinquent land to improve connectivity of our greenways.Resolution
- 2026-0565 Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title 4: Public Places and Property, Article VII: City Realty by adding a new Chapter 456: City Farms Garden Program, to authorize the Department of Parks and Recreation to establish a Garden Program, which permits urban agricultural activities on permanently City-owned property, all under certain terms and conditions.Ordinance
- 2026-0566 Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title 4: Public Places and Property, Article VII: City Realty by adding a new Chapter 455: Greenways, to authorize the Department of City Planning and its appointed designees to establish a Greenways Program, which permits stewardship and urban agriculture activities in the greenways, all under certain terms and conditions.Ordinance
- 2026-0567 Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title 4: Public Places and Property, Article XI: Parks and Playgrounds by amending Chapter 473.01.a.3 and 473.01.b.1 to update Pittsburgh’s Park Property Use Regulations.Ordinance
- INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE, ASSET MANAGEMENT, AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE, MS. GROSS, CHAIR
- NEW PAPERS
- 2026-0555 Resolution amending Resolution No. 346 of 2025, which authorized an Amended Agreement with Workiva, Inc. to provide a subscription-based publishing software solution by extending the term for an additional one (1) year and increasing the approved amount by Sixty-One Thousand Four Hundred Ninety-Three Dollars and Thirty-One Cents ($61,493.31) for a new total cost not to exceed Three Hundred Thirty-Nine Thousand Four Hundred Sixty-One Dollars and Twelve Cents ($339,461.12) over seven (7) years.Resolution
- INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, MR. MOSLEY, CHAIR
- DEFERRED PAPERS
- 2026-0531 Resolution authorizing the adoption of the Downtown Pittsburgh Transit Revitalization Investment District Implementation Plan and related agreements (Council District 1).Resolution
- NEW PAPERS
- 2026-0557 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works for the City of Pittsburgh (“City”) to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Borough of Wilkinsburg (“Borough”) for the collection of a portion of the Borough's municipal waste by the City, at a Borough cost not to exceed Three Million Four Hundred One Thousand Six Hundred Thirty One Dollars and Ninety Nine Cents ($3,401,631.99) over a period of three (3) years.Resolution
- MOTIONS