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Standing committees advance multiple resolutions, approve contracts and send rezoning to planning
Summary
At the July 9 standing-committees meeting, council committees recommended approval of several contract amendments and warrants, advanced a bank-depository ordinance, held a clinical affiliation bill and sent a Hazelwood rezoning to the planning commission; the committees also approved a Duquesne Light easement to power new ballfield lights.
Pittsburgh City Council standing committees on July 9 recommended or approved a package of ordinary business: contract amendments, small warrants, a bank-depository ordinance, grants and donations, and an easement for electrical service at a neighborhood ballfield. Committees also sent a proposed Hazelwood riverfront rezoning to the Planning Commission for review and held a clinical affiliation resolution for additional information.
Key committee actions (committee recommendations/approvals listed as recorded at the meeting):
- Bill 19-65 — Resolution amending the 2025 fee schedule to revise utility permit fees as recommended by the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure; committee gave an affirmative recommendation.
- Bill 19-89 — Resolution authorizing the mayor and city solicitor to enter a professional services agreement with Block and Associates for legal consulting tied to the city construction project, not to exceed $40,000 over one year; affirmative recommendation.
- Bill 19-90 — Ordinance amending code provisions related to depositories and contracts to set contract terms with financial institutions to three years; Finance Director Jen Gula briefed councilors on the change, which aligns depository contracts with typical city contract lengths and gives the reinvestment review committee additional monitoring authority; committee gave an affirmative recommendation.
- Procurement and payments — The committees approved invoices and p-card expenditures. Committee members noted two ADA lift repairs at Shenley and Moore pools totaling more than $5,000 that did not require a waiver, and two charges from Insight Software LLC that exceeded $5,000 in aggregate and required a waiver of the rules; the waiver and p-card reconciliations were approved.
- Bill 15-31 — Resolution to enter a clinical affiliation agreement with Community College of Allegheny County for an EMS precepting program; committee voted to hold the bill for seven weeks to allow a fuller briefing.
- Bill 19-62 — Resolution increasing by $444,434.30 the amount authorized for InTime Solutions Inc. for EMS and police scheduling and timekeeping services, to a total not to exceed $1,336,665.30 over 10 years; committee gave an affirmative recommendation.
- Bill 19-84 — Warrant to PulsePoint Foundation (city’s share) not to exceed $6,000 for annual PulsePoint app license renewal; approved.
- Bill 19-85 — Warrant to Howell Rescue Services Inc., not to exceed $6,264 for preventative maintenance of hydraulic rescue tools; approved.
- Bill 19-86 — Resolution increasing the contract with Hundred Public Safety, Inc. (Performance Protocol) by $40,000 to a total not to exceed $78,172 over two years, to assist with police recruitment and retention efforts; committee gave an affirmative recommendation (this item was discussed at length during the Public Safety and Wellness Committee and is covered in a separate briefing in this package).
- Bill 19-91 — Acceptance of a donation from the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership of a mobile parklet valued at $18,000 for installation at the Three Rivers Heritage Trail Door Street trailhead; approved.
- Bill 19-92 — Easement(s) to provide public access around the Brereton Street construction site at no cost to the city; approved.
- Bill 19-93 — Ordinance to rezone multiple riverfront parcels in Hazelwood from RIV (Riverfront General Industrial Subdistrict) to RIVIMU (Riverfront Industrial Mixed Use Subdistrict); committee voted to send the measure to the Planning Commission for report and recommendation.
- Bill 19-94 — Agreement with Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation for installation and maintenance of a mural at Leslie Recreation Center at no cost to the city; approved.
- Bill 19-95 — Agreement with Casey Drove Cultural Productions (doing business as The Arts of Plaque Company) for a photo installation at Beachview Healthy Active Living Center at no cost to the city; approved.
- Bill 19-87 — Amendment to a multi-year agreement with ePlus Technology Inc. to add network monitoring and security professional services by increasing the authorized amount by $765,300 for a total not to exceed $1,249,493 over nine years; approved.
- Bill 19-88 — Resolution authorizing an agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture for cooperative wildlife damage management related to white-tailed deer, not to exceed $99,494.05 over one year; committee gave an affirmative recommendation. During discussion committee members asked whether the program would expand; city staff and park rangers said the program has been phased into the RAD parks and that the current action continues that work.
- Bill 20-25 / Bill 20-24 — By waiving the rules and amending the agenda, the committee considered and recommended approval of a Duquesne Light Company easement for one pole and wires over a city parcel (Parcel ID 80-R-104600, Butler Street, Council District 7) to power ballfield lights; the measure received an affirmative recommendation after council members moved to waive rules and bring the matter to the table.
Several items were advanced with routine "affirmative recommendation" votes at the committee level; a handful, including the Hazelwood rezoning (Bill 19-93), were referred for additional review by the Planning Commission or held for additional briefing (Bill 15-31 held seven weeks).
