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Votes at a glance: Key actions by Pittsburgh City Council on July 8, 2025
Summary
Council recorded final votes on a range of ordinances, appointments and resolutions including the Stop the Violence Fund rewrite, fee schedule action and several land‑use and infrastructure measures.
PITTSBURGH — At its July 8 meeting, Pittsburgh City Council recorded final actions on multiple bills, a personnel appointment and a series of routine land‑use and finance items. The measures below are those that received a recorded final vote or an explicit approval during the session.
Summary of final votes and outcomes
- Appointment: Terry Miner Spencer was appointed as a member of the Gender Equity Commission (term to expire April 2028). Motion approved; appointment recorded as approved.
- Bill 19‑65 (fee schedule pursuant to chapter 1‑70 of the city code): After a recommit motion and committee work, the bill passed final reading on a recorded roll call (9 ayes, 0 noes).
- Bill 19‑56 (Stop the Violence Fund rewrite): Ordinance repealing and reenacting chapter 2‑37 to restructure the Stop the Violence Fund; amendment adopted to change terminology (grants → awards); final vote 9 ayes, 0 noes (passed final).
- Bill 19‑66 (Smithfield Street reconstruction easements): Resolution authorizing appropriation/condemnation of easements for Smithfield Street reconstruction (cost not to exceed $50,000, reimbursable at 80%); final vote recorded as 9 ayes, 0 noes (passed final).
- Land‑use package and related bills: Council considered a package of URA and land bank disposition and acquisition resolutions presented by Councilman Moseley; multiple items were read into the record and forwarded as presented (many designated at no cost to the city). Specific parcels and block/lot identifiers were read on the record.
- Managed natural landscapes and property‑maintenance adjustment (Bill 20‑44 and related): Ordinances enabling managed natural landscapes and updating the property‑maintenance code were approved on final reading (roll call recorded as 9 ayes, 0 noes).
- Other procedural and finance measures: Council read and filed communications from the Office of Management and Budget and the URA annual reports, and approved a set of capital budget cleanup resolutions amending older capital budget items pursuant to chapter 2‑18 of the city code. Multiple amendments and committee referrals were handled during the meeting.
How council voted: Where a roll call was recorded, the council announced the following consistent pattern for final passage votes recorded in the transcript: Mister Charland (aye), Mister Coghill (aye), Miss Gross (aye), Mister Mosley (aye), Miss Kale Smith (aye), Miss Strasburger (aye), Miss Warwick (aye), Mister Wilson (aye), Mister Lavelle, president (aye). Several bills recorded 9 ayes, 0 noes. One land‑use item received a mixed committee recommendation earlier (7 ayes, 2 noes on a negative recommendation); members conducted separate votes on that package as described during the meeting.
Notes and next steps: Several bills were read and referred from committee; council noted upcoming public hearings and committee meetings on zoning items, the comprehensive plan briefing, and a public hearing on trash. For items that passed on final reading, council staff and relevant departments will prepare implementation steps and, when applicable, follow‑up agreements and easements for execution.
