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Votes at a glance: Pittsburgh council approves grants, contracts, land sales and appointment
Summary
At its May 13, 2025 meeting, Pittsburgh City Council approved multiple items including a HUD grant for Homewood Park ($1,666,279), Forrester Research contract ($495,700), a disaster emergency extension and several land disposition and settlement warrants; the council also confirmed an appointment and read, received and filed communications.
Pittsburgh City Council on May 13, 2025 approved a package of resolutions, contracts, grants, settlements and administrative items during its regular meeting.
Key items approved or acted on include: authorization to seek Community Project Funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for up to $1,666,279 to construct a field house, amphitheater and community gathering space in Homewood Park (presented as Bill 18-26); authorization for the Department of Innovation and Performance to enter an agreement with Forrester Research Inc. for information-technology research and advisory services at a cost not to exceed $495,700 over three years (Bill 18-19); several settlement warrants reported by the Committee on Finance and Law including a proposed payment in connection with litigation to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh (item listed in committee report as not to exceed $168,500) and smaller vehicle/property settlement warrants; interdepartmental transfers totaling $647,228.63 to align budgets across departments; and an extension of a declaration of disaster emergency through May 30, 2025.
Council also approved land disposition contracts and sales presented by the URA and Pittsburgh Land Bank (listed in committee materials as Bill 18-27 and Bill 18-28), authorized an easement agreement with Duquesne Light Company for pole and wire work (Bill 18-30), and approved routine administrative items including an appointment notice for Robert Columbus as assistant director of Code Enforcement (Bill 18-31) and a city communication from the Office of Management and Budget (Bill 18-32) which was read, received and filed.
Several bills and motions were adopted by roll call with unanimous recorded votes where indicated in the transcript (9 ayes, 0 nos). Where the meeting used voice vote, the transcript records approval without a roll-call tally.
The meeting record shows the council took procedural steps including several extensions under the City Code (for example, extensions to planning and council deadlines for action on earlier bills) and routine sponsorship and vendor authorizations (for example, a sponsorship agreement for the gingerbread display and tree lighting event at no cost to the city).
