Council approves several resolutions, capital and budget items; multiple roll-call votes recorded

The Pittsburgh City Council returned from recess after Mayor Ed Gainey’s budget address and took up a series of committee-reported bills and resolutions. Several measures were put to roll-call votes and approved during the Nov. 10 session.

Key outcomes at a glance:

- Bill 24-06 (Resolution accepting $50,000 from Allegheny County for hazardous-material incident response over two years): Passed by roll-call vote, 9 ayes, 0 nos. (committee reported with an affirmative recommendation.)

- Public-works package including agreements for CitySteps and Penn Avenue Phase 2 (increases to design and construction agreements and a reimbursable construction contract): Reported by committee and passed in roll-call recorded at the time of the vote (9 ayes, 0 nos).

- Bill 24-44 (Ordinance amending city code provisions relating to anti-discrimination enforcement): Passed on final action by roll-call vote, 8 ayes, 0 nos, 1 abstention (one member recorded as abstaining).

- Bill 24-07 (Resolution authorizing a sublicense agreement with the Pennsylvania State Police for traffic/criminal software at no cost to the city): Passed by roll-call vote, 9 ayes, 0 nos.

- Bill 24-08 (Cooperation agreement with the Urban Redevelopment Authority to perform CDBG work, not to exceed $5,775,000) and bill 24-09 (reimbursement agreement with Pittsburgh Water increasing Penn Avenue Phase 2 funding by $227,520): Both reported and passed on final action, roll-call vote recorded as 9 ayes, 0 nos.

Motions and procedural actions recorded during the meeting included amending the agenda, waiving rules to place bill 24-71 on tomorrow’s standing committee agenda, and approval of minutes prior to adjournment. The meeting closed after a voice vote on approval of the minutes and adjournment.

The council scheduled multiple budget hearings over the coming days (Nov. 12–14) to review department budgets and capital priorities as part of the 2026 budget process.