City Council approves package of resolutions, schedules committee hearings
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Summary
Pittsburgh City Council on Dec. 2 approved multiple resolutions and ordinances, accepted grant funds and referred numerous bills to standing committees for further consideration. One bill recorded a single no vote; several multi-million-dollar public works reimbursements were authorized.
Pittsburgh City Council on Dec. 2 approved a series of resolutions and ordinances and set several items for committee consideration. Council took final votes on finance, public safety and public works items, accepted grant funds and moved multiple bills to standing committee agendas for further review.
Council unanimously approved four items reported out of the Committee on Finance and Law—bills labeled in committee as 24-85, 24-86, 24-89 and 25-35—on a recorded roll call, with eight ayes and no recorded no votes. One settlement warrant, bill 24-88, passed on final vote with seven ayes and one recorded no (Councilwoman Teresa Kale Smith recorded the lone no vote at the roll call).
On public safety, council accepted a $15,000 grant from Norfolk Southern to purchase non-fluorinated firefighting foam; the measure passed on an 8-0 roll call. The council likewise approved a warrant to Servpro for water restoration services and accepted a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation 'Green Light Go' grant to upgrade traffic control switches, both approved on recorded votes.
Council approved multiple public-works reimbursements and project amendments tied to PennDOT funding—items that will support bridge and street projects and included increases in authorized reimbursements for the Charles Anderson Bridge and other capital projects. Council also authorized a $6.9 million contract for construction of a Sawmill Run salt storage facility and several reimbursement agreements for design and right-of-way phases on capital projects.
Several bills were moved to tomorrow’s standing committee agenda by unanimous procedural waivers, including permit and rooftop-license matters. Council also received and filed communications from the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, including the Mobility Enhancement District Trust Fund 2026 budget.
The meeting concluded after members announced upcoming executive-session business on pending litigation and scheduled multiple department budget hearings for the week.
