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Committee roundup: council approves legal services warrant, EMS agreements, equipment warranty and accepts grant award; several bills held for public hearing or
Summary
At the May 29 standing‑committee meeting the council approved multiple routine measures including a legal-services warrant, an EMS supplier agreement, a video-equipment warranty extension, and acceptance of a $250,000 grant award for a street project; several bills were held or scheduled for public hearing.
Pittsburgh City Council standing committees took several procedural and programmatic actions on May 29, approving routine expenditures and advancing a mix of bills to later stages.
Bills and committee actions at a glance
- Bill 18-49: Approved a resolution authorizing issuance of a warrant in favor of Cohen Law Group for expert legal services in connection with litigation, in an amount not to exceed $8,247.80 over one year. Committee recorded an affirmative recommendation.
- Invoices: Committee approved the invoices list as presented; vote recorded in committee as approved.
- P-cards: Committee approved the city purchasing card (P-card) item as presented.
- Bill 15-31: The committee held Bill 15-31 for three weeks. The bill would authorize a clinical affiliation agreement with Community College of Allegany County to allow precepting and EMS training at no cost to the city.
- Bill 18-46: Approved a resolution authorizing the mayor and the director of public safety to enter emergency services provider agreements with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Vitalant for stocking and use of emergency medical supplies for blood transfusions on city EMS vehicles, at no cost to the city; committee issued an affirmative recommendation.
- Bill 18-50: The committee approved a resolution to amend Resolution 4-67 of 2022 to accept a reduced Multimodal Transportation Fund award from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development for the South 20th Street Complete Green Street Project. Jeff Skalikin, deputy director for the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, told the committee the city applied for $1,100,000 and was awarded $250,000; the resolution accepts the awarded amount. Committee issued an affirmative recommendation.
- Bills 17-70 and 17-71: Both bills, which would allow residents to plant and maintain managed natural landscapes (amending code sections on weeds/grass and property maintenance code changes), were held for two weeks.
- Bill 18-51: Approved scheduling a cable-cast public hearing (June 24) for a conditional-use application to allow additions to the Neighborhood Academy school at 709 North Aiken Avenue; committee approved holding the public hearing.
- Bill 18-47: Approved a $6,198 warrant to RPC Video to extend the city channel control room video switcher warranty by one year; committee issued an affirmative recommendation. David Feiner, communication technology manager, described the item as a one‑year warranty extension for equipment purchased two years earlier.
- Bill 18-54: (See separate article) Committee amended and approved the bill establishing a task force on sustainable funding for the Pittsburgh Land Bank.
Votes and formal outcomes noted in the transcript were recorded as affirmative committee recommendations for the listed items; the meeting transcript did not provide individual roll-call tallies for each item beyond noting members voiced 'Aye' and an initial roll call of six members present.
Next steps
Many approved items will move forward as affirmative committee recommendations to the full council or to the appropriate administrative offices for implementation; bills held for a public hearing or held for multiple weeks will return to committee on their scheduled dates.
