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Pittsburgh council approves slate of resolutions, amends ARPA spending and reallocates CDBG funds
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Summary
City Council on April 20 adopted multiple resolutions and budget amendments, including ARPA reappropriations and several unanimous final votes. Council also reallocated CARES/CDBG funds to food banks and advanced a Smithfield Street reimbursement item to committee.
Pittsburgh City Council on April 20 adopted a series of resolutions and amendments, approving multiple bills by unanimous roll calls and amending American Rescue Plan (ARPA) spending lines.
The council voted 9–0 to approve an amended ARPA reappropriation (Bill 2-78) and related 2026 appropriations amendments after Councilperson Strassburger moved technical and line-item changes that had been circulated by the administration. Council members said affected project sponsors had been contacted before the vote.
Among final actions, the council approved easement agreements with Duquesne Light Company (Bill 3-15) for electrical infrastructure on city parcels in District 5 at no cost to the city; the measure passed on a unanimous roll call. The council also approved an amended lease (Bill 3-46) with Wood Street Commons Commercial Pittsburgh Partnership not to exceed $502,620.10 over two years for Department of Human Resources use; that vote was unanimous (9–0).
Councilman Wilson’s package of community development adjustments (including Bill 3-21) moved $55,692.60 of community development block grant CARES Act funds to two food banks as described in the bill and passed on a 9–0 roll call.
Councilman Mosley’s bill realigning ARPA projects with the Urban Redevelopment Authority (Bill 3-75) to meet spending deadlines was also approved 9–0. Several other settlement and procurement-related warrants and contract extensions were presented and placed on the record; several required items were referred to the afternoon standing committee (notably Bill 3-88, the Smithfield Street reimbursement and design package of approximately $10.126 million, which was waived under rule to the committee agenda rather than receive final action at this meeting).
The clerk recorded unanimous roll calls on final actions where noted in the record; the chair announced each bill "had received the legally required number of votes" before moving to the next agenda item.
What happens next: the Smithfield Street reimbursement item (Bill 3-88) was scheduled for the standing committee later in the day; the council also listed several litigation-related items for an executive session this afternoon.
Votes at a glance (selected items recorded in the meeting): - Bill 2-78: ARPA reappropriation amendments — result: amended and passed (9–0) - Bill 3-15: Duquesne Light easements (no cost to city) — passed (9–0) - Bill 3-46: Lease with Wood Street Commons — passed (9–0); not to exceed $502,620.10 over two years - Bill 3-21: Community development adjustments / CDBG CARES reallocation ($55,692.60 to two food banks) — passed (9–0) - Bill 3-75: ARPA/URA realignment for project deadlines — passed (9–0)
No council votes recorded at this meeting changed the outcome of those items beyond the roll-call results published in the meeting record. Several other bills were presented, referred to committee, or scheduled for additional consideration.
