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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 1/28/2014 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2014-0064 1 ProclamationTHEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather Tony Ferrieri of Brookline is treasured as a skilled designer and a director of stagecraft and recognized for his long career supporting and enriching the dramatic arts within the City; and THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Tuesday, January 28, 2014 to be Tony Ferrieri Day in the City of Pittsburgh. AdoptedPass Action details
2014-0065 1 ProclamationBE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby congratulate the AGH-Northside Partnership on its 25th, silver anniversary; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Thursday, January 30, 2014, to be “AGH-Northside Partnership Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2014-0066 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize and congratulate the Sarah Heinz House Advanced Robotics Program for their success, and wishes them good luck as they advance in competition; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Tuesday, January 28, 2014 to be “Sarah Heinz House Advanced Robotics Program Day” in the City of Pittsburgh. AdoptedPass Action details
2014-0048 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the issuance of a Three Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-Five dollar ($3,375.00) warrant in favor of John F. Delaney, M.D., 1380 Old Freeport Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15238, for payment of professional services rendered in Raymond Burke, et al. vs. City of Pittsburgh, Common Pleas Court of Allegheny County, No. GD11-008932, arising from an alleged incident that occurred on June 12, 2009. Read and referred  Action details
2014-0049 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the issuance of a Three Thousand Twenty Dollar and Eighty-Seven Cent ($3,020.87) warrant in favor of Elliot Newman, 687 State Route 30, Clinton, PA 15026, for payment of professional services rendered in rendered in City of Pittsburgh vs. Fraternal Order of Police (Garrett Brown, Grievant), DAR 11-038.Read and referred  Action details
2014-0050 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh's Official Sewage Facilities Plan for S Bar, 1715 East Carson Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15203. Read and referred  Action details
2014-0051 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh's Official Sewage Facilities Plan for Doughboy Lofts at 3345 Penn Avenue, Ward 6, Pittsburgh PA 15201.Read and referred  Action details
2014-0052 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh's Official Sewage Facilities Plan for Smallman Hotel Associates, L.P., 5500 Walnut Street, Suite 300, Pittsburgh, PA 15232. Read and referred  Action details
2014-0053 1 OrdinanceOrdinance supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title One, Administrative, Chapter 120, to create the Department of Innovation and Performance to encompass current City Information Systems employees, responsibilities, and functions in order to formalize the status of the Department and set roles, responsibilities, and functions for its Director.Read and referred  Action details
2014-0054 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh City Code, Title One, Administrative, Chapter 121, Finance, Section 121.02, Powers and Duties of Director of Finance, to eliminate the Bureau of Procurement, Fleet, and Asset Services and to transfer current Bureau of Procurement, Fleet, and Asset Services employees, responsibilities, and functions into the Office of Management and Budget. Read and referred  Action details
2014-0055 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh City Code, Title One, Administrative, Article Three, Organization, Chapter 147, Department of Equal Opportunity.Read and referred  Action details
2014-0056 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh City Code, Title One, Administrative, Article Nine, Boards, Commissions and Authorities, Chapter 177A, Equal Opportunity Review Commission.Read and referred  Action details
2014-0057 1 ResolutionResolution amending resolution number 794 of 2013 entitled "Making Appropriations to pay the expenses of conducting the Public Business of the City of Pittsburgh and for meeting the debt charges thereof for the Fiscal Year, beginning January 1, 2014" and further reopening the 2014 Operating budgetRead and referred  Action details
2014-0058 1 ResolutionResolution amending resolution number 795 of 2013 entitled "Resolution fixing the number of officers and employees of the City of Pittsburgh, and the rate of compensation thereof, and setting minimum levels for designated positions" by reopening the 2014 Operating BudgetRead and referred  Action details
2014-0059 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Personnel to make all required expenditures related to the Severance Incentive ProgramRead and referred  Action details
2014-0060 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution appointing Lourdes Sanchez Ridge as Chief Legal Officer and City Solicitor of the City of Pittsburgh. This appointment shall take effect upon confirmation by Pittsburgh City Council.Held, Pending Interview  Action details
2014-0061 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution appointing Debra Lam, as Chief Innovation and Performance Officer and Director. This appointment shall take effect upon confirmation by Pittsburgh City Council.Held, Pending Interview  Action details
2014-0063 1 OrdinanceOrdinance supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title One, Administrative, Chapter 113, Mayor, to add language formalizing the Office of Management and Budget, outlining the Office's duties and responsibilities, and requiring that the Office's Director be confirmed by Pittsburgh City Council. Read and referred  Action details
2014-0062 1 Executive OrderCommunication from Mayor William Peduto submitting an Executive Order regarding city policy of parking passes for city and authority employees. Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2014-0043 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Finance and Law for January 22, 2014 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2014-0005 3 ResolutionResolution to enact a Severance Incentive Program for eligible full-time nonunion, non-uniformed employees.AMENDEDPass Action details
2014-0005 3 ResolutionResolution to enact a Severance Incentive Program for eligible full-time nonunion, non-uniformed employees.RECOMMITTEDFail Action details
2014-0005 3 ResolutionResolution to enact a Severance Incentive Program for eligible full-time nonunion, non-uniformed employees.Passed Finally, As AmendedPass Action details
2014-0006 1 ResolutionResolution designating Banks and Lending Institutions to act as Depositories for the year 2014 in accordance with the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two, Fiscal, Article III, Depositories.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2014-0044 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Safety Services for January 22, 2014 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2014-0007 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into a Agreement with the Southwest Pennsylvania Emergency Response Group (Region 13) for the purpose of receiving grant funding in the amount not to exceed $47,380.00 to reimburse the City for personnel expenses for an Emergency Management Planner/Specialist Passed FinallyPass Action details
2014-0045 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Works for January 22, 2014 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2014-0009 1 ResolutionResolution vacating an Unnamed, unopened, 30 foot wide street, off East Sycamore Street in the 18th Ward, 3rd Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2014-0032 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements or the use of existing Agreements, providing for a Contract or Contracts or the use of existing Contracts, providing for repairs, maintenance, improvements, emergencies and/or the purchase of materials, equipment and supplies in connection with the investigation, design, and construction of CBD (Central Business District) Signal Upgrades throughout the City; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof $4,000,000.00.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2014-0046 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Human Resources for January 22, 2014 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2014-0010 1 ResolutionResolution to amend Resolution No. 438 of 2013, entitled “Providing for the authorization to make all legitimate expenditures for payments and agreements or agreements with various agencies for job development and employment services necessary to implement the 2013 Neighborhood Employment Program, and providing the periodic transfer of funds to be used in the Neighborhood Employment Program”, by increasing the project allocation by $50,000.00 from $100,000.00 to $150,000.00. Passed FinallyPass Action details
2014-0011 1 ResolutionResolution to amend Resolution No. 439 of 2013, entitled “Providing the authorization to make all legitimate expenditures for payments and agreements or agreements with various agencies to provide job development and employment services, wages and fringe benefits for supervisor, staff, workers' compensation, unemployment compensation, vocational skills training and on-the-job training, outreach, recruitment costs and administrative expenditures necessary to implement the 2013 Pittsburgh Employment Program; and providing the periodic transfer of funds to be used in the Pittsburgh Employment Program”, by increasing the project allocation by $50,000.00 from $100,000.00 to $150,000.00.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2014-0012 1 ResolutionResolution amending Res. No. 440 of 2013, entitled “Providing the authorization to make all legitimate expenditures for payments and agreements or agreements with various agencies to conduct a summer youth employment program to youth residing in the City of Pittsburgh, wages and fringe benefits for supervisor/participant/administrative staff, workers' compensation, unemployment compensation, participant physicals, transportation, copier and supplies, and administrative expenditures necessary to implement the 2013 Pittsburgh Partnership Summer Youth Program; and providing the periodic transfer of funds to be used in the Pittsburgh Partnership Youth Program for payment of cost thereof, cost not to exceed $650,000.00.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2014-0013 1 ResolutionResolution providing for Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with Ceridian HCM, Inc. for the purpose of on-going payroll processing services, payroll tax filing services, application outsourcing services and related support services. Cost not to exceed Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($350,000.00). Passed FinallyPass Action details
2014-0014 1 ResolutionResolution providing that the City of Pittsburgh enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contracts with consultants and/or service providers for professional services in connection with Civil Service and MPOETC required assessment and evaluation of Public Safety candidates, and providing for payment of the cost thereof not to exceed $68,180.00.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2014-0015 1 ResolutionResolution providing that the City of Pittsburgh enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with Community Care Behavioral Health Organization d/b/a UPMC LifeSolutions in connection with the administration and provision of mental health and counseling services for the City of Pittsburgh's Employee Assistance Program for current employees and their family/household members, and providing for the payment of the cost thereof not to exceed One Hundred Forty One Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($141,700.00).Passed FinallyPass Action details
2014-0016 1 ResolutionResolution providing that the City of Pittsburgh enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with UPMC Mercy in connection with the administration and evaluation of medical examinations and related tests and procedures for the Civil Service Commission's medical examination program for current and prospective employees for employment and promotion and providing for the payment of the cost thereof not to exceed Seven Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($720,000.00)Passed FinallyPass Action details
2014-0017 1 ResolutionResolution providing that the City of Pittsburgh enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with UPMC Benefits Management Services, Inc. D/B/A Work Partners for the purpose of ensuring that on-going medical care and case management is provided to City of Pittsburgh employees who require treatment for service related injuries and/or illness pursuant to the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act toward a goal of returning employees to work as soon as they are medically able to return and providing for the payment of the cost thereof not to exceed $4,375,000.00.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2014-0018 1 ResolutionResolution providing authorization for the City of Pittsburgh and the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh to enter into an Agreement(s) for the City to provide administrative services associated with the health care plan for the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2014-0047 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Urban Recreation for January 22, 2014 with an Affirmatiave Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2014-0024 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Directors of the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Department of Public Works to enter into a Project and License Agreement with the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy in connection with capital improvements to and the use of office space and with the use of trailers in Frick Park for Frick Environmental Center programming. Passed FinallyPass Action details