Standing Committees

510 City-County Building 414 Grant Street City of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Meeting Minutes - Final Wednesday, January 24, 2018 10:00 AM Council Chambers STANDING COMMITTEES AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT ROLL CALL Present 7 - Mr. Coghill, Ms. Gross, Mrs. Harris, Mr. Kraus, Mr. Lavelle, Mr. O'Connor, and Mrs. Kail-Smith Absent 1 - Rev. Burgess FINANCE AND LAW COMMITTEE, REV. BURGESS, CHAIR DEFERRED PAPERS 2018-0004 Resolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in the total sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) in favor of Victoria Rainey and Frischman & Rizza, P.C., fully releasing the City from all claims and liability for alleged personal injuries as described in a lawsuit filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at G.D. 14-008419. (Executive Session held 1-23-18) A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. 2018-0005 Resolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in the total sum of Sixty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($62,500.00) in favor of Lois Carson and her attorneys Cercone, Erlaine, & Associates, 564 Forbes Avenue, 1100 Manor Building, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, fully releasing the City from all claims and liability for alleged personal injuries as described in a lawsuit filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at G.D. 14-019641. (Executive Session held 1-23-18) A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. NEW PAPERS City of Pittsburgh Page 1 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes - Final January 24, 2018 2018-0019 Resolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in favor of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority for Cities of the Second Class (“ICA”) in the amount of $37,000.00 for the funding required to cease ICA operations. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. INVOICES A motion was made to Approve. The motion carried. INTRA DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS None P-CARD APPROVALS A motion was made to Approve. The motion carried. PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES COMMITTEE, MR. LAVELLE, CHAIR NEW PAPERS 2018-0022 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a professional services agreement or agreements with the Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania for the provision of medical direction services at a cost of Ten Dollars and No Cents ($10) per year to the City. Said agreement(s) shall commence on January 1, 2018 for a term of three years expiring on December 31, 2020. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE, MRS. KAIL-SMITH, CHAIR NEW PAPERS 2018-0023 Resolution further amending Resolution No.772, effective, January 1, 2017, as amended, entitled “Adopting and approving the 2017 Capital Budget and the 2017 Community Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2017 through 2021 Capital Improvement Program,” by increasing the “Park Reconstruction (RAD)” line item by $33,653.00 from $945,000.00 to $978,653.00. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. City of Pittsburgh Page 2 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes - Final January 24, 2018 2018-0024 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a License and Maintenance Agreement with Lawrenceville United for the purpose of maintaining the improvements at Duncan Park. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE, MRS. HARRIS, CHAIR NEW PAPERS 2018-0020 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Standard Insurance Company for the administration of the City’s employee leave management program for a sum not to exceed Five Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($520,000.00) over four years and providing for the payment of the costs thereof. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. 2018-0021 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in the amount of Four Thousand, Four Hundred Nine Dollars and Fifty-Nine Cents $4,409.59 to CSI Investigations for the payment of the costs related to a use of force opinion for OMI Investigation# 17-164. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. City of Pittsburgh Page 3 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes - Final January 24, 2018 INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE AND ASSET MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, MR. KRAUS, CHAIR NEW PAPERS 2018-0025 Resolution amending Resolution 758 of 2014, entitled “Resolution providing for a Contract or Contracts with Qscend Technologies, Inc. for the purchase of Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) software services necessary for the operations of the City's 311 Response Line for a period of four years (2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017), total cost not to exceed $162,600.00,” by extending the term for one additional year (2018) and by increasing the authorized amount by $48,723 for a total of $211,323.00. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. HEARINGS COMMITTEE, MR. KRAUS, CHAIR NEW PAPERS 2018-0028 Petition from the residents of the City of Pittsburgh requesting a Public Hearing before City Council relative to the proposed resolution and will of Council regarding the use of military surveillance drones to be adopted by the Pittsburgh City Council. The Petition is valid in accordance with the Home Rule Charter. (Public Hearing Held 2-13-18) A motion was made that this matter be Held for a Cablecast Public Hearing to the Committee on Hearings . The motion carried. City of Pittsburgh Page 4