Standing Committees

510 City-County Building 414 Grant Street City of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Meeting Minutes Wednesday, January 30, 2019 10:00 AM Council Chambers STANDING COMMITTEES AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT ROLL CALL Present 9 - Rev. Burgess, Mr. Coghill, Ms. Gross, Mrs. Harris, Mr. Kraus, Mr. Lavelle, Mr. O'Connor, Mrs. Kail-Smith, and Mrs. Strassburger FINANCE AND LAW COMMITTEE, REV. BURGESS, CHAIR NEW PAPERS 2019-1303 Resolution amending Resolution No. 878, effective December 21, 2018 entitled: Resolution authorizing the fee schedule for 2019 pursuant to Chapter 170 of the City Code so as to replace the attached fee schedule and update the effective date. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. 2019-1304 Resolution amending Resolution 843 of 2018 (by changing the budget year from 2018 to 2019), providing for the issuance of a warrant in the total sum of Eight Thousand Dollars ($8,000.00) in favor of Kathleen Kasunick and her attorneys, Elliott and Davis, fully releasing the City from all claims and liability for alleged property damages as described in a lawsuit filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at G.D. 15-021678. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. City of Pittsburgh Page 1 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes January 30, 2019 2019-1306 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Carole Katz LLC, 6448 Melissa Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15206 in an amount not to exceed Three Thousand Two Hundred Dollars and 00/100 ($3,200.00) for Mediation services rendered to the parties in a federal litigation case. (Executive Session held 1/30/19) A motion was made that this matter be Held for Executive Session. The motion carried. 2019-1307 Resolution amending Resolution 29 of 2019 providing for the issuance of a warrant in favor of Kraemer, Manes & Associates and Roy Cox, US Steel Tower, 48th Floor, 600 Grant Street, Suite 4875, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, in an amount not to exceed Nineteen Thousand Dollars and 00/100 Cents ($19,000.00) in Full and Final Settlement of an action filed with the Pittsburgh Human Relations Commission and cross-filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, by changing the budget year from 2018 to 2019. (Executive Session Requested) A motion was made that this matter be Held for Executive Session. The motion carried. 2019-1313 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances at Title One: Administrative, Article XI: Human Resources, Chapter 192: Pensions, at General Provisions, section 192.01 Definitions, and also at Municipal Benefit Plan No. 2, section 192.23 Municipal Benefits, in order to allow interest payments on withdraws from the Municipal Pension plan, and to authorize the calculation of interest. SPONSOR /S: MR. KRAUS A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. 2019-1316 Resolution providing for a professional services agreement or agreements or existing agreements for consulting services, but not limited to auditing, accounting, and technical services for the City Controller’s Office at a cost not to exceed $135,000.00 A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. City of Pittsburgh Page 2 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes January 30, 2019 INVOICES INVOICES FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL The following departmental invoices not covered under a contract with the City shall be paid by the City Controller after the invoices have been approved by City Council at the January 30th 2019 Standing Committees meeting. A completed standard form detailing the expenditures is attached to all of the below listed invoices. No payments will be made to any of the below listed vendors prior the approval of City Council. CITY COUNCIL Bellamonte Pizza – food for community events (Dist. 2) 196.56 Homewood-Brushton YMCA – rental space for community meeting (Dist. 9) 130.00 Johnson Controls – date/time stamp for City Clerk’s Office 712.00 Tkacheva, Brosha – reimb/food for evening public hearing 112.25 LAW Justus ADR Services – mediator’s fee 1,750.00 HUMAN RESOURCES CCAC/Boyce Campus – registration fee for job fair 100.00 Miller, Michael – advertising 3,000.00 Pit Shop – wellness healthy snack and fruit boxes 185.00 Pittsburgh Mailing – mailing of W2s for city employees 585.00 RecruitMilitary – advertising 2,691.00 City of Pittsburgh Page 3 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes January 30, 2019 RecruitMilitary – advertising 2,511.00 PLI Tata, Madhuri – reimbursement for completion of certification 106.80 Weisensee, Charles – reimbursement for registering certifications 102.20 PUBLIC SAFETY ADMIN Duquesne University – criminal justice policy for summer recruit class 1,995.00 EMS Northeast Industrial Manufacturing – dumpster for EMS stations 1,118.00 POLICE Holmes, Eric – cream cheese to go with bagels and coffee for Civil Rights meeting 22.48 Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association – accreditation annual fee 1,000.00 PUBLIC WORKS Time Clock Sales Pittsburgh – time stamp machine servicing and updating 304.75 PARKS & RECREATION Heide, Erica – reimbursement for purchase of winter workboots 150.00 Peart, Bram – reimbursement for purchase of winter workboots 119.93 Smith, Lauren – reimbursement for purchase of winter workboots 169.95 A motion was made that this matter be Approved. The motion carried. City of Pittsburgh Page 4 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes January 30, 2019 INTRA DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS NONE P-CARD APPROVALS A motion was made that this matter be Approved. The motion carried. PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES COMMITTEE, MR. LAVELLE, CHAIR NEW PAPERS 2019-1308 Resolution, amending resolution number 231 of 2018, entitled “authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into an Agreement with the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (“HACP”) for the providing of police services at HACP properties over a three-year term” in order to update account numbers SPONSOR /S: REV. BURGESS A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. 2019-1310 Resolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in favor of Dolan Consulting Group in the amount of Nine-Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty Dollars ($9,950.00) for verbal de-escalation training for the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Police. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. City of Pittsburgh Page 5 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes January 30, 2019 PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE, MRS. KAIL-SMITH, CHAIR DEFERRED PAPERS 2019-1295 Resolution amending Resolution No. 701, effective November 2, 2015, to now read as follows: "Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with PENNDOT under which PENNDOT will make improvements to and transfer Industrial Highway, approximately 1.2 miles of roadway, to the City, and the City will transfer to PENNDOT two current City street segments, those street segments being: 1) Euclid Avenue from Baum Boulevard to Centre Avenue, approximately 347 feet; and 2) Centre Avenue from Euclid Avenue to Highland Avenue, approximately 1,017 feet." A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. NEW PAPERS 2019-1312 Resolution authorizing the transfer by the City of Pittsburgh to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (“PennDOT”) certain public right-of-way and temporary construction easement rights on certain property of the 32nd Ward of the City of Pittsburgh in cooperation with a PennDOT construction project. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, MR. O'CONNOR, CHAIR NEW PAPERS 2019-1311 Resolution adopting the Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for the Pittsburgh Produce Terminal Redevelopment project. The existing building will be converted from produce warehouse/office space into a combination retail/ restaurant/ entertainment and office center. The parking lot to the rear will be updated to current standards. The site is located on the north side of Smallman Street, between 16th and 21st Streets, in the 2nd Ward of the City of Pittsburgh 15222. A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 2/6/2019. The motion carried. City of Pittsburgh Page 6