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City Council adopts proclamations, approves multiple contract and budget actions, and refers major infrastructure and public safety measures to committees

PittsburghMay 6, 20264 min read

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At the May 6, 2026 meeting Council adopted several proclamations, approved final actions on multiple professional services and settlement warrants, reappointed members to the Equipment Leasing Authority, received the 2025 ACFR, and referred transportation, public safety, and technology contract matters to committee.

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Adopted proclamations recognizing Motorcycle Awareness Month (2026-0429), GIFT's 10th anniversary (2026-0430), Steel City Duck Derby Day (2026-0438), and the Homewood Carnegie Library (2026-0460).
Approved reappointments of Anthony Coghill and Barbara Warwick to the Equipment Leasing Authority (2026-0457, 2026-0458). Enactments Nos: 258, 259.
Passed final resolutions expanding multiple Open-End Professional Services Agreements (2026-0391, 2026-0392, 2026-0399, 2026-0400).
Authorized payment warrants and settlements, including Yushan Liu ($6,084.75) (2026-0393), Exponent, Inc. ($16,275.50) (2026-0394), Robert Mahouski ($101,256.25) (2026-0395), and PFM Group Consulting LLC ($90,588.24) (2026-0383); all passed finally.
Read and referred a resolution to authorize a professional services agreement for x-ray security system maintenance with Leidos Security Detection & Automation, Inc. not to exceed $69,000 over five years (2026-0439) to the Committee on Public Safety and Wellness (Waiver of Competitive Process received).
Read and referred multiple transportation and infrastructure items to the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure, including: West Pittsburgh REACH Phase 2 supplemental agreement with Toole Design (2026-0445), City Steps reimbursement amendment with PennDOT (2026-0446), and a supplemental construction agreement for the Sylvan Avenue Multimodal Path Project with A. Liberoni Inc. (2026-0447) (the latter was waived under Rule 8).
Directed the Director of Public Safety and the Police Chief to provide Council with detailed violent crime data disaggregated by age group, single years of age, and location at least quarterly (2026-0462); read and referred to Committee on Public Safety and Wellness.
Approved contract amendments related to budgeting/performance tools and payment processing: Euna Solutions contract extension and increase (2026-0440) and CORE Business Technologies contract amendment for payment/cashiering systems (2026-0384).
Read, received, and filed the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for the year ended December 31, 2025 (2026-0432) and various departmental submissions including grants status and travel reports (2026-0454, 2026-0461).
Passed a resolution authorizing a right-of-way license agreement with the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN) for occupation of certain public right-of-way (2026-0386).

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