# Pittsburgh City Council Regular Meeting - 10/13/26


**Body:** City Channel Pittsburgh
**Date:** October 12, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Construction & Infrastructure, Professional Services, Physical Infrastructure, Contracting Vehicles


Pittsburgh City Council regular meeting, October 13, 2026. Procurement and infrastructure actions included approval of a supplemental agreement with KCI Technologies for the 28th Street Bridge final-design phase, increasing the agreement by about $62,573 to a stated not-to-exceed amount of about $2.32 million (reimbursable at 95%). Council also approved a three-year agreement for First Due emergency-medical-services scheduling software, not to exceed $135,666.99, and an agreement with PennDOT for city-provided winter maintenance on designated state routes, with costs not to exceed about $5.95 million. Other purchasing and funding items included a $4,290 Davey Resource Group tree-inventory project, $8,946.90 for graffiti-remediation equipment, and grant applications seeking up to $150,000 for zoning-code work and $1 million toward a pumper fire truck. A parks and recreation measure included grant funding up to $100,000 for the Creative Communities Program, up to about $52,800 for soccer programming, and $5,849.31 for recycled-plastic lifeguard chairs. The transcript also records a $273,300 donation to support co-response and downtown policing programs.

Council amended measures concerning open-ended professional-services agreements with multiple vendors, proposing 48 additional agreements for a total of 179; the stated annual per-agreement ceilings were $1.5 million in one measure and $750,000 in another, with three-year terms. A proposed ordinance would require council approval for certain contracts made through cooperative purchasing, a change that could affect future purchasing approvals. Council waived a rule to place the $8,946.90 graffiti-equipment purchase on the next standing-committee agenda. Public commenters raised concerns about delayed paving of Hillrest Street despite secured funding, and about the closure of the Roots North Side service location; no new spending action on those concerns was identified. The transcript also records approval of a zoning-deadline extension, but does not provide procurement details for that item.

**Source:** City Channel Pittsburgh