Pittsburgh City Council Standing Committees - 11/10/26

Pittsburgh City Council Standing Committees meeting, November 10, 2026: The committees advanced several infrastructure and purchasing items. These included an agreement with MS Consultants Inc. for Allegheny River Green Boulevard preliminary engineering, not to exceed $566,108.95; an amended PennDOT reimbursement agreement for that project, up to $4.61 million, with an 80% reimbursement rate and the city’s share capped at $30,000; and a RAISE grant agreement for the Hill District project at no cost to the city. The committee also recommended an amendment to the Mosites Construction Company agreement for the Charles Anderson Bridge, setting the stated amount at $60,271,782.07, an increase of $11,794,005.07, reimbursable at 100%. Separately, a capital-program amendment added $6.335 million in federal funding for the bridge. Trail development funding was increased by $152,000. The committee recommended extending and expanding Eastern Research Group Inc.’s recycling education and outreach contract by $14,492, bringing its one-year not-to-exceed total to $114,492. It also approved recommendations for a four-year, $285,000 First Street Technology risk-data subscription and three-year CivicPlus permitting and scheduling software costing up to $93,947.50.

Members discussed a city server and software modernization purchase estimated at about $1.9 million, noting that an RFP had been canceled and that staff were pursuing a discounted option through an existing contract with costs spread over three years; no vendor or formal vote on that item is clear in the transcript. Council also considered East Liberty Transit Revitalization Investment District Phase Three: the URA described approximately $183 million in proposed private development, with projected TRID borrowing of about $10.65 million for public-realm, utility, stormwater, brownfield, and mobility improvements, and 10% of TRID proceeds designated for off-site affordable housing. The transcript does not capture a final vote on that plan. Other business included hearings on proposed DOMI assistant director appointments, zoning and street-naming matters, and a budget-timing ordinance; no additional procurement action is evident in those discussions.