Thank you.

For the record, we're currently joined by Bob Sharlin.

What I would like to do is turn it over to Ms.

Price, if you would just introduce yourself, tell us a little bit about yourself and why you're willing to serve on this critically important board.

Great.

First of all, uh thank you for setting aside this time for me.

But um, yeah, my name is Rhea Price.

Uh just a little bit about my background.

Um I I received my uh undergraduate training at the University of Pittsburgh, and I obtained my master's degree in public administration from uh Gispia, the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs.

Um apparently it's just uh SPIA now.

But um I started my career at the city back in two thousand six, and my first job there was with the Pittsburgh Partnership.

Then after a year, I actually moved over into uh City Council's budget office in two thousand seven, um worked there for a year, and then I moved over into the Office of Management and Budget in uh two thousand seven.

And I worked uh at that time I was hired as a senior budget analyst, and I worked in the Office of Management and Budget until um the end of twenty seventeen.

And I um my progression went from senior budget analyst to operating budget manager, and ultimately to uh the assistant director who handled the operating budget and special revenue.

Then in January of twenty eighteen, I moved overseas for a few years.

Um for about a year and a half.

Then I was hired for uh at Pittsburgh Water as their capital budget manager.

I'm back here with the city again.

So I'm back in uh the Office of Management and Budget Um as the uh deputy budget director, and currently um serving as the acting director until we find a director.

Thank you very much.

Um let the record reflect that Councilwoman Warwick has also joined us.

With that, I will turn it over to members if they have any questions.

I'll start with Councilman Sharlin.

Yes, uh, thank you, Council President.

Uh Rhea, it is is very good to see you.

Um, although uh we are virtual this morning.

Um good to see a friendly face in OMB and someone that we worked long with and and trust really well here.

Um, for your appointment here.

This is is certainly one of those positions that uh I don't think we we know a whole lot about or I shouldn't say we know a whole lot about.

This is is certainly one of those positions that uh I don't think we we know a whole lot about or no I shouldn't say we know a whole lot about it's not something that that's constantly on our mind um and really is kind of one of those things that we only would hear about if something was wrong.

Um so I just wanted to to ask you um with your appointment here uh uh how how do you you plan on engaging with council and letting us know if things are wrong or if um uh you know what what the the state of the the trust fund is um so you're you're specifically asking about the uh the the pension trust fund um so um last I looked at uh the funding status um the last report um I saw was from last year and I believe it was about 70% funded.

Um that is a huge difference from um my previous time whenever I was in uh the Office of Management and Budget.

Um I actually worked here when we were still under Act 47 and uh there was a year when uh the state was actually threatening uh to take over our pension fund.

So um right now like I do believe that uh we're in our pension fund is in a pretty good state and uh yeah I would definitely uh make sure uh that I communicated uh any if we were in like a distressing situation with the pension um you should know about that right away so but I like I'm pretty confident that we're in a good state at this point yeah and you know it it's certainly something that I think uh a lot of our pre predecessors have worked really hard on um it we're we're fortunate that we're not in the position that the county is in um or or other agencies uh because it has been such an effort to make sure uh we we've made this a reliable benefit uh for our longtime employees and for folks that have left here and um but again most importantly it's something that I don't think is on the front of any of our minds like right now the fleet is or any of the other looming problems but it is something that certainly could be a thing that drags us down in the future um and you know all all I'd ask is that you communicate with us uh regularly to let us know where we are and um you know it is something that comes up usually in the budget budget season but ends up being a um some version of a hey we're in an okay spot here conversation um and just just asking that that continues to to be the case yeah 100% I will definitely uh uh communicate with you and um I know in the past uh the CMPTF would uh put reports of the funding status uh on the website so um I can make sure that that continues in the future if it um has not over the past year awesome and uh I the only other question I I have for you um you know as a r returning uh employee here which uh which Pittsburgh neighborhood is your favorite and why do you live there now well as you know I live in the South side so of course that's my favorite um I've lived in Greenfield before so uh yeah both Greenfield and Southside both wonderful neighborhoods well uh thank you so much for being here Rhea um and I'm I'm very excited that we get to work together again.

Thank you um I'm excited as well thank you council president thank you uh let the record reflect we've also been joined by councilwoman Solanetro as well as councilwoman Frosberger um councilwoman do either of you have questions I don't really have anything to question Rhea I know how wonderful she works I know how dedicated she is in the city I just want to say welcome back and hoping to have a very open lines of communication with you um that's always my concern is making sure that I can pick up the phone and call you anytime.

Absolutely all right and I appreciate that.

That's just World Frostbord any questions.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

I also I wanted to make sure Councilwoman Warwick didn't have any questions, but um I'm happy to go.

I welcome.

Welcome back to the city.

Actually, price.

It's great to see you.

And um I my questions follow the same line of thinking as some of the previous questions.

I'll frame it a little differently.

Council often gets information about revenue and spending, just like very generally budgeting from a lot of different sources from the finance director, from the director of OMB, from our own city council budget director's office, as you know, and from the city controller.

In your world, like having a vantage point that you do, having served in so many different roles that I just mentioned.

What do you think is the best way to synthesize that information?

So the information that council members are getting, not just when we pick up the phone and call you, because I know that you'll be accessible and um wonderful to provide us with information as we need, but in this in this acting role for now, you know, for this time period.

What do you see as the ideal I don't know, way to ensure that the communication that flows to council is proactive and then it's coming from maybe one source and not conflicting sources from different offices.

Um that's a very good question.

Um so since I've left, um, it seems that um you have regular monthly meetings, the joint financial task force meetings.

Um I believe that those are going to continue.

So I think that is a great for forum to be uh sharing uh regular financial information.

Um I believe you know that uh this office produces quarterly reports as well.

And um whenever we publish those reports, I think it um might actually uh be helpful to set up meetings whenever uh we release those.

So um, you know, because I think that those are produced, but nobody really reads them.

So, you know, a lot of work does go into those.

And uh like I know um in the past, whenever I worked over here in OMB, I really enjoyed putting those together.

And they like really spelled things out to me, and I could, you know, put the pieces together.

So, but but yeah, I don't really know how many people actually read those once they're published.

So I like I think it might be useful um whenever we release those, uh, we schedule a meeting with council members and the controller to go over our findings um in those.

But um as far as anything else, I'm more than happy uh to talk about other possibilities of uh information sharing too.

Definitely open to that.

Great.

Yeah, it's interesting sitting in the role that I do as finance and law chair.

You know, I sort of do get the opportunity to think about the budget on a year-bound basis, and um that's not necessarily the case for every council member.

We're all working on all of our issues and handling constituent concerns, right?

So um having the opportunity to for all council members, even just quarterly to get the whether it's a briefing or whether it's some other venue or forum, um, I'm open to that as well.

I think it's a great idea.

Okay.

Great.

Thank you.

Um that was that was really the one question on my mind.

I'll I'll leave it there.

I appreciate your willingness to serve in this role.

Thank you.

I appreciate that.

Thank you.

Uh Councilwoman Warwick, I'm not sure.

I know she was having some internet problems.

Are you with us?

Or if you have any questions?

I I am.

I am.

I will I don't have any questions.

I'm about to jump on a bus.

So um it's it's cold out here.

But listen, Rhea, I'm so glad to have you back.

Like, you know, when you're working at the city so often, people leave and you're like, oh no, what are we gonna do without them?

And you are certainly one of those people.

So I'm super excited to have you back.

And uh I really can see you out on the bike trails.

Yeah, exactly.

Yeah, I'm very excited to be back as well.

And yeah, I'm sure I'll bump into you on the trails again.

Thank you.

It is definitely cold if the councilwoman's getting on a bus and not on her bike.

Um Rhea, it's good to see you again.

Welcome back to the city of Pittsburgh.

Um, I will simply say the municipal trust fund is a is obviously critical.

Um, Councilman Sharlin mentioned it at the very beginning.

It's not something that we often talk about.

I will say that everyone that serves on it, um, especially Chairman Rao and like others really really care about maintaining this trust fund and ensuring that it is at a well-funded position.

And so I just look forward to serving alongside you and welcome you back to the city.

Thank you so much.

I really appreciate that.

If there are no other questions, then we have exhausted the business of this meeting, and we are adjourned.

Good morning and welcome to the standing committee's meeting for Wednesday, January twenty eighth, twenty twenty-six.

Please note that due to the weather, some members will be online and some will be in person.

And uh for all council meetings, they will be live streamed on the city's website.

And for guest speakers, please do not turn your off your microphones.

Our first order of business is roll call.

Will the clerk please take the roll?

Okay, thank you.

Six members present.

Thank you very much.

Our next order of business is public comment.

I would like to remind all speakers that the rules of council state that comments are limited to matters of concern, official action, or deliberation, which are or may be before city council and profanity will not be permitted.

Please state your name and neighborhood for the record.

You will have three minutes to speak.

Our first registered speaker is Tracy Kirst.

Hi, can you hear me?

Yes, I can.

Okay.

Hi, this is Tracy Kirst.

I live in uh reply.

Uh and I am uh speaking uh about the uh situation with ice and uh concern I have concern about when ICE uh has a bigger presence in our city.

Uh they are already here and creating a lot of problems already, creating a lot of fear and concern for constituents and residents, both citizens and non-citizens.

And given that uh the mayor has stated that we will not all be working with ICE, I think it's really important that we come up that as citizens and residents, we can see a written policy and plan as to exactly how it is that the city is going to be protecting us, and it's critical to know exactly what to do and how to respond when ICE approaches us or when ICE is in the city.

Um I think that it's just saying that we're not gonna cooperate with ICE is too vague.

It's very unclear for everybody to know exactly what that means.

So I'm really urging this the council and the city to come up with a written clear plan and policy around this.

Um I think that some kind of a know your rights situation would be really helpful for the citizens here.

Um I keep saying citizens, I really mean residents.

Um, so that we know exactly when an ICE officer is spotted or comes to somebody's door, what it is exactly they should be doing.

We don't know if we can call the police.

We don't know what to do.

And at this point, we have literally thousands of residents that are afraid to leave their homes.

They can't go to the grocery store.

We have teams of people throughout the city that are delivering groceries to people, and because they're too scared to go out of their home.

It really needs to be addressed very, very clearly by the city so we know exactly what to do and how to do it, what our rights are, and in the bigger picture, what it is that the city's going to do to hopefully prevent what's happening in Minneapolis and the complete takeover and occupation by ICE and border patrol forces.

So I urge the city council to do whatever it needs to be done.

The costs to our city are too big.

Both monetary costs, the amount of money that's being wasted or will be wasted on this, the emotional toll is a terrible cost for the city.

You know, people are not able to go to work, people are not able to live their normal.

Thank you very much.

And if you have further comment, please do share it by email to our city clerk, and that will be distributed to council members.

Our next registered speaker is Tracy Baton.

Hello, my name is Tracy Baton, and I am a resident of Regent Square and a Pittsburgh grandmother.

I'm also the director of Indivisible Pittsburgh.

Um as brief as I can be.

More than a thousand of our neighbors have been deported by ICE by destinations around the world.

We've not had ICE in the aggressive numbers that they've had in Minnesota, but there's no reason to think we won't be next.

In addition, ICE is murdering people on the street.

At least five people have been killed, and another eight or more have been injured or shot.

That does not count the human cost um on the street.

They also randomly detaining people and not providing due process.

And it's this due process issue that's critical here.

Um chief district judge in Minnesota ordered the chief of ICE to show up because they have no regard for the rule of law.

That judge said this is one of dozens of court orders, which the respondents have failed to comply in recent weeks.

This is why we need our city to stand with us, because clearly the rule of law is not working beyond our borders.

We also, as an immigrant city, we push back against the idea that you can deport our neighbors, do our neighbors harm.

Many Pittsburghers, including my grandchildren, have recent immigrant grandparents.

My grandchildren have a bunch of grandparents who came to this country not speaking English and are from our immigrant, and that we are an immigrant town.

From the time of the Pinkertons, we pushed back against government that would do us ill.

A minister at a funeral for the Pinkertons, called them a block on civilization and a disgrace to this country.

That is today's ICE.

They said at that time, our people as a general thing think of the Pinkertons as hordes of cutthroats, thieves, and murderers in the employee of the unscrupulous.

That describes today's ICE.

We need an active plan for the city to stand with us against ICE.

They are consistently staying outside of the rule of law.

The reason this plan is important is Mr.

Rogers told us to look for the helpers.

The helpers have a plan.

That's how we know they're the helpers.

They're prepared for difficult moments.

And we are calling on on our city and demanding that we have the tools for our city and ourselves to be the helpers.

That includes training our citizens as well as training our police.

My understanding is that a thing at the JCC, I was not at our incoming safety police said, if ICE is a problem, call ICE.

That is not acceptable.

I pay the Pittsburgh police good money to protect me, and if they need to protect me from ICE, that's fine.

More than a hundred thousand Pittsburghers have gotten into the street to use their voices in peaceful social protest over the eight years, the last eight years with us, without a single arrest, a single problem.

We individual Pittsburgh will not stand with the notion that Americans using our First Amendment rights are about violence and lawlessness from the time of the Tea Party to today, the real Tea Party in 1776.

Those rights are the rights that matter.

We will get out there and we will use our rights, and we are absolutely demanding that the city keep us safe to use those rights and that.

Thank you very much.

Like the last speaker, if there's further comments that you would like to submit, please do email them to us and we will read them.

Our next speaker is Catherine Poe Gyle.

Hello, this is Kay Punk Eileen.

And I'm here with a similar request and ensure I think that we will Pittsburgh will not sign a 287G agreement with ICE.

We do not want to cooperate with ICE.

I think that should be clear.

I uh recommend that uh Pittsburgh pass legislation that would require ICE agents that are already here to wear masks, to not wear masks, excuse me, wear ICE uniforms and require agents to wear uh body cameras.

I think similar legislation has been drafted for California.

I do recognize that it's under some uh legal contest, but I think these are some things that perhaps the uh council could uh work on as legislation.

Um perhaps it is also being uh record done at uh the state level, but that would be some things that we could do uh in the short term to try to immediately try to limit ice.

Of course, there are so many reasons that the two previous speakers have commented on of why we'd like to limit or keep ICE, additional ICE out of Pittsburgh.

Um they've shown themselves being willing to murder anyone who will perceive as standing in their way, unwilling to cover up their heinous acts, willing to arrest children to use them as bait to apprehend their parents, and willing to illegally enter home schools, churches, and restaurants.

And obviously, they're willing to ignore the law.

So, in short, ICE is acting immorally, unethically and criminally, and Pittsburgh has the opportunity to do what is right by doing what we can to keep ICE out of the Pittsburgh and be on the right side of history.

Thank you so much for letting me get a chance to talk.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Our next speaker is Darcy Fyok Zoder.

Don't believe Darcy is with us.

So we will move to Addie Lord.

Good morning.

Thank you for having me.

I'm Addy Lord.

I'm a Greenfield resident.

And today I'm offering my concern for how we as a city and the city government in particular will continue to deal with immigration enforcement and the blatant disregard for the civil liberties of our residents.

So what is the culture that the chief and director plan to set for their departments around the lawless activities of immigration enforcement?

Specifically thinking of things that the other cities residents have reported, like traffic violations, intentional auto collisions, unnecessary deployment of chemical weapons, and warrantless entry into private spaces.

As there doesn't seem to be with any of the apprehensions, any any regard for immigration status.

And then for the public safety director, I'm curious how he would direct EMS to respond to ICE if they say that somebody doesn't need medical attention when they maybe clearly do.

What will the support of uh the city be to press that issue?

And then by our city code, the care of the police force is a responsibility of the police bureau chief.

And I've noticed that in Chicago, LA, and Minneapolis, federal agents have used chemical weapons against civilians as well as local police who were not prepared for it.

I'm when often without any warning or cause, and so I'm curious what measures he would take to ensure that the officers of the city police department are protected from these hazards that can be uh pretty awful.

And then outside of even the immigration enforcement issue, I was hoping to uh ask for you to ask questions around the discipline matrix and the collective bargaining agreement, knowing that that expired just at the end of last month, and then asking questions also about the public safety facility that had drew so much comment last fall, uh, and if each of them are attentive to those public comments and how residents would like this facility to be used and how they would intend to offer any advice to DPW as they work with the contractor that you had approved.

I think that those are all the questions that I came up with, but I appreciate you all uh and hope that we have great uh appointments into these positions.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Our next registered speaker is Dalen Davis.

I don't believe Dalen is with us unless he is in chambers, so we will move on to Daniel Patel.

And I also don't see Daniel Patel with us.

So having exhausted the registered speakers, we will take comments from those in the audience in chambers wishing to speak.

Please approach the podium if you would like to speak.

Oh, Libith 715 Mercer Street.

I have asthma and this weather really bothers me.

But I still came down and mess with youth.

So what I wanted um the question.

I'm just hearing about this police chief they're gonna hire.

We just had the last one.

Didn't he have prop problems at another state?

The only thing I wanted to tell you is that maybe you just don't seem to understand.

When you bring these police from another state or whatever, they really don't treat us like they should.

You see what they're doing with with the what those um special agents are doing.

They didn't kill two American citizens.

Two American citizens.

And they're and what were they white?

So you can imagine if it was a bunch of black people, we would be dead.

They would kill all of us.

You know, um, there's a problem with this United States.

And the problem is that they give too much authority and they pay too much attention to your police, our police.

When I went to Jamaica, they have no respect for the police.

They call them the fools.

They don't get in your face, but they have no respect for them.

Here is in the United States.

Anything the police say, take it as truth, and it's not.

I can remember when they had the with the police review, my girlfriend or May Arnold, she's dead.

But she used to be the one that I would talk to, and then she would tell me, because sometimes I can be a little harsh, but she said, Yvonne, when they really look at how many times are the hours or the minutes that you council people don't come to the table that you get a half an hour every day just about before you start the meeting.

So add them up.

Uh Dr.

Miller, now he's he's a wizard.

He he's been keeping count of winnings come and so on.

And did you see actually what he's saying?

The Jews didn't come as much as me and him.

And all I'm coming to do is just to try to tell you that you need to consider us what we're telling you.

You can't know it if you're not in my community.

There's no way you would know.

No way.

You have to be in the community.

And if if I come down and I say something, I'm not trying that really, because I have been really praying.

Because my family has really turned against me.

I'm talking about my daughter and my husband.

In the building where I live, there's the woman that told you that beat up the man with the stick.

He beat the mother and the daughter with the hammer.

Now the mother has since died, but she had cancer.

She was sick.

This woman, if she sees me in the building, she says something to me.

I keep walking.

Because she's supposed to, her and her sister's supposed to have actually killed someone.

Well, anytime I see her, I walk.

I run.

I mean, for real.

If I see her, I go the other way.

Now my daughter, I'm on the third floor.

My daughter, we're at the elevator.

I see her on the elevator.

And I just went on, I just left because I do it anytime I see her, I go the other way.

So my daughter came down.

Oh, sorry.

But anyway, please, if we're coming down here, please listen to us.

You're doing better because you're not on the computers and the phone and stuff today.

Please don't.

When we're talking, we only got three minutes.

Yes got what hours?

Hours, and you even just so you did it on a Sunday.

And that right there, I believe.

Thank you, Miss Brown.

Thank you very much.

Are there any further speakers?

There being no further speakers, we will now uh we will move on to our standing committee's agenda.

And our first committee of the day is the finance and law committee.

We have deferred papers, bills.

Uh bill 39.

Bill 39, ordinance directing the Allegheny County Board of Elections to place before the qualified voters at the city of Pittsburgh at the 2026 May primary election, a referendum question.

Shall the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter, Article 3, legislative branch be amended by changing the budget approval rules to ensure timely passage at the end of the legislative session?

Motion to hold one week with discussion.

Second, second, yes.

Thank you.

Very briefly, I'm gonna make sure motion to hold the second one as well.

The intent here is to ensure that once council passes a budget, if the if any mayor were to not act that budget then takes effect as opposed to having to start an entire new budget process in the new year.

However, the administration slash law department has a little concern with the initial wording of it because they interpret it to be that once they send a budget to council, council could in theory sit on it and then pass a budget December 31st, and then the mayor would have no time to respond, which is not the intent here.

The intent is to still allow the administration the 10 days that they're granted to act.

Um so we're working with the administration to clean up the language a little bit.

Um I just want to brief counsel on where this stands, and as soon as we have that language, I'll bring that forward.

Thank you.

Is there any further discussion on the motion to hold one week?

Seeing none, all those in favor of holding Bill 39 for one week, please indicate by saying aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Bill be held one week.

Bill 40.

Bill number 40, ordinance directing the Allegheny County Board of Elections to place before the qualified voters of the City of Pittsburgh at the 2026 May primary election.

A referendum question.

Shall the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter, Article 3 Legislative Branch, be amended by changing public hearing notice requirements to adjust the public hearing notice requirements in light of the loss of both newspapers of general circulation in the city?

Motion to hold one week.

Second second discussion.

Seeing none, all those in favor of holding bill 40 for one week, please indicate by saying aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Bill be held.

Bill 51.

Bill 51, resolution amending resolution 880 of 2025, which reappropriated 2025.

$7 million of funds into 2026 to pay for $2,025 Pittsburgh water service costs when true up calculations were finalized by reducing the amount reappropriated by $1 million.

Motion to approve.

Second.

Second.

Discussion.

Um I'm trying to catch up as council members.

Um whether we reappropriating it to yes, I'm hoping that we have uh do we have Director McDevitt joining us today.

No, I don't think he's in.

Okay.

We um I might motion to hold one week in that case because he has um the intricate explanation that I don't have in my fingertips, but it's essentially a it's a correction that was made.

Um in our sort of end of your true up that he deemed to be a correction of some sort, but I wanted to make sure that he was present to brief counsel on this.

So he brought it to you.

Correct.

Correct.

Sure, sure, absolutely.

So why don't we why don't we in because this is you know, this is a large amount of money, and it's important for everyone to understand what we're voting on.

Um, if I can have um someone motion to hold for one week.

Motion to hold one week.

Second.

Any further discussion?

Okay, all in favor of a one-week poll, please indicate by saying aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Bill 51 will be held one week.

That takes us to invoices.

Is there a motion on invoices?

Motion to approve.

Second.

Discussion.

Seeing none, all in favor of invoices, please say aye.

All right.

Aye.

Invoices are approved.

Takes us to P cards.

Is there a motion on P cards?

Motion moved.

Second.

All in any discussion.

All in favor of P cards, please say aye.

Aye.

P cards are approved.

That takes us to public works and infrastructure committee chaired by councilwoman Salonetro.

Bill 43, resolution providing for a reimbursement agreement or agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the construction phase of the East Liberty Negley Avenue Implementation Project and providing for the payment of the cost thereof not to exceed $2,571,661.

Motion to approve.

Second.

Second discussion.

Seeing none, all in favor of Bill 43, please indicate by saying aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Affirmative recommendation.

Bill 44.

Resolution providing for an agreement or agreements with Allegheny Valley Railroad for costs associated with the preliminary engineering phase of the Heron Avenue Bridge Project, providing for the payment of the cost thereof not to exceed 10,000, reimbursable at 100%.

Motion to approve.

Discussion.

Seeing none, all in uh is there any discussion?

Sorry.

Seeing none, all in favor of Bill 44, please indicate by saying aye.

Aye.

Affirmative recommendation.

Bill 45.

Resolution providing for reimbursement agreement or agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the preliminary design, final design and construction phases of the Brownsville Road Safety Improvement Project and providing for the payment of the cost thereof not to exceed $4,500, $368, and the municipal share of Commonwealth incur costs at a cost of the City of Pittsburgh not to exceed $26,000.

Motion to approve.

Discussion?

Seeing none.

All in favor of Bill 45, please indicate by saying aye.

Aye.

Affirmative recommendation.

Bill 46.

Rec associated with the preliminary engineering, final design, and right-of-way phases with Fear and Avenue for each project providing for the payment of the cost thereof not to exceed $1,521,000, an increase of $800,000 from the previously executed agreement.

This resolution serves to authorize only the amended reimbursement agreement or agreements at Mill Cross to the City of Pittsburgh.

Future resolutions will authorize the project specific service agreements.

Motion to approve.

Second discussion.

Seeing none, all in favor of Bill 46, please indicate by saying aye.

Aye.

Affirmative recommendation.

That takes us to recreation youth and senior services committee chaired by councilwoman Warwick.

Bill number 47, resolution authorizing the mayor and the director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into agreements individual in individual amounts of $10,000 or messed with performers, instructors, artists, referees, and persons with specialized skills in connection with the department's recreational and instructional programs and special advanced services.

Payments for individual vendors meeting the above criteria are authorized through an on-contract payment, departmental invoices and PCR.

Motion to approve brief discussion.

Second.

A discussion.

Yes.

So we have Director Sloan.

Welcome, Director, to your first standing committee meeting.

I'm sorry that it's with the weather.

We have to do it virtual, but um uh yeah, if you'd like to introduce yourself and then um just give us a brief explanation of the bill, that would be great.

Yep, of course.

Hi, everybody.

My name is Eric Sloan, uh, acting director of parks and recreation.

So this measure uh allows us to enter into agreements with performers and and other specialized vendors who support our programs and special events uh and go above the the usual $5,000 explanatory limit uh with these same vendors throughout the year up to $10,000 as needed.

Thanks.

That's all I have, and if others have questions, go ahead.

Any further discussion?

Seeing none, all those in favor of Bill 47, please indicate by saying aye.

Aye, aye, aye.

Affirmative recommendation that moves us to intergovernmental and educational affairs committee chaired by councilman Mosley.

Bill number 42, resolution adopting plan revision to the city of Pittsburgh's official sewage facilities plan for 824 James Street at no cost to the city.

Motion to approve.

Second discussion.

Um is this new construction?

Sorry, it's councilwoman gross.

Oh, I see that it is.

So I am I'm fine, I'm opening the attachments now, so it's just a little slow.

Thank you.

That's all I'm saying.

Thank you.

Any further discussion?

Seeing none.

All those in favor of Bill 42, please indicate by saying aye.

Aye.

Affirmative recommendation.

That exhausts our standing committee's agenda for the day.

We do have some meeting announcements this afternoon at 1 30 p.m.

Council will hold pre-agenda interviews for Jason Lando as Chief of Police and for Sheldon Williams as public safety director.

Next week, council will hold its regular meeting and standing committee meeting on Wednesday, February 4th at 10 a.m.

and 130 p.m.

respectively.

To register to speak at these meetings, please fill out the sign-up form on the council meeting webpage by the by the deadlines, and you may also call the clerk's office at 412-255-2138.

Yes, Councilwoman Warwick.

Yes, thank you.

I just quickly wanted to say um uh congratulations to Mike McCarthy for his you know for getting the job with the Steelers.

But even more than that, congratulations to Greenfield, because they are so excited.

Um Mike McCarthy is a Greenfield legend.

Uh used to own or his family used to own the Bar in the Run.

His parents live up there.

He was a huge donor to St.

Rosalia's back when they had um a primary school, uh, is a big supporter of the Greenfield Baseball Association and and and so many things.

And um I hear a rumor that uh Jimmy Gregg is uh maybe gonna get an honorary position on the coaching staff.

Um at least that's what the memes on Facebook say.

So uh congratulations, very excited, and um yeah, looking forward to it.

Thanks very much.

Anything frightened for members?

If not, I'll take a motion to excuse the absent members, approve the minutes, and adjourn the meeting.

So moved.

Second, all in favor?

Yeah, commenting.