Remarks by Erika Strassburger
96 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 4
“I'll just say here, and you do not have to say, Director, thank you. I think this highlights one of the challenges of our system. When we follow the rules, right, it looks unnecessary. But there really isn't, aside from a waiver, which in this case I would argue, and I want to thank our council budget office for flagging this, like there isn't actually a process for... this kind of scenario where it's not an overage, a P-card or a reimbursement that's like, this is the only way to do it, it has to be a credit card purchase because of a state requirement, or this is a quarterly telecom bill…”
“Thank you. We have some members at the table.”
“Thank you. Further discussion? Councilman Wilson.”
“Thank you. Further discussion? Councilman Coghall.”
“Thank you. Further discussion? Second round, Council Member Warwick.”
“Thank you. Further discussion? So I'll add, so the request, I think, is both to the body of the bill and the title, so it's clear, you know, at no cost to the city, before next Tuesday so that we can amend at the final bill, final passage then. I'll also say, I think this is great, the fact that it really is, aside from, Kevin, some of your time at no cost to the city, and in an ideal budget year, we would have an artist-in-residence, not just consultant, but position, as originally imagined, on staff to allow for this to happen in not just downtown, but every neighborhood in the city, right?…”
“Affirmative recommendation. Thank you both. Bill 932.”
“Discussion? Seeing none, all in favor of bill 932, please say aye. Affirmative recommendation. That moves us to Innovation and Performance Asset Management and Technology Committee, chaired by Councilwoman Gross.”
“Second. Discussion? Seeing none, all in favor of Bill 919, please say aye.”
“Affirmative recommendation. That moves us to our final committee of the day, Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs Committee, chaired by Councilman Mosley.”
“Seeing none, all in favor of Bill 950, please say aye. Aye. Affirmative recommendation. New papers. Bill 917.”
“discussion seeing none all those in favor of holding bill 917 for a cablecast public hearing please say aye aye that bill will be held that exhausts our standing committee agenda we do have meeting announcements tomorrow Thursday October 8th with sessions at 11 and 11 30 a.m. council will hold a briefing to discuss matters related to that 2026 NFL draft Next week, Council will hold their regular meeting on Tuesday, October 13th, and Standing Committee's meeting on Wednesday, October 14th, both at 10 a.m. Speaker registration will close at 9 a.m. Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. Next Tuesday,…”
“All in favor? Aye. Meeting is adjourned.”
“Thank you. I I really want to thank you Councilwoman for holding this incredibly timely and important hearing and and thank you to all our speakers and guests today. And I wanted to first state again that yes, Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh City Council is on the earlier end of this, so I'm grateful for this opportunity. I'm grateful for the. the reports that we do currently get. And it strikes me that you know, if we were to take a next approach, Councilman Siegel, your idea of this intermediary approach of at the very least understanding, right, like understanding what we're dealing with would…”
“No, not at all. Not at all. I was only going to say that I, too, had a pre-existing meeting at 11, so I'm unfortunately going to have to jump off, but I look forward to catching the remainder of the conversation afterwards by watching it on video, and thank you again for hosting this hearing. Thank you all for being here.”
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“Thank you. Our next order of business is to amend the agenda. Can I have a motion to amend?”
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“Thank you. Our next speaker is Chief Ikohana Helmikina. I don't see Chief with us today. We will move on to those in the audience wishing to speak.”
“Are there any other speakers? You will not. Are there any other speakers? Seeing no further speakers, we will move on to our Standing Committee's agenda. Our first committee is the Finance and Law Committee, Deferred Papers, Bill 16.”
“Yeah, no, no, that's fine. We have a motion to hold 12 weeks. Is there a second?”
“Discussion? Seeing no further discussion, all in favor of a 12-week hold for Bill 2026-16, please say aye. Aye. Bill will be held for 12 weeks. Thank you. New Papers, Bill 847.”
“Is there a second? Second. Discussion? discussion does anyone know what this is what vibrant pittsburgh is that's a good question vibrant pittsburgh is an organization that aims to build diversity among our businesses throughout the city of businesses and organizations throughout the city of pittsburgh i don't know the details of what a membership gets us but i do know that that is their mission okay um”
“Yes, I'm happy to do one of two things. One is to put a pin in this, come back to it later in the agenda so we can hopefully get someone to speak to it today at the table or find more clarity by the end of the vote.”
“We will move on to our next bill then without a vote and come back to Bill 847 and move on to Bill 848.”