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A
Can
we
please
say
start
with
the
pledge
of
allegiance
and
remain
standing
for
a
moment
of
silence
and
then
right
after
that,
we'll
get
to
councilman
and
connor
has
an
emergency.
A
J
Council
president
yeah,
we
have
a
family
emergency,
so
we
are
headed
to
the
hospital
now,
but
I
just
want
to
register
and
I
vote
on
all
bills
today
and
thank
you
for
letting
me
do
that
and
if,
if
this
gets
done
early
I'll
try
to
sign
back
in.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
and
please
keep
us
updated.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
we're
thinking
of
you
and
your
family.
Thank
you
and
our
next
sort
of
business
is
proclamations
and
we
have
one
from
councilman,
wilson
and
myself
to
be
read
into
the
record.
We
sponsored
this
with
mayor,
peduto,
councilman
wilson.
H
Now,
therefore,
be
it
resolved
that
the
council
of
the
city
of
pittsburgh
does
hereby
recognize
that
we
can
all
do
our
part
to
not
waste
food
and
keep
it
out
of
the
landfill
and
thank
our
community
partners
for
their
commitment
to
food
sustainability
and
being
for
the
result
that
the
council
of
the
city
of
pittsburgh
hereby
declares
december.
2020
is
food
matters
month
here
in
the
most
livable
city
of
pittsburgh,.
A
H
A
A
motion
in
a
second
sorry
just
to
prove
a
second
all
in
favor.
A
Opposed
proclamations
approved
and
councilman
wilson
did,
you
want
to
say
anything.
K
I
know
I
think
you
know,
I
think,
there's
a
lot
that's
going
on
right
now
and-
and
I
think
this
is
important
to
recognize
this
month
and
especially
every
month,
but
thanks
for
working
with
you
and
the
administration
and
that's
all
I
have
to
say.
A
And
I
I
know
that
in
the
proclamation
you
think
and
acknowledge
all
the
food
groups
for
all
the
work
that
they're
doing
as
well,
and
so
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
acknowledge
them
as
well.
I
don't
know
where
pittsburgh
would
be
if
it
were
not
for
some
of
them.
B
A
Many
families,
but
I
think
that's
why
it's
so
important
for
us
to
get
these
these
farms,
these
urban
farms
up
and
running
in
each
of
our
districts,
so
that
we're
feeding
our
people
but
at
the
same
time
making
sure
that
we're
not
throwing
it
into
a
landfill.
A
So
thank
you
councilman
and
thank
you
to
the
mayor's
office
for
their
work
on
this
as
well,
and
our
next
order
of
business
is
public
comment
and
we
have
a
list
of
44
speakers
and
because
I'm
out
without
my
other
phone,
madam
clerk
is
going
to
read
the
speakers
their
names
off
as
we
go
along
adam
clark.
B
A
I
would
like
to
remind
everyone
that
the
rules
of
council
state
that
comments
are
limited
to
matters
of
concern.
Official
action
or
deliberations
which
are
or
may
be
before,
city
council
profanity
will
not
be
permitted.
Maybe
we
have
the
first
speaker,
please
and
madame
clark.
L
Hi.
Thank
you.
This
summer
I
attended
a
number
of
the
racial
justice
protests
that
took
place
across
the
city,
and
I
also
kept
up
with
the
news
covered
surrounding
these
events.
L
The
east
liberty
protest
the
start
of
the
summer.
The
kettling
incident
in
mellon
park
the
abduction
arrest
of
a
protester
in
oakland.
These
incidents
have
been
well
documented
on
both
social
media
and
in
major
pittsburgh
media
outlets.
In
each
case,
the
account
given
by
the
police
was
in
direct
conflict
with
that
citizenry.
L
L
To
be
clear,
we
do
not
need
to
fund
more
training
in
order
to
fix
the
department,
but
instead
invest
those
resources
that
proactively
uplift
communities
and
ensure
their
well-being,
dignity
and
that
actually
make
pittsburgh
a
livable
city.
We
cannot
talk
about
serving
and
protecting
citizens
without
enacting
these
values
through
a
shift
in
material
resources,
and
the
police
have
shown
they
are
unwilling
to.
They
are
willing
to
misrepresent
the
citizenry
in
order
to
justify
misconduct
and
should
not
be
rewarded
with
continued
expansion
and
privileged
serve
the
budget.
Thank
you.
M
Hi,
so
I'm
here
to
talk
about
the
proposed
2021
budget.
Recently,
the
abolitionist
law
center
released
its
summer
2020
report,
titled
cash,
bail,
arbitrary
detention
and
apartheid
in
allegheny
county,
and
I
think
a
lot
of
the
statistics
within
that
report
are
very
worrying.
M
The
one
that
jumps
out
the
most
to
me
is
that
the
pittsburgh
police
made
352
arrests
from
may
11th
to
june.
8Th
45
of
those
arrests
were
for
misdemeanors.
I
think
it's
absolutely
ridiculous.
M
M
Yesterday,
allegheny
county
experienced
over
600
new
cases
of
covid19
housing
is
a
human
right,
but
even
if
someone
would
disagree
with
that,
for
any
reason,
you
need
to
accept
the
fact
that
providing
people
without
homes
or
on
the
doorstep
of
eviction
a
place
to
shelter
for
the
rest
of
the
parental
virus
pandemic
will
help
control
it
and
lead
to
a
more
controlled
response
to
it.
M
This
should
be
accomplished
by
building
democratically
owned,
affordable
housing,
for
example.
Instead
of
relocating
zone
five's
police
station
to
east
liberty
in
further
gentrifying,
the
area
people
should
be
provided
with
a
place
to
live.
M
Additionally,
big
businesses
need
to
be
taxed,
as
do
corporate
developers
in
stripping
upmc
of
its
tax
exempt.
Non-Profit
status
is
a
good
first
step.
Upmc
employs
so
many
people
within
pittsburgh,
it's
about
time
that
it
would
give
back
to
our
community.
M
Finally,
these
meeting
hours
need
to
be
moved
to
a
more
accessible
time
to
the
public,
to
make
this
a
more
democratic
process
that
is
acceptable
for
people
with
normal
working
hours,
so,
for
example,
in
the
evenings
or
on
the
weekends.
That
is
all
I
had
to
say,
but
I
think
that
all
the
other
speakers
will
have
a
lot
of
good
points.
M
N
Hello,
I
live
in
squirrel
hill.
I
work
at
the
carnegie
library
for
the
blind
and
looking
at
the
2021
proposed
budget,
and
I
also
noticed
that
public
works.
Emergency
medical
cert
and
the
fire
department
are
among
the
budgets
set
to
be
cut
even
further.
In
2021,
over
600
city
jobs
will
be
slashed
without
any
federal
aid,
and
it's
a
very
strange
budget
to
propose
for
the
people
you
serve,
who
are
struggling
through
a
pandemic
along
with
an
unemployment
and
housing
crisis.
N
This
pandemic
has
deepened
and
worsened
the
long-held
housing
and
economic
inequalities
of
our
city,
and
meanwhile,
the
pittsburgh
police
move
ahead
with
an
unauthorized
weapons,
purchase
of
25
619,
a
clerical
error
in
tear
gas,
rubber
bullets
and
kinetic
rounds.
Such
munitions
are
used
in
swat
training.
So
why
was
the
city
council
blindsided
with
this
purchase,
and
how
does
this
read
as
an
allocation
of
funding
to
help
our
families
and
communities
during
this
crisis,
while
knocking
on
doors
and
having
these
conversations
with
people
in
east
liberty
and
surrounding
neighborhoods?
N
She
didn't
know
about
the
3
million
relocation
of
the
zone,
5
police
station
and
contrary
to
mayor
peduto's,
unsubstantiated
assumptions,
an
increased
police
presence
was
not
something
she
supported
and,
in
fact
her
biggest
concern
was
making
sure
that
her
middle
school
son
had
a
consistent,
wi-fi
connection
to
complete
his
online
schooling.
This
is
not
guaranteed
and
acts
as
a
barrier
for
many
working
class
families
and
I'd
like
to
run
one
more
number
by
you.
N
So
since
2009
excessive
force,
lawsuit
payouts
from
pittsburgh
area,
police
total
over
7
million
dollars
and
because
the
city
is
self-insured,
that
cost
was
born
directly
by
the
taxpayers
as
a
taxpayer.
Reading
through
these
filings
from
the
u.s
district
court,
I'm
frankly
disgusted.
If
you
listen
to
the
people
you
serve,
you
will
hear
that
we
want
to
fund
housing,
public
education
and
social
services.
N
We
need
a
budget
which
works
for
us
during
a
time
when
so
many
of
us
are
struggling
to
make
rent
with
no
tangible
relief
and
the
fact
that
these
meetings
are
held
at
10
a.m,
on
a
tuesday
and
I'm
technically
at
work
right
now.
It's
just
another
example
of
how
inaccessible
these
discussions
and
this
budget
is
for
the
people
you
serve.
Thank
you.
O
O
Three
million
dollars
is
being
allocated
to
the
relocation
of
the
zone.
Five
police
station
back
into
east
liberty,
mayor
peduto,
claims
that
the
people
of
east
liberty
have
been
asking
for
this:
what
people,
private
developers
and
big
business
or
working
people
during
the
times
I
have
door
knocked
myself.
O
Residents
expressed
shock
learning
of
the
return
of
the
station.
Where
is
the
transparency
from
the
city?
Our
data
from
door
knocking
through
the
neighborhood
engaging
with
the
residents
of
east
liberty,
shows
that
over
67
percent
of
residents
we
surveyed
support
stopping
the
relocation
of
the
station
when
tabling
in
east
liberty.
O
We
demand
a
stop
to
the
east
liberty
police
station.
We
demand
a
democratically
controlled
civilian
review
board
over
the
police.
We
demand
the
police
budget,
be
decreased
by
at
least
50
percent,
which
is
the
amount
mayor.
Peduto
has
increased
the
police
budget
since
his
time
in
office.
We
need
to
invest
this
money
into
better
education,
affordable
housing,
social
programs
and
more.
O
P
Good
morning
my
name
is
gio
maroon.
I
live
in
squirrel
hill.
I'm
asking
council
to
cancel
these
proposed
cuts
to
jobs
related
to
health,
transportation
and
social
services
in
the
new
budget.
Instead,
money
should
be
reallocated
away
from
the
police
budget
to
keep
these
other
truly
essential
services
intact.
P
Pittsburgh
needs
affordable
housing,
so
much
more
than
it
needs
to
maintain
a
militarized
police
force,
and
I
mean
a
significant
quantity
of
truly
affordable
housing,
not
just
a
handful
of
apartments
at
80
percent
of
median
income,
which
is
out
of
my
price
range
with
a
college
degree,
and
a
job
in
higher
ed
council
should
also
halt
the
police
related
infrastructure
projects
in
the
capital
budget,
especially
the
relocation
of
the
zone.
5
police
station
to
east
liberty.
P
East
liberty
needs
more
affordable
housing,
not
more
policing
and
the
money
that
would
have
gone
toward
this
new
station
should
go
toward
permanently
affordable
social
housing.
That
can
stop
the
trend
of
massive
amounts
of
displacement
in
east
liberty,
just
as
the
prior
speakers
have
said,
if
you
actually
listen
to
east
liberty
residents
who
are
trying
to
provide
for
their
families,
you'll
understand
what
they
really
need,
and
it's
not
a
new
police
station,
it's
housing
and
its
resources
for
education.
P
We
know
that
the
money
can
be
there
for
these
services,
because
it's
always
there
for
policing
and
council
should
make
sure
that
instead,
the
money
money
is
there
for
things
that
truly
keep
people
safe.
Secure
housing,
access
to
health
care,
jobs
and
education,
and
finally,
council
should
schedule
hearings
at
times
that
are
easier
for
most
people
to
attend.
Q
Hi,
my
name
is
dana
leahy
and
I
live
in
morningside,
I'm
honestly
flabbergasted
by
this
budget.
In
the
face
of
one
of
the
greatest
humanitarian
and
economic
disasters,
america
and
the
city
of
pittsburgh
has
ever
seen
mayor.
Peduto
has
chosen
to
decimate
every
department
except
the
police.
His
budget
is
frankly
reckless
and
completely
dismissive
of
the
needs
and
demands
of
the
people
in
this
city.
Q
The
residents
of
pittsburgh,
the
people
who
actually
live
here
and
who
elected
you
to
represent
them
are
ready
for
police
reform.
But
this
budget
does
nothing
to
reflect
that.
The
protest
this
summer,
the
home
rule
charter
amendment
passing
by
78
of
the
vote.
How
much
more
evidence
does
this
council
need
for
you
to
see
that
your
constituents
are
ready
for
change?
Q
I
am
sure
that
this
council
is
aware
of
the
realities
of
this
budget,
and
I
fully
support
all
of
the
statements
of
those
speaking
today
who
recognize
that
we
cannot
continue
to
support
bloated
and
unnecessary
spending
on
the
police,
but
I
just
can
we
please
do
something
good
for
once.
Just
once
this
year
has
been
an
absolute
nightmare,
and
so
many
people
have
been
hurt,
especially
by
the
reckless
and
inhumane
choices
our
nationwide
leadership
has
made
please,
let's
not
make
those
same
decisions
locally.
Q
I
don't
understand
why,
when
given
the
option
between
funding
things
that
would
actually
positively
impact
people's
lives
and
the
militarization
of
the
police,
we
pick
the
police
every
time.
Let's
stop
doing
that.
Wouldn't
it
be
amazing
if
council
took
the
lead
and
demanded
a
budget
that
really
helped
people,
why
are
we
continuing
to
fund
the
police
at
this
absolutely
insane
level
when
our
neighbors
are
losing
their
homes
and
their
health?
We
make
the
rules.
We
are
the
adults.
We
don't
have
to
continue
to
do
things
this
way.
We
can
change
it.
You
can
change
it.
Q
Q
I
can
sum
up
this
budget
in
one
word,
cruel,
it's
cruel
and
if
that
word
represents
the
way
this
council
feels
then
so
be
it,
but
if
not,
please,
let's
throw
this
budget
in
the
trash
along
with
2020
and
try
something
new.
Let's
come
up
with
an
anti-racist
budget
that
reflects
and
protects
all
of
pittsburgh.
Thank
you.
R
Hi,
my
name
is
laurie,
I'm
a
healthcare
provider
who
worked
in
east
liberty
previously,
and
I'm
calling
because
I'm
concerned
about
the
budget
cuts
being
proposed.
Instead
of
cutting
social
services,
we
need
to
increase
the
capability
of
our
city
to
address
this
public
health
crisis
that
we're
in
right.
Now,
it's
discussing
the
way
the
elected
officials
have
given
up
any
real
response
to
government.
R
We
need
capital
funds
to
go
to
building
social
housing
as
a
number
of
people
who
can't
pay
rent
can't
pay
their
mortgage
has
increased
substantially.
Obviously
this
is
a
health
risk
to
those
without
homes
and
the
community.
Since
how
are
you
going
to
quarantine
without
a
place
to
do
it,
and
where
will
we
get
this
money
decreasing
the
police
funding
by
50,
which
is
how
much
peduto
increased
it
during
his
time
in
office?
R
We
are
living
through
a
historic
pandemic
with
people
suffering.
We
need
to
stop
funding
racist
cop
warfare
and
start
funding
the
health
and
welfare
of
the
people.
We
need
a
proactive
approach.
The
police
react
to
things
often
in
a
violent
way,
often
towards
in
a
violent
way
towards
black
working-class
people,
and
we
do
not
prevent
any
crime
and
or
unsafe
conditions.
That's
what
social
services
and
well-paying
jobs
do,
and
the
community
agrees.
If
you
want
to
challenge
that,
I
say
show
me
the
proof.
R
I'm
a
pregnant
worker
who
still
went
out
there
knocked
on
so
many
doors
to
stop
the
station
movement
took
taking
breaks
to
vomit
because
morning
sickness
was
not
just
in
the
morning.
And
what
do
you
have?
What
have
you
all
done
to
actually
listen
to
the
people
scheduled
a
public
meeting
for
when
the
majority
of
folks
are
working.
R
I've
talked
to
a
lot
of
people
who
could
not
join
because
they
don't
have
a
weird
schedule.
Like
me,
this
budget
process
has
been
grossly
undemocratic
and
lacking
transparency.
A
democracy,
a
representative
democracy,
fails
its
citizens
when
only
the
interests
of
the
few
with
the
funds
are
actually
represented
in
policy
laws
and
budgets.
We're
out
here
advocating
for
the
defunding
of
police
and
funding
of
real
services
that
people
need
and
if
you
want
to
act
like
that's,
not
what
the
majority
of
folks
want.
R
They
need
to
provide
some
evidence
or
you're
just
acting
like
the
trump
supporters
who
decry
fraud,
have
nothing
to
back
it
up.
The
truth
is,
though,
I
believe,
there's
pushback,
because
you
don't
really
care
what
the
majority
of
working
people
want,
but
instead
will
bend
over
backwards
for
police,
big
developers,
big
business,
pleading
at
their
feet
to
drop
some
coin
in
your
election
coffers.
That's
who
is
really
represented
in
this
budget,
because
this
isn't
about
health
and
safety,
for
them
is
about
power
and
control.
R
We
need
to
make
the
police
the
developers
the
big
business
accountable
to
the
people
to
the
community.
The
moneyed
interests,
including
upmc,
need
to
be
taxed
more
to
address
this
budget
crisis,
so
we
can
put
the
p
the
money
where
people
really
need
it
for
housing
and
social
services.
S
Thank
you
I'd
like
to
start
my
video.
If
I
may.
S
That's
all
right:
okay,
good
morning,
I'd
like
to
make
a
comment
in
support
of
stop
the
stations,
efforts
and
east
liberty,
as
well
as
defunding
the
police
in
pittsburgh.
S
The
state
admission
of
the
pittsburgh
europe
police
reads
as
follows:
through
our
commitment
to
professional
service
to
all
the
bureau
of
police
is
a
source
of
pride
for
our
city
and
a
benchmark
for
policing
excellence.
The
bureau
of
police
stands
ready
to
protect
human
life,
serve
without
reservation
or
favor,
stand
as
partners
with
all
and
help
all
communities
live,
free
from
fear.
S
I'm
here
today
to
tell
you
that
this
statement
is
a
farce.
I
have
only
lived
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh
for
two
years
and
not
a
lifetime.
As
some
of
you
have.
However,
my
perspective
is
still
valuable.
I
was
at
the
may
30th
protest
after
the
car
was
set
on
fire.
I
remember
kneeling
in
front
of
the
police
officers
advancing
up
the
hill.
I
was
afraid,
but
I
was
determined
not
to
move.
I
was
determined
to
put
my
body
in
harm's
way
to
stand
up
for
the
ideals
I
have
believed
in
all
my
life.
S
The
terror
I
felt
was
not
new
to
me.
It
was
the
same
fear.
I
felt
when
I
attended
a
protest
in
new
york
in
2015
and
watched
police
officers
pour
out
of
vans.
That
appeared
from
nowhere
to
attack
people
in
the
street.
I
will
never
forget
the
panic
I
felt
as
a
police
officer
kicked
a
man
who
lay
on
the
ground
in
the
stomach.
S
I
felt
that
when
pittsburgh
police
officers
threw
canisters
of
tear
gas
out
of
sun
may
30th
and
again
in
august,
when
they
kettled
us
into
melon
park,
lied
to
us
about
it
being
closed
for
the
evening
and
then
fired
impact
munitions
into
the
crowd.
I
will
never
forget
the
sight
of
someone
being
supported
on
either
side
as
they
fled
from
the
officers
as
police.
Yelled.
Excuse
me,
as
people
yelled
for
medics,
for
an
inhaler
for
help
of
any
kind.
S
As
you
all
well
know,
the
city
of
pittsburgh
is
facing
a
budget
crisis.
As
we
deal
with
the
fallout
from
the
ongoing
coven
19
pandemic,
I
humbly
ask
you,
as
city
councillors,
to
consider
taking
a
courageous
stand
and
defunding
our
city
police
department.
Instead
investing
in
our
communities,
mayor
peduto,
you've
recently
stated
that
unless
the
city
of
pittsburgh
gets
aid
from
the
federal
government,
it
will
be
forced
to
make
25.6
million
in
personnel
cuts.
S
Starting
july
1st,
I
implore
you
and
the
rest
of
the
city
councillors
reduce
the
budget
for
the
police
department
by
at
least
that
amount
and
finally,
in
closing,
I
will
just
leave
you
with
this
last
statement,
which
is
that
an
engaged
citizenry
is
not
a
curse.
It's
a
blessing,
and
you
all
should
be
grateful
that
people
care
enough
to
be
here
and
to
make
these
statements,
and
you
should
make
these
meetings
accessible
for
all,
as
opposed
to
a
privileged
few
and
it's
in.
S
In
conclusion,
I
will
just
say
that
I
support
defunding
the
police
in
pittsburgh,
as
well
as
stop
the
station's
efforts,
and
I
am
absolutely
disgusted
by
this
budget,
and
I
think
that
if
you
don't
change
it,
you
should
all
be
ashamed
of
yourselves.
U
U
I
want
to
start
by
calling
to
defund
the
police
by
at
least
50
percent
and
to
halt
police-related
infrastructure
projects,
including
the
relocation
of
the
police
station
to
east
liberty.
U
People
have
been
protesting
over
policing
and
the
police
budget
in
pittsburgh
for
months
and
respond
with
budget
increases
and
station
relocations
into
neighborhoods
that
already
suffer
over
policing
is
tone
deaf
and
ludicrous,
especially
in
a
city
that
claims
to
be
the
most
livable
city
in
the
united
states,
and
it
looks
really
bad
for
pittsburgh
and
for
you
guys
and
for
mayor
peduto,
and
it
makes
it
really
seems
like
the
city,
then
doesn't
listen
to
what
people
say
in
these
council
meetings.
U
I
think.
Instead
we
should
invest
in
public
sector
jobs,
public
housing,
social
services
and
other
public
social
public
service
initiatives
over
policing,
especially
when
public
opinion
is
obviously
against
the
police
and
against
the
station,
will
not
make
this
city
livable
in
a
pandemic.
We
need
services
that
actually
help
people
and
services
that
people
want
and
services
that
people
need.
This
is
what
makes
a
city
livable.
U
Third,
we
should
tax
big
businesses
and
corporate
developers,
especially
upmc,
and
in
doing
so
we
should
strip
upmc
if
it's
non-profit
status
upmc
makes
too
much
money
and
employs
too
many
people
and
touts
too
much
rhetoric
about
giving
back
to
not
be
paying
tax
to
not
be
paying
tax
dollars
to
our
community.
It
is
time
for
this
corporation
and
for
other
corporations
to
actually
give
back
to
the
community.
U
The
majority
of
of
pittsburgh's
population
doesn't
have
a
schedule
as
flexible
as
mine,
and
these
meetings
being
at
10am
on
a
tuesday,
is
a
threat
to
your
transparency
and
our
democracy.
From
this
meeting
alone,
I'm
the
ninth
person,
that's
spoken
and
you've
already
heard
people
say
things
like
me.
U
If
this
meeting
were
at
a
more
accessible
time,
you
would
have
there
would
be
no
denying
that
pittsburgh
is
ready
for
change
like
I've
spoken
about
and
like
everyone
else
has
spoken
about,
there
would
be
denying
that
police
do
not
need
more
funding
and
there
would
be
no
denying
that
people
need
public
services
instead
of
policing.
Thank
you.
V
Hi,
my
name
is
daniel
sun.
I
live
in
bloomfield,
zip
code
15224.
I
am
part
of
stop
the
station.
I
used
to
be
involved
with
penn
plaza
support
in
action.
I'm
just
really
grateful
for
all
the
people
who
showed
up
today
to
speak
in
solidarity.
I'm
going
to
comment
on
the
mayor's
office.
A
friend
sent
me
a
response
from
the
mayor's
office
to
their
public
email
public
comments.
So
I'm
going
to
talk
about
how
the
mayor's
office
is
defending
this
budget.
V
So
quoting
the
mayor's
response
quote
mayor
peduto's
proposed
2021
budget
redirects
funds
from
the
pittsburgh
bureau
of
police
to
the
newly
created
office
of
community
health
and
safety.
End
quote
so.
This
office
in
2021
will
have
20
000
15
for
services
in
five
for
supplies
and
then
they're
going
to
hire
about
six
people
for
450
000,
and
so,
unless
you
know,
you're,
hiring,
superman,
batman
and
the
rest
of
the
justice
league.
I
just
don't
see
how
six
people
is
going
to
accomplish
anything
with
twenty
thousand
dollars.
V
Next,
the
mayor's
2020
well,
quoting
the
mayor's
response.
Again,
the
mayor's
2021
budget
directs
funds
from
the
police
to
the
office
of
community
services
and
violence
prevention.
End
quote
and-
and
I
looked
up
this
program
and
I
think
it's
roughly
four
people
paid
about
450
000
to
oversee
various
anti-policing
programs.
One
of
these
programs
is
stop
the
violence.
This
is
a
2.1
million
dollar
fund
controlled
by
the
office
community,
health
and
safety
and
the
department
of
public
safety,
meaning
the
police.
V
So
I
don't
think
this
fund
is
going
to
do
much
or
it's
not
really
redirecting
money
away
from
the
police.
Then
this
office
also
employs
a
person
who
is
a
coordinator
of
the
safer
together
program
and
they
make
a
hundred
and
seventy
six
thousand
dollars
a
year.
I
don't
know
who
this
person
is
or
what
this
program
does,
but
that's
like
a
lot
of
money,
so
I
I'm
really
curious
about
that
one.
I
don't
really
know
if
I'm
criticizing
that,
but
that
one
just
really
stood
out.
V
My
point
is:
is
that
the
mayor
is
talking
about
these
redirection
of
funds,
but
it's
like
it's
so
small
compared
to
the
police
department,
which
has
almost
a
hundred
million
dollars
available
to
them
and
you're
trying
to
fight
this
with,
like
less
than
a
million
dollars,
doesn't
make
sense.
Lastly,
the
mayor
talks
about
how
this
budget
went
through
a
quote-unquote
comprehensive
community
process
to
solicit
inputs
from
residents.
V
So
I
want
to
talk
about
that
process.
Real
quick.
First,
there
are
three
capital
budget
forums
where
they
didn't
tell
us
that
the
zone
5
police
station
was
going
to
relocate.
Until
we
saw
the
request
for
proposal,
then
you
had
the
2021
operating
budget
education
session,
which
was
completely
uninformative
and
the
hosts
did
not
were
not
willing
to
answer
questions
directly.
V
You
also
had
two
surveys
on
the
city's
engaged
pga
platform,
which
no
one
knew
about
the
city
did
not
do
a
good
job
advertising
that
survey
and
it
just
like,
didn't,
have
a
lot
of
options
to
give
your
perspectives
and
there's
the
balancing
act
tool
which,
if
you've,
actually
used
this
tool,
you
literally
cannot
decrease
police
funding.
You
can
only
increase
funding.
W
I
just
want
to
start
off
by
acknowledging
how
many
people
wanted
to
be
here
to
raise
their
concerns
with
this
budget,
but
couldn't
be
because
of
the
inaccessible
time
of
these
meetings.
Everybody
else
has
mentioned
it,
and
you
know
there's
44
speakers
here
today
at
10
a.m.
On
a
tuesday.
Imagine
how
many
people
would
be
here
with
these
echoed
concerns
if
they
weren't
working
so
going
forward.
W
There's
also
been
a
complete
failure
to
engage
with
the
public
legislating
process.
Just
as
the
people
of
east
liberty,
weren't
consulted
about
the
relocation
of
the
zone,
5
police
station
pittsburgh
haven't
been
consulted
on
this
budget.
As
the
speaker
mentioned
me
in
the
surveys
online
very
few
people
knew
about
these
and
defunding
the
police
wasn't
even
an
option.
W
The
mayor
skipped
the
september
revealed
the
preliminary
budget,
and
now
these
meetings,
people
a
chance
to
actually
make
their
voice
heard,
are
inaccessible
to
huge
chunks
of
the
population
anyways.
While
the
the
mayor
makes
claims
that
he
ostensibly
knows
what
the
black
communities
of
pittsburgh
want.
Activists
like
myself
have
been
knocking
on
hundreds
of
doors
in
the
past
months
to
listen
to
what
residents
actually
want.
W
You
know
on
that
note:
let's
not
forget
that
the
police
and
their
leaders
haven't
faced
any
repercussions
for
attacking
and
injuring
numerous
protesters
over
the
summer.
You
know
someone
mentioned
earlier
that
taxpayers
foot
the
bill
for
these
use
of
force
settlements.
W
This
proposed
budget
that
we're
here
to
talk
about
makes
huge
cuts
across
the
board
services
and
departments
that
working
people
rely
on.
You
know.
Other
people
have
mentioned
what
they
are.
Yet
the
police
and
wealthy
corporations
are
remaining
unscathed
in
this
budget.
So
why
are
we?
The
ones
who
are
about
will
bear
the
brunt
of
this
pandemic
and
the
economic
crisis
and
not
them.
W
Pittsburgh's
working
class
and
communities
of
color
are
already
suffering
the
most
from
the
current
crisis
facing
evictions,
unemployment,
lack
of
health
care
and
racist
policing,
among
other
things,
passing
this
budget
without
major
changes,
would
really
just
throw
the
people
of
pittsburgh
under
the
bus
while
leaving
you
know
racist
police
and
wealthy
corporations
and
corporate
developers
and
upmc.
W
X
Hi,
my
name
is
emma
corb
I
live
in
oakland.
I've
lived
in
pittsburgh.
My
whole
life-
I
am
here
because
I'm
upset
about
the
2021
budget
and
the
plans
to
expand
police
presence
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh,
especially
the
plans
to
build
a
new
police
station
in
zone
5..
This
budget
is
abhorrent
and
clearly
reflects
the
city's
indifference
towards
the
people
who
live
in
it,
especially
working
class,
black
and
brown
communities.
X
It
is
clear
that
the
city
of
pittsburgh
does
not
respect
these
communities
with
the
coronavirus
going
on.
More
and
more
people
continue
to
lose
their
jobs,
their
homes,
their
health
care,
their
loved
ones
and
even
their
lives.
Tens
of
thousands
are
people
of
people
are
scrambling
for
security.
The
world
is
becoming
less
and
less
safe
for
them,
as
they
are
expected
to
exhaust
themselves
themselves
in
order
to
gain
access
to
basic
human
needs.
I
cannot
help
but
see
the
parallels
between
this
destruction
and
the
destruction
caused
by
our
current
criminal
justice
system.
X
When
you
send
someone
to
jail,
you
strip
them
and
anyone
who
relies
on
them
of
their
income
of
their
health
care,
for
we
all
know
what
a
medical
atrocity
the
allegheny
county
jail
is
you
take
a
person
away
from
their
loved
ones,
which
is
a
traumatic
experience
both
for
the
person
in
jail
and
their
friends
and
family
people
come
out
worse
off,
mentally
and
physically
and
less
prepared
for
the
future
and
obviously,
if
the
police
were
expanded,
we
would
see
more
and
more
people
in
this
situation.
X
It
is
disgusting
to
me
that,
in
the
wake
of
all
these
atrocities
caused
by
the
pandemic,
the
city
is
prioritizing
and
expanding
funding
to
the
police.
When
so
many
communities
are
barely
getting
their
physical
needs
met,
expanding
the
police
budget
seems
to
be
sticking
a
finger
and
an
already
bleeding
and
vulnerable
wound.
We
are
ripping
people
down
instead
of
building
them
up,
and
this
is
not
an
environment
that
is
suitable
for
any
type
of
progress.
X
I
would
like
to
see
our
communities
in
pittsburgh,
strengthened
by
investing
in
affordable
housing,
well-funded
education,
social
services
and
social
services
instead
of
being
invested
into
the
police,
who
so
often
help
the
destruction
of
our
community's
safety
and
well-being.
X
I
demand
the
re-location
of
the
zone
5
police
station
and
to
suspend
all
police
related
capital
budget
projects
pen.
X
I
demand
to
defund
the
police
by
at
least
50
percent
and
put
these
funds
towards
democrat
democratically
owned
public
housing
and
social
services
and
to
bring
the
police
and
public
safety
under
full
control
of
a
democratically
elected
civilian
review
board.
X
I
stand
with
everybody
from
stop
the
station
and
everybody
that
has
come
out
today,
and
I
also
demand
that
you
guys
start
holding
these
city
council
meetings
at
a
more
appropriate
time
for
working
people
and
students
like
in
the
evenings
or
on
the
weekends.
Thank
you.
Y
Hi,
my
name
is
holly
keane,
I'm
a
licensed
social
worker
and
a
pittsburgh
resident
of
nearly
14
years.
I
am
a
government
employee
who
is
using
her
paid
time
off
today
to
give
public
comment
along
with
many
others
who
have
spoken
and
will
speak.
I
made
multiple
calls
to
city
council
members
and
the
mayor
requesting
a
meeting
with
council
that
would
be
accessible
to
those
who
work
during
the
day,
but
we
were
not
accommodated.
Y
Y
The
first
was
in
2013
when
the
apartment
building,
where
I
was
living,
experienced
a
fire
during
one
of
the
worst
mornings
of
my
life.
I
was
trapped
in
my
third
floor
apartment
and
when
I
found
myself,
blinded
and
choked
by
thick
black
smoke,
a
station
8
firefighter
pulled
me
from
my
bedroom
window
and
ushered
me
to
an
ambulance
where
I
sobbed,
believing
that
my
three
pets
remained
in
my
burning
home
waiting
to
die.
Y
Y
The
other
anecdote
I
want
to
share
is
from
this
past
summer
the
mayor
had
invited
herding
community
members
to
his
home
to
help
him
understand
our
needs
and
grievances
when
he
could
no
longer
believably
play
the
role
of
an
empathetic
and
progressive
mare.
He
stormed
into
his
home,
like
the
petulant
child,
that
he
is
not
long
after
police
officers
in
full
riot
gear
arrived
appearing
prepared
for
literal
war,
along
with
many
others.
Y
These
are
both
illustrations
of
public
safety,
one
well
exacted,
and
one
disastrous.
One
of
the
departments
I
mentioned
will
be
defunded
by
over
eight
percent
in
2021.
The
other
created
the
illusion
of
losing
funding
by
moving
103
school
crossing
guard
salaries
from
their
bureau
to
the
bureau
of
administrations.
Y
Y
Who
else
is
being
defunded
the
office
of
equity,
whose
mission
is
to
strengthen
vulnerable
and
underserved
communities
in
a
year
pregnant,
with
outcry
for
change
during
which
this
industry
is
demanded
over
and
over
again
to
be
considered
in
the
city's
decisions?
The
mayor
is
proposing.
We
defund
the
very
office
tasked
with
uplifting
the
voices
of
the
oppressed
along
with
others.
Here
today
I
am
imploring
this
city
to
pass
an
anti-racist
budget
at
the
minimum.
This
means
three
things
immediately:
halting
all
police-related
infrastructure
projects
and
cap
purchases.
H
Z
Conrad
hi,
my
name,
is
eva
conrad.
I
live
in
marshall
shadeland
in
bobby
wilson's
district,
hello,
bobby
wilson
haven't
been
able
to
reach
you
so
happy
that
you
may
be
able
to
hear
my
concerns
today.
Z
I
want
to
start
off
by
a
small
detail
that
I
noticed
over
this
past
week,
which
is
pittsburgh
city.
Trash
cans
have
a
quote
on
them
that
I
think,
is
really
humorable
at
this
point,
as
we
speak
about
the
city's
budget,
and
it
says
a
most
livable
city
and
I
question,
as
I
see
this
on
our
trash
cans,
how
much
we
spent
for
one
putting
on
our
trash
cans,
that
this
is
the
most
livable
city
versus
actually
putting
our
funding
into
social
services
and
even
health
care
jobs
during
a
pandemic.
Z
I
also
think
back
to
a
time
in
the
summer
when
bill
peduto
was
tweeting
and
sharing
a
survey
for
city
residents
on
how
to
how
to
make
an
accommodation
for
the
loss
of
millions
of
dollars
to
our
city's
budget
over
the
pandemic
and
what
funds
we
might
reallocate
to
different
areas.
Z
Due
to
this
loss
of
funding-
and
I
wonder
too,
like
does
cutting
emergency
health
care
jobs
reduce
the
time
span
of
this
pandemic,
from
which
we're
losing
so
much
money,
and
during
that
time
we
should
definitely
probably
be
also
cutting
funding
from
diversity
programming,
as
well
as
other
social
services.
That
just
really
does
not
add
up
to
me,
and
I
think,
if
our
mayor
truly
cared
for
the
for
the
well-being
of
his
residents,
he
would
not
be
cutting
more
money
from
mobility
and
infrastructure.
Z
I
also
noticed
that
port
authority
had
a
an
employee
of
21
years,
passed
away
over
kovid
after
getting
it
after
knowing
that
they
had
it
two
days
prior.
This
also
shows
the
how
how
much
the
city
values
its
transportation
workers,
as
we
saw
before
also
the
fire
department
has
literally
saved
lives.
Yet
we
are
we're
deciding
to
cut
funding
there
rather
than
police,
who
are
shooting
rubber
bullets
and
terrorizing
people
for
defending
the
lives
of
black
people
in
this
city.
Z
Z
Goes
to
say
that
my
demands
are
standing
without
the
station
and
all
these
speakers
that
have
spoke
today-
and
I
appreciate
all
of
you
concerned
citizens
for
on
speaking
on
these
issues.
But
I
demand
that
there's
an
immediate
halt
to
all
police
related
infrastructure
projects
and
and
purchases
in
the
capital
budget.
AA
Hello,
so
today
I
would
like
to
speak
a
little
bit
on
behalf
of
the
homeless
people
of
pittsburgh,
who,
on
due
the
fact
that
they
probably
for
most
of
them,
do
not
have
access.
Technology
could
not
be
here,
and
I
I
think
the
the
to
be
perfectly
blunt.
This
this
budget
is
a
budget
of
death,
there's
a
budget
of
death
for
the
homeless,
who
of
pittsburgh,
who
will
not
see
any
increase
in
the
services
that
they
need
in
this
time
of
of
crisis
in
this
pandemic.
AA
Healing
and
medicine
that
our
budget
cuts
every
service
that
could
possibly
help
the
people
of
pittsburgh
in
order
to
fund
the
one
that
is
built
around
doing
violence
to
its
people,
around
repressing
them
and
suppressing
them
and
suppressing
their
voices.
AA
AA
Five
police
project
police
station
project
and
move
that
funding
to
to
more
needed
places,
and
if,
if
it
is
necessary,
which
I'm
sure
it
is
given
the
the
city's
budget
problems,
it
is,
it
should
be
the
case
that
more
corporations
are
taxed,
that
qpmc
be
pay
its
fair
share
and,
of
course,
that
that
these
meetings
become
more
accessible
to
the
public.
I
H
T
T
T
I
know
every
person
here
at
either
a
citizen
or
council
person
has
also
seen
these
efforts,
and
I
think
that
was
apparent
last.
I
believe
it
was
last
week
that
the
majority
of
the
folks
here
voted
to
extend
our
eviction
moratorium
until
october
2021.
again.
This
was
just
a
recommendation
of
the
council
people
here,
but
it
was
an
obvious
recognition
that
there
is
an
extreme
need
in
our
county,
and
I
think
it
would
be
a
miss
to
vote
to
keep
these
line
items
the
way
they
are
without
considering
the
impacts.
T
I
think
there's
a
lot
that
can
be
done
by
keeping
the
police
budget
as
the
only
increase
of
5.5
million
when
over
1300
people
are
facing
an
eviction.
It's
an
easy
problem
to
me
and
even
if
judge
clark
does
take
their
record
their
recognition
and
encouragement
to
extend
the
victim
mortal
moratorium.
T
There
are
hundreds
of
people
that
are
already
in
the
eviction
process
that
will
face
homelessness.
I'm
sure
we've
also
all
seen
the
study
recently
released
of
the
direct
relationship
between
the
spread
of
coven
and
eviction,
and
I
urge
the
council
people
here
to
pay
attention.
I
mean
you're
all
looking
down
if
your
camera
is
on
and
I'm
just
hoping
that
you're
listening
to
everybody
taking
the
time
today.
Thank
you.
H
H
H
AB
Hello
hi-
I
am
here
today
to
echo
what
everybody
else
has
been
saying
and
I
just
can't
help
but
think
that
if
these
meetings
were
held
like
everybody
has
been
saying
at
a
more
accessible
time
for
working
people
and
that,
if,
if
it
weren't
in
the
middle
of
a
pandemic-
and
we
were
able
to
see
you
guys
in
person-
I
can't
help
but
think
that
these
might
be
more
effective.
The
people
are
begging.
AB
You,
the
city
council,
our
last
line
of
defense,
to
do
something-
and
we've
been
saying
this
all
summer
to
listen
to
the
demands
of
the
public,
and
I
just
it.
AB
It
sucks
to
not
feel
like
the
people
are
being
heard
when
you
know
you're
supposed
to
be
a
representation
of
the
public,
and
with
that
being
said,
yes,
I
don't
support
peduto's
budget
cuts.
It's
really
like
someone
else
said
cruel,
that
there
would
be
a
budget
cut
to
emerging
emergency
medical
services
in
the
middle
of
a
pandemic.
AB
But
yet
we
still
have
a
budget
increase
for
the
police
department,
and
so
I
believe
that
halt
any
police
budget
increasing
I
mean
that
should
be
a
no-brainer.
At
this
point,
stop
the
zone
5
police
station
relocation
to
east
liberty.
I
don't
support
that,
and
tax
corporations
and
big
developers
like
upmc
and
that's
all
I
have
to
say
thank
you.
AC
Hi,
my
name
is
jessica.
I'm
a
resident
of
friendship,
as
other
people
have
mentioned.
This
proposed
budget
is
a
complete
disgrace.
It's
cruel
and
it's
not
only
cruel.
It's
deadly
and
blaming
the
lack
of
federal
aid
for
the
support
and
budget
is
a
convenient
excuse
for
the
abdication
of
your
duty
as
leaders
of
the
city
to
effectively
address
this
pandemic.
AC
I
just
don't
know
how
you
can
look
at
these
numbers.
Sixteen
point:
six
percent
cut
to
mobility
infrastructure.
Sixteen
point:
seven:
seven
percent
cut
to
emergency
medical
services.
AC
Twenty
four
point:
three
percent
cut
to
the
office
of
of
equity,
negative
sorry:
twenty
six
percent
cut
to
the
office
of
public
works,
eight
percent
cut
to
the
fire
department.
How
is
that
even
like
how
this
is
absurd?
Like
I
don't
understand
how
this
is
even
a
logical
solution
to
the
budget
source
shortfall
that
you're
we're
facing
as
a
city,
I
don't
know
how
you
how
how
this
I
just
don't
even
know
like
I.
I
look
at
the
numbers
and
I'm
just
truly
appalled
it.
AC
It
kind
of
defies
my
like
it
just
defies
everything
I
I
just
don't
understand
it.
Members
of
this
council,
such
as
ricky,
ricky,
burgess
and
anthony
coghill,
have
claimed
that
well,
we
can't
defund
the
police
and,
and
very
in
this,
is
maybe
the
fifth
meeting
I've
attended
where
there's
like
a
stack
of
people
begging
you
to
please
redirect
funding
away
from
criminalization
and
to
actual
actually
supportive
services
that
give
people
the
basic
needs
to
live
in
dignity
and
to
live
without
fear
of
not
being
able
to
pay
their
rent
or
mortgage
etc.
AC
But
it's
apparently
we
can't
we,
we
can't
defund
the
police,
but
we
can
defund
every
other
social
program
that
exists
every
other
social
safety
net
that
exists
in
the
in
the
city
budget.
It's
really
it's!
It's
really
ludicrous
and
ricky
burgess
in
particular.
I
would
like
you
to
answer
answer
that
question
for
yourself,
but
also
you
need
to
address
that
question
directly
to
people.
Why
is
it
that
we
can
defund
ems
like
ambulances,
the
main
line
of
response
to
this
pandemic?
AC
But
we
can't
defund
people
who
the
people
who
enforce
evictions
and
who
put
people
in
crowded
prisons
where
they
are
more
likely
to
get
coveted
for
misdemeanors
and
petty
crimes,
and
as
well
as
I'd
like
to
ask
this
council,
what
do
you
think
is
the
source
of
crime
like
what
what
causes
people
to
have
to
resort
to
those
means
to
survive?
AC
It's
people
just
don't
commit
crime
out
of
nothing.
It's
because
it's
because
basic
means
in
our
society
are
unmet.
So
that's
all
I
have
to
say.
I
also
support.
I
do
not
support
the
relocation
of
east
liberty.
Please
stop
the
station.
I
don't
understand
how
that's
a
priority.
Given
the
health
crisis.
AD
Hi,
thank
you
for
this
time.
I'm
a
resident
of
polish
hill
I've
lived
in
pittsburgh
for
my
whole
life.
I
grew
up
just
outside
of
the
city,
I'm
not
a
paid
actor.
I
believe
everything
I'm
about
to
say.
I
stand
with
my
neighbors
and
fellow
pittsburghers
who
have
spoken
so
far
here
and
have
been
saying
this
all
year,
long
to
demand
an
anti-racist
pro-worker,
pro-people
budget.
AD
What
will
convince
you
if
I
could
leave
any
sort
of
lasting
impression
on
you
all
that
hasn't
explicitly
been
said
here
already?
I
hope
to
inspire
meaningful
deliberation
and
self-reflection
jessica
just
asked
a
lot
of
the
questions,
these
pressing
questions
that
keep
me
up
at
night,
and
I
want
to
believe
that
city
council
cares
about
the
health
and
safety
of
the
people
that
you
serve
as
much
as
it
drives
me
daddy.
AD
I
ask
of
you
what
is
gained
by
protecting
the
police
budget?
Do
you
believe
that
the
police
can
care
for
our
health,
safety,
well-being
and
other
survival
needs?
Do
you
believe
that,
and
if
the
city
council
can't
make
positive
change
in
pittsburgh,
if
mayor
peduto
can't
do
this
stuff,
who
will
and
who
can.
AD
A
Thank
you
and
madam
clark,
I
just
want
to
make
a
comment.
A
lot
of
people
are
asking
council
members
questions
and
we're
not
going
to
respond.
This
is
your
time
to
to
this
public
comment
and
they
may
do
it
after
the
meeting
or
after
public
comment,
or
they
may
do
it
separately,
but
they
don't
do
it
during
your
time
to
speak,
because
it's
your
time
to
speak
in
our
turn
to
our
time
to
listen,
so
we're
not
being
rude.
We're
trying
to
be
respectful.
So
just
make
sure
you
know
that.
Thank
you
go
ahead.
H
AE
AE
I,
along
with
all
others
who
have
taken
time
out
of
their
busy
lives
to
be
here
today,
feel
deeply
committed
to
our
city
into
making
our
city
better
for
all
residents.
My
commitment
to
pittsburgh
means
listening
wholeheartedly
to
those
who
have
been
here
longer
than
me
about
their
lives
here,
both
past
and
present.
It
also
means
forming
my
own
understanding
of
current
issues
that
pittsburgh
faces.
AE
Based
on
my
own
experiences,
I
am
deeply
concerned
that
the
mayor's
budget
proposal
will
set
pittsburgh
further
back
in
its
fight
towards
equity
and
justice,
especially
for
our
black
and
brown
neighbors.
Proposing
cuts
related
to
essential
services
like
health
and
transportation
during
a
global
pandemic
is
not
only
short-sighted.
It
is
immoral.
Moreover,
the
mayor's
proposed
budget
fails
to
address
the
rampant
racism
and
inequality
that
are
pervasive
in
our
city.
AE
My
own
personal
experiences
with
the
pittsburgh
police
have
not
been
positive.
In
fact,
they've
acted
as
escalators
in
any
situation
where
I've
encountered
them.
This
includes,
but
is
not
limited
to
them,
riding
their
horses
through
a
crowd
of
peaceful
protesters
of
all
ages
on
may
30th
protesters,
who
were
already
peacefully
dispersing
per
the
organizers
directions
and
then
subsequently
blocking
us
from
safely
reaching
public
transportation.
AE
It
also
includes
pittsburgh
police
failing
to
protect
us
time
and
time
again
from
bad
actors
and
outside
agitators,
yelling,
racial,
homophobic
and
transphobic
slurs
at
our
community
members.
While
we
are
peacefully
protesting,
I,
like
many
others
in
our
community,
do
not
do
the
pittsburgh
police
as
preservers
of
peace
and
safety.
Instead,
I
see
them
as
a
money
pit
that
it's
not
only
actively
robbing
other
more
worthy
public
sectors
of
adequate
funding,
but
also
uphold
upholding
a
racially
unjust
and
inequitable
system.
That
is
our
responsibility
to
challenge
and
dismantle
again.
AE
I
call
on
you
public
servants
of
this
city
to
reject
our
mayor's
proposed
budget
and
to
defund
our
police
budget
by
at
least
50
percent.
Our
mayor
has
made
light
of
the
civil
rights
movement
with
his
words
and
actions
sided
with
the
police
before
public
outrage
has
prompted
him
to
change
his
messaging
and
he
actively
puts
his
constituents
in
danger
through
an
unwillingness
to
reflect
on
his
own
racism
and
overall
shortcomings.
AE
I
urge
you
to
challenge
our
mayor,
a
so-called
leader
that
has
never
properly
learned
to
model
leadership
qualities
and
to
reject
his
budget.
I
also
urge
you
to
stand
in
solidarity
with
our
community
members
by
only
approving
a
budget
that
reflects
their
needs
as
pittsburgh
residents
as
our
neighbors
and,
above
all,
as
humans
that
are
deserving
of
so
much
more
than
what
our
elected
officials
have
given
us.
Thank
you.
AF
Hi,
I'm
matthew
fiorillo,
I'm
a
tech
worker.
I've
been
living
in
here
in
pittsburgh
for
about
12
years
and
working
here.
For
my
part,
I've
been
fortunate
to
be
able
to
work
from
my
home
here
in
stanton
heights
for
most
of
the
pandemic.
But,
to
start
with,
I
want
to
just
first
commend
and
thank
everyone
who's
here
to
make
a
public
comment.
AF
AF
So
if
you
hear
a
bunch
of
beeping
and
I
sort
of
hang
up
in
a
panic,
that's
going
to
be
why
I've
been
talking
to
friends,
family
and
co-workers,
calling
people
and
knocking
on
doors
for
a
while
now
about
the
zone,
5
police
station
and
recently
about
the
proposed
budget-
and
I
see
two
types
of
reactions,
especially
early
on.
I
hear
surprise
because
there
hasn't
been
a
lot
of
transparency
with
these
things,
and
this
is
not
what
the
people
of
pittsburgh
expect
from
their
city.
AF
Government,
but
over
time,
it's
just
simply
dismay
that
these
are
the
decisions
that
our
city
is
making
in
the
middle
of
a
pandemic,
cutting
emergency
medical
services
and
transportation
and
giving
resources
over
to
the
already
overfunded
police.
What
we
need
is
the
opposite,
especially.
We
need
halt
police,
related
infrastructure
projects
and
fund
especially
permanently
affordable,
public
housing
and
health
services.
I'm
not
sure,
what's
going
to
happen
in
2021,
I
think
it
might
start
to
see
us
recover
from
a
crisis
or
we
might
just
continue
going
on
straight
through
it.
AF
H
H
AG
Hi,
my
name
is
alicia
morris.
I
live
in
the
regent
square,
neighborhood
of
pittsburgh
and
I
think
the
proposed
the
proposed
budget
for
the
police
is
misleading,
because
when
you
take
into
account
that
services
like
crossing
guards
were
moved
to
other
sections,
the
pittsburgh
police
budget
was
really
only
cut
by
three
percent
and
when
you
contrast
this
with
the
fact
that
the
office
of
equity
was
flashed
by
24,
public
works
by
26
and
emergency
medical
services
by
17,
among
other
health
jobs
and
social
services
cuts.
A
AH
H
AH
AH
AH
AH
How
can
we
expect
youth
to
thrive
when
we
don't
show
them
that
our
resources
are
directed
towards
their
future?
Cutting
the
police
budget
by
50
and
reallocating
those
funds
toward
building
a
healthier
and
more
sustainable
community
just
makes
sense
and
would
actually
get
to
the
root
of
crime
prevention,
affordable
housing,
programs
for
young
people.
These
are
the
things
that
prevent
crime
from
happening
in
the
first
place,
not
more
policing
everyone.
AH
AH
Council
needs
to
scrap
the
budget
proposed
by
mayor
peduto
and
adopt
the
anti-racist
budget
that
has
been
proposed
by
stop
the
station
pgh,
including
an
immediate
halt
to
any
public
to
any
police
infrastructure
projects.
Currently
in
the
works,
those
funds
need
to
be
reallocated
to
permanently
affordable
housing,
perks
and
wrecks
the
social
services
for
all
demographics
need
to
be
increased.
AH
AI
AI
However,
the
proposed
2021
operating
budget
if
passed,
would
represent
the
mayor
and
the
city
council,
throwing
up
their
hands
and
placing
the
bill
for
the
covid
crisis
squarely
on
the
backs
of
those
who
are
hurting
the
most
right.
Now,
as
others
have
noted,
we
have
police
spending
across
departments
approaching
200
million
dollars
and
nearly
twice
the
number
of
officers
of
cities
of
comparable
size
and
even
with
hundreds
of
officers
up
for
retirement,
there
have
been
no
meaningful
cuts
proposed
to
police
spending.
AI
AI
This
is
the
kind
of
hoarded
wealth
that
exists
in
our
city
instead
of
working
people
struggling
to
get
by
it
should
be
big
corporations
and
a
bloated
police
force
who
pay
the
price
for
the
current
budget
shortfalls
in
seattle
this
year.
Despite
resistance
at
the
state
level,
a
massive
grassroots
movement
was
able
to
win
attacks
on
amazon
and
other
big
businesses
that
will
provide
214
million
dollars
yearly
towards
quality,
affordable
housing,
coveted
relief
and
environmental
protection
measures
out
there
all,
while
creating
hundreds
of
jobs
in
pittsburgh.
AI
The
second
wave
of
the
pandemic
is
shaping
up
to
be
absolutely
devastating,
and
working
people
in
the
city
are
going
to
continue
to
get
organized
and
fight
for
the
measures
we
deserve.
As
seen
with
the
turnout
here,
I
just
want
to
add
that
it's
not
lost
on
us
that
mayor
peduto,
as
well
as
half
of
the
city
council,
are
up
for
re-election
in
2021.
H
H
AJ
Hi,
my
name
is
jalen
powell.
I've
come
here
today
to
speak
to
you
as
a
survivor
of
domestic
violence,
a
quick
background
on
me.
I
have
an
undergraduate
degree
in
criminology
from
the
university
of
slippery
rock.
I
worked
as
a
correctional
officer
at
george
junior
republic
for
a
year.
I
then
got
my
law
school
degree
or
sorry,
my
lawyered
law
degree
from
the
university
of
pittsburgh.
AJ
I
worked
with
the
butler
county
public
defender's
office,
as
well
as
the
butler
county
district
attorney's
office,
both
my
educational
and
professional
background.
Let
me
know
that
when
I
became
a
victim
of
domestic
violence,
I
did
not
have
the
option
of
calling
the
police
police
as
a
profession
are
more
likely
to
commit
domestic
violence
than
other
professions.
AJ
AJ
AJ
AJ
The
way
I
was
actually
able
to
leave.
My
abusive
relationship
was
finally
being
able
to
acquire
housing
that
was
low
enough.
That
I
could
move
myself
out
and
support
myself
having
mental
health
services
and
low-income
housing
will
do
more
to
reduce
domestic
violence
in
pittsburgh
than
any
increase
in
officer
funds.
AJ
I
am
here
begging
you
to
please
not
cut
the
very
crucial
social
and
emergency
services
that
we
have
and
to
make
sure
that
the
next
person
who
is
a
victim
of
domestic
violence
has
a
resource
to
call
that
they
can
trust
to
come
help
and
take
care
of
them.
I
am
here
asking
you
to
not
approve
the
current
budget
that
is
in
front
of
you
to
redo
the
budget
and
make
sure
that
our
crucial
health
care
services
are
not
cut
and
that
we
reallocate
funds
away
from
policing
and
towards
other
health
and
human
services.
AJ
AK
AK
Other
speakers
have
described
how
the
current
pandemic
has
exacerbated
existing
social
problems
in
the
city.
You
know,
and
I
know
that
pandemic
is
only
going
to
get
worse
and
the
humanitarian
crisis
associated
with
the
pandemic
is
also
going
to
get
worse
and
our
people
are
going
to
need
assistance
from
every
level
of
government.
AK
AL
Thank
you
I'd
like
to
thank
all
the
other
speakers,
especially
for
their
statistics,
which
have
been
very
on
point.
I
think
that
gives
me
a
chance
to
talk
about
this
a
little
bit
differently
and
I'd
like
to
address
the
incredulousness
that
so
many
of
us
feel
at
this
budget.
AL
Please
state
your
neighborhood
too.
I
am
from
the
south
side
slopes
and
I
work
in
squirrel
hill.
Thank
you.
You
are
welcome,
so
I'd
like
to
address
the
incredulousness,
so
many
of
us
feel
at
this
budget
and
at
the
behavior
of
the
police
department
that
we've
seen
over
the
last
couple
months.
So
just
to
put
this
in
context,
you
know
most
things
when
they
change,
you
know,
there's
a
matter
of
understanding
that
has
to
happen
and
then
really
what
has
to
happen
is
acceptance,
and
that
is
what
we
struggle
with
right
now.
AL
So,
let's
put
this
in
context,
the
police
in
america
have
been
the
greatest
enemy
to
the
progress
of
civil
rights
and
civil
rights
movements
in
this
country.
So
when
we
see
them-
and
we
know
their
role
in
history,
we've
all
seen
the
videos
of
them
with
the
dogs
and
the
fire
hoses.
You
know
we've
seen
what
happened
in
la
back
in
the
90s
or
you
know
late
80s,
with
the
riots.
AL
You
are
doubting
us
and
saying:
no,
actually,
you
know
these
people
who
are
infamous
for
their
abuses
are
who
we
are
going
to
side
with.
So,
let's
address
what
happened
in
mellon
park
outside
peduto's
house,
when
the
police
lied
to
protesters,
sent
them
into
mellon
park
and
then
let
off
impact
rounds
on
them
and
your
your
choice
is
to
reward
them
for
this,
who
lie
to
people
and
then
shoot
weapons
who
can't
kill
people.
They
are
less
lethal.
AL
They
are
not
non-lethal,
you
reward
them
for
that,
and
that's
why
we
have
paul
abel
running
around
the
city,
bullying
people
for
over
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
a
year
and
bill
peduto,
asking
us
to
reimagine
this.
It's
like
throwing
us
out
of
a
plane
and
imagining
us
to
reimagine
the
splat
we
make
when
we're
gonna
hit
the
ground,
it's
frankly
ridiculous,
and
it's
that
matter
of
acceptance
that
we
are
waiting
for.
All
of
you
to
get
to
so
that
we
can
finally
move
on
and
address
this
deep
wrong.
AM
Yes
hi,
my
name
is
tony
paon.
I
am
a
resident
of
brookline.
I
am
also
a
member
of
socialist
alternative
and
I'm
here
to
kind
of
not
only
echo
the
statements
of
every
single
person
that
has
been
on
before
me,
but
to
add
a
little
bit
more
flavor
to
it.
So
quote:
pittsburgh
is
back.
City
officially
drops
its
financially
distressed
status.
So
congratulations
to
everybody
here.
AM
Thank
you
so
much
for
finally
getting
us
out
of
the
financial
brink
that
we've
been
in
since
2004.,
I'm
actually
quoting
a
pittsburgh
post
gazette
article
from
february,
12
2018.
AM
So
thank
you
so
much
for
the
past
two
years
for
actually
getting
us
out
of
financial
burden
and
a
budget
crisis
that
absolutely
knows
for
no
reason
whatsoever
could
have
been
solved
or
rectified
by
taxing
upmc,
cutting
the
police
budget
and
actually
running
the
city
effectively.
That
would
have
actually
have
not
made
us
one
of
the
worst
cities,
probably
in
the
united
states.
So
thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you
so
much
for
actually
doing
your
job
effectively.
I
know
that
many
of
you
are
up
for
re-election
and
I'm
very
excited
that
you
know.
AM
Maybe
there
may
be
some
protests
at
some
of
those
re-election
campaigns
so
be
worried,
be
stressed,
because
I
know
that
there's
going
to
be
people
running
for
your
seats
to
kind
of
go
into
my
main
point,
I
do
want
to
talk
about
a
little
bit
about
upmc.
AM
It
is
one
of
the
largest
employers
in
not
only
this
country
this,
this
county,
but
of
the
entire
state,
their
non-profit,
their
their
nonprofit
status,
was
originally
a
was
originally
one
of
bill.
Peduto's
campaign
campaign-
you
know,
tactics
he
talked
about.
AM
You
know,
hey
we're,
gonna,
get
rid
of
that
nonprofit
status
and
finally,
tax
upmc,
like
you
know
so
many
residents
of
this
city
have
actually
called
for
a
corporation
that
and
let's
call
what
it
is
a
corporation
that
not
only
exploits
its
workers
and
has
constantly
union
bust
which,
as
you
know,
bill
bethuda
likes
to
tout
pittsburgh
as
being
a
very
union-friendly
city.
Well,
maybe
we
should
criticize
upmc
and
also
university
of
pittsburgh
for
constantly
union
busting
that
you
know.
AM
Maybe
we
should
tax
upmc
change
its
nonprofit
status
and
use
those
funds
to
actually
benefit
the
residents
of
the
city
of
pittsburgh.
That
means
going
into
affordable
housing,
mental
services,
social
services,
educational
services.
It
is
unacceptable
that
17
of
the
of
emergency
response
emergency
response
funds
are
being
cut
during
the
middle
of
a
pandemic.
It
is
laughable
if
it
wasn't
so
cruel
and
disappointing.
AM
On
top
of
that,
I
don't
know
if
you've
heard,
but
let
me
pull
up
this
stat
right
here.
There
is
going
to
be
probably
10.
There
has
been
about
10
000
cova
deaths
due
to
evictions.
AM
So
please
keep
that
in
mind
when
you're
ending
that
eviction,
moriatorium
and
people
are
cutting
into
their
savings
because
of
the
fact
that
wages
have
been.
AN
Hi,
my
name
is
jay
walker.
I
live
in
shadyside
city
council
district,
eight
and
here
are
my
suggested
amendments
to
the
2021
budget
for
the
operating
budget.
I'd
like
to
ask
you
to
define
the
police
by
at
least
50
percent
and
I'd
also
like
you
to
contribute
funding
to
the
port
authority
of
allegheny
county,
which.
AN
Budget
and
is
an
authority
run
by
the
county,
but
I
know
that
our
city
can
contribute
funds
towards
transit
and
we
should,
for
the
capital
budget,
I'd
like
you
to
cut
all
police
related
infrastructure
projects,
in
particular
the
relocation
of
stone,
five's
police
station
and
I'd
like
you
to
increase
spending
and
investing
in
constructing
social
housing.
That's
affordable
and
just
a
small
comment
about
revenue.
AN
It's
it's
pretty
embarrassing
that
upmc
such
a
major
employer
contributes
so
little
to
our
city,
so
I
think
that's
a
great
source
for
revenue
and,
lastly,
I'd
like
to
ask
that
you
schedule
city
council
meetings
to
be
a
little
bit
more
accessible
to
to
most
people,
so
they
don't
have
to
like
sneak
out
of
work
to
attend.
H
H
AO
Hi,
can
you
hear
me
I'm
alicia
salvideo,
I
teach
high
school
downtown
studies
have
linked
over
10
000
kova
deaths
to
evictions,
and
this
is
just
cover
deaths
to
say
nothing
of
the
hardships
millions
of
working
families
face
behind
on
rent
right
now,
hundreds
in
allegheny
county
have
been
evicted
despite
the
moratorium
850
filed
in
september.
So
what's
to
happen
next,
when
that
expires,
when
the
mayor's
office
had
a
budget
hearing
a
couple
months
ago,
we
were
told
that
difficult
conversations
would
have
to
happen
regarding
what
in
the
budget
gets
caught.
AO
Certainly
we've
been
left
outside
of
these
conversations.
That's
why
stop
the
station
had
launched
efforts
to
talk
with
residents
which
started
in
a
celebrity
around
the
zone?
Five
stations
return,
but
it
hasn't
ended.
There
we've
had
these
conversations
across
the
city.
Clearly,
people
are
angry
about
police
brutality
as
well
as
high
rents
and
the
lack
of
well-paying
jobs
to
keep
up
with
the
rising
cost
of
living,
and
when
we
talk
about
slashing
these
other
departments
like
public
works,
it's
not
just
public
sector
jobs
on
the
line,
but
jobs
that
the
city
would
contract
out.
AO
So
we
should
be
putting
people
to
work
to
build
more
affordable
housing
and
infrastructure
over
one
thousand
people
have
signed
our
petition.
Those
listening
can
view
and
sign
it
at
change.org
pgh
budget
2021.
We
demand
a
halt
to
police
related
projects
and
purchases
and
cutting
the
bureau
of
police
budget
by
50
percent.
AO
This
is
how
much
peduto's
increased
it
by
over
the
past
five
years,
or
so
we
face
a
shortage
of
over
20
000,
affordable
housing
units
right
now
there
are
a
lot
of
luxury
vacancies
currently
that
the
city
should
reclaim
for
its
most
vulnerable
residents.
These
deals
with
the
developers
where
they
get
corporate
tax
breaks
to
designate
a
fraction
of
units
as
barely
affordable.
AO
That
needs
to
end
if
we
want
to
keep
crime
down,
let's
proactively,
keep
people
out
of
poverty
as
our
priority
and
not
bend
over
backwards
for
police
who'd
sooner
judge
and
punish
that
poverty.
The
president
of
the
fop
threatened
that
over
270
police
would
retire
in
october
because
they
can't
handle
calls
for
accountability.
So,
let's
see
it,
pittsburgh
has
31
police
officers
per
thousand
compared
to
other
mid-sized
cities
at
17
per
thousand.
I
want
to
see
democratically
controlled
permanently
affordable
social
housing
at
the
top
of
the
city's
priorities.
AO
We
need
social
services
and
public
health
services
that
are
not
rooted
in
policing,
but
independent
from
it
and
community
led
and
work
more
closely
with
hospitals
and
schools,
not
the
police.
Finally,
I'm
appalled
that
we've
become
a
political
bargaining
chip
to
this
mayor.
He
told
the
post-gazette.
He
hoped
that
the
budget
cuts
would
quote,
be
a
clarion
call
to
every
republican
in
the
senate,
that
it
will
affect
people,
and
there
would
be
required
furloughs
of
public
safety
officials
and
other
employees.
AO
That's
a
dereliction
of
real
political
leadership.
Peduto
could
have
taken
on
upmc
to
tax
it
like
the
profitable
corporation.
It
is,
and
it's
benefiting
from
covered
bailouts,
whereas
working
families
are
not
it's
up
to
the
council
to
push
him
on
this
now,
and
we
should
also
tax
developers
who
have
to
use
the
word
he's
fond
of
reimagine
the
city's
landscape,
while
erasing
the
people
who've
lived
here
and
built
it
and
kept
it
running.
Conversations
about
this
budget
should
start
and
end
with
us.
Thank
you.
H
AP
Hi,
my
name
is
gayle
aronson.
I
live
in
highland
park,
I'm
currently
in
a
child
care
position
right
now,
and
I
just
wanted
to
express
like
so
many
others
have.
This
meeting
is
not
at
an
accessible
time
for
people
myself
included,
but
I
just
wanted
to
quickly
weigh
in
this
is
my
first
time
making
a
public
comment.
AP
If
I
wanted
to
thank
everyone
for
all
the
great
things
that
they've
said-
and
I
just
I
wanted
to
add
my
my
own
sentiment-
to
ask
the
pittsburgh
city
council
to
please
decrease
funding
to
the
police
by
50
percent.
Thank
you.
AQ
AQ
In
addition,
I
am
also
here
because
I
am
tired
of
people
framing
to
fund
the
police
as
a
radical
slogan
and
not
an
earnest
plea
for
our
very
lives.
You've
heard
this
on
this
call.
We
are
exhausted
by
having
the
needs
of
so
many
ignored
in
favor
of
power.
For
the
few,
there
have
been
dozens
people
of
people
here
and,
quite
frankly,
all
year
here
to
plead
with
you
to
consider
us
to
consider
our
neighbors
and
to
consider
our
families.
AQ
This
budget
has
shown
that
you
have
no
interest
in
doing
so.
You've
probably
heard
the
slogan
that
we
keep
us
safe,
but,
moreover,
you
need
to
know
that
we
know
what
keeps
us
safe.
We
are
telling
you
to
listen
to
us.
We
are
asking
you
to
invest
in
the
services
and
and
organizations
that
do
keep
us
safe.
The
question
is:
do
you
trust
your
constituents
and
are
you
comfortable
with
having
a
budget
moving
forward
that
so
blatantly
ignores
our
needs?
AQ
G
Hi,
my
name
is
matt
rubin
and
I
live
in
troy
hill.
I'm
here,
as
many
of
the
people
who've
spoken
with
you
today,
are
to
talk
about
the
budget
to
speak
against
the
police,
funding,
to
call
for
investment
in
public
housing
and
social
services.
To
call
on
you
to.
You
know:
halt
all
capital
projects
for
police
infrastructure,
to
stop
the
moving
of
the
police
station
to
to
east
liberty
and
really
to
ask
you:
what
do
you
want
to
do?
What
what?
G
Because
thinking
about
that
idea
of
like
what's
a
radical
idea-
and
you
may
be
thinking
like
well
a
bunch
of
radicals
here
on
this
call-
I
don't
want
to
do
something
radical.
The
reality
is
that
if
you
pass
this
budget,
that
is
radical
that
is
radically
violent
as
radically
against
the
people
of
pittsburgh.
That
is
radically
choosing
to
put
the
interests
of
the
of
a
police
force
who
is
harming
the
people
of
this
city,
who
is
increasingly
arresting?
G
G
So
I
mean
people
are
massively
calling
on
you
to
to
restructure
what
we
use
our
public
resources
to
fund
and
to
choose
instead
to
cut
dozens
of
city
departments
to
to
maintain
police
funding.
That
is
a
radically
violent
choice.
G
G
You
could
take
the
police
funding
the
or
the
cuts
to
every
single
department
that
is
facing
larger
cuts
as
a
percentage
of
their
budget
from
2020,
the
department
of
law,
office
of
equity
office
of
the
city,
clerk
for
euro
facilities,
mayor
bureau
of
operations,
public
works,
administration
licenses
and
inspections,
city
planning
parks
and
rec
human
resources,
mobility,
infrastructure,
municipal
investigations,
innovation
performance,
animal
control,
environmental
services,
city
council,
human
relations,
city,
controller,
bureau
of
fire,
public
safety
administration,
office
of
management
budget.
All
of
those
departments
are
facing
larger
cuts
in
the
police.
G
I
think
it
is
time
for
you
to
think
about
what
it
is
you're
going
to
do
to
take
care
of
pittsburgh,
and
it
is
a
wrong
answer.
It
is
a
violent
answer
if
it's
to
defund
every
single
other
thing,
then
the
police,
because
the
police
are
the
thing
that
the
people
of
your
city
are
asking
you
to
defund
to
take
to
stop
the
harm
to
the
people
of
the
city
and
instead
use
those
resources
to
take
care
of
people.
AR
Hello,
my
name
is
georgia
and
I'm
a
resident
squirrel
hill
and
a
tech
worker
in
lawrenceville
on
december
6th
this
summer,
my
partner
and
I
watched
and
videoed
as
a
police
officer,
violently
assaulted,
illegally
searched
and
arrested
a
young
man
at
squirrel
hill
farmers
market.
This
assault
was
traumatizing,
it
was
disturbing
and
it
was
absolutely
unwarranted,
but
unfortunately
it
was
not
shocking.
Nor
was
it
the
first
incident
of
police
violence.
I
witnessed
this
summer
after
this
incident.
I
learned
a
bit
more
about
the
officer
that
perpetrated
this
assault.
AR
AR
He
wrongfully
arrested
and
searched
a
man
asking
for
a
police
report,
so
you
can
imagine
that
I
was
very
surprised
to
learn
that
this
officer,
despite
his
history,
is
that
was
the
ninth
highest
paid
city,
employee
in
2012,
and
made
156
000
last
year
and
of
course,
those
salary
expenditures
do
not
include
any
of
the
money.
The
city
of
pittsburgh
has
paid
to
defend
or
settle
the
cases
of
violent
officers,
which
a
previous
speaker
said,
was
over
7
million
dollars.
AR
So
when
I
saw
the
proposed
2021
budget
makes
cuts
to
every
department
except
the
police.
I
was
furious,
seeing
that
my
tax
dollars
will
be
going
to
this
violent
institution
into
officers
like
paul
abell,
as
opposed
to
say,
emts
or
other
central
city
workers.
During
this
global
pandemic
is
shocking.
Perhaps
my
tax
dollars
could
go
towards
eliminating
the
18
000
wage
gap
between
white
male
and
black
female
city
employees,
or
towards
keeping
the
630
jobs.
AR
The
mayor
has
threatened
to
cut
next
year
or
towards
providing
ppe
for
essential
workers
or
to
housing
those
people
in
need.
I
feel
betrayed
by
this
council
that
you
are
even
considering
this
proposed
budget.
Given
how
so
many
of
us
are
suffering
under
this
pandemic?
According
to
the
city's
own
gender
equality,
commission,
black
women
in
the
city
have
been
suffering
for
a
long
time
before
this
pandemic,
and
yet
I
see
nothing
in
this
budget
for
the
people.
AR
It
is
time
that
the
city
council
decreased
the
city
police
budget
by
a
minimum
of
50
percent
and
haul
all
related
infra
police-related
infrastructure
projects
immediately,
and
that
includes
the
zone.
5
police
station
east
liberty
do
not
lie
to
me
and
do
not
lie
to
yourselves
and
say
that
this
is
not
possible.
For
starters,
you
could
cut
the
salaries
of
dangerous
officers
like
paul
abell.
The
police
budget
peduto
was
50
of
today's
police
budget.
Last
week
over
10
percent
of
the
pittsburgh
police
force
was
out
due
to
covet
and
they
still
function.
AR
So
we
know
that
shrinking
pittsburgh's
police
presence
is
very
possible.
I
have
seen
pittsburgh's
finest
in
action
on
the
streets.
These
people
do
not
make
our
city
safer,
cut
the
police
budget
and
redistribute
the
funds
to
our
community.
Now.
Shame
on
you!
If
you
support
this
budget,
shame
on
you!
If
you
choose
to
ignore
all
of
those
who
submitted
statements
today.
Thank
you.
AS
AS
That's
just
cowardice
and
I
am
deeply
concerned
for
the
people
of
pittsburgh
during
this
pandemic.
Today.
Together,
we
face
incredible
health
and
economic
challenges,
challenges
that
will
leave,
leave,
pittsburghers,
dead,
homeless
or
bankrupt,
and
we
have
gone
to
work.
We
have
stayed
home.
We
have
done
everything
that
has
been
asked
of
us,
but
what
has
our
government
done
for
us
in
return?
We
are
in
dire
need
of
educational,
medical
and
financial
help
that
this
budget
is
not
even
close
to
satisfying.
AS
AS
The
great
tragedy
is
that
the
resources
are
available
to
help
us,
but
this
budget
gives
breaks
to
the
big
corporations
and
it
gives
breaks
to
a
police
department
that
serves
no
function
in
facing
our
current
challenges.
This
budget
will
result
in
more
death,
more
family
members
lost
and
more
suffering.
AS
AT
Good
morning
my
name
is
catherine
fleischer
and
I'm
a
student
at
the
university
of
pittsburgh
living
in
oakland.
I
first
want
to
echo
the
demands
of
my
fellow
community
members
and
stop
the
station
organizers.
The
council
should
amend
the
mayor's
operating
budget
proposal
to
cancel
cuts
related
to
health,
transportation
and
social
services.
AT
Instead
of
overfunding
the
bureau
of
police,
the
budget
should
instead
be
amended
to
decrease
the
police
budget
by
at
least
50
and
stop
all
capital
investments
in
police
infrastructure,
namely
the
relocation
of
the
zone
5
police
station.
These
funds
should
then
be
reappropriated
towards
housing,
social
services,
public
health
initiatives
and
equitable
transportation.
AT
I
also
want
to
name
that
often
what
we're
advocating
for
here
is
seen
as
naive
or
overly
hopeful,
but
please,
please
take
a
look
around
an
honest,
real
human
look
around
our
community
is
suffering
suffering
from
deep
systemic
racial
injustice,
suffering
from
unnecessary
violence
born
from
people's
basic
needs,
but
not
being
met,
suffering
from
wealth
inequality
and
unequal
distribution
of
resources
during
a
global
pandemic.
When
working
people
need
the
most
to
support
protection
and
aid,
clearly
the
systems
we've
put
into
place
are
not
working
for
pittsburghers.
AT
So
why
would
cutting
necessary
funding
for
clinical
programs
like
affordable
housing
and
accessible
transportation
and
continuing
to
find
entities
like
the
pittsburgh
police
be
the
best
way
to
serve
our
community?
Now
is
the
time
to
try
something
else.
You
have
the
opportunity
to
bring
real
relief,
real
protection,
real
safety
for
pittsburghers,
but
that
safety
is
not
going
to
come
from
pittsburgh
police.
AT
It's
not
going
to
come
from
continuing
to
spend
taxpayer
money
on
tear
gas
and
rubber
bullets
and
police
personnel
time.
It's
going
to
come
from
ensuring
that
community
members
can
protect
themselves
and
isolate
safely
in
a
home
during
a
global
pandemic.
It's
going
to
come
from
taxing
big
businesses
and
corporate
developers
so
that
we
actually
have
the
resources
to
appropriately
invest
in
public
health
initiatives,
economic
recovery
and
public
education.
AT
It's
going
to
come
from
the
community
determining
what
safety,
health
and
dignity
look
like
for
them,
rather
than
having
the
police
forcibly
enact
historically
racist
classes
and
violent
system
of
safety
upon
them.
These
ideas
are
not
new
they're,
not
naive
and
they're,
not
something
you
can
turn
a
blind
eye
to.
AU
One
of
the
largest
proposed
cuts
in
the
budget
24.3
percent,
is
to
the
newly
formed
office
of
equity,
which
was
designed
in
part
to
develop
public
health
programs,
including
mental
health
programs
for
black
indigenous
people
of
color,
lgbtq
and
economically
disadvantaged
residents.
Those
who
are
most
reliant
on
community
mental
and
behavioral
health
services.
AU
Instead,
funding
needs
to
be
divested
from
those
budgets
for
a
specific
mental
health
response
resources.
Pittsburgh
has
an
abundance
of
licensed
and
trained
mental
health
professionals
who
have
in
most
cases
completed
years
of
graduate
education.
Thousands
of
hours
of
clinical
supervision
attained
a
licensure.
AU
These
are
clinical
social
workers,
clinical
psychologists
crisis,
interventionists
people
who
are
trained
and
skilled
in
deploying
mental
health
interventions
in
acute
situations,
effectively
deploying
the
right
intervention
and
connecting
the
right
kind
of
care
with
those
who
need
it,
including
community-based
mental
health
care.
AU
By
cutting
funding
for
these
services,
the
city
is
leaving
the
lives
of
its
citizens
in
the
hands
of
law
enforcement
officers
who
are
not
skilled
or
trained
for
effectively
handling
mental
health
crises.
Nor
do
they
want
to
be
handling
mental
health
crises,
nor
are
they
equipped
to
do
so,
we're
ignoring
all
scientific
and
policy
research
that
shows
that
successful
mental
and
behavioral
health
interventions
need
to
be
deployed
by
trained
experts
and
we're
abandoning
some
of
the
city's
most
vulnerable
populations.
AU
People
who
deserve
to
be
connected
with
the
kinds
of
interventions
and
treatments
that
they
need
to
be
clear,
I'm
not
requesting
for
the
police
to
be
trained
in
mental
health
services.
Rather,
I
want
to
divest
funding
from
law
enforcement,
including
stopping
the
east
liberty
station
building,
in
order
to
support
these
programs
as
a
social
scientist
and
researcher,
I'm
demanding
that
the
city
reduce
the
police
budget
by
at
least
50
percent,
and
invest
those
funds
in
community
mental
health,
public
health,
affordable
housing
and
education,
and
impose
a
moratorium
on
evictions
and
rent.
A
That
exhaust
a
list
of
registered
speakers
correct-
and
I
just
looked
to
make
sure
that
alicia
alicia
morris,
who
was
cut
off
earlier,
was
not
still
on
because
we're
going
to
give
her
additional
time
but
she's
not
on
so
that
moves
us
on
to
our
next
order
of
business,
which
is
the
presentation
of
papers,
and
I
just
want
to
say
before
we
go
into
that
part-
that
council
members
cannot
respond
during
public
comment.
That's
that's
us
trying
to
be
respectful,
not
rude.
I'm
not
answering.
A
I
mentioned
that
during
the
meeting
we'd
love
to
be
able
to
respond
to
every
comment.
Sometimes
we
want
to
say
something
to
clarify
something
and
it's
actually
difficult
to
sit
here
and
not
respond
and
not
be
able
to
have
an
actual
dialogue
with
you
and
so.
But
it's
our
time
to
listen
to
you
and
not
for
you
to
have
to
hear
us
speaking.
It's
public
comment,
not
counsel
comment,
so
sometimes
we'll
follow
up
afterwards
or
sometimes
we'll
do
our
best.
A
We
can
to
get
the
correct
information
or
address
questions
that
were
asked
and
also
that
sometimes
council
members
shut
off
their
cameras
because
we're
at
home-
it's
not
as
if
we're
in
a
place
where
it's
public
and
and
people
aren't
walking
behind.
Sometimes
our
family
members
come
in
sometimes
things
happen,
there's
a
multitude
of
other
things
occurring,
and
it's
not
too
rude.
It's
sometimes
not
to
distract
you,
and
so
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
you
understand
sometimes
that
what
council
members
are
doing
and
that
and
that
we
do.
A
Thank
you
all
for
all
the
speakers
for
coming
out
whether
members
agree
or
disagree.
We're
always
thankful
when
the
public
comes
out
and
comments,
and
I
I
think
that
I
it
would
also
be
I'm
just
going
to
mention
this
for
council
members
to
maybe
do
some
programs,
because
to
I've
talked
about
this
before
doing
instead
of
the
mayor,
civic
leadership
academy
at
council
leadership
academy,
so
people
understand
what
it
is,
we
can
and
cannot
do
and
what's
under
our
purpose.
A
V
C
C
953
resolution
authorizing
the
city
through
the
mayor
and
director
of
the
department
of
mobility
and
infrastructure
to
enter
into
an
agreement
with
lore
ppa
bks
q3
having
an
address
at
712
main
street
for
the
purposes
of
granting
a
perpetual
exclusive
easement
solely
for
the
purpose
of
installing
and
maintaining
signal
equipment
on
the
properties.
Bill.
C
Bill
number
955
resolution
vacating
a
portion
of
wickliffe
street,
the
a
50
foot
right
away,
laid
out
in
the
h
m
by
so
playing
plan
of
locks
recorded
in
plan
book
volume,
11
page
64
in
the
10th
ward,
7
council,
district
of
the
city
bill
number
956
resolution
granting
unto
alpha
for
lp
their
successors
and
assigns
the
privilege
and
license
to
construct,
maintain
and
use
of
their
own
costs
and
expense
to
install
a
new
projection
sign
at
125,
south
beady
street.
C
AG
C
C
Councilman
level
presents
bill
number
960
resolution
providing
for
further
renewal
by
the
council
of
the
city
of
a
declaration
of
disaster
emergency
ratified
by
council
on
march
17
2020
to
extend
the
effect
the
effectiveness
of
the
declaration
for
33
days,
thereby
making
the
declaration
effective
until
january
12
2021
in
response
to
the
ongoing
public
health
emergency
associated
with
the
spread
of
the
coronavirus
bill
number
961
resolution
amending
resolution,
181
of
2020,
which
authorized
the
mayor
and
director
of
the
department
of
city
planning
to
enter
into
many
grant
reimbursement
agreements
for
the
2020
love
your
block
program.
C
C
Total
costs
may
not
exceed
127
650
over
a
year
period,
2021
22
and
23,
with
two
one-year
options
to
extend
the
contract
for
a
total
of
two
hundred
twelve
thousand
seven
hundred
and
fifty
dollars
and
shall
be
paid
using
proceeds
from
the
debt
issuance
bill.
Number
964
resolution
designating
banks
and
lending
institutions
to
act
as
depositories
for
the
year
2021.
A
Okay,
the
bill
will
appear
on
today's
the
end
of
today's
time
and
motions
and
resolutions.
Thank
you,
councilman
councilman
o'connor,
chair
of
public
safety
services,
madam
clerk.
AW
Thank
you,
madam
president.
Thank
you.
A
K
A
Thank
you
and
myself
for
the
chair
of
hearings.
I
have
one
appointment
and
one
communication
we'll
take
the
appointment.
First,
madam
clerk.
C
Yes,
council,
president
kelsey
presents
bill
number
973
resolution
of
appointing
mr
pedro
quintonella
as
a
member
of
the
arts
commission
for
a
term
to
expire
december.
31
2021,
mr
quintanilla,
will
serve
in
a
seat
designated
for
an
architect
that
was
previously
held
by
mr
robert
endovina,
who
has
resigned.
A
A
A
Thank
you,
and
do
we
have
a
second
second,
all
in
favor
all
right
hi
any
opposed.
I
should
have
asked
if
there
was
any
discussion.
Is
there
any
discussion
seeing
that
will
it's
approved?
Thank
you
councilman
and
now
we'll
move
on
to
the
unfinished
businesses
of
any
unfinished
business
before
council,
seeing
them
we'll
move
on
to
the
next
order
of
business,
which
is
the
reports
of
committee
for
final
action
and
we'll
move
on
to
councilman
daniel
lavelle
committee
on
finance
and
law.
A
A
Any
post
the
bill's
amended
now
just
discussion
on
the
regular
bill.
AW
AW
AW
Yeah,
as
amended
just
to
echo
some
of
the
comments
that
you
made
last
night.
Madam
president,
at
the
post
agenda,
good
things
can
be
accomplished
when
we
work
collectively
and
cooperatively,
and
we
know
these
are
difficult
times.
You
know-
and
I
I'll
repeat
once
again-
we're
never
afforded
the
luxury
of.
Maybe
it's
always
the
difficult
decision
of
yes
and
no-
and
in
this
case
yes,
is
the
right
decision
and
we're
doing
the
right
thing.
AW
I
appreciate
how
labor
chimed
in
I
appreciate
how
the
conference
chimed
in
and
different
large-scale
businesses
throughout
the
city
that
I
had
an
opportunity
to
speak
with
chief
gilman,
of
course,
and
all
members
of
council
for
due
diligence
in
making
this
happen
today
in
such
an
expeditious
manner.
So,
thank
you
all
very
much.
A
E
Thank
you
for
congratulations.
I
just
wanted
to
reiterate
what
we
talked
about
last
night.
You
know
it's
not
a
bill.
I'm
typically
inclined
to
vote
for
you
know
simply
because
I
feel
it
sends
a
message
to
people
wanting
to
do
business
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh.
E
However,
these
are
not
normal
times,
and
you
know
after
many
conversations
I
had
with
our
labor
leader
and
our
county
executive
and
others,
I
will
be
supporting
it.
So
just.
A
AX
Thank
you.
Madam
president.
I
I
just
want
to
reiterate
what
I
said
last
night
as
well
at
our
our
post
agenda
hearing
where
we
heard
from
a
number
of
people-
and
you
know
I've
also
heard
from
the
the
mid-sized
business
owners
who
have
you
know
between
50
and
500
employees
and
and
this
bill
will
also
affect
those
with
more
than
500
employees,
which
the
federal
family
family.
AX
I
forget
the
exact
name
of
the
bill
that
the
federal
bill
had
not
covered,
and
I
know
that
they're
hurting
right
now
too.
I
know
that
businesses
are
hurting
I'm
hearing
from
them,
but
I'm
also
very
concerned
about
the
people
who
are
currently
being
kept
home
because
of
kovid
without
pay
and
are
choosing
between
you
know,
buying
medicine
and
buying
food
and
paying
for
a
roof
over
their
head,
and
I
think
this
bill
will
go
a
long
way
towards
helping
them.
AX
It's
not
going
to
last
forever.
It's
going
to
last
until
the
end
of
the
emergency
declaration,
and
I
think
it's
helpful
for
public
health.
I
think
it's
helpful,
for
you
know,
encouraging
the
people
who
would
otherwise
choose
between
a
paycheck
and
public
health
to
choose
public
health,
because
they'll
get
paid
for
staying
home
so
or
for
staying
home
to
protect
and
care
for
a
family
member.
So
for
those
reasons
you
know,
I
understand
the
concerns,
but
I'm
also
supportive
of
this.
F
Sorry,
madam
president,
if
I
might
yes
thank
you.
Thank
you.
I
again
just
to
emphasize
the
moment
that
we're
in
for
everyone
you've
heard
it
a
million
times
we're
in
a
record
number
of
cases
locally
every
day,
and
so
this
is
really
reaching
out
to
have
just
intersecting
effects
on
people.
F
D
It
is
interesting
that
we're
having
this
discussion
about
paying
workers
who
are
many
of
them,
you
know
not
pay
a
lot
of
wages
and
the
impact
it
will
have
on
owners
who
are
making
five
six
times
what
their
average
worker
is
making,
and
I
am
a
person
who,
although
I
have
for
many
many
years,
we've
not
talked
about
this.
I
really
do
believe
in
a
minimum
income.
I
have
always
believed
that
the
the
resources
our
country
are
so
great
that
people
should
be
able
to
benefit
from
those
resources
simply
by
being
born
here.
D
The
same
way
that
wealthy
people,
president
trump,
are
getting
billions
and
billions
of
dollars
just
because
of
where
they
were
born,
not
because
they
earned
it
not
because
they
did
anything.
The
number
one
way
to
become
rich
in
the
united
states
is
not
earning
it.
That's
a
myth.
The
number
one
way
to
get
wealth
in
the
united
states
is
by
birth
by
inheritance,
and
so
as
much
as
I
support
business,
because
I
think
a
rising
tide
does
lift
all
boats.
D
I
also
want
to
suggest
that
the
putting
the
emphasis
on
workers
having
universal
health
care
for
all
having
a
guaranteed
income
for
all
these
are
human
rights,
and
this
paid
sick
leave
for
kovic
is
a
good
step,
a
small
step,
but
a
very
good
step
in
moving
us
toward
a
more
compassionate
city
where
our
workers
are
valued.
It
is,
I
think,
immoral,
the
income
inequality
in
this
country
between
the
ceos
of
corporations
and
its
workers.
D
It's
it's
immoral
that
you
know
our
large
non-profits
refuse
to
pay
the
payroll
prep
tax.
It's
it's
immoral
that
you
know
our
corporations
put
profit
ahead
of
the
benefit
of
workers,
and
so
we
in
our
small
ways,
council,
have
to
be
those
moral
leaders
we
have
to
now,
as
we
have
been,
we
have
to
lead
in
this
moral
in
this
moral
conversation
and-
and
so
I
am-
I
am,
of
course,
certainly
casting
the
affirmative
vote.
D
I
will
always
cast
the
work
for
voter
for
for
workers
I
always
always
have
and
always
will,
because
they
are
the
true
heroes
of
the
pandemic,
those
essential
workers,
those
those
grocery
workers,
those
janitors,
those
security
guards
who
can't
call
for
work
or
need
it
who
have
answered
the
call,
along
with
the
you
know,
paramedics,
fire
police,
etc,
nursing
professionals,
but
they've
all
answered
the
call
each
and
every
day,
and
so
in
our
small
way.
We
are
showing
that
we
appreciate
them
and
that
we
as
a
city
honor
their
service.
A
Seeing
no
other
members
which
wasn't
the
same
okay,
I
just
want
to
add
to
that
a
little
bit.
A
I
just
want
to
say
that
you
know
I'd
love
to
see
us
working
together
with,
and
I
want
to
thank
everyone
for
working
together
on
this,
the
administration
who
was
willing
to
work
and
make
some
a
lot
of
amendments,
obviously
by
substitution,
and
I
want
to
thank
the
allegheny
conference
and
seiu
for
all
sitting
down
together
and
I
hope
it's
something
that
is
the
beginning
of
everyone
working
together,
because
everyone
does
better
when
we
all
do
better.
A
We've
heard
that
a
million
times,
but
I
think
that
having
a
valued
workforce
makes
us
a
desirable
place
to
do
business
and
a
workplace
because
a
workforce
that
feels
valued
produces
more.
So
I
just
want
to
say
that
I
know
that
you
know
I
always
have
a
concern.
A
I
don't
want
to
put
anybody
out
of
business
and
asked
if
there
was
some
way
that
we
could
address
if
there
were
concerns
that
came
up,
that
people
couldn't
pay,
something
that
if
there
was
some
kind
of
help
or
some
kind
of
program
we
could
put
in
place
to
offset
some
of
that,
because
I
do
worry
about
the
the
employee,
because
we
want
to
get
people
through
this
hurdle,
but
we
want
to
make
sure
that
they
have
something
to
go
back
to
and
so
there's
you
know,
there's
a
concern,
but
I
do
think
that
you
know
our
seiu
healthcare
workers
working
in
these
horrific
conditions
and
are
our
teachers
and
our
custodial
staff
and
police
officers.
A
There's
just
so
many
people
working
through
these.
You
know,
firefighters,
everyone
through
this
very
difficult
time
and
I
would
hate
for
them
to
have
to
decide
that
they
couldn't
stay
home
because
they
couldn't
afford
it.
A
And
so
I
just
want
to
thank
everyone
for
working
through
this,
and
I
do
want
to
say
acknowledge
that
without
our
business
community,
a
lot
of
those
people
who
have
been
out
of
work
and
a
lot
of
people
who
don't
are
not
part
of
unions
who
have
been
out
of
work
have
not
been
getting
paid,
but
I
think
giant,
eagle
and
eaton
park
and
some
other
corporations
and
the
city
have
been
feeding
people
every
day
across
the
city.
I
don't
know
where
we'd
be
without
our
corporations.
A
I
just
want
to
say
that
they
have
done
a
tremendous
job
in
picking
up
the
pieces
where
you
know
our
federal
government
did
not
always
so
I
want
to
I'm
going
to
make
sure
people
understand
that
we
have
a
lot
to
be
thankful
for
with
we
have
some
some
of
the
best
now.
A
Our
unions
have
a
lot
of
great
people
that
everybody
just
wants
to
look
out,
and
I
loved
councilwoman
gross's
comments
that
we
all
have
to
look
out
for
each
other
and
help
each
other
right
now,
and
so
that's
what
I
think
we're
doing
with
this
piece
and
with
everyone
coming
together.
So
I
want
to
thank
everyone
for
that.
I
hope
it's
the
beginning
of
conversations
that
happen
more
frequently
between
the
unions,
the
employees
and
the
the
allegheny
conference.
So
with
that
said,
is
there
any
further
discussion
seeing
none?
A
H
A
The
bills
haven't
received
the
legally
required
number
of
votes
are
finally
passed
that
moves
us
on
to
councilman
o'connor's
bills,
committee
on
public
safety
services,
councilman
krauss
for
councilman
connor.
Thank
you,
madam
clerk
or
president
sorry.
You
don't
have
to
present.
I'm
sorry,
I'm
forgetting
okay,
I'm
happy
to
thank
you.
AW
C
You
councilman
o'connor
presents
bill
number
948
reported
the
committee
on
public
safety
services
for
december,
2nd
2020
with
an
affirmative
recommendation.
Bill
number
923
resolution
authorizing
the
city's
department
of
public
safety
to
purchase
an
hp,
plotter
t260
600.
I'm
sorry
ps,
printer
that'll
cost
not
to
exceed
12
394
dollars.
A
B
A
Received
the
legally
required
number
of
votes
are
finally
passed.
Thank
you.
Memphis
councilman
anthony
coghill
committee
on
public
works.
A
AS
A
Zero,
the
bill
has
received
the
legally
required
number
of
votes
are
finally
passed:
councilwoman
erica
strasberger
committee
on
innovation,
performance
and
asset.
AW
AG
AW
C
A
B
A
Haven't
received
the
legally
required
number
of
votes
are
finally
passed.
Thank
you
and
that
moves
us
on
to
councilman
gross
committee
on
intergovernmental
affairs
councilwoman.
Madam
president,
thank
you.
C
A
I
A
Eyes
the
bills
haven't
received
the
legally
required
number
of
votes
are
finally
passed
that
moves
us
on
to
motions
and
resolutions.
I
have
a
couple
meeting
announcements
then
we'll
get
to
councilman
labelle's
bill.
The
meeting
announcements
are
this
afternoon
at
1.
30
council's
budget
hearings
will
continue
with
the
department
of
innovation
and
performance
chaired
by
councilwoman.
Strasberger
council
will
meet
for
their
standing
committee
meetings
tomorrow,
wednesday
december
9th
at
10
a.m.
Now
it's
chaired
by
councilman
labelle
weekly
tomorrow
afternoon,
at
1
30
p.m.
A
Council's
budget
hearings
are
scheduled
for
the
department
of
human
resources
chaired
by
councilman
krauss,
to
register
to
speak
at
the
standing
committees
meeting.
Please
call
the
clerk's
office
at
two
412-255-2112.
Three,
eight
by
nine,
am
on
wednesday
morning
or
send
comments
via
email
to
the
city
clerk's
office
at
pittsburgh.
Pa.Gov.
A
C
One
second:
sorry,
the
14th,
the
public
hearing
is
at
10
a.m.
10
am
okay,
thank
you
and,
and
the
line
item
vote
is
at
1
30.
A
Okay,
thank
you,
madam
folks.
Thank
you
everyone
and
please
keep
in
mind
okay
december
14th.
Please
also
call
the
clerk's
office
to
register.
As
with
all
council
meetings,
budget
hearings
are
streamed,
live
via
the
city
channels,
channel
pittsburgh
on
youtube
and
now
we'll
move
on
to
councilman
lavelle's
bill
960.
AV
AV
C
Absolutely
bill
960
resolution
providing
for
further
renewal
by
the
council
of
a
declaration
of
disaster
emergency
ratified
by
council
on
march
17
2020
to
extend
the
effectiveness
of
the
declaration
for
33
additional
days,
thereby
making
the
declaration
effective
into
january.
12
2021.
In
response
to
the
ongoing
public
health
emergency
associated
with
the
spread
of
the
coronavirus.
A
AW
AV
AV
H
A
The
legal
required
number
of
votes
has
passed.
I
want
to
say
by
the
time
this
I
get
this
straight.
The
dec
the
emergency
will
hopefully
be
over
anyway.
Can
we
have
a?
We
have
anything
from
members
during
motions
and
resolutions
anything
remembers.
Madam
president,.
AX
Yes,
I
just
had
a
question
it.
I
couldn't
help
but
notice
that
we
failed
to
introduce
bill
958,
which
looks
as
if
it's
a
ura
related
build
to
fund
the
avenues
of
hope
program.
AX
Did
not
introduce
it.
I
was
wondering
if
that
was
at
the
request
of
the
ura
or
or
or
if
there's
a
reason
behind
that.
A
AX
AV
AX
F
AX
F
So
I
talked
to
several
members
who
had
some
questions
about
the
bill
and
I
reached
out
to
mr
williamson
at
the
ura
who
I
am
to
talk
to
shortly.
I
had
a
briefing
on
it
last
week
which
raised
more
questions
than
answers,
so
we
still
have
questions
before.
I
think
we
put
it
up
for
discussion.
AX
AF
AX
All
everyone's
prerogative
to
do
what
they
want
in
their
committees.
My
personal
preface
is
that
we
introduce
bills
and
then
have
a
conversation
about
it.
That
would
be,
I
think,
the
the
more
helpful
thing
for
all
of
us
to
understand,
but,
but
I
appreciate
you
answering
my
question
today-.
A
Thank
you,
councilwoman,
any
other
members,
councilman
burgess.
D
And
again
I
don't
I'm
not
going
to
weigh
in
the
which
is
the
single
most
important
policy
for
african-americans
in
our
city
for
perhaps
50
75
years,
I'm
very
hopeful
and
believe
it
will
not
be
the
subject
of
a
political
division,
but
need
to
be.
That
is
as
may
I
do
I
will
do.
I
will
do
want
to
just
remind
council
basically
for
bobby
wilson's
sake
and
perhaps
for
anthony's
sake.
You
may
know
this.
You
may
not
know
this
members
can't
really
pocket
veto
bills.
D
We
we
introduce
bills
individually,
but
we
do
it
on
behalf
of
council.
Any
member
can
introduce
any
bill
at
any
time.
So,
even
though
a
member
may
not
choose
to
introduce
a
bill
that
does
not
keep
it
from
being
introduced.
Another
member
has
every
right
at
any
time
to
pick
up
that
bill
and
introduce
it
on
their
own
behalf,
and
I
we
just
typically
don't
do
it,
but
there's
nothing
that
prevents
us
from
doing
it.
So
that's
just
a
council
kind
of
protocol
thing
I
do.
D
D
I
I
always
find
it
interesting
that
people
who
are
not
african-american,
who
don't
live
in
african-american
communities,
who
don't
work
in
african-american
communities,
always
want
to
tell
me
who
was
born
in
the
african-american
community
lives
in
perhaps
the
most
diverse
community
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh,
who
has
worked
and
continues
to
work
in
the
african
camaro
community
and
represents
them
it's
interesting
that
they
always
have
an
interest
to
tell
me
what
the
africa
community
african
american
community
needs
and
and
wants.
I
always
find
that
interesting
right,
but
I
do
appreciate
their
their
coming
out.
D
There
is
some
information
on
the
black
lives
matter,
facebook
page
to
explain
in
some
detail
why
we
cannot
defund
the
police
at
the
levels
that
they
want
the
50
60
75
level.
Why
those
are
we
are
prohibited
by
by
state
law
from
doing
that,
and
so,
although
I
have
said
that
over
and
over
again,
I
want
to
just
reiterate
that
second
of
all,
the
black
community
itself
does
not
want
the
police
to
be
defunded
by
50
60
75.
D
If
you've
noticed,
you
have
not
seen
leaders
of
the
african-american
community,
you
have
not
seen
a
pastors
from
the
african-american
community.
You've
not
seen
directors
of
social
service
agency
of
the
african-american
community.
Those
of
us
who
deal
with
real
crime-
not
just
you
know,
car
break-ins
and
domestic
violence,
but
who
are
doing
with
all
crime,
is
real,
but
you
know
certainly
those
of
us
who
are
dealing
with
homicides
and
and
armed
robberies
and
major
drugs
in
our
community.
D
D
We
do
know
the
history
of
policing
and
we
are
very
mindful
of
that,
but
we
also
aware
of
given
the
impacts
of
racism,
that
crime
is
not
evenly
distributed
right
and
poverty
because
of
segregation.
Poverty
is
not
equally
distributed,
and
so,
while
we
are
working
to
raise
the
income
of
everybody,
while
we
are,
you
know
working
to
desegregate
our
city,
you
know,
unfortunately,
we
still
have
pockets
of
deep
segregation,
both
segregated
by
race
and
segregated
by
income.
D
While
we're
working
to
do
that,
we
do
need
to
reimagine
the
police,
and
we
are.
We
have
done
that
to
the
best
of
our
abilities,
mr
lobel,
and
I
and
this
council.
In
fact,
together
we
have
led
in
moving
money
towards
social
services.
I
think
we
will
continue
to
do
that.
We've
done
as
much
as
we're
capable
of
doing.
We
think
given
the
the
copic
crisis
and
by
state
law,
but
I
think
it's
a
on
its
attention
right.
It's
going
to
be
an
ongoing
conversation.
D
All
of
us
agree
that
the
best
way
to
increase
public
safety
is
by
increasing
community
confidence
right.
We
just
have
some
disagreements
as
to
how
we
go
forward,
and
the
last
thing
I
will
say-
and
I
will
say
this-
and
I
have
said
this
publicly
and
privately-
we
have
one
of
the
best
police
pittsburgh
has
one
of
the
best
trained,
most
effective
police
force
in
the
united
states.
We
have
over
the
last
10
years.
D
D
This
is
in
many
ways,
although
not
perfect,
none
of
us
are
perfect,
but
this
is
one
of
of
of
the
best
examples
of
policing
in
our
country,
and
so,
given
that
they
are
a
resource
we
have
to
work
with
them
and
with
the
community
to
find
that
proper
balance
and
I
hope
to
work
with
all
members
of
council
I
do
intend.
I
am
always
open
to
work
with
all
members
of
council,
of
course,
as
long
as
we're
doing
what's
right
for
me
it's
about
doing.
D
What's
right,
I
try
to
stay,
I'm
not
always
again.
I'm
not
perfect
either,
but
I
try
in
my
vote
and
in
my
causes
to
stay
on.
What's
right
and
for
me
the
right
of
the
thing
over
well
over
weighs
the
the
the
need
for
unity,
and
so
I
look
forward
to
the
avenues
of
hope
and
for
that
putting
money
into
historic
black
communities
in
disproportionate
amounts.
D
I
I
I
do
know
that
when
we
start
putting
money
in
black
communities,
there's
always
some
tension,
always
some
uncomfortableness,
because
that
becomes
the
real
deal
right.
When
you
reallocate
money
away
from
the
majority
of
community
and
start
investing
them
in
these
long
neglected
neighborhoods,
there
will
be
a
you
know.
A
lot
of
conversation
about
that,
and
I
look
forward
to
that
conversation-
is
the
right
conversation
to
have.
This
is
the
right
time
to
have
it,
and
so
let's
go
at
it.
Thank
you
very
very
and
I
look
forward
to
the
conversation.
K
K
AV
Say
I
just
want
to
also
note
that
we,
these
those
who
came
to
speak
to
us
today,
as
reverend
burgess
already
accurately
pointed
out
that
we
do
not
have
the
ability
to
simply
cut
the
police's
budget.
50
like
we
literally,
are
not
allowed
to
do
it,
but
the
other
thing
we
cannot
do
that
we
are
getting
continually
asked
to
do.
Is
tax
the
non-profit.
AV
The
city
of
pittsburgh
has
counseled
people
you're
not
legally
allowed
to
create
any
new
tax.
We
do
not
have
that
ability
that
ability
lies
in
harrisburg.
AV
They
have
to
give
us
the
right
to
be
able
to
do
that,
and
so
I
appreciate
everyone's
position
and
I
think
if
every
member
here
would
absolutely
tax
upmc,
if
we
could
every
member
here
would
absolutely
tax
the
major
nonprofits
it's
if
we
could,
but
we
simply
don't
have
that
ability,
and
so,
while
I
appreciate
all
the
speakers
all
46,
I
believe
it
was
who
came
to
speak
to
us
today
and
I
believe,
we'll
have
more.
I
just
think
they
should
realize
that
there
are
some
things
we
can
and
cannot
do
and
to
continue.
AV
E
Yes,
no,
I
just
really
wanted
to
echo
reverend
burgess's
thoughts
on
the
police
department
and
I'm
glad
to
hear
your
voice
for
that
they
are
one
of
the
finest
in
the
country.
I
don't
think
they
get
a
fair
shake
through.
You
know
the
protests
and
things
like
that.
So
so
I
just
wanted
to
back
that
up.
Thanks.
A
Okay-
and
with
that
said,
I'm
just
gonna
mention
I've
been
here
12
years
and
I
have
pocket
vetoed
one
or
two
bills,
but
no
more
than
that
then,
but
I
did
talk
to
members
ahead
of
time,
all
members,
so
that
you
knew
what
I
was
doing,
and
so
I
know
that
councilman
gross
is
very
diligent
when
she
shares
the
committee.
A
So
I
want
to
thank
her
for
that,
because
she's
also
caught
a
lot
of
things
that
we
need
to
catch,
but
I
do
think
that
this
is
something
that's
very
important
to
all
members
of
all
members
and
a
lot
of
different
districts.
So
I
will
talk
with
councilman
gross
after
this.
I
hope
that
it's
my
my
wish
that
you
would
put
it
forward.
Allow
us
to
have
this
conversation,
and
you
know
work
together
through
whatever
the
concerns
are
because
I
think,
there's
a
lot
of
concerns.
A
A
Why
not
you
know
additional
money
and
ura
there's
a
lot
of
questions,
but
there's
also
a
lot
of
excitement
around
it
in
my
district,
I
know
that
it's
going
to
cover
the
entire
corridor
of
short
chairs
avenue
and
I
only
have
one
majority
african-american
community,
that's
in
short-term
city
and
it's
going
to
begin
there,
but
it's
going
to
end
at
steuben
and
charters,
which
is
in
the
west
end
proper,
and
so
I
mean
there's
a
lot
of
people
that
they
want
to
know
because
it's
going
to
cover
crafton
heights,
elliott,
sheridan
charter
city,
wind
gap.
A
So
there's
a
lot
of
people
excited
and
wanting
to
know
more.
So
I
hope
that
we
have
that
conversation.
So
at
least
we
can
get
some
answers
for
our
constituents
as
well.
With
that
said,
can
I
have
a
motion
to
excuse
the
absent
members
approving
minutes
and
adjourn
the
meeting
so.