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A
All
right
good
morning,
my
name
is
anthony
coghill,
I'm
city
council
person
for
the
fourth
city
council
district,
also
chair
of
public
works,
and
that's
who
we
have
with
us
today.
We
also
have,
madam
president,
teresa
kill
smith
joining
us,
councilman
bobby
wilson,
and
I'm
not
sure
if
any
others
are
online
is
there.
How
would
I
tell
that?
No
one.
A
C
The
department
of
public
works
is
separated
into
few
four
separate
bureaus:
the
bureau
of
administration,
the
bureau
of
environmental
services,
bureau
of
operations
and
the
bureau
of
facilities.
The
budgetary
highlights
for
this
year,
total
budget
for
dpw
bureaus
is
63
million,
490
000,
it's
an
increase
of
4
million
or
7
percent.
C
The
department
of
public
works
generates
a
number
of
general
fund
revenues.
Some
of
these
revenues
have
been
transferred
to
dummy,
but
within
the
budget
document,
bpw
revenues
include
the
liquid
fuels.
Funds
budgeted
for
this
year
is
four
million.
Seventy
two
thousand
dollars.
I
think
there
may
be
an
error
in
the
budget.
It
said
the
budget
for
the
2021
was
six
million,
so
I
I
do
have
a
question
for
our
folks
on
that.
C
I
don't
know
if
dpw
can
answer
that
or
if
that's
more
of
an
o
and
b
question
salaries
and
benefits,
rad
reimbursement,
approximately
158
thousand
dollars
picnic
and
ball
field
revenue
generates
is,
is
supposed
to
generate
329
thousand
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
this
year
and
we'll
skip
the
miscellaneous
and
the
others
but
maintenance.
C
That's
that's
equalization
payment
for
the
city
county
buildings,
money
we
get
from
the
county.
Six
hundred
thousand
dollars
refuse
dumpster
fees.
Fifty
seven
thousand
dollars
demolition,
dumpster.
Twenty
five
thousand
commonwealth
recycling
grant
is
slated
to
be
a
revenue
of
315
000
this
year
and
then,
of
course,
the
town
of
wilkinsburg.
C
We
have
a
trash
collection
agreement
with
them
that
will
generate
approximately
961
thousand
dollars
this
year
and
that's
contractual
we'll
start
off
with
the
next
page,
we'll
go
to
the
bureau
of
administration,
total
budget,
1.4
million
dollars,
increase
of
320
000
dollars
or
28
percent
total
full-time
position.
17
the
same
as
amended
in
the
2021
budget
position
and
salary
changes
include
operations
coordinator
was
eliminated.
C
A
secretary
was
eliminated,
communications,
specialist,
transferred
from
facilities,
55
000,
constituent
service
coordinator,
transferred
from
city
planning,
52
thousand
dollars,
non-salary
subclasses
increased
by
a
combination
of
eighty
six
hundred
dollars.
Some
travel
was
in
training.
Workforce
training
was
restored
to
six
thousand
dollars
office
supplies
increase
by
twenty
six
hundred
dollars
as
anticipated
in
the
2021
five-year
plan,
and
that's
a
bureau
of
administrations.
C
The
if
you
turn
to
the
next
page,
you'll
get
to
the
bureau
of
operations
where
a
lot
of
the
work
in
the
communities
takes
place.
Total
budgets,
22
million
nine
hundred
ninety
five
thousand,
approximately
23
million
dollars,
there's
an
increase
of
1.174
million
next
year.
5.4
percent
total
full-time
positions
are
263..
C
That's
a
decrease
of
5.
position.
Changes
highlights
include
administrator
to
permit
administrator
two
permits
eliminated
form.
An
increase
from
14
to
15
tree
pruners
increased
from
eight
to
ten
one
of
four
skilled
laborers
has
been
eliminated.
Salary
changes
include
superintendence
increase
from
29
f
to
31
e.
That's
a
6800
total
increase.
C
Six
maintenance
supervisors
increased
from
25e
to
2070
five
hundred
dollar
total
increase,
one
maintenance
supervisor
increased
from
26
g
to
29
e.
A
thirty
three
hundred
dollar
increase
forester
was
also
increased
from
26
f
to
a
29
e
or
6
800
increase
positions
transferred
elsewhere
include
survey
party
chief
assistant
land
survey,
rod,
specialist,
transferred
to
domey
operations
manager
transferred
to
the
parks,
trust
fund.
Three
general
laborers
transferred
to
dpw
facilities.
C
Non-Salary
subclasses
changed
across
seven
lines
for
a
total
increase
of
sixty
four
thousand
dollars.
The
big
one
here
is
big
ones
here
are
cleaning
was
increased
by
three
hundred
and
seven
thousand
dollars
and
landscaping
was
increased
by
three
hundred
thousand
dollars.
Also,
machinery
and
cr
equipment
increased
by
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
parks,
maintenance
equipment
still
less
than
the
pre-pandemic
is
245
thousand
dollars.
C
The
total
budget
for
the
bureau
of
environmental
services,
17
million
674
thousand
dollars
a
decrease
of
nine
thousand
dollars,
total
full-time
positions
are
a
hundred
and
eighty
there
is
an
increase
of
one
salary
and
position.
Changes
include
project
coordinator
added
to
fifty
seven
thousand
dollars.
Additional
anti-litter
inspector
was
added
at
52
680
existing
anti-litter
specialist
promoted
to
an
anti-litter
inspector
13
553
increase
recycling
supervisor
was
increased
from
an
18
g
to
a
25
e.
That's
also
a
13
500
increase
superintendent
and
two
refuse
collection
supervisors.
Both.
C
Increased
by
2
720
dollars,
program
supervisor
increased
by
one
pay
rate
or
twenty
seven
hundred
dollars.
There's
no
changes
to
number
of
drivers.
Fifty
co-drivers,
seventy-six
or
loaders
there's
twenty-four
non-salary
subclasses
changed
across
five
different
line
items
for
a
total
decrease
of
five
hundred
thousand
dollars.
C
Disposal
refuse
decreased
by
close
to
five
hundred
thousand
prevention
thousand
dollars
moved
to
roll
roll-off
boxes,
maintenance
reduced
by
fifteen
thousand
dollars
and
operation
supplies
were
increased
by
eleven
thousand
seven
hundred.
Eighty
four
dollars
environmental
services
trust
fund
is
under
the
department
of
environmental
services.
That's
the
solid
waste
trust
fund
project.
Beginning
balance
was
842
dollars
similar
last
year,
but
down
250
000
from
2018.
C
Seeing
changes
there
next
we'll
skip
off
to
the
department
and
bureau
of
facilities
within
the
department
of
public
works.
C
The
total
budget
for
bureau
facilities
is
21
million,
348
000,
it's
an
increase
of
2.6
million
or
14
percent.
Total
full-time
positions
are
89.
It's
a
decrease
of
one
position.
C
Changes
of
note
senior
project
manager
has
been
downgraded
to
an
associate
project
manager,
27
000
savings,
one
of
two
construction:
four
men
were
eliminated
at
sixty
seven
thousand
dollars
savings
program
coordinator,
three
eliminated
fifty
seven
thousand
dollars
and
two
cement
finishers
were
added
at
fifty
four
thousand
dollars.
Each
one
truck
driver
was
also
added
salary
changes,
superintendent,
increased
from
twenty
ninety
to
thirty
one
e.
Sixty
nine
hundred
dollar
total
increase
construction
supervisor
was
increased
from
the
25
g
to
a
29
a
year.
C
Non-Salary
subclasses
changed
across
10
line
items
for
a
total
increase
of
1.7
million
dollars.
The
big
ones
here
landed
buildings
were
increased
by
496
thousand
dollars,
maintenance
increased
by
three
hundred
thirty
four
thousand
dollars.
These
increases
were
previously
scheduled
to
happen.
The
arp
restoration
did
not
happen
until
half
of
the
construction
season
was
have
completed.
The
2022
budget
reflects
the
ongoing
cost
of
maintenance.
C
Water
is
increased
by
500
000,
as
anticipated
in
the
2021
five-year
plan.
Puc
and
pwsa
we're
going
to
see
another
half.
A
million
dollar
increase
in
2023
from
the
pwsa
as
we
begin
to
the
municipality
begins
to
pay
for
its
water
electric
also
increased
by
297
thousand
dollars,
as
also
as
anticipated
in
2021
five-year
plan
materials,
increased
105
000
for
interior
renovations
of
building,
as
also
anticipated
in
the
plan
bureau
facilities
has
no
trust
funds.
C
C
I
think
I
covered
all
the
departments
yes,
and
on
the
back
we
have
the
different
trust
funds
that
will
also
be
listed
in
the
budget.
The
regional
asset
district
trust
fund,
the
a-rad
public
works.
Trust
fund
projected
beginning
balances,
770
thousand
dollars
anticipated
revenue
in
2022
is
5.1
million
the
same
as
2021.
C
and
that
a
increase
of
three
positions
within
the
trust
fund.
Two
tractor
operators
were
added,
two
laborers
were
added
and
one
skilled
laborer
was
eliminated.
The
parks.
Excuse
me,
the
a
red
trust
fund
fund.
68
positions
that
are
dedicated
towards
park
maintenance
within
our
regional
parks,
public
works.
Trust
fund
is
another
one.
The
projected
beginning
balance:
1.5
million
dollars
anticipated
2022
revenue
is
one
million
dollars
same
as
prior
years.
C
Jade
tree
trust
fund
projected
beginning
balance,
374
000
and
anticipated
another
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
revenue
coming
up,
wayfinders
trust
fund.
That's
the
signage
trust
fund
for
the
signs
around
the
city
projected
balances
three
hundred
and
ten
thousand
dollars
liquid
fuels.
Trust
fund
projected
beginning
balance.
Ten
thousand
dollars
anticipated
revenue,
which
I'm
gonna
question
again:
2022
of
8
million
a
project
increase
a
projected
increase,
117
000
korean
war
veterans.
Memorial
current
balance
is
negative.
C
We
also
have
the
open
space
trust
fund,
which
is
actually
overseen
by
city
planning,
but
which
the
dpw
may
utilize.
There's
a
91,
000
balance,
south
side
park
and
enhancement
district
there's
another
one
overseen
by
a
different
department,
which
is
public
safety
that
can
also
be
utilized
by
public
works.
There's
a
fifteen
thousand
dollar
balance
and
with
that
well
we're
going
to
talk
about
the
parks
tax
trust
fund
this
afternoon,
which
is
a
new
trust
fund.
C
We
also
have
a
couple
other
pieces
of
legislation
which
will
modify
the
ppc
pittsburgh
parks,
conservancy
agreement,
which
was
introduced,
and
we
also
have
another
piece
of
legislation
amending
the
that's
gonna
be
finalized
amending
the
parks
tax
trust
fund
for
this
afternoon,
and
with
that,
I'm
I'm
done.
The
only
thing
I'd
like
to
comment
is
marcel
newman's
on
the
line
I
just
wanted
to
mention
former
city
council
budget
office
employee,
so
that's
optimal.
A
Always
loyal
to
your
team,
that's
that's!
A
nice
feature,
good
quality,
so
I
just
wanted
for
the
record
to
note.
Councilwoman
strasberger
has
joined
us
to
continue
her
excellent
attendance
throughout
the
budget
hearings
and
I
don't
think
I
see
anybody
else,
but
so
so
I
will
turn
it
over
to
director
hornstein
for
a
quick
preview
and
then
we'll
open
it
up
for
questions
to
you,
director.
D
Thank
you,
council
person,
thanks
everybody
for
for
having
us
before
I
kind
of
begin
and
give
our
overview
of
2021
and
our
preview
of
2022.
I
was
just
bill
to
your
question
on
the
liquid
fuels
trust
fund,
because
I
know
it's
a
conversation
that
my
financial
supervisor
dave,
osterman
and
I've
had
dave.
I
want
to
invite
you
to
speak
to
the
liquid
fuels,
trust
fund
revenue,
source.
E
E
The
the
revenue
number
and
the
expenditure
number
as
listed
in
the
actual
trust
fund
expenditure
page
should
match
and
they
do
not.
The
expenditure
page
lists
the
four
million
and
seventy
two
thousand
five
hundred
dollars,
which
is
the
salary
reimbursement
for
eligible
positions
to
the
general
fund.
And
if
you
look
at
prior
years
and
the
future
years
as
budgeted,
it
is
that
four
million
dollar
number,
not
the
six
million
dollar
number.
D
So
I
I
wanted
to
quickly
do
this
in
in
2021
review
and
in
2022,
and
you
know,
my
theme
for
today
is
really
it's
it's
about
people
and
you're,
going
to
see
that
in
the
budget,
because
it
you
know,
I
think,
as
you're
all
aware,
it
kind
of
takes
a
city
to
take
care
of
us
and
so
to
kind
of
go
back
in
time
a
little
bit.
You
know
when
the
arp
funds
became
available
to
us.
D
One
thing
it
did
was
it
allowed
us
to
restore
these
positions
that
were
cut
due
to
covid
19
budget
restrictions
so
extremely
useful
for
us,
but
also
you
know
that
kind
of
gave
us
a
mid-year
opportunity
to
make
some
position
changes
and
some
hires
that
you
know,
I
believe,
are
going
to
help
us
in
the
future.
So
a
lot
of
what
you're
seeing
here
are
some
people
moving
around.
It
is
not
done
for
show
it
is
done
with
kind
of
thought
and
intent.
I'm
happy
to
answer
questions
on
that,
because.
G
D
We
found
out
going
going
through
the
year.
You
know
there
were
some
things
that
some
successes
that
we
had
that
kind
of
informed
us
a
bit
as
we
went
through
the
normal
budget
process,
and
I
want
to
highlight
some
of
those
kind
of
successes
now.
You
know
we
had
some
really
great
litter
enforcement
success
stories
this
year.
You
know
we
finalized
what
we
call
our
goals
on
litter
and
dumping
plan
on
through
environmental
services.
D
You
know
that
enforcement's
beginning
to
reap
benefits,
so
we
you
know
have
found
a
way
to
you
know,
create
a
position
to
help
us
with
that
enforcement
in
the
future.
Additionally,
we've
had
some
really
really
big
volunteer
efforts.
This
year,
our
garbage
olympics
was
highly
successful.
E
A
D
Know
well
over
a
thousand
volunteers
this
year
so
far,
and
you
know
well
over
three
thousand
hours
of
community
service
which
I'll
strictly
offer
involve
volunteers.
These
are
on
numerous
cleanup
and
care
activities
throughout
the
city,
whether
it's
cleaning
up
a
neighborhood,
whether
it's
you
know
doing
work
in
a
city
park.
What
have
you
so?
D
D
You
know
we're
already
seeing
like
almost
an
11
pound
increase
in
in
recycled
materials,
so
those
are
things
that
we're
we're
continuing
forward
as
long
as
with
our
our
basic
core
services,
where
we're
performing
maintenance
we're
performing
cleanup
and
we're
performing,
you
know
our
construction
activities,
I'm
happy
to
speak
on
the
details
of
all
of
those,
but
really
it
comes
down
to
about
the
people.
D
So
again,
as
I
mentioned,
those
are
those
are
some
of
the
position
hires
and
changes
that
we
did
to
kind
of
move
some
folks
around
and
to
create
some
more
opportunities
where
we
can
augment
positions
you're,
seeing
that
with
the
increase
in
tree
pruners
the
increase
in
cement
finishers.
That
will
allow
us
to
do
more
of
those
types
of
activities
which
you
know
really
are
kind
of
critical.
I
think
in
the
overall
scheme
of
what
we
do
in
public
works,
so
that's
kind
of
2021
in.
D
I
want
to
really
thank
council
for
their
support
in
that
arp
budgeting
process.
It
was
really
kind
of
critical
us
to
make
these
kind
of
little
changes
kind
of
on
the
periphery,
as
we
kind
of
make
more
improvements
in
coming
up
in
2022.
So
some
of
those
things
are,
you
know
we're
always
looking
for
incremental
improvements
to
our
service
delivery
across
the
board,
whether
that's
in
operations,
whether
that's
environmental
services,
whether
it's
in
facilities.
D
Doing
that,
with
with
informed
data
and
staff
input,
so
you
know
the
litter
can
collection.
Sensing
software
has
been
really
useful
for
us.
We
did
have
some
problems
with
collection
this
summer,
strictly
staff
related,
but
the
data
actually
was
super
helpful
in
us
to
kind
of
solve
that
problem,
both
temporarily
and
then
work
with
our
staff
internally
to
figure
out
how
we're
going
to
accomplish
this
going
forward
in
the
future.
D
You
know
we
still
that's
just
one
example
of
how
we
would
use
data
and
staff
input
to
kind
of
like
make
an
incremental
improvement
to
that
service
to
the
benefit
of
citizens,
so
our
staff
development
program
we're
going
to
implement
next
year.
The
staff
development
program
is,
I
think,
one
of
the
really
critical
internal
things
that
we
can
do
for
our
folks.
We.
E
D
A
lot
of
really
great
people
in
the
department
of
public
works,
it's
a
great
place
to
work,
and
we
really
felt
you
know
after
meeting
with
staff,
and
after
talking
with
folks,
we
really
wanted
to
create
opportunities
for
career
paths
for
folks
to
advance
if
they
so
desire
and
that's
across
the
board.
That's
if
you're
a
loader
if
you're
a
laborer.
We
want
this
resource
available
to
you,
so
that
you
know
on
the
things
and
steps
that
you
can
do.
D
D
And
with
that
I
mean
that's
my
kind
of
very
council
person,
that's
my
very
simple
presentation,
so
I
am
more
than
happy
to
kind
of
open
it
up
to
questions
from
from
our
members
here
today.
A
A
We
meet
every
other
week,
so
I'm
always
fully
in
tune
as
to
where
things
are
in
the
department,
and
I
want
to
thank
you
for
that,
and
that
being
said,
you
know
when
director
gable
left
us
in
the
middle
of
winter.
Last
year
I
will
say
I
was
very
nervous
and
you
know
thinking.
Oh
my
goodness,
you
know
we're
in
the
middle
of
this
crisis
is
plowing
and
everything
going
on
in
the
district.
A
But
I
wanted
to
say
to
your
credit
director
hornstein
you
stepped
in,
I
feel
like
we
did
not
miss
a
beat,
and
you
know
you've
been
everything
that
I
would
have
hoped
for
out
of
a
director,
especially
one
coming
in
the
middle
of
the
storms
that
we
were
going
through
there
and
I'll
comment
a
little
bit
more
on
that
later,
and
I
also
just
wanted
to
note
marcel
and
your
team
have
been
fantastic,
so
I
rely
heavily
on
public
works
in
my
district,
maybe
because
of
the
hills
a
lot
of
different
reasons,
but
but
no,
I
just
wanted
to
compliment
you
for
the
job
that
you've
done
stepping
in
for
director
gable
and
let
everybody
know
you've
got
my
complete
confidence
in
what
you
do
so
with
that
I'll
open
it
up.
A
We
can
start
with.
Madam
president,
thank
you.
D
B
I
also
want
to
thank
you
for
the
work
and
for
that
you've
done
stepping
up
to
the
plate
when
we
needed
somebody
to
to
step
in,
and
I
also
want
to
point
out
that
when
you
first
came
on
board,
there
was
a
lot
of
disgruntled
employees
and
the
workforce
was
really
feeling
the
brunt
of
some
discipline
and
maybe
some
over
discipline
and
and
some
some
things
not
having
the
resources.
B
You
want
the
job
to
be
done,
but
you
also
want
to
give
them
the
tools
necessary
and
you
want
to
give
them
the
benefit
of
doubt
when
necessary
or
when
possible,
and
that
you
really
want
to
be
fair.
So
I
they
told
me
that
they
really
have
a
lot
of
respect
for
you.
So
I
just
want
to
make
sure
you
realize
that
they
are
saying
that
about
you
and
so
whatever
you
did
that
day,
I
don't
know
what
you
said
that
made
it
change
or
or
what
was
done.
B
It
made
a
lot
of
impact
to
the
employees.
So
I
just
want
to
thank
you
for
that,
because
our
employees
mean
a
lot
to
us.
We
want
to
see
them
happy.
The
residents
want
to
see
them
happy
if
they're
not
happy
the
work's,
not
getting
done.
That's
I
mean
I
think,
we've
learned
that
lesson.
If
they're
not
happy
they're
not
doing
the
things
that
they
they're
not
going
to
go
above
and
beyond
they're
going
to
do
what
they
have
to
do
and
go
home,
but
with
you
there
they
they
feel
valued.
B
So
thank
you
very
much
for
that,
and
I
also
want
to
acknowledge
that
marcel
newman,
I'm
going
to
say
this.
Both
you
and
the
assistant
director
live
in
banksville,
so
you
live
in
district
two.
So
I'm
really
grateful
for
you're
moving
into
district
two
and
from
ourselves
staying
in
district
two,
but
I'm
grateful
that
the
administration
appointed
somebody
that's
familiar
with
our
side
of
town.
As
you
know,
we
have
some
some
issues
over
there
as
well.
B
We
border
councilman
coghill's
district
and
we
have
some
of
the
similar
challenges,
especially
with
you
know
the
snow,
removal
and
things
like
that.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
for
for
your
work
there,
but
I
do
have
some
questions
and-
and
I
and
I-
and
I
know
that
this
is
a
really
difficult
time
for
everybody.
B
I
want
to
acknowledge
that,
even
though
there
are
a
lot
of
people
excited
for
transition,
there's
a
lot
of
people
sitting
here,
waiting
to
see
what
happens
with
their
jobs,
and
so
I
want
to
acknowledge
that
as
you're
anxiously
awaiting
to
see
what
happens,
you're
also
doing
the
work.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
for
staying
focused
on
what
needs
to
be
done
for
the
city
of
pittsburgh
and
I
think
whatever
the
future
holds,
I'm
sure
you're
going
to
be
fine
or
some
part
of
dpw
in
some
some
some
fashion.
B
But
I
I
notice
that
there's
an
increase
in
the
wilkinsburg
trash
collection.
Could
you
talk
about
that
for
a
second.
D
Absolutely
the
wilkinsburg
trash
collection.
B
We're
making
more
I
apologize,
I
apologize.
I
thought
it
said
there
was
an
increase
thanks
bobby
for
that
one
never
mind.
Councilman
wilson
clarified
that
for
me,
but
could
you
talk
about
that
at
all
how
that's
going
with
wilkinsburg.
D
It's
going,
okay,
you
know,
there's
some
minor
challenges
on
the
periphery,
mostly
just
getting
some
clarification
from
the
wilkinsburg
borough,
where
there
might
be
discrepancies
where
citizens
in
williamsburg
think
that
their
trash
should
be
collected
and
there's
discrepancies
between
how
the
borough
is
classifying
it.
The
land
versus
the.
D
County,
I'm
not
sure
why
or
how
that
happened,
but
you
know
we're
working
diligently
with
them
to
kind
of
get
that
cleared
up.
It
is
a
point
of
concern
for
us,
but.
B
Okay,
thank
you
and,
and
the
changes
in
environmental
services
with
the
anti-litter
is
is,
do
you
know
if
missy
is
still
here,
missy
rosenthal,
that's
true.
D
B
B
She
did
a
great
job
building
that
program
up
and
I
want
to
make
sure
she's
you
know
valued
and
for
all
the
work
that
she's
done.
She's
done
a
lot
to
help
bring
even
awareness
to
the
end.
She
started
the
whole
entire
litter
campaign
with
us.
She
was
one
of
the
first
people
on
board
and
I
wrote
that
legislation
years
ago,
but
I
do
want
to
say
that
your
whole
team
is
just
they're
just
really
great
in
that
department.
B
I
think
that
they
had
more
resources
and
they
would
do
so
much
more,
but
I
did
notice
also
the
composition
for
constituent
services
coordinator
transferred
from
from
city
planning.
Could
you
explain
what
their
responsibilities
it's
I
mean
it
seems,
cut
and
dry
that
somebody's
going
to
take
the
calls
for
dpw
is
that
what
they're
going
to
do.
D
Well
that
person,
you
know
that
person
was
already
coordinating
city
cuts
and
they
were
coordinating
snow
angels,
and
so
you
know
we
felt
in
working
with
the
administration,
the
budget
office
in
city
planning
that
really
some
of
those
things
where
they
take
those
calls,
and
they
do
a
lot
of
those
coordination
that
will
continue
here,
but
it
also
creates
this
opportunity
to
work
with
some
of
our
other
constituent
volunteer.
A
D
As
well,
where
we
can
really
kind
of
coordinate
this
activity,
whether
it's
in
you
know
with
some
of
our
litter
collection
and
cleanup
activities,.
D
Of
aligning
that
resource
with
more
of
what
we
do.
B
Okay
and
then
just
to
know,
what's
going
on
with
the
city
cut
crews,
we
were
talking
about
increasing
them
and
they're
the
crew
that
will
go
on
to
private
property
and
cut
the
grass
and
the
weeds
and
and
board
up
the
property,
and
I
know
we
talked
about
increasing
them,
because
we
had
such
a
backlog
of
calls
for
for
that
service
to
be
done
across
pittsburgh.
Do
you
have
any
update
on
that.
D
I'm
going
to
ask
marcel,
I
know,
she's
been
working
with
giselle
and
kind
of
getting
up
to
speed
with
that
I
did
more.
So
I
didn't
know
if
you
had
anything,
you
wanted
to
add.
F
Hi
good
morning,
yes,
so,
as
you
know,
that
program
was
cut
this
year
because
of
obviously
sunday,
but
we
plan
on
implementing
it
again
next
year,
so
we're
getting
a
list
of
contractors
prepared
for
next
year
for
yeah,
obviously
coming
up
in
the
spring
of
2022..
F
Okay.
So
you
know
I
just
kind
of
want
to
go
back
a
little
bit
and
let
you
know
that
both
chris
and
missy
report
to
me
they're,
both
at
the
same
level
so
they're
not
over
each
other.
F
F
B
Safety,
she's
really
good
at
that
stuff
I
mean
I
never
saw
him
get
so
excited
about
litter,
but
she
is
she's
really
good
about,
but
I-
and
I
also
know
that
she's
a
woman
in
a
predominantly
male
department
and
as
you
are-
and
so
I'd
like
to
make
sure
that,
just
as
I
want
I'd
want
you
to
be
so
I
just
I'm
I'm
just
cur.
I
just
would
like
to
see
that
that
effort
grow,
but
I'm
just
curious.
B
I
think
we
did
when
I
was
first
here
that
was
done
in
how
some
of
the
demos
were
in-house
and
I
think
it
was
under
dpw
and
I'm
thinking
that
if
we
had
that
here
it
would
be
less
costly
and
more
readily
available
for
the
community.
So
we
need
to
have
a
house
for
property
demolished.
B
Do
we
have
any
interest
in
looking
into
that?
Any
idea?
If
you
know
what
that
cost
would
be
for
us
to
have
something
like
that.
D
No,
that's
not
something
that
I've
yet
contemplated,
and
certainly
it's
something
where
I
would
want
to
coordinate
very
closely
with
department
of
permits
license
inspections
on
that.
D
Aspect
I
mean
so
much
of
that
is
kind
of
circumstantial
in
terms
of
you
know
what
you're
walking
into
where
a
property
needs
to
be
demolished.
How
close
it
is
to
another
property.
I
mean,
there's
a
load
of
factors
that
we
would
want
to
consider,
so
that
if
we
were
going
to
take
on
that
activity
in-house
that
we
would
do
it
safely
and
safely
for
the
public
and
also
safely
for
our
workforce.
So
it's
something
that
I
would
want
to
talk
with
them
in
depth
about
it's,
certainly
something
we
can
explore.
B
I'd
like
to
see
us
look
into
that,
not
just
the
demo,
but
even
the
whole
coordination
of
services
between
renovating
homes,
demoing
homes,
helping
people
get
into
homeownership.
I'd
just
like
to
see
us
do
a
better
effort
in
terms
of
housing
in
general
and
all
the
collective
efforts
working
for
the
betterment
of
the
city.
That's
all,
but
I
do
want
to
thank
you
for
all
the
work
I
want
to
thank
the
whole
department.
Our
fifth
division
is
amazing.
B
Everybody
knows
they're,
amazing,
there's
some
guys
there
that
would
like
to
be
considered
performance
positions.
We've
talked
about
that
before,
but
I
do
want
to
thank
them
overall,
because
I
think
that
they
do
an
amazing
job
for
a
huge
district.
They
cover
my
district
and
councilman
coghill's
district,
and
I
think
mine
is
the
largest
district
in
terms
of
knowledge,
geographic
mileage.
So,
if
they're
covering
that
and
your
district
and
beyond,
I
just
I
think
that
they
do
an
amazing
job
and
I
want
to
acknowledge
the
the
crews
at
the
fifth
division.
A
You,
madam
president,
I
guess
I
let
the
records
show,
we
were
joined
by
councilwoman
deb
gross,
and
she
also
continues
her
excellent
attendance
throughout
the
budget
hearings
and-
and
I
guess
we'll
go
to
either.
Let's
go
to
councilman
wilson.
A
G
I
just
want
to
take
a
second
here
before
I
start
asking
some
questions
to
to
complement
the
director
for
everything
that
we
work
on
together
do
a
great
job
on
taking
care
of
the
the
law.
You
know
the
larger
services
that
we
provide
to
the
public,
but
there's
a
lot
of
you
know
they
may
be
little
little
small
projects.
For
instance,
you
know
fixing
up
a
memorial
getting
getting
the
the
brick
layers
to
or
the
mason
the
mason
people
to
you
know
fix
up
a
memorial.
G
It
means
you
know
the
world
to
the
community.
So
I
really
appreciate
everything
you
do
to
make
those
those
those
improvements.
G
C
Between
the
parks,
trust
fund
and
park,
specifically,
I've
asked
the
the
director
to
be
available
okay
good
afternoon,
for
that
it
does
we'll
see
you
again
yeah,
it
doesn't
preclude
you
from
asking
those
asking
a
question.
I.
G
Just
want
to
know,
because
I
was
all
right
well
I'll-
save
some
of
those
part
questions
for
later,
so
there
I'm.
I
continue
to
see,
and
you
know
forgive
us
if
you
don't
see
this
on
your
end
director,
because
I'm
looking
at
sheets
that
the
director
urbanic
provides
for
us
that
he
initially
went
over.
But
you
know
I
see
like
a
decrease
of
five
and
bureau
of
operations,
only
an
increase
of
one
degree
decrease
of
one
and
bureau
facilities.
D
We
did
so
when
we
did
the
amended
budget
in
the
middle
of
the
year,
that
created
those
positions
and
that
funding
became
available
in
august
and
so
that
hiring
process
happened.
So
this
2022
budget
highlights
that
you
know
that
that
bill
urbanic
has
prepared
for
you
all,
I
kind
of
already
kind
of
incorporated
that
those
changes
into
it.
D
So
when
you
see
some
of
those
decrease
in
five,
I
would
also
point
out
that
some
of
that
is
positions
that
were
both
transferred
to
the
parks,
tax
and
also
retitled,
and
some
of
us
just
shifting
things
around,
and
so
really
I
don't
see
it
as
a,
although
we
see
like
might
be
looking
at
it
as
a
decrease.
It's
really,
you
might
see
those
increases
elsewhere
or
in
the
park
sex
itself.
G
G
Let
me
go
to
this.
We
recently
all
got
an
email
asking
about
maintaining
sidewalks
and
bike
lanes
and,
and
you
know,
other
options
for
mobility
other
than
vehicle
traffic.
I
just
want
to
ask
that
question
here
on,
because
last
year
I
saw
you
know
a
lot
of
posts
once
it
snowed.
G
D
D
We
do
actually
have
the
equipment
what
I've
yet
to
see
or
yet
have
incorporated
into
our
plan
and
we're
continuing
to
work
with
mobility
and
infrastructure
and.
H
D
On
this
is
just
the
classification
and
the
help
of
prioritizing
how
that
work
needs
to
be
accomplished.
That's
really,
you
know
where
we
are
in
that
process.
It's
certainly
something
that
we're
aware
of.
It's
certainly
something
that
we're
hoping
to
activate
this
year.
I've
cert
I've
received
the
same
numerous
emails
from
everyone,
so
we
are,
we
are
working
through
that
now
do
I
need
additional
equipment.
D
I
don't
yet
know
I
need
to
get
into
the
details
and
see
exactly
and
that's
where
we
need
a
little
bit
of
more
data
and
a
little
bit
more
responsiveness
from
our
on
that
on
that
front.
But
I
feel
like
it's
a
place
where
we
can
get.
G
Okay
yeah,
it
sounds
like
it's
sticking,
the
bridge
sidewalks
and
also
the
the
protected
bike
lanes.
So
do
we
have
the
like?
I
guess
it's
a
I've,
seen
the
county's
equipment
on
their
bridges
and
it's
like
a
big
brush.
They
just
kind
of
oh.
D
We
have
that
we
have.
We
have
that
in
a
lot
of
places.
We
have
that
piece
of
equipment
with
attachments
that
we
utilize
on
our
routes,
that
we
already
have
established
that
are
steps,
bridges
and
sidewalks
that
the
city
maintains.
So
you
know
it's
kind
of
working
through
the
prioritization
of
it.
That,
I
think,
will
be
the
next
critical
step.
G
Okay,
see
the
only
other.
I
have
a
lot
of
questions
about
a
a
new
facility
that
we're
looking
to
build,
but
I
will,
I
think,
we're
gonna
work
through
that.
I
have
a
lot
of
community
input
on
that.
G
All
right
all
right,
well,
thank
you
director
and
thank
you,
mr
chair.
A
Thank
you,
councilman
yeah,
a
lot
of
moving
parts
with
public
works.
You
know
whether
it's
building
new,
you
know
everything
that
goes
with
it.
So
I
guess
councilwoman
strasberger.
You
have
questions
for
for
the
director.
H
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
thank
you
to
acting
director,
hornstein
deputy
director
newman
and
everyone
from
from
department
of
public
works
for
being
here
today.
H
You
know
when
people
think
about
just
the
city
running,
you
know,
oh,
they
picked
up
our
our
refuse
or
they
picked
up
a
recycling
or
they
swept
the.
You
know
the
path
in
the
park
or
they
built
this.
That's
that's
the
hard-working
people
in
your
department.
I
mean
they're,
just
there's,
there's
so
much
that
you
do
and
there's
so
much
that
encompasses
encompassed
by
department
of
public
works.
I
just
want
to
give
a
big
thank
you
to
you
and
your
hard-working
team.
For
all
that
you
do.
H
I
unfortunately
had
to
step
out
to
attend
a
different
hearing,
so
I
missed
a
lot
of
your
presentation
and
be
happy
to
catch
up
more
afterwards
as
well,
but
kind
of
two
two
smaller
points
which
I
know
is
not
going
to
be
the
bulk
of
what
you're
focusing
on
and
that's,
okay,
but
just
wanted
to
use
this
opportunity
to
bring
it
up-
one
I
guess
small,
but
but
important.
Nonetheless,
one
is,
you
know,
I
know
as
we
see,
and
we
have
a
lot
of
different
departments
focused
on
this.
H
As
we
see
climate
change,
increasing
the
severity
of
storms,
rainfall
right,
we
have
pwsa
thinking
about
this.
We
have
we
have
our
depart
our
office
of
sustainability
and
resilience.
Thinking
about
this-
and
you
know
I'm
sure,
you're
thinking
about
this
right-
I
we
saw
record
numbers
of
trees
falling
down
because
of
severe
storms
that
took
everyone
off
of
what
they
were
normally
doing
in
normal
services
and
all
hands
on
deck
to
to
remove
the
dangerous
fallen
trees
to
get
the
electricity
lines
back
up.
H
I
H
D
Oh,
absolutely
absolutely
I
mean
I
think,
there's
we
definitely
have
been,
and
we
do
you
know
broach
those
topics
with
you
know
the
sustainability
resiliency
team,
as
well
as
just
the
department
of
city
planning
in
general,
where
and
and
the
pwsa
and
what
I,
what
I
really
think
is
it's
kind
of
a
it's
kind
of
a
three.
D
I
think
it's
a
three-fold
approach
for
us
one
is,
you
know
just
anything
that
we
can
do
to
improve
coordination
and
data
sharing
between
ourselves
and
our
partner
organizations
like
pwsa
in
terms
of
you
know
those
maintenance
activities.
D
You
know
how
do
we
step
in
and
help
when
someone
else
can
and
how
can
somebody
else
step
in
and
help
when
when
we
can,
and
so
we
meet
regularly
with
them?
We
we
approach
those
topics,
some
of
that's
going
to
be
sharing
data,
some
of
that's
just
kind
of
getting
it
into
the
regular
workflow.
D
I
think
that's
that's
part
of
it.
I
think
part
of
it
is
responsiveness
and
developing
that
capability
and
staff.
One
of
the
things
I
was
hugely
proud
of,
as
you
mentioned,
you
know
the
summer
storms
we
had
those
large
tree
files.
You
know
our
response
to
that
initial
event
was
just
unbelievable.
From
my
perspective,
it's
one
of
the
things
that
I
was
proud
of,
but
what.
D
Is
that
you
know
we
can
always
do
a
little
bit
better
and
you
know
we
have
worked
and
partnered
with
public
safety
to
just
you
know,
have
that
kind
of
emergency
response.
Protocol
chief
jones
has
kind
of
led
those
classes
for
us
and
developing
that
capability
within
our
leadership.
So
we're
thankful
to
public
safety.
D
We're
thankful
for
the
bureau
of
fire
for
kind
of
you
know,
sharing
their
knowledge
base
with
us,
and
I
think
that's
going
to
continue
to
be
important
right
where
we,
where
we
can
utilize
technology
to
help
us
coordinate
better
where
we
can
develop
that
skill
set
within
the
staff
that
come
up
that
want
to
improve
that.
D
You
know
want
to
advance
in
their
careers
that
we
can
keep
that
as
a
point
of
emphasis-
and
I
think
the
third
piece
is,
you
know,
being
smart
as
much
as
we
can
on
infrastructure,
whether
that's
we're
coordinating
with
pwsa
on
stormwater
improvements,
whether
it
be
bioretention
areas
ms4.
So
it's
kind
of
a
threefold
impact.
I
A
Absolutely
I
believe
we
only
have
one
more
online
and
that
would
be
councilwoman
sure
and
take
it
away.
Councilwoman
gross.
I
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
Thank
you
everybody
for
being
here
and,
of
course,.
D
I
That
you
do
there's
as
we've
all
been
saying,
there's
so
many
different
parts
of
residents
lives
that
you
touch.
I've
got
a
list
of
things
in
front
of
me
and
I'm
gonna,
you
know
veer
over,
even
though
it
was
separated
out
here
when
we
really
looked
at
budget
impact.
I
Most
of
the
budget,
around
parks
is
actually
dpw
budget.
So
you
know
both
you've
got
a
large
capital
budget
for
parks
and
you've
got
the
staffing
for
parks,
maintenance
and
every
year
we
kind
of
have
to
refresh
ourselves
and
the
public
about
this.
That
parks
and
rec
still
is
mostly
the
personnel.
I
Are
outwardly
facing
the
person
who
checks
your
pool
tag,
the
person
who
tells
you
you
know
rents
you
your
ice
skates,
the
person
that
is
at
working
at
the
senior
center,
if
you
visit,
whereas
dpw,
is
all
of
parks,
maintenance
and
infrastructure.
I
So
I'm
not
gonna,
wait,
probably,
but.
I
The
areas
that
other
members
have
talked
about,
I'm
really
happy
to
see
a
few
extra
positions
in
forestry.
I
think
it's
a
good
follow-up
to
councilman
strasberger's
comment.
I
have
some
constituents
who've
been
waiting
a
very,
very
long
time
for
maintenance
on
their
historic,
mature,
beautiful
large
street
trees
that
are
healthy
but
really
need
some
maintenance
because
they
drop
very
large
limbs
right,
but
we
don't
want
to
lose
the
tree.
But
can
you
speak
a
little
bit
about
those
changes,
the
the
changes
in
the
budget
and
how
it
might
impact
that
service.
D
Oh
absolutely,
I
think
it
will
have
a
tremendous
impact
on
those
on
those
service.
You
know
some
of
that's
equipment
related,
so
we're
working
on.
D
You
know
augmenting
and
modernizing
that
equipment
too,
but
you
know
the
additional
positions
if
it
just
became
abundantly
clear,
as
I
worked
with
our
city
force,
sir
lisa
chaffee,
you
know
earlier
in
the
year
that
we,
just
you
know,
quite
simply
put
we
just
didn't-
have
enough
of
the
tree
pruner
position
to
really
get
a
handle
on
on
the
maintenance.
You
know
they
do
a
tremendous
amount
of
work
and
they're
they're,
assisted
by
all
of
our
other
divisions
as
well.
D
You
know
the
the
urban
street
canopy
isn't
just
a
it's,
not
just
one
division,
that's
taking
care
of
it.
It
takes
it
takes
numerous
resources
to
help
administer
that
she
has.
You
know
great
public
partners,
partnerships
that
she
works
with
as
well.
D
I'm
just
continually
amazed
by
that,
but
it
it
really
does
have
a
basic,
a
basic
impact
because,
as
you
mentioned,
you
know
those
that
maintenance
is
critical
to
the
health
of
that
tree
and
they're
beautiful
and
they
add
character
and
such
huge
environmental
benefits
to
the
city.
So
in
discussing
with
their
like
that
that
two-pole
that
two-person
increase,
you
know
that's
more
than
a
ten
percent
increase
in
her
staff
level
that
provides
that
service.
So
that's
actually
like
that's
actually
like
a
really
that's
actually
like
a
really
big
impact.
I
So
ten
percent
we're
going
to
just
say
hypothetically
that
could
mean
instead
of
waiting.
You
know
10
weeks,
you
might
wait
nine
weeks
for
a
service.
D
Eight
eight
weeks,
but
that's
still
that's
still
an
improvement,
but
it
also
means
that
in
those
most
of
those
disruptions
that
we
have
that
impact
us
are
events
like
the
you
know
large-scale
storm
that
drops
it.
That
requires
their
services
and
emergency
situations
everywhere,
but
that
becomes
the.
I
That
thanks
interrupt
the
we're
still
using
third
party
people
as
well.
I
I
mean
I'm
in
favor
of
having
even
more
of
it
done
in-house
so
again,
we're
also
supportive
and
enthusiastic
about
tree
plantings
and
certainly
I've
participated
in
those
and
been
advocating
for
those
both
on
street
and
off
street.
We
did
a
lot
of
tree
planting
for
our
parks
this
year
that
were
requested
by
especially
people
interested
in
permaculture
and
edibles
fruits
and
berries
and
things,
but
very
I'm
very
fortunate
to
represent
neighborhoods
that
have
streets
that
have
big
mature
trees,
and
so
I
think
I
will
hear
it.
I
I
will
hear
it
from
the
neighbor
in
highland
park
who
lives
near
fulton
elementary
and
is
very
concerned
about
the
maintenance
on
the
trees
right
near
school
bus
stops
and
where
children
are
walking
to
and
from
school.
So
we've
got
that
3-1-1
request,
it's
long-standing
and
so
we'll
we'll
keep
nudging
and
prodding
to
make
sure
that
there's
adequate
maintenance
on
trees,
especially
there's
high
traffic
pedestrian
by
box,
especially
kids,
underneath.
I
We
should
be
planting
more
and
more
trees,
and
that
is
better
for
our
storm
water,
better
for
our
landslides,
but
we'll
need
more
and
more
maintenance
as
well.
So
I'm
in
favor
of
this
increase
in
the
forestry
budget,
and
I
would
be
in
favor
of
being
a
greater
increase.
I
would
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
mention
my
enthusiasm
for
the
composting
project
that
is
happening
with
city
planning,
getting
the
90
000
budget,
since
I
bring
it
up
every
single
year
and
have
worked
with
your
staff.
I
Thank
you
very
much
on
getting
some
drop
off
sites
and
some
additional
composting
at
community
gardens
in
my
district
this
year,
we've
been
pushing
for
that
for
a
while,
again
we'd
like
to
see
that
increase.
I
have
additional
sites
and
I
think
we
can
scale
up
and
I'm
really
excited
to
that
you're
going
to
be
having
that
conversation
and
I'm
excited
to
have
that
conversation
with
city
planning
as
well.
I
So
I
you
probably
heard
me
mention
with
the
equipment
nursing
authority
that
I
was
happy
to
see:
electric
recycling
trucks
and
us
or
haulers
or
race
haulers,
and
I
was
really
asking
about
the
electric
garbage
trucks
here
for
waste.
Calling
and
again
I
don't
want
to
have
to
our
environmental
services
employees
to
put
up
with
their
current
waste
holders
even
one
more
day
of
their
lives,
but
I'm
more
in
favor
of
that
some
cities
are
going
towards
the
electric
vehicles
rather
than
the
compressed
natural
gas.
I
We
see
cities
spreading
away
from
fossil
fuels
at
every
opportunity
that
they
have.
This
is
an
opportunity
where
this
would
turn
towards
fossil
fuels,
and
I
I
voted
against
it
and
I
think
we
should
be
turning
away
from
fossil
fuel
sources
again,
sticking
a
little
more
with
the
foreign
services
and
not
the
parts.
I
wanted
to
ask
about
the
budgeting
for
city
steps.
I
I
know
there's
budget
in
place
for
the
canvas,
but
we
haven't
seen
that
project
start
and
it's
really,
I
think
it's
in
engineering,
and
so
I
I
have
to
bring
it
up
because
it's
been
many
years.
That
statement
has
been
waiting
for
the
repair
of
the
steps
which
is
going
from
like
very
close
to
where
stanton
and
mccandless
converge
that
connects
on
that
port
authority.
Bus,
stop
and
community
gateway
and
art
projects,
and
so
that
is
on
your
to-do
list
for
2022.
D
Well,
like,
let's
say
in
the
city
steps
you
know,
our
construction
division
coordinates
very
closely
with
mobility
and
infrastructure,
but
when
it
reaches
that
kind
of
engineering
portion
of
it,
you
know
we
rely
on
mobility
and
infrastructure.
E
B
I
I
D
We
coordinate,
we
coordinate
with
them
very
closely
on
step
improvements
and
we
try
to
do
everything
we
can
within
public
works
and
working
with
with
mobility
and
infrastructure.
To
you
know
if
we
can
avoid
the
engineering
or
if
we
can
just
keep
it
going
with
some
basic
repairs,
whatever
we
can
do,
we
we
do
try
to
do
it,
but
ultimately,
unfortunately,
there
are
some
city
steps
that
it
just
they
reach
that
level
of
condition.
That.
I
I
am
really
grateful
to
carpentry
for
really
pinch
hitting
on
some
sections
of
steps
and
they
were
wonderful
and
even
though
it's
not
the
most
permanent
solution,
it
was
great
to
not
have
to
wait
for
you.
D
I
I
I've
gotten
a
lot
of
talk
lately
about
something
extraordinary
attention.
We've
been
through
this
in
years
past,
one
of
those
jurisdictional
issues
on
the
40th
street
bridge.
So
we
know
that
there's
a
millvale
resident
who
herself
cleans
up
tons
of
litter
and
glass
from
the
sidewalks
and
bike
lanes
on
the
40th
street
bridge.
It's
a
jurisdictional
issue,
pretty
sure
it's
a
county
bridge.
Sometimes
I
forget,
if
it's
kendall
county
at
penndot
and
so,
but
we
kind
of
were
advocating
for
greater
participation.
I'm
pretty
sure
at
some
point.
I
C
I
A
frequently
traveled
route
and
it
gets
just
kind
of
lost
in
the
jurisdictional,
boundary
issues
and
so
we'd
love
to
circle
back
around
there.
I'm
sure
councilman,
wilson,
also
kind
of
got
into
the
conversation
recently
as
well.
So
we'd
love
to
just
follow
up
with
you
on
that
back
to
back
to
the
budget
and
the.
What
can
you
tell
us
about
your
staffing
and
capital
budget
for
ball
fields?
I
I've
robust
little
leagues
and
we're
grateful
every
day
to
all
of
the
volunteers
who
spend
their
time
and
energy
and
effort
organizing
little
league
teams,
sometimes
for
decades
personally,
but
we
have
a
constant
battle
with
the
the
conditions
at
our
ball
fields:
they're
always
flooding
and
we
haven't
had
real
permanent
solutions,
so
hasbro
field
is
still
having
problems.
Totally
ballfield
still
has
has
had
some
some
maintenance
improvements,
but
there's
still
some
slight
issues
there.
So
what
do
you
see
for
2022.
C
D
Localized
drainage
things
that
you
mentioned
on
ball
fields,
you
know
that
might
require
a
more
engineered
hand.
I
have
to
work
with
those
crews
on
that.
D
We
try
everything
that
we
can
before
we
have
to
go
to
engineering,
because
that
becomes
very
disruptive
and
you
know
can
also
pose
some
different
challenges,
so
you
know
we're
getting.
It's.
We've
got
pieces
of
equipment
that
help
us
so
laser
grader
and
we're
developing
that
staff
capability
in-house
between
our
construction
division
and
our
parts
maintenance
crews.
D
So
they
work
together
on
that
all
throughout
the
season.
So
I'm
hopeful
we
can
get
more
of
that
good
maintenance
and
address
some
of
these
conditional
issues
that
have
been
kind
of,
and
that
really
is
probably
more
as
much
of
parks.
Tax
conversation
as
it
is
on
that
now.
D
You
know
we
also
augment
we're
also
augmenting
some
of
our
project
management
staff,
so
some
of
those
bigger
things
that
you
might
see
in
other
districts
that
help
improve
the
quality
of
play
for
ball
field,
so
ball
field
lighting,
that's
really
where
that
staff
kind
of
steps
in
and
assists,
and
if
we
need
like
additional
engineering
or
additional
coordination.
That's
what
that
happens
too.
So
we
are
trying
to
make
those
improvements.
I
Thank
you
so
just
as
a
recap,
and
maybe
if
mr
sterling's
still
on
the
line
since
I
missed
the
beginning-
and
I
am
scrolling
through
mr
charlotte's
notes,
but
your
dpw
budget
is
63
53
and
a
half
million
dollars,
and
so
I
just
want
to
give
people
a
sense
of
scale
because
certainly
they
feel
the
pinch
of
the
parks,
trust
fund
and
we
talk
a
lot
about
it.
But
it's
only
10
million
dollars
and
and
that's
that
was
operating
budget.
I
I
I
A
I'm
sorry
councilman
gross,
you
speaking,
are
you
speaking
director.
A
C
C
Are
you
are
you
referring
to
the
cap
budget
in
regards
to
dpw.
C
Capital
is
going
to
be
eight
million
dollars,
total
2.8
in
bond
600
000
in
cdbg
funds
and
4.6
million
in
other,
and
that's
mostly
going
to
be
in
the
facilities
improvement
section
of
the.
I
C
I
believe
so,
mr
strelik
you're
on
the
line
still.
I
Right
right,
okay,
so
I
just
wanted
to
kind
of
recap:
at
a
high
level,
because
park
tax
is
a
really
legitimate
area
of
conversation
and
of
concern
to
a
lot
of
citizens.
I
think
it's
great
that
we
be
very
clear
about
what
funded
what
is
being
funded
by
the
parks
tax,
but
I
just
had
up
that
the
what
was
the
total
operating
budget
for
dpw.
I
just
talked
about.
C
I
C
I
Million
in
operating
for
dpw
for
all
the
divisions
right
and
that's
facilities
and
that's
roads
and
that's
environmental
services
and
then
another
35
and
a
half
million
for
capital
projects.
So
it's
nearly
100
million
dollars
of
operating
in
capital
for
dpw
and
then
there's
gonna
also
be.
We
have
nine
and
a
half
million
dollars
in
the
parks
plus
one.
So
I
just
wanted
to
give
the
public
defensive
scale
that
that
those
dollars
are
welcome
and
at
important
and
additive,
but
about
10
increase
and
we'll
be
splitting
them
between
operating
and
capital
and
they'll.
I
They
will
help
us
get
some
projects,
but
I
just
wanted
to
get
the
sense
of
scale,
but
it
isn't
the
all
of
what
dpw
does,
nor
is
it
all
of
the
capital
funds,
okay,
so
I'll.
Let
us
get
back
to
counseling
strasbourg.
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
I'll.
Stop
there.
H
Thank
you
for
pledging,
and
I
appreciate
you
coming
back
to
me.
I
think
my
next
few
questions
are
real.
Quick.
Just
first
was
a
response
or
a
reaction
to
the
question.
I
heard
the
answer
to
the
question
I
had
before,
which
is
you
know
I
I
agree.
I
mean
the
crews
were
incredible
in
responding
to
the
the
downed
trees
this
this
summer
and
you
know
the
response
to
many
other
issues.
H
I
know
director
hornstein
you,
you
sent
out
special
crews
to
clear
the
catch
basins
when
we
were
worried
about
more
storms
coming
during
storm
season
in
the
spring
and
you
know
being
responsive
is,
is
was.
H
You
know
I
think,
a
highlight
of
this
year
and
to
the
extent
that
we
can
be
even
more
proactive,
which
I
know
you
also
mentioned-
that's
kind
of
what
I
was
getting
at
as
well.
So
I
know
you're
thinking
about
that
as
well.
Just
wanted
to
sort
of
reiterate
my
my
desire
to
see
that
too.
The
only
other
topic
I
wanted
to
cover
was:
we
have
many
neighborhoods
who
have
received
the
free,
blue
recycling
bins,
and
I
wanted
to
hear
how
that
was
going.
H
D
Right
so
I'll
give
a
brief
discussion
on
that
blue
bin.
Then
so
we've
got
some
more
grant
funding.
You
know
well
over
half
a
million
dollars
of
grant
funding
and
some
other
assistance
from
the
recycling
partnership.
So
we're
going
to
phases
two
and
three
of
five
phases
of
rolling
out
the
recycling
bins
and
really
what
we've
seen
in
at
the
end
state
is
with
the
blue
for
those
folks
that
have
received
the
blueberry.
D
You
may
have
missed
this
earlier,
but
we've
got
about
an
average
increase
in
11
pounds
of
per
of
recyclable
per
household
per
collection,
so
we're
seeing
just
a
tremendous
uptick
in
the
use
of
these
and
what
we
collect
think
about
that
11
pounds
per
week
per
household.
D
That's
a
lot
of
material,
that's
all
being
diverted
away
from
the
landfill
it's
all
being
recycled.
You
know.
We
know
that
we've.
D
H
That's
great
that's
great,
to
hear.
I
know
our
office
received
a
few.
You
know
some
people
didn't
need
them.
We
actually
played
matchmaker
to
you
know
this.
One
person
had
too
many
not
so
when
someone
had
not
enough,
we
were
able
to
sort
of
just
redistribute
them,
and
I
know
that
that
wasn't
something
that
the
city
was
prepared
to
do
or
some
people
wanted
wheels
on
them.
That's
just
you
know
we
weren't
able
to
do
that
with
the
money
that
we
had.
I
understand,
but
overall,
I'm
glad
to
hear
that
it's
been.
H
It's
resulted
in
such
an
increase
and
I
I
wonder
if
you
have
in
your
mind
a
threshold
that
we
have
to
hit
to
be
able
to
get
to
weekly
recycling
pickup
rather
than
bi-weekly.
Is
there
a
certain
amount
of
of
success
rate
that
you
have
to
see
in
recycling
to
get
to
a
point
where
we're
actually
then
picking
up
weekly.
D
D
Right,
you
know
we
need
to
be
to
make
that
type
of
change
which
I'd
love
to
see.
You
know
we
need
to
have
changes
in
our
downstream
coordination
of
transfer
station
where
those
things
are
taken
too.
You
know
that
would
require
additional
personnel
to
make
that
service
request.
A
D
You
know
certainly
would
love
to
see
us
get
to
that
point.
I
haven't
identified
a
number
or
a
volume
of
increase,
yet
that
would
necessitate
that
that
weekly
change
the
weekly,
but
what's
certainly
something
that
we're
looking
at.
H
So
it
would
be
driven
in
part
by
success
rates
or
the
need,
but
also
that
would
drive
them
the
conversation
to
start
the
next
step
of
okay.
How
do
we
get
past
the
logistics
downstream
with
the
facility?
That's
accepting
it,
but
also
our
own
labor,
our
own
budget?
You
know
how
we
allocate
that
I
understand
so
you
know
love
to
do
anything
that
I
can
on
council's
end
to
help
to
you
know,
work
through
some
of
those
troubleshoot
some
of
those
issues
when
we
get
to
that
point.
H
I
understand
from
talking
to
an
expert
in
the
field
who
does
not
work
for
the
city,
but
worked
in
the
industry
for
many
years
that
you
know
part
of
the
reason.
Other
other
municipalities
don't
accept
glass
anymore
and
their
recycling
collection
is
because
the
they're
serviced
by
private
haulers
and
it's
just
incredibly
difficult
to
recycle
glass,
and
you
almost
have
to
keep
it
separate
and
one
suggestion
that
was
made
was
outfitting
our
recycling
trucks
with
almost
like
a
side
car
just
for
glass.
H
So
you
put
the
recycling
in
the
big
bin
and
then
there's
almost
like
a
sidecar
side
compartment
just
for
the
glass
where
we
would
then
have
you
know,
individuals
separate
out
their
glass
from
and
go
from
single
stream
to
dual
stream.
Have
you
heard
anything
about
that?
Does
that
seem
ring
true
for
you
and
you
know,
do
you
know
if
that's
possible
or
would
we
need
all
new
vehicles
to
make
that
happen
to.
H
Be
able
to
to
deal
with
the
glass
you
know
breaking
and
contaminating
the
other
recyclables
that
sort
of
thing.
D
I'm
gonna
lean
into
marcel
here,
because
we
were
having
a
sort
of
a
parallel
discussion
the
other
day.
Regarding
that.
D
Can
you
speak
to
you
know
some
of
the
contemplations
and
thoughts
we're
having
around
the
vehicles
and
that
type
of
that
type
of
infrastructure.
F
Yes,
so
we
we
have
been
discussing
it,
we
don't
have
any
final
decisions
on
it.
It
would
be
best
to
have
a
separate
glass
containers
and
we
are
doing
that.
We've
seen
that
when
we
are
where
we
are
posting
containers
for
bars
and
for
residents
to
drop
off
their
glass,
it's
really
working
well,
we
want
to
include
more
of
those
throughout
the
throughout
the
city,
but
we
actually
did
start
that
conversation
about
having
residential
glass
picked
up,
but
we
don't
have
a
final
decision
on
that.
Yet,
okay,.
F
I
mean
yeah,
oh
sorry,
we
also
wanted
to
bring
in
composting
too,
so
we
started
those
conversations
again
we're
working
with
some
non-profits
and
colleges
and
local
to
figure
out
what
the
best
means
of
collecting
that
as
well
again,
we
we
haven't
made
any
final
decisions.
F
H
That
and
then
just
one
request.
I
know
that
the
twice
a
year,
greenways
pickup
is
negotiated
with
our
with
our
staff
at
the
beginning
of
the
year,
if
there's
any
way
to
move
back
the
fall
time,
one
to
first
week
second
week
of
december,
I
know
that
just
seeing
you
know
the
neighborhoods
I
represent,
it
breaks
my
heart
to
see
bags
and
bags
of
leaves
being
put
out
after
the
last
collection
of
the
year
and
they're
just
going
into
the
landfill.
H
So
if
there's
any
way
to
either
negotiate
two
pickups
in
the
fall
or
move
it
back
to
you
know.
First
second
week
of
december
people
can
put
out
their
20
bags
of
leaves
at
that
point
you
know,
of
course
I
would
love
to
see
it
happen
more
frequently,
but
I
know
that's
not
necessarily
a
possibility,
so
that's
my
one
request
there,
but
other
than
that.
You
know
thank
you
to
you
and
your
your
entire
team
for
all
you're.
Doing
again
appreciate
it
appreciate
being
here
today.
A
Thank
you,
councilwoman
strasberger,
and
you
know,
as
I
said
to
you
before
director.
I
don't
really
have
any
questions
for
you.
We
meet
on
a
regular
basis
and
I
always
appreciate
you,
you
know
keeping
me
in
tune
to
everything
that
we're
doing.
I
just
had
a
few
comments.
Councilwoman
gross
remarked
about
forestry.
I
would
love
to
see
a
more
robust
forestry.
You
know
I
talked
to
lisa.
Often
we
have
trees
all
over
the
place.
I
feel
it
neat
tending
to.
A
So
I
would
like
to
see
that
going
forward
and
as
councilwoman
strasberger
said,
simple
things
is
cleaning.
The
catch
basins
make
a
remarkable
difference.
I
will
actually
stop
and
clean
them
myself,
sometimes
just
because
you
know
they
clog
up
quickly
after
a
rain.
You
know
they
get
clogged
up.
I
always
you
know.
I
always
relate
it
to
it's
like
cleaning
your
gutters
once
your
gutters
get
stuffed
up
boom,
it
overflows
and
does
damage,
and
you
know
that's
where
flooding
comes
in,
but
two
two
other
things.
A
Of
course
you
know
director
the
public
works
division.
You
know
I
get
frustrated,
I
know
many
times
with
the
progress
there.
I
know
it's
not
of
your
doing.
You
know
we
could
blame
the
supply
chains,
there's
a
lot
of
different
moving
parts
there,
but
I
am-
and
I
hope,
you're
very
confident
that
by
next
winter
this
will
be
fully
up
and
running
and
operated
for
for
the
fourth
district.
Are
you
you
confident
in
that
director.
A
I
think
it's
essential
to
have
that
up
and
running
I
kind
of
promised
the
neighborhood.
I
would
have
it
up
and
running
before
this
winter,
but
that's
come
and
gone,
and
I've
talked
to
many
of
those
people
and
you
know
told
them
of
the
issues.
The
other
major
project
in
my
district
is
the
moore
pool.
You
know,
I
know
that
also,
you
know
hindered
by
supply
chains
and
you
know
contractor
issues,
but
that
I
hope
is
up
and
running
by
summer.
Where
are
we
on
that?
D
Be
open
up
no
question
it'll
be
open
up
for
summer.
A
Okay,
those
two
major
projects
are
the
ones
the
most.
On
top
of
my
mind,
so
one
other
thing,
I
will
tell
you
that
I
am
thrilled
about
and
I
just
got
the
news
yesterday-
the
salt
boxes.
Thank
you,
okay.
You
know,
I
argue,
for
more
more
trucks,
more
vehicles,
more,
you
know
laborers
in
my
district,
because
in
the
winter
you
know
the
hills
that
I
have.
I
feel
just
demands
it
and-
and
I
hope,
whether
we're
going
to
negotiate
with
our
other
council
members.
A
You
know
I
need
a
full
force
up
there,
this
winter
to
get
us
through,
but
knowing
that
we're
going
to
have
these
soap
boxes
in
the
salt
boxes
in
the
strategic
places,
the
strategic
hills
just
to
give
the
people
the
opportunity
to
take
it
in
their
own
hands
if
they
need
to
get
to
work
and
spread
salt
down
the
street,
you
know
with
a
shovel
you
know
is-
is
really
great.
I
I
really
appreciate
you
following
up
on
that.
A
I
think
you
know
at
least
psychologically
it's
going
to
make
a
huge
difference,
but
I
hope
we
have
the
resources
up
there
and
I
know
there's
been
trouble
with
the
purchasing
of
the
new
vehicles
and
things
of
that
nature.
So
I
hope
this
is
the
last
winter
that
we
struggle.
I
hope
we
don't
struggle
this
winter
actually,
but
but
that's
has
yet
to
be
seen,
I'm
very
nervous,
but
at
the
same
time
I'm
very
confident
in
you
and
your
team
you've
been
very
responsive.
A
You
know
and
honest
with
me
about
whether
it's
a
public
works
division,
whether
it's
more
pool
you
know.
I
appreciate
your
candor
in
that.
So
anything
else
from
any
other
council
members
or
councilwoman
gross.
I
Thank
you,
mr
cargo.
I
had
to
step
away
and
I'm
wondering
if
we
didn't
remember
to
say
thank
you
for
the
support
of
dpw
for
the
city
farms,
projects.
I
It
was
a
lot
of
community
engagement
and
so-
and
I
think
my
office
who
really
worked
super
closely
with
the
neighbors
in
each
of
the
city
parks
and
just
a
reminder.
Since
it's
these
were
community
gardens
on
city
property.
We
were
able
to
use
city
funds
to
help
purchase
everything
from
soil
to
fencing,
to
seedlings
to
most
recently
trees.
Everybody
wanted
edible
trees,
so
our
trees
that
provide
fruits
and
nuts
and
we
planted
pawpaws,
and
I
think
we
did
persimmons
this
year,
but
we
did,
I
think,
some
hazelnut
trees
as
well.
I
Even
a
shag
park,
hickory
tree,
which
is
important
for
wildlife
and
I'm
told,
will
be
a
great
addition
to
storm
water
retention
on
steep
hills
in
polish
hill.
So
again,
especially
forestry,
who
really
showed
up
and
helped
us
and
their
great
partnership
with
free
pittsburgh
and
providing
trees.
It
was.
It
really
was
something
positive.
I
It
was
really
needed
in
you,
know
the
neighborhoods
during
this
very
long
year
and
a
half
now
almost
two
years
of
covid,
it's
once
again
a
kind
of
positive
outdoor
engagement
that
people
can
do
and
also
improving
city
property
in
the
volunteer
efforts-
and
I
didn't
hear
anyone
ask-
and
I
know
we've
kind
of
wrapped
up
almost,
but
I
didn't
hear
anyone
ask
about
pools,
except
for
more
pool
and
thank
you,
councilman
claud
kell,
for
reminding
me
we
were
so
disappointed
last
year
to
not
have
opened.
I
Is
it
18
pools,
and
I
know
that
that
is
dear
to
your
heart,
also
director
hornstein,
that
you've
been
telling
us
that
these
pools
need
capital
improvement.
So
I'll
ask
at
the
parks
about
the
staffing
issues.
But
do
you
want
to
say
a
few
words
about
pool
capital
projects.
D
Yeah,
I
do
actually
thank
you
for
giving
me
the
opportunity
to
speak
about
that.
You
know,
I
think
it's
as.
E
D
You
have
certainly
council
president,
you
know
councilwoman
gross,
you
know,
council
person,
coco
have
all
expressed
to
me
at
some
point
in
time.
You
know
the
councilman
wilson,
the
importance
of
pools
to
like
the
to
the
communities
that
they
serve
and
how
you
know
this
is
viewed,
as
you
know,
critical
community
infrastructure,
particularly
in
the
summer.
D
D
Were
you
know
I
dug
through
the
water
bills
in
2019
and
discovered
that,
because
it's
in
the
pa
american
service
area,
I
discovered
that
we
filled
up
more
pool
the
seven
times
in
the
month
of
august,
which
doesn't
sound
right,
and
so
I
went
to
investigate
the
condition
with
our
staff,
and
I
noticed
concrete
healing
and
some
other
concerns,
and
I
looked
at
you
know
some
of
the
injury
complaints
and
I
realized
that
we
had
a
really
big
huge
issue
that
had
to
be
addressed,
and
my
concern
is
the
only
reason
that
I
really
found.
D
That
is
because
I
looked
at
the
water
usage
because
that
pool
was
metered
on
the
pa
american
system
at
that
time,
and
so
I
was
able
to
identify
this
as
a
place
where
both
we
could
have
some.
You
know
some
savings
or
a
capital
project
that
more
or
less
would
pay
for
itself
with
reduced
water
usage
over
the
years
and
then
talking
with
the
staff.
D
We
started
to
realize
that
this
this
condition,
while
maybe
not
as
extreme
as
it
it's
likely
to
be
existing
elsewhere,
and
so
one
of
the
projects
that
I
proposed
that
should
be
in
the
parks
techs,
is
that
we
do
just
a
condition
assessment
of
all
our
city
pools.
D
You
know
we're
going
to
look
at
those
things
like
condition
of
concrete
condition
of
piping
as
well.
As
you
know,
some
of
those
kind
of
community
activity
improvements
if
we
can-
and
we
can
begin
to
modernize
this
infrastructure
because
it's
been
it's
been
kept
together
by
the
diligence
of
our
staff,
but
literally
with
bubble,
gum
and
duct
tape.
D
And
we
just
we've
reached
the
point
in
reviewing
that
with
it
more
cool.
And
you
know
the
challenges
and
the
work
we're
doing
with
the
oliver
bath
house
and
with
this
restoration
that
this
is
an
asset
class
that
really
hasn't
seen
significant
investment
in
some
time,
and
so
I
thought
the
best
prudent
course
of
action
is
to
just
take
a
step
back.
Do
a
condition
inventory
and
you
know
kind
of
see
where
we
are
and
then
work
with
council
in
our
communities
to
figure
out
what
that.
I
Thank
you,
yeah
you've
got
to
start
somewhere
right,
so,
let's
just
figure
out
exactly.
We
need
to
figure
out
the
scale
of
the
probe
of
the
problem,
so
we
can
have
that
public
conversation
and
I
mean
and
a
note
not
to
go
down
a
rabbit
hole
here,
but
we
are
now
paying
pwsa
for
the
water
as
well.
So
are
all
the
pools
metered.
I
It's
a
good
start.
That's
we
can
definitely
throw
in
some
of
your
clues
and
I'll
remember
from
the
pwca
cooperative
agreement
that
we
also
are
responsible
for
the
sewers
in
our
parks,
where
we
weren't
before
are
not
mistaken,
and
so
I
would
recommend
that
we
camera
the
sewer
lines
every
homeowner
out.
There
knows
that
sewer
lines
are
a
really
big
issue
and
they're
very
old,
and
it's
always
better
to
know
what
is
going
on
with
sewer
lines
there.
I
So,
even
though
it's
not
related
to
water
use
at
the
pools,
it
is
related
to,
I
think,
some
of
our
broad
field
conditions
and
other
parks
conditions
where
we
have
doggy
ground
very
possible
that
we
we
have
our
own
kind
of
broken
water
infrastructure
that
we
should
be
cameras.
I
So
I'll
leave
it
there,
but
I'm
glad
that
we
we
brought
it
up
and
we
can
talk
about
it
again
at
the
at
the
works
of
conversation
if
it's
appropriate.
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
That's
all
I
have
sure.
A
And
thank
you
councilwoman
gross,
and
you
know
I
just
wanted
to
add
to
what
she
had
said
about
city
farms.
I'm
glad
you
brought
that
up.
You
know
councilwoman
gross,
and
I
started
on
this
venture
a
couple
years
ago
and
I've
never
seen
more
excitement,
usefulness
such
a
good
thing
to
be
a
part
of
and
councilwoman
it's
been
a
real
delight
working
with
you.
You
know.
Through
this
I
see
her
neighborhood.
A
She
has
a
bunch
of
community,
you
know
people
who
are
just
really
engaged
and
they
want
to
grow
things
and
now
she's
supplying
the
you
know
the
soil
and
the
you
know
anything
that
they
want
trees,
you
name
it
as
councilwoman
gross
has
many
smaller
sites.
I
have
one
large
site
that
I've
been
working
on
director.
I
think
you
and
I
have
talked
about
this
public
works
will
come
in.
You
know
handy
not
only
in
councilwoman
gross's
district
for
all
these
things,
but
for
this
master
plan
that
we
have
this
form
site.
A
I
have
already
been
talking
to
the
next
administration
about
this.
I
look
forward
to
talking
to
you
director
and
me,
and
you
and
councilwoman
gross
talking
about
you
know,
moving
forward
with
this
and
and
councilwoman
strasberger.
I've
mentioned
it
to
you
a
thousand
times.
I
know
I
am
gonna,
get
you
out
to
that
field
of
our
little
field
of
dreams,
we'll
call
it
and
you
know
I
hope
we
can
proceed
with
this.
A
I
think
you'll
see
the
engagement
that
we
have
the
support
that
we
have
for
it
is
just
across
the
board
and
we'll
go
over
that
more
when
we
get
a
chance
to
sit
down
and
talk
about
it.
So,
okay,
I
just
have
one
announcement
to
make
1
30.
Today
it
will
be
the
parks,
tax
trust
fund
chaired
by
councilman
burgess,
and
I
just
need
a
motion
to
recess
and
we'll
see
you
back
here.
1
30.