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Council puts $481K snow removal invoice on ice — again.

Written by Amy Whipple

Pittsburgh spent more than $4 million on outside contractors to clear roads following January’s snowstorm.

Rea Price, director of the Office of Management and Budget, said during the April 8 special budget meeting that the city owes $1.7 million to the five companies that assisted with snow removal. The administration also requested approximately $2.3 million in additional storm-related overtime payments in the amended budget.

One of the five contractors, A. Folino Construction, has been quiet as the fallen snow about its $481,320 invoice, however. 

Council Member Kim Salinetro of Banksville said the invoice lacked detail during the April 8 committee meeting. As one of the larger invoices, she said the public should know what the expense covered.

John McClory, acting director of the Department of Public Works (DPW), said last week that he would try to get the information, but Folino still hadn’t responded by the April 15 committee meeting.

According to McClory’s records, 20 vehicles from Folino plowed parts of Squirrel Hill and Shadyside for seven days during the snowstorm earlier this year. Former DPW director Chris Hornstein said at a February 2025 meeting that the East End neighborhoods are part of the city’s largest snow removal zone, totaling 265 road miles.

Council voted to hold approval of the invoice for another week.

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Elected officials:
Kim Salinetro
Topics:
InfrastructureCity Budget & Fiscal
Governments:
Pittsburgh City Council
Public meetings:
City Council · April 14, 2026
Sources:
Resolution 2026-0300 — providing for the issuance of a warrant in favor of A. Folino Construction, Inc., in the amount of Four Hundred…

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