Presenter
Presented by Mr. Peduto
Title
Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of City Information Systems, or the Chief of Emergency Medical Services to enter into a grant agreement with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to receive the Port Security Grant and further providing for an Agreement or Agreements for professional services in connection with the execution of said grant agreement. Not to exceed $2,587,513.
Body
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. The Mayor, the Director of City Information Systems, or the Chief of Emergency Medical Services is hereby authorized to enter into a Grant Agreement with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to receive the Port Security Grant in an amount not to exceed Two Million Five Hundred Eighty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Thirteen Dollars ($2,587,513), which shall be used by the City for the purchase of digital video camera systems and other related hardware and software systems to integrate with the existing camera systems and Public Safety software platforms. The Grant Agreement shall be approved as to form and substance by the City Solicitor and monies shall be deposited into the Grants Trust Fund: account 452000, fund 2940, organization code 102000, project PR10005, budget year 2007, Mayor's Office, City Information Systems.
Section 2. The Mayor, the Director of City Information Systems, or the Chief of Emergency Medical Services is hereby further authorized to enter into an Agreement(s) or Contract(s) and/or utilize existing Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s), in form approved by the City Solicitor, for any or all services and/or goods and to make all legitimate expenditures for goods and/or services required under the terms and conditions of the Grant Agreement with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security outlined in Section 1 of this resolution. Said Agreement or Agreements or contract or contracts for expenditures shall not exceed Two Million Five Hundred Eighty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Thirteen Dollars ($2,587,513) chargeable to and payable from account 526100, fund 2940, organization code 102000, project PR10005, budget year 2007, Mayor's Office, City Information Systems.
Section 3. This authorization will be conditioned on the enactment of a privacy policy governing the use of any and all cameras purchased in accordance with Section 1 above, with such policy to be in use and in force as of the date of implementation of the system(s) which is the objective of the grant contemplated by this Resolution.