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File #: 2024-0265    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Passed Finally
File created: 3/15/2024 In control: Committee on Public Safety and Wellness
On agenda: 3/19/2024 Final action: 4/2/2024
Enactment date: 4/2/2024 Enactment #: 220
Effective date: 4/10/2024    
Title: Resolution amending Resolution 590 of 2021, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a Professional Services Agreement or Agreements with Operation Better Block for the purpose of implementation of the Pittsburgh Group Violence Intervention Street Outreach Program, by increasing the approved amount by $200,000 for an amended total cost not-to-exceed FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE DOLLARS ($433,333) over five years.
Indexes: AGREEMENTS
Attachments: 1. 2024-0265 Cover Letter OPERATION BETTER BLOCK - APPLICATION - 2024 - COVER, 2. 2024-0265 OPERATION BETTER BLOCK - APPLICATION - 2024 - WCP24-008 Operation Better Block, 3. Summary 2024-0265

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Resolution amending Resolution 590 of 2021, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a Professional Services Agreement or Agreements with Operation Better Block for the purpose of implementation of the Pittsburgh Group Violence Intervention Street Outreach Program, by increasing the approved amount by $200,000 for an amended total cost not-to-exceed FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE DOLLARS ($433,333) over five years.

 

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Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:

 

Resolution 590 of 2021, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a Professional Services Agreement or Agreements with Operation Better Block for the purpose of implementation of the Pittsburgh Group Violence Intervention Street Outreach Program at an overall cost not to exceed Two Hundred Thirty-Three Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-Three Dollars ($233,333). Said agreements shall continue the scope of services as provided in a prior agreement that was funded by a grant from the Hillman Family Foundations as authorized by Resolution No. 269 of 2020,” is hereby amended as follows:

 

Section 1.                     The Mayor and the Director of Public Safety are hereby authorized and directed to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into aan Amended Professional Services Agreement or Agreements with Operation Better Block for the purpose of enhancing the continuum of services provided through the Pittsburgh Group Violence Intervention Street Outreach Program at a cost not to exceed Two Hundred Thirty-Three Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-Three Dollars ($233,333) FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE DOLLARS ($433,333), chargeable to and payable from the following accounts subject to future appropriations:

 

2021

2100247700.53901.00                                                                                                     $33,333

2022

2100247700.53901.00                                                                                             $100,000

2023

2100247700.53901.00                                                                                            $100,000

2024

2100247700.53901.00                                                                                             $100,000

2025

2100247700.53901.00                                                                                            $100,000

 

TOTAL                                                                               $233,333$433,333

 

The Amended Professional Services Agreement(s) shall be approved by the City Solicitor as to form and substance.