Presenter
Presented by Mr. Bodack
Title
Resolution authorizing the City to enter into a Grant Agreement with the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
Body
WHEREAS, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ("FMCSA") provides grant monies for projects involving the Federal grant funding assistance for the implementation of a Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program; and
WHEREAS, the City's Bureau of Police has applied for and received a grant retroactive for October 2006 until September 2008 from FMCSA for this purpose; and
WHEREAS, the parties now wish to enter into a grant agreement setting for the duties and responsibilities of the parties.
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1.
The Mayor and the Chief of Police are hereby authorized to enter into a Grant Agreement with the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for the receipt of grant monies in the amount of two hundred thirty two thousand, one hundred twenty-four dollars ($232,124.00). These funds will be used to support the City's commercial vehicle checkpoint program. 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 450500, fund 2940, organization code 230000, project PR10007, budget year 2007, Department of Public Safety - Bureau of Police.
Section 2.
The Chief of Police, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, is hereby further authorized to enter into agreement or agreements, contract or contracts, and to make all legitimate expenditures required under the terms and conditions of the Grant Agreement with the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration outlined in Section 1 of this resolution. Said agreement or agreements, contract or contracts, or expenditures shall not exceed two hundred thirty two thousand, one hundred twenty-four dollars ($232,124.00) chargeable to and payable from the Grants Trust Fund: fund 2940, organization code 230000, project PR10007, budget year 2007, Department of Public Safety - Bureau of Police.