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Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into Startup Participation Agreements with selected entities as part of the cohorts of PGH Lab and further authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance to enter into Program Participation Agreements with local municipal entities to allow such entities to test products and services through PGH Lab, at a total cost not-to-exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) over 1 year.
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Whereas, PGH Lab is a program led by the City of Pittsburgh, Department of Innovation & Performance, and is designed to allow startup companies located in the City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County to test their products and services for a limited engagement of 3-12 months with the City of Pittsburgh or a local municipal entity; and
Whereas, PGH Lab regularly plans for collaboration with cohorts, which are the groups of startup companies to offer projects and/or services for pilot testing; and
Whereas, together those participating in PGH Lab will use technology and new services to make the City of Pittsburgh more efficient, transparent, sustainable, and inclusive.
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. The Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, are authorized to enter into Startup Participation Agreements with selected entities as part of the cohorts of PGH Lab and further authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance to enter into Program Participation Agreements with local municipal entities to allow such entities to test products and services through PGH Lab.
Compensation in the form of allotted monthly stipends will be given to each company when completion of terms found in the contract timeline are met. Funds shall be paid to the PGH Lab cohort companies at a cost not to exceed Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000), at a total cost not-to-exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) over 1 year.
Section 2. The City Controller shall encumber the funds, subject to final appropriation by City Council, from the following chart account:
2024
11101.103000.53.53901.2024 $100,000
TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED $100,000
Section 3. The total authorized spend of each contract shall be as follows:
Vridian, LTD. - $25,000.00
Reclamation Factory, Inc. - $25,000.00
Make It Home Safe Inc. - $25,000.00
Urban Rain Studio LLC (d/b/a Ethos Collaborative) - $25,000.00
Section 4. The agreements or agreements and amendments are subject to the approval of the City Solicitor as to form.