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File #: 2022-0429    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Passed Finally
File created: 6/3/2022 In control: Committee on Finance and Law
On agenda: 6/7/2022 Final action: 6/21/2022
Enactment date: 6/21/2022 Enactment #: 316
Effective date:    
Title: Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with Center for Hearing & Deaf Services, Inc. and Global Wordsmiths for the purposes of providing language accessibility and communication services in an amount not to exceed Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00).
Indexes: AGREEMENTS
Attachments: 1. 2022-0429 Cover Letter-Letter to Council on Language access, 2. Summary 2022-0429

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Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with Center for Hearing & Deaf Services, Inc. and Global Wordsmiths for the purposes of providing language accessibility and communication services in an amount not to exceed Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00).

 

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WHEREAS, the Office of Equity is in need of Language Assistance Services including but not limited to onsite, telephone, and video remote interpretation; written translation; live captioning; language access and cultural competency training; and language proficiency testing,

 

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

 

Section 1.                     The Mayor and the Deputy Chief of Staff and Chief Equity Officer, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, are hereby authorized to enter into a Professional Services Agreement or Agreements with Center for Hearing & Deaf Services, Inc. and Global Wordsmiths for professional language accessibility and communication services, and providing for the payment thereof, at a total cost not to exceed Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00). Expenditures are subject to budgetary appropriations in future years and are chargeable to and payable from the following accounts:

 

$20,000 payable from Account 11101.102100.53.53901.2022

$20,000 payable from Account 11101.102400.53.53901.2023

$20,000 payable from Account 11101.102400.53.53901.2024

 

Section 2.                     Said Agreement or Agreements shall be approved by the City Solicitor as to form.