Title
Resolution providing for an Agreement(s) and Contract(s) with the Minority and Women's Education Labor Agency to provide pre-apprentice training in the construction trades to individuals from under represented ethnic groups to assist in improving entry level positions in the labor unions. The cost thereof is not to exceed $30,000.00.
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Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. The Mayor and the Manager of the Equal Opportunity Review Commission, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh are hereby authorized to enter into an agreement or agreements, contract or contracts in a form approved by the City Solicitor, of providing pre-apprenticeship training to members of underrepresented ethnic groups into the building trades. The purpose is to assist in development careers in the TRADE UNIONS for individuals who otherwise do not have the resources or training to enter into the unions because of various barriers. Said agreement or agreements shall not exceed THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($30,000.00) and chargeable to and payable from the 2014 Community Block Development Grant Program, Department of City Planning, Minority and Women Education Labor Agency Citizen Participation Project No. 0867350140.58101.00 Item # 5108.