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File #: 2021-1932    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Passed Finally
File created: 9/24/2021 In control: Committee on Public Safety Services
On agenda: 9/28/2021 Final action: 10/12/2021
Enactment date: 10/12/2021 Enactment #: 674
Effective date: 10/14/2021    
Title: Resolution amending Resolution No. 534 of 2021 authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety on the behalf of the City of Pittsburgh to enter into an amended grant agreement or agreements with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) to receive monies from the 2018 Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program and further authorizing legitimate expenditures by the Bureau of Police, for purchases authorized by the amended Grant Agreement(s) and for the execution of agreement(s), or contract(s) for any equipment or services required in connection with the execution of said grant. Said amended agreement(s) shall not exceed ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED NINETEEN DOLLARS ($117,219).
Indexes: AGREEMENTS (AMENDING), GRANT(S)
Attachments: 1. 2021-1932 Cover Letter-2108 JAG Program Amendment letter, 2. Summary 2021-1932

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Resolution amending Resolution No. 534 of 2021 authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety on the behalf of the City of Pittsburgh to enter into an amended grant agreement or agreements with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) to receive monies from the 2018 Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program and further authorizing legitimate expenditures by the Bureau of Police, for purchases authorized by the amended Grant Agreement(s) and for the execution of agreement(s), or contract(s) for any equipment or services required in connection with the execution of said grant. Said amended agreement(s) shall not exceed ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED NINETEEN DOLLARS ($117,219).

 

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

 

Section 1.                     The Mayor, and the Director of the Department of Public Safety, and the Chief of Police, on the behalf of the City of Pittsburgh are hereby authorized to enter into a an amended grant agreement or agreements with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) to receive monies from the 2018 Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program, for the receipt of grant monies in the amount of ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED NINETEEN DOLLARS ($117,219). ONE HUNDRED THIRTEEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWO DOLLARS ($113,702). With this grant, the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police (PBP) will receive training in regards to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), purchase a laptop computer to aid in the Records Management System (RMS) that is being utilized by the City and Allegheny County in conjunction with NIBRS, and transition from standard police bicycles to electric police bicycles, effectively enhancing the PBP Bike Unit’s critical function of high-visibility, proactive community policing. The amended grant agreement(s) shall be approved as to form by the City Solicitor and monies shall be deposited into the Grants Trust Fund 2329400362.45703.00

 

Section 2.                     The Mayor, and the Director of the Department of Public Safety, and the Chief of Police, on the behalf of the City of Pittsburgh are 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 amended grant agreement or agreements with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), Byrne Justice Assistance Grant, outlined in Section 1 of this amended resolution. Said agreement or agreements, contract or contracts, or expenditures, shall be approved as to form by the City Solicitor and shall be in an amount not to exceed ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED NINETEEN DOLLARS ($117,219) ONE HUNDRED THIRTEEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWO DOLLARS ($113,702) chargeable to and payable from the Grants Trust Fund 2329400362.50000.00