Legislation Details

File #: 2026-0782    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Passed Finally
File created: 7/24/2026 In control: Committee on Finance and Law
On agenda: 7/28/2026 Final action: 8/3/2026
Enactment date: 8/3/2026 Enactment #: 503
Effective date: 8/5/2026    
Title: Resolution amending Resolution 740 of 2025, which provided for an Agreement or Agreements with Center for Hearing & Deaf Services, Inc. and Global Wordsmiths, by increasing the authorized spend for Global Wordsmiths by Nineteen Thousand Dollars ($19,000.00) for services through January 2027, for a new total cost not to exceed of One Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Dollars ($136,000.00) over five years. (Waiver of Competitive Process Received)
Indexes: AGREEMENTS (AMENDING)
Attachments: 1. 2026-0782 Cover Letter-Language Access Extension July 2026, 2. 2026-0782 WCP26-019 Global Wordsmiths, 3. Summary 2026-0782

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Resolution amending Resolution 740 of 2025, which provided for an Agreement or Agreements with Center for Hearing & Deaf Services, Inc. and Global Wordsmiths, by increasing the authorized spend for Global Wordsmiths by Nineteen Thousand Dollars ($19,000.00) for services through January 2027, for a new total cost not to exceed of One Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Dollars ($136,000.00) over five years.

(Waiver of Competitive Process Received)

 

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Resolution 740 of 2025, entitled “Resolution amending Resolution 63 of 2025, which provided for an Agreement or Agreements with Center for Hearing & Deaf Services, Inc. and Global Wordsmiths, by increasing the authorized spend for Global Wordsmiths by Nineteen Thousand Dollars ($19,000.00) for services through June 2026, for a new total cost not to exceed of One Hundred Seventeen Thousand Dollars ($117,000.00) over four and a half years,” is hereby amended as follows:

 

 

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

 

Section 1.                     The Mayor, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, is 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 One Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Dollars ($136,000.00). Expenditures are subject to budgetary appropriations in future years and are chargeable to and payable from the following accounts:

 

$20,000 payable from Account 11101.102000.53.53901.2022

$20,000 payable from Account 11101.102000.53.53901.2023

$20,000 payable from Account 11101.102000.53.53901.2024

$38,000 payable from Account 11101.102000.53.53901.2025

$19,000 $38,000 payable from Account 11101.102000.53.53901.2026

 

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