ORDINANCE NO. 120151
Reducing an appropriation in the
Capital Improvements Fund in the amount of $375,000.00; appropriating that
amount to a project account in the Capital Improvements Fund; authorizing a
contract with H.W. Lochner, Inc, for the Biennial Bridge Inspection; designating
requisitioning authority; and recognizing an emergency.
WHEREAS, federal
requirements dictate that Kansas City inspect all bridges and large culverts
owned by the City every two years; and
WHEREAS,
continued growth in the City has increased the number of bridges to 140 that
need to be inspected by outside professionals; and
WHEREAS,
inspections must be completed by the end of April; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That
the appropriation in the following account of the Capital Improvements Fund is
reduced by the following amount:
12-3090-878035-B-89005537 Lower Blue Pkwy Bridge
over Blue River $375,000.00
Section 2. That
the sum of $375,000.00 is appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of
the Capital Improvements Fund to the following account:
12-3090-897702-A-89005556 2012 Biennial Bridge
Inspection $ 63,391.00
12-3090-897702-B-89005556 2012
Biennial Bridge Inspection 311,609.00
TOTAL $375,000.00
Section 3. That
the Director of the Public Works Department is hereby authorized to execute, on
behalf of the City, a $311,609.00 contract with H.W. Lochner, Inc, for Project
No. 89005556 – 2012 Biennial Bridge Inspection from funds appropriated to
Account No. 12-3090-897702-B-89005556. A copy of the contract is on file in
the Public Works Department.
Section 4. That
the Director of the Public Works Department is designated requisitioning
authority for Account No. 12-3090-897702.
Section 5. That
this ordinance is recognized as an emergency measure within the provisions of
Section 503 of the City Charter in that it appropriates money, and shall take
effect in accordance with that section.
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I hereby certify
that there is a balance, otherwise unencumbered, to the credit of the
appropriation to which the foregoing expenditure is to be charged, and a cash
balance, otherwise unencumbered, in the treasury, to the credit of the fund
from which payment is to be made, each sufficient to meet the obligation hereby
incurred.
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Randall J. Landes
Director of
Finance
Approved as to
form and legality:
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Nelson V. Munoz
Assistant
City Attorney