ORDINANCE NO. 091066
Authorizing the Director of Water
Services Department to enter into a $1,344,941.68 contract with Insituform
Technologies USA, Inc. for Contract No. 806, Project No. 81000077, Jumping
Branch Interceptor Rehabilitation, a Transform Missouri American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act Project; appropriating $672,470.84 into the appropriate
account; authorizing expenditures of $1,468,435.85 from appropriated funds;
authorizing the Director of Finance to return unexpended appropriations to the
appropriate account; designating requisitioning authority; and recognizing an
emergency.
WHEREAS, the
U.S. Congress approved the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of
2009, and the President signed the Act into law on February 17, 2009, providing
$4 billion in federal funding to cities and communities for eligible wastewater
and stormwater infrastructure improvements through the Clean Water State
Revolving Fund; and
WHEREAS, on June 10,
2009, the Clean Water Commission adopted the Transform Missouri American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act Final Clean Water State Revolving Fund Intended
Use Plan which included $3,000,000.00 in ARRA grant funding for Kansas City
projects, of which the Jumping Branch Interceptor Sewer Rehabilitation Project
received $672,470.50; and
WHEREAS, on November
19, 2009, City Council approved Ordinance No. 090938 accepting the ARRA grant
and estimating revenue to the ARRA wastewater account; and
WHEREAS, in addition
to the ARRA grant funds, the Clean Water State Revolving Fund Intended Use Plan
awarded $16,000,000.00 in Clean Water State Revolving Loan Funds for seventeen
wastewater projects in Kansas City, including the Jumping Branch Interceptor
Sewer Rehabilitation Project; and
WHEREAS, on December
3, 2009, the City Council approved Ordinance No. 090968 authorizing the sale of
SRF bonds and appropriating the funds to the SRF wastewater account; NOW,
THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED
BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That
the Director of Water Services Department is hereby authorized to execute, on
behalf of Kansas City, Contract No. 806, Project No. 81000077, in the amount of
$1,344,941.68 with Insituform Technologies USA, Inc. for rehabilitation of
approximately 8,672 linear feet of sanitary sewer lines and approximately 35
manholes owned by Kansas City, Missouri, and associated work located in the
Jumping Branch Interceptor Sewer that is located in the cities of Riverside and
Houston Lake, Platte County, Missouri. A copy of the contract is on file in
the office of the Director of Water Services.
Section 2. That
the sum of $672,470.84 is hereby appropriated from the Federal Stimulus Grants
ARRA Wastewater Account, to the following account:
10-2530-808082-B Water & Sewer
CD2 $672,470.84
Section 3. That
the Director of Water Services is authorized to expend up to the sum of
$1,468,435.85, from funds appropriated to Account Nos. 10-2530-808082-B
($672,470.84), Water & Sewer CD2, and previously appropriated to
AL-8184-808082-B ($795,965.01), Water & Sewer CD 2, including
contingencies, to satisfy the cost of this contract.
Section 4. That
the Director of Water Services is hereby designated as requisitioning authority
for Account Nos. 10-2530-808082.
Section 5. That
upon completion of this contract, the Director of Finance is hereby authorized
to return the unexpended portion of this appropriation to the Unappropriated
Fund Balance from which it was derived.
Section 6. That
this ordinance is recognized as an emergency measure within the provisions of
Section 503 of the City Charter in that it relates to the construction of a
public improvement, 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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Jeffrey A. Yates
Director of Finance
Approved as to form and legality:
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Charlotte Ferns
Assistant City Attorney