ORDINANCE NO. 050914

Authorizing a $100,000.00 amendment to a contract with Kutak Rock LLP for legal services related to City of Kansas City, Missouri v. Housing and Economic Development Financial Corporation (No. 05-00368-CV-W-GAF).

WHEREAS, the City filed a Complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri styled City of Kansas City, Missouri v. Housing and Economic Development Financial Corporation (Case No. 05-00368-CV-W-GAF) seeking the return from the Housing and Economic Development Financial Corporation (HEDFC) of certain parcels of real property, promissory notes and program income derived from HEDFCs prior receipt of Community Development Block Grant and other federal funds from the City; and

WHEREAS, the City retained the law firm of Kutak Rock LLP to provide the City with litigation and other legal services related to the Citys filing of this federal lawsuit against HEDFC; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the City Attorney is hereby authorized, on behalf of the City, to execute a $100,000.00 amendment to a contract with Kutak Rock LLP for a total contract amount of $340,000.00, from funds previously appropriated in Account No. 06-1000-132155-B. A copy of the contract will be filed in the Office of the City Attorney.

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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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Wanda Gunter

Acting Director of Finance

Approved as to form and legality:

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Galen Beaufort

City Attorney