ORDINANCE NO. 050971

Authorizing a $226,605.00 amendment to contract with Taliaferro & Browne, Inc. for design professional services in connection with the 22nd Street, Central Street and 21st Street, Project in Council Districts 4; authorizing the City Manager to expend the funds for the project.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the City Manager is hereby authorized to enter into and execute, on behalf of the City, a $226,605.00 contract amendment with Taliaferro & Browne, Inc., essentially in the form incorporated herein by reference, relating to additional design professional services in connection with the 22nd Street/Baltimore/Cesar Chavez Project.

Section 2. That the City Manager is authorized to expend the sum of $226,605.00 from funds previously appropriated to account number AL-3391-807442-B for the aforesaid agreement.

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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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Mark P. Jones

Assistant City Attorney