ORDINANCE NO. 160540

Accepting and approving two twelve-month contracts in the amounts of $291,771.00 and $184,718.00 with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to provide funding for the City’s Public Health Preparedness and Cities Readiness programs.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That two twelve-month contracts between the City of Kansas City, Missouri, acting though its Director of Health, and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, acting through its Director of Administration, whereby the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services will provide funding that supports public health preparedness capabilities, promotes prepared and resilient communities and enhances the ability to respond to and recover from all-hazards in the Kansas City, Missouri area for a period beginning July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017, for amounts not to exceed $291,771.00 and $184,718.00, are hereby accepted and approved. Copies of the contracts, in substantial form, are red on file with the Director of Health.

Section 2. That the Director of Health is hereby authorized to expend the sums of $257,371.00 from funds appropriated to Account No. 17-2480-505409-G50245018 and $165,406.00 from funds appropriated to Account No. 17-2480-505014-G50501417 for the aforesaid contracts.

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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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Joseph Guarino

Assistant City Attorney