ORDINANCE NO. 961576

Appropriating and transferring $2,000,000.00 in the Convention and Sports Complex Fund; appropriating and transferring $530,000.00 in the Convention and Tourism Fund; reestimating revenues in the KCMAC Kemper Arena/Municipal Auditorium Bond Fund in the amount of $2,530,000.00; appropriating $2,000,000.00 to the Kemper Arena Remodeling project account; designating requisitioning authority; appropriating $530,000.00 to the Municipal Auditorium Arena Remodeling account; appropriating $224,676.00 to the Kemper Arena Expansion Utility Relocation account; authorizing a contract increase with Taylor Ball, L.C., in the amount of $1,316,680.00 for the Kemper Arena Remodeling project; authorizing the Director of Public Works to expend $1,092,004.00 and the Director of Water Services to expend $224,676.00 in previously appropriated funds for said contract increase; and recognizing an emergency.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the sum of $2,000,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Convention and Sports Complex Fund to the following account:

97-537-012-9085-B Transfer to KCMAC Kemper Arena/Municipal $2,000,000.00 Auditorium Bond Fund

Section 2. That the sum of $530,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Convention and Tourism Fund to the following account:

97-236-012-9085-B Transfer to KCMAC Kemper Arena/Municipal $ 530,000.00 Auditorium Bond Fund

Section 3. That the revenues in the following accounts of the KCMAC Kemper Arena/Municipal Auditorium Bond Fund are hereby reestimated in the following amounts:

97-396-012-9230 Transfer from Convention and Sports Complex Fund $2,000,000.00 97-396-012-9242 Transfer from Convention and Tourism Fund 530,000.00 TOTAL $2,530,000.00

Section 4. That the sum of $2,530,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the KCMAC Kemper Arena/Municipal Auditorium Bond Fund to the following accounts:

97-396-089-7746-T Kemper Arena Remodeling $2,000,000.00 97-396-089-7747-T Municipal Auditorium Arena Remodeling 530,000.00 TOTAL $2,530,000.00

Section 5. That the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to increase Contract No. 960149 with Taylor Ball, L.C., for jib mass foundation work for the Kemper Arena Expansion Project, which contract was heretofore approved by Ordinance No. 960668, June 6, 1996, from $2,003,607.00 to $3,320,287.00 for additional work in the amount of $1,316,680.00.

Section 6. That the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to expend the sum of $1,092,004.00 from funds heretofore and herein appropriated to Account No. 97-396-089-7746-T as and for consideration in the aforementioned contract increase.

Section 7. That the sum of $224,676.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Sewerage System Construction Bond Fund No. 815 to the following account:

97-815-080-7240-T Kemper Arena Expansion Utility Relocation $ 224,676.00

Section 8. That the Director of Water Services is hereby authorized to expend up to the sum of $224,676.00 appropriated above to satisfy the cost of utility relocations included in Public Works Department Contract No. 960149 with Taylor Ball, L.C.

Section 9. That the Director of Finance is hereby designated requisitioning authority for Account No. 97-236-012-9085-B and the Director of Water Services is hereby designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. 97-815-080-7240-T.

Section 10. That upon completion of the final costs of this project, the Director of Finance is hereby directed to return the unexpended portion of this appropriation to the Unappropriated Fund Balance from which it was derived.

Section 11. That this ordinance, making an appropriation for the current expense of the City government, is recognized as an emergency measure within the provisions of Section 15, Article II of the Charter of Kansas City, and shall take effect immediately upon passage.

_____________________________________________

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.

___________________________________

Director of Finance

Approved as to form and legality:

___________________________________

Assistant City Attorney