ORDINANCE NO. 160916

Authorizing a $1,324,971.00 construction contract with Blue Nile Contractors, Inc., for the replacement of water mains in the area of Bristol Avenue to Booth Avenue, E. 47th Street to 73rd Street; authorizing a maximum expenditure of $1,460,000.00; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the Director of the Water Services Department is authorized to execute Contract No. 9164 in the amount of $1,324,971.00 with Blue Nile Contractors, Inc., for the replacement of water mains in the area of Bristol Avenue to Booth Avenue, E. 47th Street to 73rd Street, Project No. 80001876. A copy of the contract is on file in the office of the Water Services Department.

Section 2. That the Director of the Water Services Department is authorized a maximum expenditure of $1,460,000.00, from Account No. 17-8010-807705-B-611060-80001876, Water Main Replacement Program, to satisfy the cost of this contract.

Section 3. That this ordinance, relating to the design, repair, maintenance or construction of a public improvement, is recognized as an ordinance with an accelerated effective date as provided by Section 503(a)(3)(D) of the City Charter and shall take effect in accordance with Section 503, City Charter.

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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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Mark P. Jones

Assistant City Attorney