ORDINANCE NO. 050701

Authorizing a $2,975,556.40 contract with DECO Companies, Inc., for demolition and abatement of buildings on Blocks 139 and 140 within the KC Live Entertainment District; authorizing the City Manager to expend up to $2,975,556.40 from funds previously appropriated for the contract; and designating requisitioning authority.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the demolition and abatement of buildings on Blocks 139 and 140 for Project No. 87000001 (CS050394), within the KC Live Entertainment District, is hereby provided for and authorized.

Section 2. That the work shall be done in accordance with the plans, specifications and the contract therefore between Kansas City, Missouri, through its City Managers Office, and DECO Companies, Inc., in the amount of $2,975,556.40, which contract is hereby approved and confirmed. A copy of the contract is filed in the Capital Improvements Management Office and is incorporated herein by reference.

Section 3. That the City Manager is hereby designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. AL-3300-647232.

Section 4. That the City Manager is hereby authorized to expend up to $2,975,556.40 from funds previously appropriated to Account No. AL-3300-647232-B for the aforesaid contract and contingencies.

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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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Assistant City Attorney