COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR ORDINANCE NO. 160611

Appropriating $320,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Development Services Fund to finance the acquisition of City Planning and Development vehicles; and designating requisitioning authority.

WHEREAS, the City recognizes the need to invest in the City’s infrastructure through an effective fleet replacement program based on the economic principles of optimal vehicle replacement; and

WHEREAS, certain units operated by the City Planning and Development Department has proven itself prone to breakage and are excessively costly to maintain; and

WHEREAS, as a result of this breakage these units incur excessive and unscheduled downtime, compromising services; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the sum of $320,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Development Services Fund to the following accounts:

17-2210-077500-E Fleet Vehicles $320,000.00

Section 2. That the Director of General Services is hereby designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. 17-2210-077500

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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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Sarah Baxter

Assistant City Attorney