ORDINANCE NO. 050231

Approving a $1,420,000.00 contract with Haines and Associates Construction Company, Inc. for Contract No. 7864, Small Main Replacements in Plates J-113, J-114, J-133 and J-134, Hillcrest Road to Stark Avenue, East 91st Street to East 107th Street; authorizing the Director of Water Services to expend $1,562,000.00 for the project; and authorizing the Director of Finance to return unexpended appropriations to the appropriate account.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the Director of Water Services Department is hereby authorized to execute, on behalf of Kansas City, Contract No. 7864, in the amount of $1,420,000.00 with Haines and Associates Construction Company, Inc. to provide for new water mains and the transfer of all services on the existing water mains to the new water mains, including complete restoration, and all appurtenances, in Plates J-113, J-114, J-133 and J-134, which are in the area of Hillcrest Road to Stark Avenue, East 91st Street to East 107th Street, all in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri. A copy of the contract is on file in the office of the Director of Water Services.

Section 2. That the appropriation in the following account of the 2004D Water Revenue Project Bond Fund is hereby reduced by the following amount:

AL-8066-807704-B Facility Mod & Improv $852,000.00

Section 3. That the sum of $852,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the 2004D Water Revenue Project Bond Fund to the following account in the 2004D Water Revenue Project Bond Fund:

AL-8066-808084-B Bannister Acres SMR $852,000.00

Section 4. That the Director of Water Services is hereby designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. AL-8066-808084.

Section 5. That the Director of Water Services is further authorized to expend up to the sum of $1,562,000.00, including contingencies, from funds appropriated above, and from funds previously appropriated in Account No. 05-3090-806703-B, Water Lines for Fire Hydrants ($710,000.00), to satisfy the cost of this contract.

Section 6. That upon completion of the final costs of this contract, the Director of Finance is hereby authorized to return the unexpended portion of this appropriation to the Unappropriated Fund Balance from which it was derived.

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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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Cecilia OConnor Abbott

Assistant City Attorney