ORDINANCE NO. 050456

Authorizing Amendment 1 to a Cooperative Agreement for Sewer Service between Kansas City, Missouri and Gladstone, Missouri, which sets the rate for sewer service for the next five years of the Agreement.

WHEREAS, the City Council passed Ordinance No. 001296 on October 12, 2000, authorizing a Cooperative Agreement between Kansas City, Missouri and Gladstone, Missouri for a term of twenty (20) years; and

WHEREAS, Amendment 1 establishes lime sludge rates for Gladstone, Missouri starting from August 1, 2005 to June 30, 2010, including an annual increase of approximately $2,000.00, establishes a termination clause for lime sludge discharge to Kansas Citys sewer system, and prevents Gladstone from discharging lime sludge to the Missouri River upstream from the Kansas City, Missouri raw water intake; and

WHEREAS, Kansas City, Missouri and Gladstone, Missouri desire to amend this agreement; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the Director of Water Services is hereby authorized to execute, on behalf of Kansas City, Amendment 1 to the Cooperative Agreement for Sewer Service between Kansas City and Gladstone, Missouri. A copy of the amendment is on file in the office of the Director of Water Services.

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Approved as to form and legality:

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Cecilia OConnor Abbott

Assistant City Attorney