ORDINANCE NO. 140571

Approving and authorizing settlement of a claim by RMCOP Office Venture ℅ Copaken Brooks, Claim No. T1314-0247.

WHEREAS, on June 15, 2013, a water main burst causing property damage to RMCOP Office Venture's property; and

WHEREAS, the City Council passed Ordinance No. 140003, which authorized the initial settlement of a claim by RMCOP Office Venture; and

WHEREAS, it has become necessary to pay an additional $7,881.87 which would cause the total expenditures on this claim to be $140,474.15, and the City Council's approval is necessary to pay this amount; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the payment of the additional sum of $7,881.87 in settlement of the claim of RMCOP Office Venture ℅ Copaken Brooks, Claim No. T1314-0247 as recommended by the City Attorney and the Risk Management Committee, is hereby approved.

Section 2. That the City Attorney is hereby authorized to pay the additional sum of $7,881.87 in settlement of this claim from funds previously appropriated in Account No. 15-1010-131524-B, Water-General Liability Claims.

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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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Alisa N. Chambers

Assistant City Attorney