ORDINANCE NO. 160902

Authorizing a $491,000.00 Design Professional Services contract with Burns and McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc., for the replacement of water mains in the area of Bales Avenue to Belmont Avenue, E. 99th Street to E. 107th Terrace; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the Director of the Water Services Department is authorized to execute Contract No. 9183 in the amount of $491,000.00 with Burns and McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc., for the replacement of water mains in the area of Bales Avenue to Belmont Avenue, E. 99th Street to E. 107th Terrace, Project No. 80001934.  A copy of the contract is on file in the office of the Water Services Department.

Section 2. That the Director of the Water Services Department is authorized to expend up to $491,000.00, from Account No. 17-8010-807705-B-611040-80001934, Water Main Replacement Program, to satisfy the cost of this contract.

Section 3. That this ordinance, relating to the design, repair, maintenance or construction of a public improvement, is recognized as an ordinance with an accelerated effective date as provided by Section 503(a)(3)(D) of the City Charter and shall take effect in accordance with Section 503, City Charter.

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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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Mark P. Jones

Assistant City Attorney