ORDINANCE NO. 200219
Estimating revenue in the amount
of $5,005,097.78 in the General Fund; appropriating $2,429,100.00 from the
Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Fund for administrative costs to be
paid for reimbursement from the Ground Emergency Medical Transportation program;
designating requisitioning authority; and recognizing this ordinance as having
an accelerated effective date.
WHEREAS, the Fire
Department received $5,005,097.78 more from the Ground Emergency Medical
Transportation program than estimated for the 2019-20 Fiscal Year; and
WHEREAS, the Fire
Department received notice on March 11, 2020, of an anticipated reimbursement
from the GEMT program in the amount of $7,631,881.00 to be received no later
than June 30, 2020; and
WHEREAS, an
administrative fee in the amount of $2,789,100.00 must be paid by April 10,
2020, to receive such reimbursement; and
WHEREAS, the amount
of $360,000.00 was appropriated in the current fiscal year in anticipation of
paying such administrative fee and additional appropriation is needed to pay
the full administrative cost; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE
COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That
revenue in the following account of the General Fund is hereby estimated in the
following amount:
20-1000-230001-465690-23GEMT19 Fire
Grant Revenues $5,005,097.78
Section 2. That the
amount of $2,429,100.00 is appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of
the General Fund to the following account:
20-1000-232520-B Ambulance
Operations $2,429,100.00
Section 3. That the
Fire Chief is hereby designated as requisitioning authority for Account No.
20-1000-232520 and is authorized to expend the sum of $2,789,100.00 from funds
heretofore appropriated to the account.
Section 4. That this
ordinance, appropriating money, is recognized as an ordinance with an
accelerated date as provided by Section 503(a)(3)(C) 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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Tammy
L. Queen
Director
of Finance
Approved
as to form and legality:
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Alan
Holtkamp
Assistant
City Attorney