ORDINANCE NO. 120624

 

Authorizing a one-year $985,960.00 contract with SAVE, Inc., to provide housing assistance for low-income persons living with HIV/AIDS.

 

WHEREAS, SAVE, Inc., provides housing assistance for Kansas City residents infected with HIV; and

 

WHEREAS, the Health Department is committed to promoting, protecting and preserving the public health of Kansas City residents; and

 

WHEREAS, this ordinance provides the funding needed to continue to provide this vital service, without interruption which would prevent a possible gap in these services; NOW, THEREFORE,

 

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

 

Section 1. That a contract between the City of Kansas City, Missouri, acting through its Director of Health, and SAVE, Inc., acting through its Executive Director, whereby SAVE will provide housing assistance for low-income residents living with HIV/AIDS in Kansas City’s Eligible Metropolitan Statistical Area (EMSA) for the period of June 1, 2012 through April 30, 2013, for a total contract amount of $985,960.00 to be paid from funds previously appropriated to Account Nos. 13-2740-505004-G50245413 and 13-2740-505004-G50245414, is hereby authorized. A copy of the contract, in substantial form, is attached and made a part by reference.

 

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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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Joseph Guarino

Assistant City Attorney