ORDINANCE NO. 970852

Authorizing a $602,789.00 contract with Legal Aid of Western Missouri, to provide legal representation to indigent residents of Kansas City, Missouri.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the Director of Neighborhood and Community Services Department is hereby authorized to execute a contract with Legal Aid of Western Missouri, in the amount of $602,789.00, to provide legal representation to indigent residents of Kansas City, Missouri, from funds previously appropriated to Account No.98-100-057-2230-B. The contract is approved, in substantial form, as that on file with the Director of Neighborhood and Community Services.

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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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Director of Finance

Approved as to form and legality:

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Assistant City Attorney