ORDINANCE NO. 970172

Authorizing the City Auditor, on behalf of the City of Kansas City, Missouri, to enter into a contract with KPMG Peat Marwick LLP in an amount not to exceed $83,160.00 to conduct a performance audit of the Port Authority of Kansas City, Missouri.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the City Auditor, on behalf of the City of Kansas City, Missouri, is hereby authorized to enter into a contract in an amount not to exceed $83,160.00 with KPMG Peat Marwick LLP from funds previously appropriated to Account No. 97-100-003-1500B from the General Fund to conduct a performance audit of the Port Authority of Kansas City, Missouri.

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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