ORDINANCE NO. 011058

Authorizing a $116,054.90 contract with Sarai Construction, Inc., for reconstructing sidewalks, curbs, driveway entrances, and appurtenances south of the Missouri River; adjusting appropriations by $125,275.00 and authorizing its expenditure for the project; authorizing assessment of the costs against the properties benefitted; appropriating $45.00 to the Youth Employment Fund; and recognizing an emergency.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the work of reconstructing portland cement concrete sidewalks, curbs, driveway entrances and appurtenances south of the Missouri River, as part of the Public Improvements City Wide Sidewalk Program in Council Districts 1, 2 and 3, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, Project No. 6920, is hereby provided for and authorized.

Section 2. That the work shall be done in accordance with the plans, specifications and the contract therefore between Kansas City, Missouri, through its Director of Public Works, and Sarai Construction, Inc., a Missouri corporation, in the amount of $116,054.90, which contract is hereby approved and confirmed. A copy of the contract is on file in the office of the Director of Public Works and is incorporated herein by reference.

Section 3. That the appropriation in the Revolving Public Improvement Fund, Account No. 02-319-089-7763-T is hereby reduced in the amount of $125,275.00.

Section 4. That the sum of $125,275.00 is appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Revolving Public Improvement Fund to Project Account No. 02-319-089-6737-T.

Section 5. That the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to expend the following sums for the purposes appropriated:

To Account No. 02-319-089-6737-T the sum of $98,178.00 for construction;

To Account No. 02-319-089-6737-T the sum of $9,818.00 for contingent obligations;

To Account No. 02-319-089-6737-T the sum of $16,199.00 for engineering and supervision;

To Account No. 02-319-089-6737-T the sum of $1,080.00 for administration;

Section 6. That special assessments are hereby authorized to be made and levied upon the lands fronting and abutting on the above improvement in accordance with Kansas City Charter Section 286 for costs relating to the replacement of sidewalks, curbs, driveway entrances, asphalt pavements and appurtenances condemned pursuant to said Section 286. Special tax bills evidencing the amount of such assessments shall be issued to Kansas City and shall be credited to the said Revolving Public Improvements Fund and, when collected, the proceeds thereof shall be returned to and become a part of the said Fund. The said tax bills shall be made payable in six annual installments at such times and with such effect as is provided in Article VIII of the Kansas City Charter. The special assessments shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate of ten year

United States treasury notes as established at the last auction before the assessment is certified to the Director of Finance. If delinquent, said special assessments shall bear interest at a rate per annum two percent higher than the interest rate on assessments which are not delinquent.

Section 7. That the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to expend the sum of $24,278.00 from funds previously appropriated to Account No. 02-209-089-7700-T for the aforesaid contract and for engineering, administration and inspection in connection therewith.

Section 8. That the appropriation in the following account of the Infrastructure and Maintenance Fund is hereby reduced by the following amount:

02-209-089-7700-T Curb and Sidewalk Radii $45.00

Section 9. That the sum of $45.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Infrastructure and Maintenance Fund to the following account in the Infrastructure and Maintenance Fund:

02-209-012-9089-B Transfer to Youth Employment Fund $45.00

Section 10. That the revenue in the following account of the Youth Employment Fund is hereby reestimated in the following additional amount:

02-244-012-9291 Transfer from Infrastructure and Maintenance $45.00

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Section 11. That the sum of $45.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Youth Employment Fund to the following account in the Youth Employment Fund:

02-244-089-7004-T Quarter Percent for Youth Employment Fund $45.00

Section 12. That the Director of Finance is hereby authorized to transfer $45.00 from the Infrastructure and Maintenance Fund to the Youth Employment Fund.

Section 13. That since the public improvement provided for herein is to be paid in part by special assessments, this ordinance is recognized to be an emergency measure within the provisions of Article II, Section 15 of the Charter and shall take effect in accordance with said section.

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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