ORDINANCE NO. 120560

Accepting funds allocated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in the amount of $313,824.00 under the Shelter Plus Care program and authorizing the Director of Health to enter into a one-year, $313,824.00 contract with SAVE, Inc.. to provide housing assistance for homeless men, women and children in the Kansas City area.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That a grant award and agreement between the City of Kansas City, Missouri, acting through its Director of Health, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), acting through its Director of Community Planning and Development, whereby HUD will provide funding to improve the lives of homeless men, women and children through housing assistance programs for the period beginning July 27, 2012 through July 26, 2013, in a contract with SAVE, Inc., for an amount not to exceed $313,824.00, is hereby accepted and approved. A copy of the grant award, in substantial form, is attached and made a part by reference.

Section 2. That the Director of Health is authorized to expend the sum of $313,824.00 from funds appropriated to Account No. 13-2480-505018-G50501813-B for the contract.

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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