ORDINANCE NO. 010658
Authorizing a
$5,960,000.00 agreement with the Convention and Visitors Bureau of Greater
Kansas City, Inc., to provide services for the promotion of conventions and
tourism business in the City for Fiscal Year 2001-02.
BE IT ORDAINED BY
THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That
the Director of Convention and Entertainment Centers is authorized to execute,
on behalf of the City, an agreement in the amount of $5,960,000.00 with the
Convention and Visitors Bureau of Greater Kansas City, Inc., to provide
services for the promotion of conventions and tourism business in the City for
the fiscal year 2001-02, from funds appropriated in Account Nos.
02-236-063-1010-B, Sales and Marketing ($20,000.00) and 02-236-067-2000-F,
Convention and Visitors Bureau ($5,940,000.00). The agreement is approved, in
substantial form, as that attached to the original of this ordinance.
Section 2. That,
in consideration of this agreement, the Director of Convention and
Entertainment Centers is authorized to expend $5,940,000.00 plus any additional
amount up to a total of 40% of the proceeds of the tax imposed by Section
68-551(1) upon receipt and appropriation of that additional amount by the
Council.
Section 3. That,
in consideration of this agreement, the Director of Convention and
Entertainment Centers is authorized to expend up to $20,000.00 for
reimbursement to Convention and Visitors Bureau for joint marketing and
development efforts.
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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