COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR ORDINANCE NO. 010531

Reducing appropriations in various water main and facilities construction accounts; appropriating previously unappropriated funds and transferring expenditures to a separate construction account; authorizing expenditure of previously appropriated funds to satisfy contingencies for various construction accounts, and recognizing an emergency.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the appropriations in the following accounts associated with Contract Nos. 7367 and 7210 for water main and facilities construction are hereby reduced by the total amount of $354,000.00 in the following accounts:

99-804-080-7532-T Jackson-Cass Trans Main Phase II $238,000.00

00-804-080-7209-T Arrowhead Pump Station $116,000.00

Section 2. That the sum of $380,868.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated fund balance of the Water Refunding and Construction Bond Fund 1998 A & B Series to the following account:

01-804-080-7471-T SMR Wornall-Troost, 91-99 $380,868.00

Section 3. That the Director of Finance is hereby authorized to transfer the existing expenditures in an amount not to exceed $380,868.00 in Account No. 01-801-080-7703-T Water Main Const/Rehab for construction of the small water main replacements in the area of Wornall to Troost, 91st to 99th to Account No. 01-804-080-7471-T SMR Wornall-Troost, 91-99.

Section 4. That the Director of Water Services is hereby authorized to expend up to the total sum of $354,000.00 from funds previously appropriated to Account No. 02-801-080-7703-T Water Main Const/Rehab to satisfy the cost of contingencies for the following contracts representing those authorized contingencies reduced in Section 1 above:

Contract No. 7367 Jackson Cass Transmission Main Phase II $238,000.00

Contract No. 7210 Arrowhead Pump Station $116,000.00

Section 5. That this ordinance is recognized as an emergency measure within the meaning of Section 15 of the Charter and takes effect in accordance with that 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