ORDINANCE NO. 961472
Authorizing a $74,313.75 contract with T.S.C. of Kansas,
Inc., for reconstructing sidewalks, curbs, driveway entrances and appurtenances
along W. 68th Street from Brookside to Edgevale Road; authorizing expenditure
of $1,000.00 for adjustments of water facilities necessitated by the
construction; adjusting appropriations by $63,711.00 and authorizing its
expenditure for the project; authorizing the Director of Public Works to
expend $31,255.00 in previously appropriated funds for the project; authorizing
assessment of the costs against the properties benefited; appropriating $61.00
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, all
along W. 68th Street from Brookside to Edgevale Road, as part of the Public
Improvements Tax Year 12 Projects in Council District 4, Kansas City, Jackson
County, Missouri, Project No. 6648, 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 T.S.C. of
Kansas, Inc., a foreign corporation, in the amount of $74,313.75, 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. 97-319-089-7763-T is hereby reduced in the
amount of $63,711.00.
Section 4. That the sum of $63,711.00 is appropriated
from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Revolving Public Improvement Fund
to Project Account No. 97-319-089-6448-T, to be used within that account as
follows:
To Account No. 97-319-089-6448-T the sum of $49,928.60
for construction; To Account No. 97-319-089-6448-T the sum of $4,993.40 for
contingent obligations; To Account No. 97-319-089-6448-T the sum of $8,239.00
for engineering and supervision; To Account No. 97-319-089-6448-T the sum of
$550.00 for administration;
and the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to
expend the said sum for the purposes appropriated.
Section 5. 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 263 for 80% of
the costs relating to the replacement of sidewalks, curbs, driveway entrances,
asphalt pavements and appurtenances condemned pursuant to said Section 263.
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 said 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 6. That funding in the amount of $1,000.00
for the adjustments of water facilities necessitated by the W. 68th Street from
Brookside to Edgevale Road project and included in the contract therefor, will
be provided from Water Fund Account No. 97-801-080-7702-T.
Section 7. That the Director of Public Works is
hereby authorized to expend the sum of $31,255.00 from funds heretofore
appropriated to Account Nos:
97-100-089-7700-T Curb and Sidewalk
Radii $15,211.00 97-309-089-6402-T Curb and Sidewalk
Construction - CD4 16,044.00
TOTAL $31,255.00
as and for the balance of the consideration in the
aforesaid contract and for engineering, administration and inspection in
connection therewith.
Section 8. That the appropriation in the following
account of the Capital Improvement Fund is hereby reduced by the following
amount:
97-309-089-6402-T Curb and Sidewalk Construction -
CD4 $ 61.00
Section 9. That the sum of $61.00 is hereby
appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Capital Improvement
Fund to the following account in the Capital Improvement Fund:
97-309-012-9089-B Transfer to Youth Employment
Fund $ 61.00
Section 10. That the revenue in the following
account of the Youth Employment Fund is hereby reestimated in the following
additional amount:
97-244-089-9202 Transfer from Capital
Improvement Fund $ 61.00
Section 11. That the sum of $61.00 is hereby
appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Youth Employment Fund
to the following account in the Youth Employment Fund:
97-244-089-7004-T Quarter Percent for Youth
Employment Fund $ 61.00
Section 12. That the Director of Finance is hereby
authorized to transfer $61.00 from the Capital Improvement 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 immediately upon
passage.
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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