ORDINANCE NO. 951292

Authorizing execution of a $30,000.00 contract with Creative Strategy Institute, Inc., for funds for a market analysis and feasibility assessment for small businesses.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development is hereby authorized to execute a contract with Creative Strategy Institute, Inc., in the amount of $30,000.00, to provide funds for a market analysis and feasibility assessment for small businesses to be paid from funds previously appropriated to Account No. 95-100-055-2005-B, HUD Technical Assistance Grant. A copy of said contract, in substantial form, is attached hereto and is hereby approved.

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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