ORDINANCE NO. 970853

Authorizing contracts with Hope House, Inc., NEWHOUSE, Rose Brooks Center, and SafeHaven of Kansas City, Inc., for operation of shelters for battered persons.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the Director of Neighborhood and Community Services Department is hereby authorized to execute contracts with the following agencies in their respective amounts for operation of shelters for battered persons from funds previously appropriated to Account No. 98-247-057-2005-B. The contracts are approved, in substantial form, as that on file with the Director of Neighborhood and Community Services:

Hope House, Inc. $ 35,700.00 NEWHOUSE $ 21,000.00 Rose Brooks Center $ 27,300.00 SafeHaven of Kansas City, Inc. $ 21,000.00 TOTAL $105,000.00

Section 2. That the total amount of the City's obligation under these contracts shall be distributed quarterly among the above four agencies pursuant to a formula based on bed nights provided to Kansas City residents by each agency per quarter.

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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