ORDINANCE NO. 960986

Authorizing a $285.000.00 contract with Harrington Roofing Company, Inc., for roofing work for the Kemper Arena Expansion Project; appropriating $299,250.00; authorizing the Director of Public Works to expend $299,250.00 in funds herein appropriated for the project; and recognizing an emergency.

WHEREAS, the Council passed Resolution No. 951700 on December 28, 1995, authorizing the development of financing for the construction of capital improvements, including the renovation and modernization of Kemper Arena; and

WHEREAS, the completion of the renovation and modernization of Kemper Arena in accordance with said Resolution No. 951700 is critical to the operation of said Arena and the events scheduled to be conducted therein; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the work of installing new roofing for the expansion of Kemper Arena, 1800 Genessee, Kansas City, Missouri, 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 Harrington Roofing Company, in the amount of $285,000.00, 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 sum of $299,250.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the KCMAC Kemper Arena/Municipal Auditorium Bond Fund to the following account:

97-396-089-7746-T Kemper Arena Remodeling $299,250.00

Section 4. That the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to expend the sum of $299,250.00 from funds herein appropriated to Account No. 97-396-089-7746-T as and for consideration in the aforesaid contract and related contingencies.

Section 5. That this ordinance is recognized as an emergency measure within the provisions of Section 15, Article II of the Charter of Kansas City and takes 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