ORDINANCE NO. 070536

Approving a $432,500.00 Joint Funding Agreement with the United States Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, for Contract No. 950, Water Resources Investigations, to assess the urban water quality in the Blue River Basin; authorizing the Director of Water Services to expend $282,500.00 for the project; and authorizing the Director of Finance to return unexpended appropriations to the appropriate account.

WHEREAS, the City Council approved Ordinance No. 040731 in July 2004, authorizing execution of Contract No. 852 for the first year of a five-year effort for the Water Resources Investigations Joint Funding Agreement with the United States Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, to assess the urban water quality of the Blue River Basin; and

WHEREAS, the City Council approved Ordinance No. 050534 in May 2005, authorizing execution of Contract No. 878 for the second year of this project; and

WHEREAS, the City Council approved Ordinance No. 060472 in May 2006, authorizing execution of Contract No. 919 for the third year of this project; and

WHEREAS, this ordinance will authorize execution of Contract No. 950 for the fourth year of this project; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the Director of Water Services is hereby authorized to execute, on behalf of Kansas City, a $432,500.00 Joint Funding Agreement with the United States Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, for Contract No. 950, Water Resources Investigations, to continue assessing the urban water quality in the Blue River Basin. A copy of this agreement is on file in the office of the Director of Water Services.

Section 2. That the Director of Water Services is further authorized to expend the sum of $282,500.00 from funds previously appropriated to Account No. 08-8110-807726-B, Sewer Construction, representing Kansas Citys share of the cost of the agreement.

Section 3. That upon completion of the final costs of this contract, the Director of Finance is hereby authorized to return the unexpended portion of this appropriation to the Unappropriated Fund Balance from which it was derived.

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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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Debra R. Hinsvark

Director of Finance

Approved as to form and legality:

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Cecilia OConnor Abbott

Assistant City Attorney