ORDINANCE NO. 961061
Authorizing a $135,242.10 contract with Evans B. Cooper,
d/b/a Cooper Construction Company, for reconstructing sidewalks, curbs,
driveway entrances and appurtenances along East 64th Terrace from Holmes Road
to Oak Street; adjusting appropriations by $102,685.00 and authorizing its
expenditure for the project; authorizing expenditure of $7,200.00 for
adjustments of water facilities necessitated by the construction; authorizing
the Director of Public Works to expend $60,955.21 in previously appropriated
funds for the project; authorizing assessment of the costs against the
properties benefited; appropriating $127.00 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, along
both sides of East 64th Terrace from Holmes Road to Oak Street, as part of the
Public Improvements Sales Tax Year 11 Projects in Council District 4, Kansas
City, Jackson County, Missouri, Project No. 6607, 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 Evans B.
Cooper, d/b/a Cooper Construction Company, a Missouri corporation, in the
amount of $135,242.10, 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 funding in the amount of $7,200.00
for the relocation of four fire hydrants necessitated by the project and included
in the contract therefor, will be provided from Water Fund Account No.
97-801-080-7702-T.
Section 4. That the appropriation in the Revolving
Public Improvement Fund, Account No. 97-319-089-7763-T is hereby reduced in the
amount of $102,685.00.
Section 5. That the sum of $102,685.00 is
appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Revolving Public
Improvement Fund to Project Account No. 97-319-089-6442-T, to be used within
that account as follows:
To Account No. 97-319-089-6442-T the sum of $84,305.50
for construction; To Account No. 97-319-089-6442-T the sum of $4,216.50 for
contingent obligations; To Account No. 97-319-089-6442-T the sum of $13,278.00
for engineering and supervision; To Account No. 97-319-089-6442-T the sum of
$885.00 for administration;
and the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to
expend the said sum for the purposes appropriated.
Section 6. 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 eighty
percent of costs relating to the replacement of sidewalks, curbs, driveway
entrances, asphalt pavements and appurtenances. Special tax bill 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 7. That the Director of Public Works is
hereby authorized to expend the sum of $60,955.21 from funds heretofore
appropriated to the following accounts:
97-309-089-6402-T Curb and Sidewalk -
CD4 $25,671.05 97-309-089-6701-T Curb and Sidewalk
Radii 35,284.16
TOTAL $60,955.21
as and for the balance of the consideration in the
aforesaid contract and for contingencies and engineering associated therewith.
Section 8. That the appropriation in the following
accounts of the Capital Improvement Fund is hereby reduced by the following
amounts:
97-309-089-6402-T Curb and Sidewalk -
CD4 $ 70.00 97-309-089-6701-T Curb and Sidewalk
Radii 57.00
TOTAL $ 127.00
Section 9. That the sum of $127.00 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 $ 127.00
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 $ 127.00
Section 11. That the sum of $127.00 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 $ 127.00
Section 12. That the Director of Finance is hereby
authorized to transfer $127.00 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