ORDINANCE NO. 940057
Authorizing a contract for $37,636.25 with Daniels
Construction Company for sidewalks, curbs, driveway entrances and appurtenances
along 4115 East 43rd Street; adjusting appropriations by $2,665.00; authorizing
special assessments upon lands fronting and abutting the improvements to cover
the costs thereof; authorizing the Director of Public Works to expend
$50,064.35 for the project; 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, all
along 4115 East 43rd Street, as part of the Public Improvements Tax Year 9
Projects in Council District 5, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, Project
No. 6533, 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 Daniels
Construction Company, an individual, in the amount of $37,636.25, 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 appropriation in the Revolving
Public Improvement Fund, Account No. 94-319-089-7763T is hereby reduced in the
amount of $2,665.00.
Section 4. That the sum of $2,665.00 is
appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Revolving Public
Improvement Fund to Project Account No. 94-319-089-6508T, to be used within
that account as follows:
To Account No. 94-319-089-6508T the sum of $796.90 for
construction; To Account No. 94-319-089-6508T the sum of $1,500.10 for
contingent obligations; To Account No. 94-319-089-6508T the sum of $345.00 for
engineering and supervision; To Account No. 94-319-089-6508T the sum of $23.00
for administration;
and the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to
expend the said sum for the purposes appropriated.
Section 5. 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 286 for costs
relating to the replacement of sidewalks, curbs, driveway entrances, asphalt
pavements and appurtenances condemned pursuant to said Section 286. Special
tax bills evidencing the amount of such assessments shall be issued to Kansas
City and shall be credited to the 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 6. That the Director of Public Works is
hereby authorized to expend the sum of $50,064.35 from funds heretofore
appropriated to Account No. 94-309-089-6504T as and for the balance of
consideration in the aforesaid contract and for engineering, administration and
inspection in connection therewith.
Section 7. 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