ORDINANCE NO. 970604

Repealing Sections 6 and 9 of Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 970264; enacting a new section designating requisitioning authority; and recognizing an emergency.

WHEREAS, Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 970264 authorized the City Manager to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Board of Police Commissioners pursuant to the United States Department of Justice Local Law Enforcement Grant; and

WHEREAS, Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 970264 listed an incorrect amount allocated under said Grant to the Board of Police Commissioners; and

WHEREAS, the City Manager, in order to facilitate the expenditure of funds allocated to the Police Department under the Grant desires the Board of Police Commissioners to be designated requisitioning authority; and

WHEREAS, the Federal funds are available for their immediate use under the Grant proposal; and

WHEREAS, this ordinance is necessary for the payment of current expenses of the City government under the cooperative agreement entered with the Board of Police Commissioners; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section A. That Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 970264 is hereby amended by repealing Section 6 and enacting a new section in lieu thereof to read as follows:

Section 6. That the sum of $2,874,398.00 is hereby appropriated from the

Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Local Law Enforcement Grant Fund to the following accounts in the Local Law Enforcement Grant Fund:

98-241-057-2530-B 98 - Local Law Enforcement Grant - BJA - Neighborhood and Community Services $1,111,111.00

98-241-021-2845-A 98 - Local Law Enforcement Grant - BJA 450,000.00 98-241-021-2845-E 98 - Local Law Enforcement Grant - BJA 1,136,958.00 98-241-021-2846-A 98 - Local Law Enforcement Grant - Match 50,000.00 98-241-021-2846-E 98 - Local Law Enforcement Grant - Match 126,329.00 TOTAL $2,874,398.00

Section B. That Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 970264 is hereby amended by repealing Section 9 and enacting a new section in lieu thereof to read as follows:

Section 9. That the City Manager is authorized to execute on behalf of the City a

cooperative agreement with the Board of Police Commissioners of Kansas City, Missouri, in the amount of $1,763,287.00 for various law enforcement support activities. The cooperative agreement is approved in substantial form as that on file with the City Manager.

Section C. That Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 970264 is hereby amended by enacting a new section to read as follows:

Section 11. That the Board of Police Commissioners is hereby designated as

requisitioning authority for Account Nos. 98-241-021-2845-A, 98-241-021-2845-E, 98-241-021-2846-A, and 98-241-021-2846-E.

Section D. That this ordinance, making provision for the payment of current expenses of the City government, is recognized as an emergency measure within the provisions of Section 15, Article II of the Charter of Kansas City 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