ORDINANCE NO. 980349

Accepting and approving a $17,400.00 contract amendment with the Missouri Department of Health that provides additional State funding for the continued support of a comprehensive sickle cell center.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That a contract amendment between the City of Kansas City, Missouri, acting through its Director of Health, and the Missouri Department of Health, acting through its Director of Administration, whereby the Missouri Department of Health will provide $17,400.00 in additional State funding for the continued support of a comprehensive sickle cell center, for the period July 1, 1997 through June 30, 1998, originally approved by Ordinance No. 971013, is hereby accepted and approved. A copy of the amendment, in substantial form, is attached hereto and made a part hereof by reference.

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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