COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR ORDINANCE NO. 021427, AS AMENDED

Estimating $6,391,666.00 in revenue in the Public Safety Sales Tax Fund ( Fund No. 232); appropriating the sum of $549,365.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Public Safety Sales Tax Fund for a TIF/STIF Reserve; appropriating $5,842,271.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Public Safety Sales Tax Fund for various capital improvement and equipment projects; designating requisitioning authority; authorizing the Director of Health to amend a contract with Metropolitan Ambulance Services Trust (MAST) by the amount of $1,600,000. 00; and recognizing an emergency.

WHEREAS, in April 2002, voters approved a 1/4 cent sales tax for public safety improvements for a period of eight years and nine months; and

WHEREAS, this additional sales tax went into effect on October 1, 2002; and

WHEREAS, this ordinance estimates the first seven months of this revenue and appropriates it according to the voter approved provisions of the sales tax; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That revenue in the following accounts of the Public Safety Sales Tax Fund is hereby estimating in the following amount:

03-232-012-5110 Sales Tax $5,233,333.00

03-232-012-5115 Local Use Tax - Current 1,158,333.00

TOTAL $6,391, 666.00

Section 2. That the sum of $549,395.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Public Safety Sales Tax Fund to the following account in the Public Safety Sales Tax Fund:

03-232-012-9064-B Reserve for TIF/STIF $ 549,395.00

Section 3. That the sum of $5,842,271.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Public Safety Sales Tax Fund to the following accounts in the Public Safety Sales Tax Fund:

03-232-051-2140-E MAST Equipment Upgrades $1,600, 000.00

03-232-010-7010-T Outdoor Warning Sirens 1,000, 000.00

03-232-010-7020-T Emergency Operations Center 1,000, 000.00

03-232-021-7001-T Police Facility Improvements 2, 242,271.00

TOTAL $5,842, 271.00

Section 4. That the Director of Health is designated as requisitioning authority for Account

No. 03-232-051-2140; that the City Manager is designated as requisitioning authority for Accounts Nos. 03-232- 010-7010 and 03-232-010-7020; and that the Board of Police Commissioners is designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. 03-232-021-7001.

Section 5. That an amendment to an agreement between the City of Kansas City, Missouri, acting through its Director of Health, and the Metropolitan Ambulance Services Trust (MAST), acting through its Executive Director, will provide medical care for the City's indigent for a period of May 1, 2002 to April 30, 2003, is hereby increased by $1,600,000.00 from $2,266,271.00 to $3,866,271.00.

Section 6. That this ordinance is recognized as an emergency measure pursuant to Section 15, Article II of the Charter and takes effect accordingly.

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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