ORDINANCE NO. 970402

Authorizing a $61,316.75 contract with Electrical Systems, Inc., for constructing traffic signal modification for Walnut Street at 6th Street; estimating revenue in the amount of $56,000.00; appropriating said sum to various accounts in the General Fund; authorizing the Director of Public Works to expend $70,000.00 in previously appropriated funds for the project; and appropriating $154.00 to the Youth Employment Fund.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the work of constructing traffic signal modification for Walnut Street at 6th Street consisting of mast arms, traffic controllers, pull boxes, conduit and other necessary appurtenances in Kansas City, Missouri, Council District 2, Project No. 4066, Federal Project No. STP-3425(401), 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 Electrical Systems, Inc., a Missouri corporation, in the amount of $61,316.75, 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 revenue in the following account in the General Fund is hereby estimated in the following amount:

97-100-089-7905 STP Grant 6th Street and Walnut Street $56,000.00

Section 4. That the sum of $56,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Fund to the following accounts in the General Fund:

97-100-089-7731-T Traffic Signal Safety Improvements $55,946.00 97-100-012-9089-B Transfer to Youth Employment Fund 154.00 TOTAL $56,000.00

Section 5. That the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to expend the sum of $70,000.00 from funds heretofore appropriated to Account No. 97-100-089-7731-T as and for consideration in the aforesaid contract and for contingencies and engineering associated therewith.

Section 6. That the revenue in the following account of the Youth Employment Fund is hereby reestimated in the following additional amount:

97-244-089-9200 Transfer from General Fund $ 154.00

Section 7. That the sum of $154.00 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 $ 154.00

Section 8. That the Director of Finance is hereby authorized to transfer $154.00 from the General Fund to the Youth Employment Fund.

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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