ORDINANCE NO. 991179

Authorizing an $38,480.00 Amendment No. 2 to Personal Services Contract with Kevin M. Burns for asset protection specialist services; and authorizing expenditure of funds in the amount of $41,424.00.

WHEREAS, the City approved in December, 1998, an $18,000.00 Personal Services Contract with Kevin M. Burns for asset protection specialist services for a period of six months for the Water Services Department; and

WHEREAS, the City approved in May, 1999, Amendment No. 1 in the amount of $12,000.00 extending the services of Mr. Burns as asset protection specialists through September 15, 1999; and

WHEREAS, the Water Services Department wishes to continue the asset protection specialist services of Mr. Burns for an additional six-month period; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the Director of Water Services is hereby authorized to execute, on behalf of Kansas City, a $38,480.00 Amendment No. 2 to Personal Services Contract with Kevin M. Burns for asset protection services for the Water Services Department. A copy of the original contract is on file in the office of the Director of Water Services. A copy of the amendment number 1 is attached and incorporated herein.

Section 2. That the Director of Water Services is further authorized to expend up to the sum of $41,424.00 from funds previously appropriated to the following account to satisfy the cost of this personal services contract, including appropriate deductions required by law.

00-801-080-2360-B Security Operations $41,424.00

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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