ORDINANCE NO. 970143
Approving a $250,000.00 contract with Insituform Missouri
Inc. for emergency rehabilitation of the sewer at 5th and Grand; appropriating
$300,000.00 in funding therefor; and recognizing an emergency.
WHEREAS, a subsidence at 5th and Grand has been
determined to be the result of a hole in the sewer at that location; and
WHEREAS, this condition presents an immediate threat
to public health and safety; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That a $250,000.00 contract between the
City of Kansas City, Missouri, through its Director of Water Services, and
Insituform Missouri Inc., for emergency rehabilitation of the sewer at 5th and
Grand is hereby approved and confirmed. A copy of said contract is on file in
the office of the Director of Water Services.
Section 2. That the sum of $300,000.00 is hereby
appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Sewerage System Construction
Bond Fund 815 to the following account:
97-815-080-7286-T Emer. Sewer Repair 5th &
Grand $300,000.00
Section 3. That the Director of Water Services is
hereby authorized to expend up to the sum of $300,000.00 from funds
appropriated above to satisfy the cost of this contract, including
contingencies.
Section 4. That upon completion of the final costs
of this project, the Director of Finance is hereby directed to return the
unexpended portion of this appropriation to the Unappropriated Fund Balance
from which it was derived.
Section 5. This ordinance is declared to be an
emergency measure within the provisions of Section 15, Article II of the
Charter of Kansas City because it is for the immediate preservation of public
property, health and safety 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