ORDINANCE NO. 000999

Authorizing expenditure of $217,835.00 in additional funds to complete emergency work performed under Contract No. 7343 with Beemer Construction Co.

WHEREAS, the City Council by passage of Ordinance No. 990461 on April 8, 1999 approved a $100,000.00 contract with Beemer Construction Co. for Contract No. 7343 Water Distribution System Work Order Contract; and

WHEREAS, emergency water line failures occurred at 30th and Stark and 27th and Southwest Boulevard requiring emergency water main repair work; and

WHEREAS, Beemer Construction Co. is on the list of emergency contractors for the Water Services Department and is qualified and was available to perform the emergency work; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the Director of Water Services is hereby authorized to expend up to the sum of $217,835.00 to satisfy the cost of emergency water line repairs at 30th and Stark and 27th and Southwest Boulevard from funds previously appropriated to the following account to be incorporated into Contract No. 7343 by change order. A copy of the contract and change order are on file in the office of the Director of Water Services.

01-801-080-7701-T Water Main Relocations $217,835.00

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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