ORDINANCE NO. 910481
Approving a contract in the amount of $36,103.98 with
Construction Specialists, Inc. for emergency repairs to the St. Louis Viaduct
over the Terminal Railway tracks and a contract in the amount of $12,856.03
with Boyd, Brown, Stude and Cambern, Chartered for engineering services in
connection with the repair work; estimating a contribution by Kansas City
Terminal Railway for the cost of the work in the amount of $25,000.00;
appropriating $50,000.00 from the Capital Improvements Fund to the Project
Account; and recognizing an emergency.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the work of constructing emergency
repairs to the St. Louis Viaduct over the Terminal Railway tracks, Kansas City,
Missouri, District No. 2, Project No. 5356, 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 Construction
Specialists, Inc., in the amount of $36,103.98, which contract is on file in
the office of the Director of Public Works and is incorporated herein by
reference.
Section 3. That the Director of Public Works is
hereby authorized to enter into a contract with Boyd, Brown, Stude and Cambern,
Chartered, in an amount not to exceed $12,856.03 for engineering services to
include: inspection of the Viaduct at east abutment, preparation of construction
plans, review of shop drawings and construction assistance under the said
contract. The said agreement shall be essentially in the form which is
attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Section 4. That the appropriation in the following
account of the Capital Improvements Fund is hereby reduced by the following
amount:
9-40542T Economic Development Initiatives
$25,000.00
Section 5. That the revenue in the following
account of the Capital Improvements Fund is hereby estimated in the following
amount:
9-70938 Contribution from KC Terminal Railway
$25,000.00 for St. Louis Avenue Viaduct
Section 6. That the sum of $50,000.00 is hereby
appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Capital Improvements
Fund, Account No. 9-801, to the following account in the Capital Improvements
Fund:
9-40525T St. Louis Avenue Viaduct
$50,000.00
Section 7. That the Director of Public Works is hereby
designated as the requisitioning authority for Account No. 9-40425, and
authorized to expend the said sum of $50,000.00 from Account No. 9-40425 as
and for consideration in the aforesaid contracts and for engineering associated
therewith.
Section 8. That this ordinance, making an
appropriation for the payment of current expenses of the City government, is
recognized to be an emergency measure under Article II, Section 15 of the
Kansas City Charter, 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