ORDINANCE NO. 160475

Authorizing a $1,300,000.00 professional, specialized, or technical services contract with Pure Technologies U.S. Inc. d/b/a Wachs Water Services for the Water Valve & Hydrant Assessments, Mapping, and Data Management Program; and authorizing four successive renewals options without further City Council approval.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the Director of Water Services Department is authorized to execute Contract No. 9223 in the amount of $1,300,000.00 with Pure Technologies U.S. Inc. d/b/a Wachs Water Services, for the Water Valve & Hydrant Assessments, Mapping, and Data Management Program, Project No. 60800002.  A copy of the contract is on file in the office of Water Services.

Section 2. That the Director of Water Services is hereby authorized to expend up to the sum of $1,300,000.00, from Account No. 17-8010-802010-B-619060, Division of Distribution- Pipeline, to satisfy the cost of this contract.

Section 3. That the Director of Water Services is hereby authorized to execute four successive renewal options for this contract without additional City Council approval with such funds as appropriated by the City Council in future annual budgets.

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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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Randall J. Landes

Director of Finance

Approved as to form and legality:

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Mark P. Jones

Assistant City Attorney