ORDINANCE NO. 970140

Authorizing a $30,000.00 increase in the authorized expenditure on Contract No. 960031 with Mega Industries Corporation for street repairs on Wyandotte from 31st Street to 31st Terrace, Project No. 6404.

WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 960214, passed March 14, 1996, the Council authorized a contract with Mega Industries Corporation in the amount of $43,996.60, with an authorized expenditure of $53,995.60; and

WHEREAS, during the course of the work, certain latent conditions which have resulted in additional engineering and construction work have come to light; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to expend the additional sum of $30,000.00 from funds previously appropriated to Account No. 97-309-089-6206-T as and for contingencies on Contract No. 960031 to complete the additional construction approved by Ordinance No. 960214, passed March 14, 1996.

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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