ORDINANCE NO. 110378

Authorizing the Director of Public Works to execute an agreement with Black & McDonald, not to exceed $4,640,076.00; estimating and appropriating revenue in the amount of $787,086.00; authorizing the Director of Public Works to expend $4.640,076.00 for the project and to execute change orders; designating requisitioning authority; and recognizing an emergency.

WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 070455 authorized the City to enter into a one-year contract with four one-year renewals to provide street light repair and maintenance services for fiscal year 2007-08; and

WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 080356 authorized City to enter into the first of its four renewals to provide street light repair and maintenance services for fiscal year 2008-09; and

WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 090458 authorized City to enter into the second of its four renewals to provide street light repair and maintenance services for fiscal year 2009-10; and

WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 100556 authorized City to enter into the third of its four renewals to provide street light repair and maintenance services for fiscal year 2010-11; and

WHEREAS, this ordinance is required for purposes of meeting City’s obligations under the existing contract and authorizing the Director of Public Works to execute the fourth of the City’s four renewals for the purpose of providing street light repair and maintenance for fiscal year 2011-12; and

WHEREAS, street light repair and maintenance is a vital City function in that it provides security and safety for City’s residents; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary that this ordinance be authorized so that City is prepared to continue responding to outages, malfunctions, pole knock-downs and other safety issues without any interruption or delay; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the Director of Public Works is authorized to enter into and execute, on behalf of City, a $4,640,076.00 one-year renewal of the contract with Black and McDonald, for streetlight repair and maintenance in all Council Districts, covering the period of May 1, 2011 through April 30, 2012.

Section 2. That the revenue in the following account of the Public Works Reimbursable Services Fund is hereby estimated in the following amount:

12-1140-891950-485450 Reimbursable Services $787,086.00

Section 3. That the sum of $787,086.00 is appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Public Works Reimbursable Services Fund to the following account:

12-1140-891950-B Reimbursable Services $787,086.00

Section 4. That the Director of Public Works is authorized to expend the sum of $4,640,076.00 from funds previously appropriated to the following accounts:

12-2060-897703-B Street Lighting $3,852,990.00

12-1140-891950-B Reimbursable Services 787,086.00

TOTAL $4,640,076.00

Section 5. That the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to execute change orders to the contract to provide for additional incidental and related street lighting, to respond to requests from other departments subject to the limitation of appropriated funds and the City Manager’s approval, and to charge these costs to the appropriate account.

Section 6. That the Director of Public Works is designated requisitioning authority for Account No. 12-1140-891950.

Section 7. That this ordinance, appropriating money and relating to the design, repair, maintenance or construction of a public improvement, is recognized as an emergency measure within the provisions of Section 503 of the City Charter and shall take effect in accordance with that section.

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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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Brian T. Rabineau

Assistant City Attorney