COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR ORDINANCE NO. 010619

Reducing an appropriation in the amount of $78,212.00 in the Neighborhood Attorney account of the General Fund; reducing an appropriation in the amount of $9,541.00 in the Legal Aid for Indigents account of the General Fund; appropriating $87,753.00 to the Legal Services account of the General Fund; authorizing four contracts totaling $766,842.00 with Legal Aid of Western Missouri to provide legal representation to indigent and low income residents and City neighborhoods.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the appropriation in the following account of the General Fund is hereby reduced by the following amount:

02 -100-057-2309-B Neighborhood Attorney $78,212.00

Section 2. That the appropriation in the following account of the General Fund is hereby reduced by the following amount:

02-100-057-2230-B Legal Aid for Indigents $ 9,541.00

Section 3. That the sum of $87,753.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Fund to the Following Account in the General Fund:

02-100-013-1024-B Legal Services $87,753.00

Section 4. That the Director of Neighborhood and Community Services Department is hereby authorized to execute three contracts with Legal Aid of Western Missouri, for a total amount not to exceed $679,089.00, to provide legal representation to indigent residents of Kansas City, Missouri, to be paid from funds previously appropriated in Account No. 02-100-057-2230-B. The contracts are approved, in substantial form, as that on file with the Director of Neighborhood and Community Services:

Neighborhood Attorney Project-Liquor Control/Zoning $ 60,105.00

Municipal Court Defense 485,585.00

Civil Legal Assistance 133,399.00

TOTAL $679,089.00

Section 5. That the City Attorney is hereby authorized to execute a contract with Legal Aid, in the amount of $87,753.00, for the Neighborhood Attorney Project - Neighborhood Association to be paid from funds herein appropriated to Account No. 02-100-013-1024-B. A copy of the contract, in substantial form, is attached hereto and is hereby approved.

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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