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