ORDINANCE NO. 970669

Authorizing a $78,000.00 contract increase with A.T. Abatement Services, Inc., for asbestos and lead paint abatement for various City-owned facilities and the expenditure of previously appropriated funds in the amount of $78,000.00.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to increase Contract No. 950497 with A.T. Abatement Services, Inc., for lead paint and asbestos abatement work, which contract was renewed by Ordinance No. 960457, passed May 9, 1996, from $1,015,000.00 to $1,093,000.00 for additional work in the amount of $78,000.00 at various City-owned facilities.

Section 2. That the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to expend the sum not to exceed $78,000.00 from funds appropriated to the following accounts as and for consideration in the aforesaid contract increase:

98-100-089-7726-T Building and Structural Improvements $60,000.00 97-362-089-7747-T Municipal Auditorium Remodeling 18,000.00 TOTAL $78,000.00

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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