ORDINANCE NO. 970147

Approving a $79,000.00 contract with Insituform Missouri Inc. for the emergency repair of the public sewer at 4114 Wabash; authorizing expenditure of $125,150.00 in funding; and recognizing an emergency.

WHEREAS, a subsidence at 4114 Wabash has been determined to be the result of a collapse of the sewer at that location; and

WHEREAS, this condition presents an immediate threat to public health and safety; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That a $79,000.00 contract between the City of Kansas City, Missouri, through its Director of Water Services, and Insituform Missouri Inc., for the emergency repair of the public sewer at 4114 Wabash is hereby approved and confirmed.

Section 2. That the Director of Water Services is hereby authorized to expend up to the sum of $125,150.00 from funds previously appropriated to the following account to satisfy the cost of this contract, including contingencies:

94-811-080-7726-T Sewer Construction $125,150.00

Section 3. That the appropriation in the following account of the Sewer Fund is hereby reduced by the following amount:

94-811-080-7726-T Sewer Construction $ 150.00

Section 4. That the sum of $150.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Sewer Fund to the following account in the Sewer Fund:

97-811-012-9089-B Transfer to Youth Employment Fund $ 150.00

Section 5. That the revenue in the following account of the Youth Employment Fund is hereby reestimated in the additional following amount:

97-244-080-9239 Transfer from Sewer Fund $ 150.00

Section 6. That the sum of $150.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Youth Employment Fund to the following account in the Youth Employment Fund:

97-244-080-7004-T Quarter Percent for Youth Employment $ 150.00 Section 7. That the Director of Finance is hereby authorized to transfer $150.00 from the Sewer Fund to the Youth Employment Fund.

Section 8. This ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure within the provisions of Section 15, Article II of the Charter of Kansas City because it is for the immediate preservation of public property, health and safety and shall take effect immediately upon passage.

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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