ORDINANCE NO. 970430

Authorizing a $73,359.81 contract with Clarkson Construction Company for emergency repair on the 23rd Street Viaduct; appropriating $183.00 to the Youth Employment Fund; and recognizing an emergency.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the work of performing emergency repairs on the 23rd Street Viaduct to remove and replace a fractured steel connecting plate on the West 23rd Street Viaduct, in accordance with sketches and specifications included herein, in Kansas City, Missouri, Council District 2, Project No. 5415, is hereby provided for and authorized.

Section 2. That the work shall be done in accordance with the plans, specifications and the contract therefore between Kansas City, Missouri, through its Director of Public Works, and Clarkson Construction Company, a Missouri corporation, in the amount of $73,359.81, which contract is hereby approved and confirmed. A copy of the contract is on file in the office of the Director of Public Works and is incorporated herein by reference.

Section 3. That the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to expend the sum of $73,359.81 from funds heretofore appropriated to Account No. 97-209-089-7702-T as and for consideration in the aforesaid contract.

Section 4. That the appropriation in the following account of the Infrastructure and Maintenance Fund is hereby reduced by the following amount:

97-209-089-7702-T Minor Bridge Repair $183.00

Section 5. That the sum of $183.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Infrastructure and Maintenance Fund to the following account in the Infrastructure and Maintenance Fund:

97-209-012-9089-B Transfer to Youth Employment Fund $183.00

Section 6. That the revenue in the following account of the Youth Employment Fund is hereby reestimated in the following additional amount:

97-244-089-9291 Transfer from Infrastructure and Maintenance $183.00 Fund

Section 7. That the sum of $183.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Youth Employment Fund to the following account in the Youth Employment Fund:

97-244-089-7004-T Quarter Percent for Youth Employment Fund $183.00

Section 8. That the Director of Finance is hereby authorized to transfer $183.00 from the Infrastructure and Maintenance Fund to the Youth Employment Fund.

Section 9. That since the public improvement provided for herein is to pay for current expenses of the City, this ordinance is recognized to be an emergency measure within the provisions of Article II, Section 15 of the Charter 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