ORDINANCE NO. 970862

Authorizing an eleven month $45,500.00 contract with the Good Samaritan Project, Inc., to provide mental health counseling and authorizing the Director of Health to amend the contract by up to $35,000.00 without Council approval.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the Director of Health is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with the Good Samaritan Project, Inc., acting through its officers of executory authority, to provide mental health counseling, for the period of April 4, 1997 to February 28, 1998, for an amount not to exceed $45,500.00. The contract will be funded from an appropriation previously approved in Ordinance No. 970228 in Account No. 98-273-050-2448-B. A copy of the contract, in substantial form, is attached hereto and made a part hereof by reference.

Section 2. That the Director of Health is authorized to amend the contract without Council approval. Contract amendments cannot exceed $35,000.00.

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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