ORDINANCE NO. 100509

 

Accepting a United States Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) in the amount of $20,000,000.00 created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA); estimating revenue in the amount of $20,000,000.00 in the ARRA Stimulus Fund; appropriating it to the EECBG account of the ARRA Stimulus Fund; and designating requisitioning authority.

 

WHEREAS, the City was one of 25 entities nationwide selected by the DOE to be a recipient of a Retrofit Ramp-up grant and the City has negotiated a revised scope of work consistent with a grant award in the amount of $20,000,000.00 in order to implement the Energy Works KC program over a three-year period; and

 

WHEREAS, the City has received an offer of an award of $20,000,000.00 in EECBG Retrofit Ramp-up grant funding from DOE on May 18, 2010; and

 

WHEREAS, this Council passed Resolution No. 100411, authorizing the City Manager to accept a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in the amount of $20,000,000.00 made possible by the EECBG Program and funded by the 2009 ARRA so that the City may begin to implement the Energy Works KC program; NOW, THEREFORE,

 

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

 

Section 1. That the City Manager, or his designee, is hereby authorized to accept a grant from the United States DOE for the purpose of providing energy efficiency and conservation services in the amount of $20,000,000.00. A copy of the Grant Agreement, identified as Grant Award DE-EE0003564, is on file in the Office of Environmental Quality and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Section 2. That revenue in the following account of the ARRA Stimulus Fund is estimated in the following amount:

 

11-2530-100001-479979 Federal Stimulus Grants $20,000,000.00

 

Section 3. That $20,000,000.00 is appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the ARRA Stimulus Fund (No. 2530) to the following account of the ARRA Stimulus Fund (No. 2530):

 

11-2530-105056-A EECBG $ 1,250,000.00

11-2530-105056-B EECBG 18,750,000.00

TOTAL $20,000,000.00

 

Section 4. That the City Manager, or his designee, is designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. 11-2530-105056.

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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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Randall J. Landes

Director of Finance

 

Approved as to form and legality:

 

 

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Matthew Gigliotti

Assistant City Attorney