ORDINANCE NO. 260353
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Sponsor: Director of Water Services Department
Authorizing the Director of Water Services to execute a $2,700,000.00 construction contract with Leath & Sons, Inc., for the Water Department Emergency Transmission Water Main Repair Renewal No. 2 project; authorizing two successive renewal options with further City Council approval; and establishing an ordinance effective date.
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WHEREAS, City Council passed Ordinance No. 240485 on June 13, 2024, authorizing a $1,650,000.00 construction contract with Leath & Sons, Inc., for the Water Department Emergency Transmission Water Main Repair project and authorizing four successive renewal options with further City Council approval; and
WHEREAS, City Council passed Ordinance No. 250324 on April 24, 2025, authorizing a $1,650,000.00 construction contract with Leath & Sons, Inc., for the Water Department Emergency Transmission Water Main Repair, Renewal No. 1 project and authorizing two successive renewal options with further City Council approval; and
WHEREAS, the City executed one change order on Renewal No. 1 totaling $165,000.00; and
WHEREAS, this proposed ordinance is for a $2,700,000.00 construction contract with Leath & Sons, Inc., for the second of four renewal options for this contract; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the Director of the Water Services Department is authorized to execute Contract No. 9848-2 in the amount of $2,700,000.00 with Leath & Sons, Inc., for the Water Department Emergency Transmission Water Main Repair, Renewal No. 2 project, Project No. 60800073. A copy of the contract is on file in the office of Water Services.
Section 2. That the Director of Water Services is authorized to expend up to the sum of $2,700,000.00 from the following accounts to satisfy the cost of this contract:
27-8010-802010-619060 Division of Distribution - Pipeline $2,700,000.00
Section 3. That the Director of Water Services is hereby authorized to execute two successive one-year renewal options for this contract with additional Council approval with such funds as appropriated by the Council in future annual budgets.
Section 4. That this ordinance shall become effective May 1, 2026.
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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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William Choi
Interim Director of Finance
Approved as to form:
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Mark P. Jones
Senior Associate City Attorney