ORDINANCE NO. 250191
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Sponsor: Director of Convention and Entertainment Facilities
Reducing $2,218,888.02 of the appropriations in the General Obligation Bond Series 2023A Fund and reappropriating same for the purpose of reallocating GO bond project proceeds for entertainment facilities; reducing $5,750,000.00 of the appropriations in the General Obligation Bond Series 2024A Fund and reappropriating same for the purpose of aligning funding for entertainment facilities projects with the 2022 GO bond plan; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, pursuant to General Obligation Bond Law, a special election was duly held in the City on Tuesday, November 8, 2022 (the “2022 Election”), on the question of whether to issue general obligation bonds of the City in an amount not to exceed $125,000,000.00 for the purpose of paying for the acquisition, construction, renovation, improvement, equipping and furnishing of City parks, recreation and entertainment facilities (the “Parks and Entertainment Facilities Question”); and
WHEREAS, Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 230184 established Fund No. 3823, the General Obligation Bond Series 2023A Q1-22 Project Fund in the records of the City of Kansas City, Missouri; and
WHEREAS, Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 230529, As Amended, established Fund No. 3824, the General Obligation Bond Series 2024A Q1-22 Project Fund in the records of the City of Kansas City, Missouri; and
WHEREAS, the bid for the Restroom and ADA Renovations project (63RRADA25) at the Convention Center came in significantly over its original estimate; and
WHEREAS, unused balances from bond project funds from the Music Hall Freight Elevator Replacement project (MHFRTEL23), Bartle Hall 13th Street Exterior Lighting project (63STEXL23), Bartle Hall Internet Infrastructure Upgrade project (63INTNT23) and Bartle Hall Broadway/Central Exterior Lighting project (63BCEXL23) will supplement bond project funding for the Restroom and ADA Renovations project (63RRADA25); and
WHEREAS, transfers of funds are needed to complete the Grand Ballroom ADA project (63ADAGB23), Bartle Hall Meeting Room Digital Signage project (63DISIG23) and the Municipal Auditorium and Bartle Hall Security Camera Upgrade project (MABHSEC24); and
WHEREAS, the balance from unused bond project funds from the Bartle Hall Broadway/Central Exterior Lighting project (63BCEXL23) will supplement funding for the three bond projects listed above; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 240220 appropriated funds for two bond projects in Fund 3824 which need to be corrected to align with the approved 2022 GO Bond Plan; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. Reducing an appropriation in the amount of $2,218,888.02 in the General Obligation Bond Series 2023A, Fund 3823 in the following accounts:
AL-3823-638027-B-MHFRTEL23 Music Hall Freight Elevator
Replacement $1,554,522.36
AL-3823-638027-B-63STEXL23 Bartle Hall 13th St. Exterior Lighting 246,749.00
AL-3823-638027-B-63INTNT23 Bartle Hall Internet Infrastructure Upgrade 244,700.22
AL-3823-638027-B-63BCEXL23 Bartle Hall Broadway/Central Ext
Lighting 172,916.44
TOTAL $2,218,888.02
Section 2. That the sum of $2,218,888.02 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance in the General Obligation Bond Series 2023A, Fund 3823 to the following accounts:
AL-3823-638027-B-63RRADA25 Restroom & ADA Renovations $2,073,888.02
AL-3823-638027-B-63ADAGB23 Grand Ballroom ADA 75,000.00
AL-3823-638027-B-63DISIG23 Bartle Hall Mtg Room Digital Signage 30,000.00
AL-3823-638027-B-MABHSEC24 Mun Aud & Bartle Hall Security Camera
Upgrade 40,000.00
TOTAL $2,218.888.02
Section 3. Reducing an appropriation in the amount of $5,750,000.00 in the General Obligation Bond Series 2024A, Fund 3824, in the following accounts:
AL-3824-638027-B-63COSTD25 Bartle Hall Concession Stand $2,500,000.00
Renovation
AL-3824-638027-B-63RRADA25 Restroom & ADA Renovations 3,250,000.00
TOTAL $5,750,000.00
Section 4. That the sum of $5,750,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance in the General Obligation Bond Series 2024A, Fund 3824, to the following accounts:
AL-3824-638027-B-63CCESC25 Bartle Hall & Convention Ctr Escalator
Replace $1,500,000.00
AL-3824-638027-B-63RRADA25 Restroom & ADA Renovations 4,250,000.00
TOTAL $5,750,000.00
Section 5. That this ordinance relating to the maintenance or construction of a public improvement is recognized as an ordinance with an accelerated effective date as provided by Section 503 (a)(3)(D) of the Charter and shall take effect in accordance with that section.
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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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Tammy L. Queen
Director of Finance
Approved as to form:
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Lana K. Torczon
Senior Associate City Attorney