ORDINANCE NO. 240567
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Sponsor: City Manager
Authorizing the City Manager to execute a one-year contract, for the period August 1, 2024 through July 31, 2025, with the Metropolitan Energy Center (MEC); estimating revenue in the amount of $146,922.00 in the General Grants Fund, Fund No. 2580; appropriating $146,922.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Grants Fund, Fund No. 2580; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, the City was one of 25 entities nationwide selected by the DOE to be a recipient of a Better Buildings (formerly Retrofit Ramp-up) grant and the City has negotiated a revised scope of work consistent with a grant award in the amount of $146,922.00 in order to extend the implementation of the Benchmarking help desk element of MEC’s EnergyWorks KC program; and
WHEREAS, the City received approval from the United States Department of Energy to repurpose previously awarded grant funds; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the City Manager, or his designee, is hereby authorized to execute a Contract with the Metropolitan Energy Center. A copy of the contract agreement is on file with the Office of Environmental Quality.
Section 2. That the revenue in the General Grants Fund, Fund No. 2580, is estimated in the following accounts:
24-2580-105056-485200-G10EECST1 DOE ARRA Funds $146,922.00
Section 3. That $146,922.00 is appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Grants Fund, Fund No. 2580, to the following accounts:
24-2580-101056-B-G10EECST1 DOE ARRA Funds $146,922.00
Section 4. That the City Manager is hereby designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. 24-2580-101056, ARRA Funds.
Section 5. That this ordinance is recognized as an ordinance with an accelerated effective date as provided by Section 503(a)(3)(c) of the City Charter and shall take effect in accordance with Section 503, City Charter.
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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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Andrew Bonkowski
Assistant City Attorney