ORDINANCE NO. 260348
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Sponsor: Director of Health Department
Accepting and approving a one-year $419,678.00 grant award with Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services for a comprehensive Disease Intervention Specialist Workforce program; estimating and appropriating revenue to the sum of $419,678.00; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, STD’s/STI’s remain a substantial health challenge facing both Kansas City and the United States as a whole as reported cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis continue to increase each year during the last five to six year period; and
WHEREAS, these infections remain common, costly and challenge the health and wellness of millions of people across the United States. Congenital syphilis (transmitted from mother to newborn) has significantly increased nationwide since 2015, while Kansas City, Missouri reported two cases in 2019, seven cases in 2020, and nine cases in 2022 and 2023; and
WHEREAS, early detection and treatment can help prevent future infections and improve health outcomes for affected members of the community; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY
Section 1. That a one-year grant award between the City of Kansas City, Missouri, acting though its Director of Health (the "Director"), and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services ("DHSS"), whereby DHSS will provide funding for a Comprehensive Disease Intervention Specialist Workforce Program throughout the Kansas City, Missouri area, for a period beginning March 1, 2026 through February 28, 2027, for an amount not to exceed $419,678.00 is hereby accepted and approved. A copy of the award, in substantial form, is on file with the Director.
Section 2. That revenue in the following account of the Health Grants Fund is hereby estimated in the following amount:
26-2480-500001-475220-G50240927 Disease Intervention Specialist $419,678.00
Section 3. That the sum of $419,678.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Health Grants Fund in the following accounts:
26-2480-505414-A-G50240927 Disease Intervention Specialist $389,729.00
26-2480-505414-B-G50240927 Disease Intervention Specialist 16,242.00
26-2480-505414-C-G50240927 Disease Intervention Specialist 13,707.00
TOTAL $419,678.00
Section 4. That the Director of Health is hereby designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. 26-2480-505414-G50240927 and is authorized to expend the sum of $419,678.00 from funds previously appropriated to the accounts.
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 in that it appropriates money 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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William Choi
Interim Director of Finance
Approved as to form:
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Joseph A. Guarino
Senior Associate City Attorney