ORDINANCE NO. 240550
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Sponsor: Director of Water Services Department
Authorizing the Director of Water Services to execute a $183,000.00 Cooperative Agreement with Bridging the Gap, Inc., a Missouri Non-Profit Company, for the Leak Stoppers Program, Renewal No. 3; and authorizing one successive one-year renewal option for an additional $183,000.00 without further City Council approval for a total agreement amount of $915,000.00.
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WHEREAS, on or about June 15, 2020, the City of Kansas City, Missouri (“City”), through its Water Services Department (“KC Water”), entered into a Cooperative Agreement (“Agreement”) with Bridging the Gap, Inc., a Missouri non-profit company, in the amount of $183,000.00, with renewal options to fund the Leak Stoppers Program which is designed to fix home water leaks in the City’s low-income, urban core neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, this Agreement was renewed in June 2021 in the amount of $183,000.00; and
WHEREAS, this Agreement was renewed in April 2023 in the amount of $183,000.00; and
WHEREAS, this proposed ordinance is for a $183,000.00 Renewal No. 3 and one successive one-year renewal option for an additional $183,000.00 for a maximum expenditure of $915,000.00 without further City Council approval; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the Director of Water Services Department is authorized to execute Contract No. 20003-3 in the amount of $183,000.00 with Bridging the Gap, Inc., for the Leak Stoppers Program, Renewal No. 3, Project No. 60800057. A copy of the contract is on file in the office of the Director of Water Services.
Section 2. That the Director of the Water Services Department is authorized to expend up to the sum of $183,000.00 from Account No. 25-8010-801100-619880, Consumer Services, to satisfy the cost of this contract.
Section 3. That the Director of Water Services is hereby authorized to execute one successive one-year renewal option for this contract without additional Council approval with such funds as appropriated by the Council in future annual budgets.
Section 4. That the Director of Water Services is authorized to expend up to $183,000.00 to satisfy the costs of the one renewal with such funds as appropriated by further City Council approval for a maximum expenditure of $915,000.00 for Contract No. 20003-3 and the one renewal.
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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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Nicole Rowlette
Senior Associate City Attorney