ORDINANCE NO. 260459
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Sponsor: Director of Health Department
Accepting and approving a one-year $125,944.00 grant amendment with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to provide funding for a comprehensive HIV Surveillance Program; estimating and appropriating the sum of $125,944.00 in the Health Grants Fund; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, the HIV Surveillance Program is responsible for monitoring and coordinating the reporting of HIV disease across a seven-county region of Missouri, working with physicians, hospitals, and laboratories to collect accurate case information; and
WHEREAS, the data generated through HIV surveillance provides essential statistical reports that support grant applications, prevention initiatives, and the Ryan White Program, which delivers critical services to individuals living with HIV in the Kansas City, Missouri metropolitan area; NOW, THERFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY
Section 1. That a one-year grant amendment 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 additional funding for the City's HIV Surveillance Program, for the period of June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2027, for an amount not to exceed $125,944.00 is hereby accepted and approved. A copy of the contract, 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:
27-2480-500001-473570-G50242528 HIV/AIDS Surveillance 28 $125,944.00
Section 3. That the sum of $125,944.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Health Grants Fund in the following accounts:
27-2480-505416-A-G50242528 HIV/AID Surveillance 28 $124,093.00
27-2480-505416-B-G50242528 HIV/AID Surveillance 28 900.00
27-2480-505416-C-G50242528 HIV/AID Surveillance 28 951.00
TOTAL $125,944.00
Section 4. That the Director of Health is hereby designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. 27-2480-505416-G50242528 and is hereby authorized to expend the sum of $125,944.00 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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Brenton Siverly
Director of Finance
Approved as to form:
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Joseph A. Guarino
Senior Associate City Attorney