ORDINANCE NO. 240494
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Sponsor: Director of Neighborhood Services Department
Accepting a $150,000.00 Transitional Grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation to provide continuity and support toward the operating expenses of the Kansas City BizCare office; estimating revenue and appropriating the amount of $150,000.00 in the General Grants Fund; establishing requisitioning authority; and recognizing an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, the City of Kansas City, Missouri is committed to adopting policies, programs and practices that give underrepresented entrepreneurs more equitable opportunities for economic advancement; and
WHEREAS, KC BizCare is committed to providing access to opportunities for people to improve their lives and achieve financial stability, upward mobility, and economic prosperity; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the Director of Neighborhood Services is authorized to accept a $150,000.00 Transitional Grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation to provide continuity and support toward operating expenses of the City’s office for small businesses, KC BizCare.
Section 2. That the Director of Neighborhood Services is authorized to execute a grant agreement with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation to govern the administration of the grant. A copy of the grant agreement is on file with the Director of the Neighborhood Services Department.
Section 3. That the revenue in the following account of the General Grants Fund is estimated in the following amount:
25-2580-575001-480070-G57KAUFF24A Kauffman Foundation Grant $150,000.00
Section 4. That $150,000.00 is appropriated to the following account:
25-2580-575206-B-G57KAUFF24A EM Kauffman Foundation $150,000.00
Section 5. That the Director of Neighborhood Services is authorized as requisitioning authority for Account No. 25-2580-575206.
Section 6. 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 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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Bret Kassen
Associate City Attorney