ORDINANCE NO. 250543
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Sponsor: Director of Aviation Department
Estimating revenue in the amount of $5,597,754.00 to the KCI Other Grants account; authorizing acceptance of an Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Grant Offer from the United States of America, acting through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), for the purpose of providing funds for Taxiway K Reconstruction and Taxiway J Rehabilitation design, construction, and construction phase services; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, the City of Kansas City Aviation Department submitted to the FAA a project application dated May 1, 2025, for a grant of Federal IIJA funds for a project at or associated with the Kansas City International Airport and anticipates that $5,597,754.00 will be offered in grant 3-29-0040-102-2025; and the FAA has indicated an intent to offer the grant, but provided that the grant must be accepted and executed by the City no later than August 8, 2025; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the revenue in the following account of the Aviation Fund is hereby estimated in the following amount:
26-8300-620000-478410 KCI Other Grants $5,597,754.00
Section 2. That the Director of the Aviation Department, or her designee, is authorized to accept a $5,597,754.00 grant from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Grant Offer from the United States of America, acting through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), for the purpose of providing funds for Taxiway K Reconstruction and Taxiway J Rehabilitation design, construction, and construction phase services. A copy of the grant agreement, identified as 3-29-0040-102-2025, is on file in the Aviation Department and is approved in substantial form.
Section 3. That this ordinance, relating to the design, repair, maintenance or construction of a public improvement, is recognized as an ordinance with an accelerated effective date as provided by Section 503(a)(3)(D) 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:
Senior Associate City Attorney