ORDINANCE NO. 250091
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Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas
Authorizing the City Manager to enter into a contract of up to $905,000.00 with the Greater Kansas City Sports Commission for the purpose of promoting neighborhoods and tourism in connection with a 2025 Kansas City Chiefs Postseason Championship Celebration in the event the Kansas City Chiefs are victorious in Super Bowl LIX; estimating revenue in the amount of $100,000.00 in the Public Safety Sales Tax Fund; appropriating $100,000.00 from the unappropriated fund balance of the Public Safety Sales Tax Fund for a transfer to the General Fund; estimating revenue in the amount of $100,000.00 in the General Fund; reducing contingent appropriations in the General Fund by $515,000.00; appropriating $615,000.00 in the General Fund; recognizing this Ordinance as a major event for purposes of utilizing certain NTDF funds; authorizing City officials to seek reimbursement of funds in the event there is no Postseason Championship Celebration; designating requisitioning authority; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, § 92.336, RSMo, provides that ten percent of the proceeds of the City’s convention and tourism tax be committed to the Neighborhood Tourism and Development Fund (“NTDF”), to be used for the purpose of promoting such neighborhood through cultural, social, ethnic, historic, educational, and recreations events; and
WHEREAS, Section 2-941, Code of Ordinances provides that the City Manager shall have authority to enter into contracts for the expenditure of NTDF funds for major events, including parades and rallies, where there is anticipated attendance of at least 15,000 participants; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the City Manager is authorized to execute a contract in a total amount up to $905,000.00 with the Greater Kansas City Sports Commission from $290,000.00 previously appropriated for Major Events in the Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund in Account No. 25-2350-101003-B and $615,000.00 appropriated by this ordinance to 25-1000-101005-B for Event Support. The contract is hereby approved in substantial form as that on file in the Office of the City Manager.
Section 2. That the revenue in the amount of $100,000.00 is hereby estimated in the following account of the Public Safety Sales Tax Fund:
25-2320-120000-451100 Sales Tax $100,000.00
Section 3. That the amount of $100,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Public Safety Tax Fund to the following account:
25-2320-129998-X Transfer to the General Fund $100,000.00
Section 4. That the revenue in the amount of $100,000.00 is hereby estimated in the following account of the General Fund:
25-1000-120000-502320 Transfer to the General Fund $100,000.00
Section 5. That there is a reduction of the following appropriation in the General Fund by the following amount:
25-1000-179990-B Contingent Appropriation $515,000.00
Section 6. Increasing appropriations by $615,000.00 in the General Fund to the following account:
25-1000-101005-B Event Management $615,000.00
Section 7. That this Ordinance is recognized as an approved use of major event NTDF funds as prescribed by Section 2-941, Code of Ordinances.
Section 8. That in the event the contracting parties do not host a 2025 Kansas City Chiefs Postseason Championship Celebration for any reason, the City Manager, Director of Finance, and Manager of Procurement Services are authorized to seek reimbursement of any and all City funds provided, pursuant to the terms of the agreement with the Greater Kansas City Sports Commission. The Director of Finance is further authorized to return reimbursed funds to accounts established herein and return unused appropriations back to their original accounts without further Council action.
Section 9. That the City Manager is hereby designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. 25-1000-101005-B.
Section 10. 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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Tammy L. Queen
Director of Finance
Approved as to form:
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Samuel Miller
Assistant City Attorney