ORDINANCE NO. 260863
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Sponsor: Director of Aviation Department
Estimating revenue in the amount of $456,000.00 to the KCI Other Grants account; authorizing acceptance of an Airport Improvement Program (AIP) Grant Offer from the United States of America, acting through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the purpose of providing funds to acquire Vehicle Movement Area Transmitters (VMATs) for airport-owned vehicles; 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 June 12, 2026, for a grant of Federal AIP funds for a project at or associated with the Kansas City International Airport and anticipates that $456,000.00 will be offered in grant 3-29-0040-106-2026; 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 September 16, 2026; 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 $456,000.00
Section 2. That the City Manager is authorized to accept a $456,000.00 grant from the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) Grant Offer from the United States of America, acting through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the purpose of providing funds to acquire Vehicle Movement Area Transmitters (VMATs) for airport-owned vehicles. A copy of the grant agreement, identified as 3-29-0040-106-2026, 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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Brenton Siverly
Director of Finance
Approved as to form:
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Charlotte Ferns
Senior Associate City Attorney