ORDINANCE NO. 260550
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Sponsor: Director of the Public Works Department
Authorizing the Director of Public Works to execute a $1,488,612.55 construction contract with Sarai Construction, Inc. for sidewalk repairs; authorizing the Director of Public Works to increase this contract by up to twenty percent (20%) without further Council approval; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to execute a construction contract with Sarai Construction, Inc. for sidewalk repairs in the amount of $1,488,612.55 from funds previously appropriated to the following account: AL-3527-898077-611060-89061152. A copy of the contract is on file in the office of the Director of Public Works.
Section 2. That the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to amend this contract and to increase the amount of the contract by up to twenty percent (20%) without further Council approval.
Section 3. The Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity Department (CREO), to assure fair representation by socially and economically disadvantaged groups, approved for this project, a fifteen percent (15%) representation by Minority Owned Businesses and a fifteen percent (15%) representation by Women Owned Businesses.
Section 4. That this ordinance, relating to the design, repair, maintenance or construction of a public improvement, is recognized as having an accelerated effective date 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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The City has no financial obligation under both this Ordinance and Contract until the Director of Public Works issues a Purchase Order which shall be signed by the City's Director of Finance certifying there is a balance, otherwise unencumbered, to the credit of the appropriation to which the expenditure is to be charged, and a cash balance, otherwise unencumbered, in the treasury, to the credit of the fund from which payment will be made, each sufficient to meet the obligation incurred in the Purchase Order.
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Brenton Siverly
Director of Finance
Approved as to form:
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Andrew Bonkowski
Assistant City Attorney