ORDINANCE NO. 240715
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Sponsor: Director of the Public Works Department
Authorizing Change Order No. 2 with Gunter Construction Company for construction services in the amount of $1,000,000.00 for sidewalk repairs for a total contract amount of $4,726,338.40; authorizing the Director of Public Works to enter contract changes of up to twenty percent (20%); recognizing the Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity Department goals; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, Council passed Ordinance No. 230661, approving a construction contract with Gunter Construction Company in the amount of $3,376,343.00 with twenty percent (20%) contingency for the project; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Public Works authorized Change Order No. 1 with Gunter Construction, Inc. in the amount of $349,995.40 for the project; and
WHEREAS, Change Order No. 2 is needed to compensate the contractor for additional construction work; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to execute Change Order No. 2 with Gunter Construction for sidewalk repairs in the amount of $1,000,000.00 for a total contract price of $4,726,338.40 from funds previously appropriated to account AL-3525-898077-B-89061079. 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 ten percent (10%) representation by Minority Owned Businesses and a ten percent (10%) 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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Tammy L. Queen
Director of Finance
Approved as to form:
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Dustin E. Johnson
Assistant City Attorney