ORDINANCE NO. 251070
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Sponsor: City Manager’s Office
Waiving the limitations established by the Fund Balance and Reserve Policy in Section 2-1954 of the Code of Ordinances; appropriating $3,830,000.00 from the unappropriated fund balance of the General Fund for the construction of a Temporary Modular Jail Facility; directing the City Manager to include a request for appropriation in the FY27 submitted budget from the Public Safety Sales Tax Fund in the amount of $3,830,000.00 as a transfer to the General Fund; authorizing the Director of General Services to execute change order number 1 for contract EV-4711 in an amount up to $3,480,559.00 with Brown & Root Industrial Services; waiving Section 3-71 of the City’s Code of Ordinances which requires new city facilities of a certain size to meet the LEED Gold Standard for the Front Street Detention Facility project; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, Ordinance No.250890 appropriated $22,000,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Public Safety Sales Tax Fund for the construction and design professional services of a Temporary Modular Jail Facility; and
WHEREAS, final estimated construction costs for the Front St Detention Facility are estimated to total an additional $3,480,599.00; and
WHEREAS, given the accelerated schedule and time constraints associated with this project it is recommended that the city’s LEED requirements be waived for this project; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby waives Section 2-1954(f)(4)(B)(iv), Code of Ordinances entitled “Fund Balance and Reserve Policy” are hereby waived for the limited purposes of this Ordinance.
Section 2. That the sum of $3,830,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Fund in the following amount:
26-1000-077700-E-07P26022 Modular Jail Facility $3,830,000.00
Section 3. That the Director of General Services is hereby designated as requisitioning authority for Account. No. 26-1000-077700-E-07P26022.
Section 4. That the City Manager is hereby directed to include in the FY27 submitted budget a transfer of $3.830.000.00 from the unappropriated fund balance of the Public Safety Sales Tax Fund, No. 2320, to the General Fund.
Section 5. That the Director of General Services is hereby authorized to execute change order number 1 for contract EV-4177 in an amount up to $3,480,599.00 with Brown & Root Industrial Services, Inc.
Section 6. That Section 3-71 of the Code of Ordinances which requires new city facilities over 5,000 square feet to meet LEED Gold Standard requirements is hereby waived for the Front Street Detention Facility project.
Section 7. That this ordinance, relating to the appropriation of money and the expenses of government is recognized as an ordinance with an accelerated effective date as provided by Section 503(a)(3)(C) 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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William Choi
Interim Director of Finance
Approved as to form:
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Dustin E. Johnson
Assistant City Attorney