ORDINANCE NO. 260029
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Sponsor: Councilmember Kevin O’Neill
Authorizing the Director of Public Works to execute a construction contract with Radmacher Brothers Excavating Co. in the amount of $1,478,370.00 for the N.W. 108th St Bridge project; authorizing the Director of Public Works to increase this contract by up to thirty percent (30%) without further Council approval; waiving contract solicitation and award provisions; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, Ordinance 250683 appropriated $2,500,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Capital Improvements Fund to support the N.W. 108th Street Bridge project to ensure the necessary funding is available; and
WHEREAS, the Platte County Commission supports improvements to the N.W. 108th Street Bridge located between Skyview and Green Hills Road; and
WHEREAS, the existing 108th Street Bridge has been reduced to a one-lane bridge, the superstructure is in poor condition, and an accelerated delivery would benefit the community; and
WHEREAS, the proposed 108th Street construction will include a new structure, pavement, and drainage structures; NOW, THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the Director of the Public Works Department is authorized to execute a construction contract with Radmacher Brothers Excavating Co. in the amount of $1,478,370.00 from funds previously appropriated to Account No. 26-3090-898052-B-89005622.
Section 2. That the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to amend this contract to increase the amount of the contract by up to thirty percent (30%) without further Council approval.
Section 3. That the City Council hereby finds that public solicitation would result in increased costs and delay, and therefore, it is in the best interests of the City to waive the contract solicitation and award provisions pursuant to Section 3-35(b)(4) and (5) of the City’s Code of Ordinances.
Section 4. 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 forgoing 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