ORDINANCE NO. 210573
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Estimating revenue in the amount of $496,142.00 and appropriating the same; authorizing a $1,103,169.00 construction completion contract with Hettinger Excavating, LLC, for the Water Main Replacement in the Area of Burning Tree Drive to W. 139th Street, St. Andrew Drive to Wornall Road Project; authorizing a maximum expenditure of $1,213,486.00; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, on August 27, 2020, Ordinance No. 200620 was passed to authorize a $1,554,381.03 Construction Contract ("Contract") with Blue Nile Contractors, Inc., for the Water Main Replacement in the Area of Burning Tree Drive to W. 139th Street, St. Andrew Drive to Wornall Road Project; and to authorize a maximum expenditure of $1,710,000.00; and
WHEREAS, on February 9, 2021, Blue Nile Contractors Inc. signed a Voluntary Letter of Default issued to North American Specialty Insurance Company ("Surety"), in which Blue Nile Contractors, Inc., indicated that it was unable to perform the Contract, and thus it was in default of the Contract; and
WHEREAS, the City and Surety entered into a tender agreement whereby the City agreed to release Blue Nile Contractors, Inc., of its obligations; and
WHEREAS, Surety has tendered to City a completion contractor, Hettinger Excavating, LLC, ("Completing Contractor"); and
WHEREAS, the Completing Contractor will perform the work described in the Contractor Agreement for a sum of $1,103,169.00; and
WHEREAS, the Surety will pay to City the sum of $496,142.00, representing the additional cost of performing the work with the Completing Contractor and reimbursement for $17,256.00 of emergency repair work paid by the City; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the revenue in the following account of Fund No. 8077, the Water Revenue Bond Series 2020A Fund, is hereby estimated in the following amount:
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