ORDINANCE NO. 250806
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Sponsor: Director of Health Department
Accepting and approving a one-year $71,149.00 grant award from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to conduct tuberculosis control activities in Kansas City, Missouri; estimating and appropriating $71,149.00 in the Governmental Grants Fund; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, provisional data through August 2025 reveals seventeen (17) cases of active tuberculosis (TB) and greater than thirty-seven (37) latent tuberculosis infections (LTBI) in Kansas City, Missouri; and
WHEREAS, each case of active disease must be treated with sufficient antibiotics to eliminate transmission to others while also thoroughly investigated to determine if exposure to others has occurred; and
WHEREAS, this contract provides funds to assist with investigations as well as to provide "Directly Observed Therapy" (DOT) to ensure compliance and adequate treatment of the cases; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That a one-year grant award between the City of Kansas City, Missouri, acting though its Director of Health (the "Director"), and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services ("DHSS"), whereby DHSS will provide funding for the City's Tuberculosis program, for a period beginning January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025, for an amount not to exceed $71,149.00 is hereby accepted and approved. A copy of the award, in substantial form, is on file with the Director.
Section 2. That revenue in the following account of the Health Grants Fund is hereby estimated in the following amount:
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Section 3. That the sum of $71,149.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Health Grants Fund in the following accounts:
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