ORDINANCE NO. 230667
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Sponsor: Director of Parks and Recreation Department
Appropriating $1,000,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Parks Sales Tax Fund to update fitness equipment in all community centers as needed.
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WHEREAS, in August of 2012, the voters overwhelmingly approved a half-cent sales tax increase, in perpetuity, to benefit parks and community centers; and
WHEREAS, the Parks Tax Fund provides the complete funding source for the Community Services Division of the Kansas City's Parks and Recreation Department; and
WHEREAS, the Parks and Recreation Department owns and operates 10 community centers with each center having a weight and fitness area; and
WHEREAS, the fitness equipment in each community center is in need of upgrades; and
WHEREAS, these upgrades align with the Parks and Recreation Department's mission and goal to promote health and wellness in the community; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners passed Resolution No. 32286 on July 11, 2023, approving the use of $1,000,000.00 from the Parks Tax Fund to update fitness equipment in all community centers; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the sum of $1,000,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of Fund No. 2030, Parks Tax Fund, in the following account.
24-2030-702555-E Community Services $1,000,000.00
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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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Tammy L. Queen
Director...
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