ORDINANCE NO. 240582
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Sponsor: City Manager
Accepting and approving a $477,390.00 grant award from the United States Department of Energy for energy planning and fleet electrification in Kansas City, Missouri; estimating and appropriating $477,390.00 in the General Grants Fund; authorizing the Director of General Services to expend the sum of $477,390.00; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program (EECBG) funds are designed to assist states, local governments, and Tribes in implementing strategies to reduce energy use, to reduce fossil fuel emissions, and to improve energy efficiency; and
WHEREAS, the EECBG Program will assist the City of Kansas City to significantly reduce municipal greenhouse gas emissions and meet goals outlined in the Climate Protection and Resiliency Plan including carbon neutrality by 2040; and
WHEREAS, the City of Kansas City, Missouri was allocated $477,390.00 of formula grant funding through the EECBG program; and
WHEREAS, the City of Kansas City, Missouri will use $175,000.00 for energy planning and $302,390.00 for City fleet electrification; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That a three-year grant award in the amount of $477,390.00 between the City of Kansas City, Missouri, acting through its Director of General Services, and the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of State and Community Energy Programs (SCEP), acting through its Director of Administration, whereby SCEP will provide funding for energy planning, electric vehicles, and fleet electrification for a period beginning April 1, 2024 through March 31, 2026, for a total grant award amount not to exceed $477,390.00, is hereby accepted and approved. A copy of the award, in substantial form is attached hereto and made a part hereof by reference.
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