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File #: 250490    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Referred
File created: 6/4/2025 In control: Council
On agenda: 6/26/2025 Final action:
Title: Sponsor: Director of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity Department Accepting and approving a $100,000.00 grant award from the Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund, Inc. (the "CFE Fund"); estimating revenues and appropriating funds in the amount of $100,000.00 to the General Grants Fund; designating requisitioning authority; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
Sponsors: Director of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity
Attachments: 1. Docket Memo TMP-5635, 2. Copy of Approp--Admin---CityStart.pdf, 3. 2025 CityStart MOU - Kansas City - CLEAN revised version 6-10, 4. Ord. 250490 CFE Fund PPT
ORDINANCE NO. 250490

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Sponsor: Director of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity Department

Accepting and approving a $100,000.00 grant award from the Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund, Inc. (the "CFE Fund"); estimating revenues and appropriating funds in the amount of $100,000.00 to the General Grants Fund; designating requisitioning authority; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

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WHEREAS, the CFE Fund works to support municipal engagement to improve the financial stability of low and moderate income households by embedding financial empowerment strategies into local government infrastructure; and

WHEREAS, the CFE Fund has determined that the support of the City of Kansas City in the work performed by the Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity Department furthers the express purposes of the CFE Fund; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That a $100,000.00 grant award from the Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund, Inc. is hereby accepted and approved. A copy of the grant, in substantial form, is on file with the Director of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity.

Section 2. That revenue in the amount of $100,000.00 is hereby estimated to the following account in the General Grants Fund:

26-2580-540001-487985-G54CTYSTRT CREO Grant Revenue $100,000.00

Section 3. That funds in the amount of $100,000 are appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Grants Fund in the following accounts:

26-2580-545315-B-G54CTYSTRT Private Foundation Grants $ 30,000.00
26-2580-545315-C-G54CTYSTRT Private Foundation Grants 70,000.00
TOTAL $100,000.00

Section 4. That the Director of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity is hereby designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. 26-2580-545315

Section 5. That this ordinance relating to the appropriation of money and the expenses of government is recognized...

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