ORDINANCE NO. 240512
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Sponsor: Director of Health Department
Accepting and approving a sub-grant award agreement from the National Institutes of Health through the University of Missouri - Kansas City to provide funding for church-based COVID-19 testing in Kansas City, Missouri; estimating and appropriating the additional sum of $82,652.00, not previously appropriated, in the Health Grants Fund; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, the University of Kansas City, Missouri (UMKC) and the Kansas City Health Department will collaborate on an NIH-awarded study to assist with examining religiously appropriate COVID-19 intervention strategies in the African American churches; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That a sub-grant award amendment, in the amount of $82,652.00 between the City of Kansas City, Missouri, acting through its Director of Health, and the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), whereby UMKC will provide funding to support the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics in Underserved Populations initiative within Kansas City, Missouri for the period beginning November 1, 2023 through October 31, 2024, is hereby accepted and approved. A copy of the grant award agreement, in substantial form, is on file with the Director of Health.
Section 2. That additional revenue in the following account of the Health Grants Fund is hereby estimated in the following amounts:
25-2480-500001-472665-G50544425 COVID-19 RTT $82,652.00
Section 3. That the additional sum of $82,652.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Health Grants Fund in the following accounts:
25-2480-505444-A-G50544425 COVID-19 RTT $82,652.00
Section 4. That the Director of Health is hereby authorized to expend the sum of $82,652.00 from funds appropriated to Account No. 25-2480-505444-G50544425 for the contra...
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