ORDINANCE NO. 240368
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Sponsor: Director of Health Department
Accepting and approving a $1,176,015.00 grant award amendment with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services that provides funding for the Epidemiology & Laboratory Capacity Enhancing Detection Expansion; estimating and appropriating $1,176,015.00 in the Governmental Grants Fund; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, these funds from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) assist with local COVID-19 activities and response efforts in Kansas City, Missouri; and
WHEREAS, the Department will use these funds to assist with providing or implementing any of the following activities for COVID-19 response: (1) Case Investigation and Contact Tracing; (2) Public Health Surveillance which includes data reporting, analysis and visualization; (3) COVID-19 Testing; (4) Health Education and Information that promotes the reduction of community spread; and (5) Professional Development or activities aimed at building infection prevention/control and outbreak response expertise. NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That a grant award amendment between the City of Kansas City, Missouri, acting through its Director of Health, and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, whereby the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services will provide funding for Epidemiology & Laboratory Capacity Enhancing Detection Expansion, for the period beginning July 1, 2021 through July 31, 2024, for an amount not to exceed $1,176,015.00, for a total award amount not to exceed $3,387,087.00, 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 Governmental Grants Fund is hereby estimated in the following amount:
24-2480-500001-472610-G50506924 Epidemiology & Laboratory
Capacity $1,176,015.00
Section 3. That the additional sum of $1,176,015.00 is appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Governmental Grants Fund to the following account:
24-2480-505069-A-G50506924 Epidemiology & Laboratory
Capacity $1,176,015.00
Section 4. That the Director is designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. 24-2480-2480-505069-G50506924 and is hereby authorized to expend the additional sum of $1,176,015.00 from funds heretofore and previously appropriated to the account.
Section 5. That this ordinance is recognized as an ordinance with an accelerated effective date as provided by Section 503(a)(3)(C) of the City Charter in that it appropriates money and shall take effect in accordance with that section.
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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 of Finance
Approved as to form:
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Joseph A. Guarino
Senior Associate City Attorney