ORDINANCE NO. 240511

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Sponsor:  Director of Health Department

Accepting and approving a grant award with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to provide funding for the City’s Cities Readiness program; estimating and appropriating the sum of $190,160.00, not previously appropriated, in the Health Grants Fund; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

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WHEREAS, the Cities Readiness Initiative works to enhance and expand the public health response capacity while building a more focused approach to large scale medication dispensing and vaccination operations; NOW, THEREFORE;

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That an amendment for a twelve-month grant award between the City of Kansas City, Missouri, acting though its Director of Health (the “Director”), and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (“DHSS”), whereby DHSS will provide additional funding for the City’s Cities Readiness program, which supports public health preparedness capabilities, promotes and prepares resilient communities, and enhances the ability to respond to and recover from all-hazards in the Kansas City, Missouri area, for a period beginning July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, for an amount not to exceed $190,160.00, is hereby accepted and approved. A copy of the award, in substantial form, is on file with the Director.

Section 2. That revenue in the following account of the Health Grants Fund is hereby estimated in the following amount:

25-2480-500001-477255-G50501425                       Cities Readiness Initiative                                          $190,160.00

Section 3. That the sum of $190,160.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Health Grants Fund in the following accounts:

25-2480-505014-A-G50501425                                            Cities Readiness Initiative                                          $153,732.00

25-2480-505014-B-G50501425                                           Cities Readiness Initiative                                              21,205.00

25-2480-505014-C-G50501425                                            Cities Readiness Initiative                                                   15,223.00

                                                                                                                                                   TOTAL                                                       $190,160.00

Section 4. That the Director of Health is hereby authorized to expend the sum of $190,160.00 from funds appropriated to Account No. 25-2480-505014-G50501425 for the contract.

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