ORDINANCE NO. 240513

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Sponsor:  Director of Health Department

Accepting and approving a grant award amendment from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to provide funding for HIV prevention and risk reduction services in the Kansas City, Missouri area; estimating and appropriating the additional sum of $70,568.00, not previously appropriated, in the Health Grants Fund; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

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WHEREAS, this award enables the Kansas City Health Department's HIV Prevention program and sub-recipient agencies to conduct outreach testing and education to high risk populations including African American Females, African American Men who Have Sex with Men, LatinX, and White Men who Have Sex with Men; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That a grant award amendment from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, whereby the State will provide funding for HIV prevention, health education, and risk reduction services throughout the Kansas City, Missouri area for the extended period beginning June 1, 2024 through July 31, 2024, for an amount not to exceed $70,568.00, is hereby accepted an approved.  A copy of the grant, 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:

25-2480-500001-472300-G50241925                      HIV Prevention                                                               $70,568.00

Section 3. That the additional sum of $70,568.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Health Grants Fund in the following accounts:

25-2480-505413-A-G50241925                                            HIV Prevention                                                                 $26,353.00

25-2480-505413-B-G50241925                                           HIV Prevention                                                                         34,578.00

25-2480-505413-C-G50241925                                            HIV Prevention                                                                           9,637.00

                                                                                                                                                   TOTAL                                                       $70,568.00

Section 4. That the Director of Health is hereby authorized to expend the total sum of $246,991.33 from funds appropriated to Account No. 25-2480-505413-G50241925 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