ORDINANCE NO. 240718

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Sponsor:  City Manager

Accepting a $52,292.00 grant award from the Mid-America Regional Council Solid Waste Management District Grant Program for a waste diversion pilot program at City-permitted events; estimating and appropriating $52,292.00 in the General Grants Fund; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

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            WHEREAS, the Mid-America Regional Council’s Solid Waste Management District (“MARC SWMD”) provides financial support in the form of annual and small project grants for implementing waste reduction, reuse, recycling, and composting projects to increase waste diversion within the district; and

WHEREAS, increasing waste diversion efforts will allow the City of Kansas City, Missouri to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and meet goals outlined in the Climate Protection & Resiliency Plan including carbon neutrality by 2040; and

                     WHEREAS, the Waste & Materials section of the Climate Protection & Resiliency Plan specifically contains Short-Term Action W-1.9: Establish requirements for waste diversion at all City-permitted events; and

                     WHEREAS, the City of Kansas City, Missouri Office of Environmental Quality was awarded $52,292.00 through the MARC SWMD Grant Program to conduct an Event Waste Diversion Pilot; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the City Manager is authorized to accept a $52,292.00 grant from the Mid-America Regional Council Solid Waste Management District Grant Program for a waste diversion pilot program at City-permitted events. That the City Manager is authorized to execute a grant agreement with Mid-America Regional Council Solid Waste Management District to govern the administration of the grant. A copy of the grant agreement is on file in the Office of the City Manager and is approved in substantial form.

Section 2. That revenue in the amount of $52,292.00 is hereby estimated in the following account of the General Grants Fund:

25-2580-100001-475890-G10SWMD24                      2024 Solid Waste Mgmt Grant

   District                                                                                    $52,292.00

Section 3. That the sum of $52,292.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Grants Fund to the following accounts:

25-2580-105009-B-G10SWMD24                                          2024 Solid Waste Mgmt Grant

   District                                                                                    $52,292.00                     

Section 4. That the City Manager is designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. 25-2580-105009-B-G10SWMD24.

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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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Andrew Bonkowski

Assistant City Attorney