ORDINANCE NO. 240369

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Sponsor:  Director of Health Department

Accepting and approving a $15,000.00 grant award amendment from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to establish an Enhanced Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (eGISP) site in Kansas City, Missouri; estimating and appropriating $15,000.00 in the Governmental Grants Fund; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

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WHEREAS, the Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (GISP) has served as a national sentinel surveillance system for Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains in the United States for over three decades and establishes a rational basis for the selection of gonococcal therapies; and

WHEREAS, Federal agencies use the GISP data to develop national treatment recommendations and set research and prevention priorities; while, state and local governments use the data to determine allocation of STD prevention services and resources, guide prevention planning and communicate best treatment practices to health care providers; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That a grant award amendment in the amount of $15,000.00 between the City of Kansas City, Missouri, acting through its Director of Health, and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, acting through its Director of Administration, whereby the State will provide funding to establish an Enhanced Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (eGISP) site for the period beginning August 1, 2023 through July 31, 2024, for a total award amount not to exceed $46,262.00, is hereby accepted and approved. A copy of the contract, in substantial form, is attached hereto and made a part by reference.

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

24-2480-500001-476012-G50543325                      Enhanced Gonococcal Isolate                                           $15,000.00

Section 3. That the sum of $15,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Governmental Grants Fund in the following accounts:

24-2480-505433-A-G50543325                                           Enhanced Gonococcal Isolate                                          $10,032.00

24-2480-505433-C-G50543325                                           Enhanced Gonococcal Isolate                                              4,968.00

                                                                                                                                                   TOTAL                                                               $15,000.00

Section 4. That the Director of Health is hereby authorized to expend the sum of $15,000.00 from funds appropriated to Account No. 24-2480-505433-G50543325 for the aforesaid contract to be expended this fiscal year.

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