ORDINANCE NO. 230921
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Sponsor: City Manager
Authorizing acceptance from the Missouri Emergency Management Agency of grant funds for the FY23 Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) in the amount of $158,066.67; and estimating revenue and appropriating the sum of $158,066.67 to the General Grants Fund.
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WHEREAS, the EMPG is a 50/50 cost share for administrative expenses and includes a requirement to expend at least 25% on planning activities; and
WHEREAS, these funds will be used to offset emergency management staff salaries and benefits, maintenance of the tornado outdoor warning sirens, and/or eligible equipment for Emergency Operations Center (EOC) operations, travel related to training and planning purposes, and other expenses determined eligible under the grant requirements; and
WHEREAS, the City match of 50% will come from existing appropriations for the operating budget of Emergency Operations Center; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the City Manager is hereby authorized to accept grant funds from the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency for the FY23 Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) in the amount of $158,066.67.
Section 2. That revenue in the General Grants Fund is hereby estimated in the following amount:
24-2580-100001-471970-G10EMPG23 Emergency Management
Performance Grant $158,066.67
Section 3. That the sum of $158,066.67 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Grants Fund to the following account:
24-2580-105430-A-G10EMPG23 Emergency Management
Performance Grant $158,066.67
Section 4. That the City Manager is hereby designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. 24-2580-105430.
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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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Alan Holtkamp
Senior Associate City Attorney