ORDINANCE NO. 260267

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Sponsor:  Director of Health Department

Accepting and approving a one-year $1,224,667.00 Ryan White HIV Emergency Relief Part A/Minority AIDS Initiative Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services-Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA); appropriating and estimating revenue in the amount of $1,224,667.00; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

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WHEREAS, Ryan White Part A and Minority AIDS Initiative funds provide core medical and related support services to improve access and reduce disparities in health outcomes in metropolitan areas hardest hit by HIV/AIDS; NOW, THERFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That a one-year  $1,224,667.00 Ryan White HIV Emergency Relief Part A/Minority AIDS Initiative (“MAI”) Grant between the City of Kansas City, Missouri, acting through its Director of Health, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Health Resources and Services Administration (“HRSA”), acting through its Director of Administration, whereby HRSA will provide funding for persons living with HIV/AIDS in the eleven county Kansas City Transitional Grant Area (KC-TGA) for a period beginning March 1, 2026 through February 28, 2027, is hereby accepted and approved. A copy of the agreement, in substantial form, is on file with the Director of Health.

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

26-2730-500001-479740-G50244827                                            HRSA Ryan White Grant FY27                            $1,146,582.00

26-2730-500001-479880-G50501927                                           Minority Aids Initiative 27                                                 78,085.00

                                                                                                                                                   TOTAL                                                               $1,224,667.00

Section 3. That $1,224,667.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the HRSA Ryan White Fund:

26-2730-505003-A-G50244827                                            HRSA Ryan White Grant FY27                                          $   152,882.00

26-2730-505003-B-G50244827                                            HRSA Ryan White Grant FY27                                                993,700.00

26-2730-505019-A-G50501927                                            Minority Aids Initiative 27                                                  11,634.00

26-2730-505019-B-G50501927                                            Minority Aids Initiative 27                                                 66,451.00

TOTAL                                                                $1,224,667.00

Section 4. The Director of Health is designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. 26-2730-505003-G50244827 and 26-2730-505019-G50501927.

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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William Choi

Interim Director of Finance                     

Approved as to form:

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                                                                                                                               Joseph A. Guarino

Senior Associate City Attorney