ORDINANCE NO. 230005

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Sponsor:  City Manager

Authorizing acceptance from the Missouri Emergency Management Agency of grant funds for the FY22 Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) in the amount of $207,301.44; estimating revenue and appropriating the sum of $207,301.44 to the General Grants Fund; and designating requisitioning authority.

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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 FY22 Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) in the amount of $207,301.44. The EMPG is a 50/50 cost share for administrative expenses and includes a requirement to expend at least 25% on planning activities. 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. The City match of 50% will come from existing appropriations for the operating budget of Emergency Operations Center.

Section 2. That revenue in the General Grants Fund is hereby estimated in the following amount:

23-2580-100001-471970-G10EMPG22                      Emergency Management

   Performance Grant                                                                $207,301.44

Section 3. That the sum of $207,301.44 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Grants Fund to the following accounts:

23-2580-105430-A-G10EMPG22                                               Emergency Management

   Performance Grant                                                  $192,301.44

23-2580-105430-E-G10EMPG22                                              Emergency Management

   Performance Grant                                                       15,000.00

TOTAL                                                                $207,301.44

                     Section 4.  That the City Manager is hereby designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. 23-2580-105430.

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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 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