ORDINANCE NO. 241037
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Sponsor: Director of Water Services Department
Accepting and approving a $500,000.00 grant award from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, passed through from the Federal Treasury Department as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, to fund the installation of flood warning sites and telemetry systems, with various electronics instrumentation and sensors; estimating appropriating $500,000.00 in the Stormwater Fund; identifying funds for the grant match; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, Congress passed the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021, a $1.9 trillion economic stimulus bill designed to speed up the American economic recovery after the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the co-occurring recession, of which Missouri received approximately $2.7 billion in State Fiscal Recovery Funds for a variety of approved grant programs; and
WHEREAS, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources is administering a variety of said grant programs for initiatives such as support for public health expenditures, addressing negative economic impacts caused by COVID-19, replacing lost public sector revenue, and investing in water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure; and
WHEREAS, City Council passed Ordinance No. 220534 on June 23, 2022, authorizing designated Water Services Department staff to act as the City's designated authorized representatives for participation by the City, through its Water Services Department; and
WHEREAS, the proposed ARPA grant project will complete the installation of flood warning sites and telemetry systems, with various electronics instrumentation and sensors modernizing the system; and
WHEREAS, this ARPA grant was awarded to the City for $500,000.00 with a cash match of $105,000.00; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the Director of the Water Services Department is authorized to accept a $500,000.00 grant from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources for the installation of flood warning sites and telemetry systems, with various electronics instrumentation and sensors. A copy of the grant agreement is on file in the Office of the Water Services Department and is approved in substantial form.
Section 2. That revenue in the amount of $500,000.00 is hereby estimated in the following account of the Stormwater Fund:
25-8200-800001-471525-82000090 ARPA Flood Warning Expansion
Grant $500,000.00
Section 3. That the sum of $500,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Stormwater Fund to the following account:
25-8200-807760-611060-82000090 ARPA Flood Warning System $500,000.00
Section 4. That the Director of Water Services is authorized to expend up to the sum of $105,000.00 from Account No. 25-8200-807760-611060-82000090, Stormwater Construction, for the match amount of this grant.
Section 5. That the Director of Water Services is designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. 25-8200-807760-611060-82000090.
Section 6. That this ordinance is recognized as having an accelerated effective date within the provisions of Section 503(a)(3)(C) of the City Charter in that it appropriates money and provides the expenses of City government 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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Mark P. Jones
Senior Associate City Attorney