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[COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR] ORDINANCE NO. 230465

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Sponsor:  Director of Neighborhoods  and Housing Services Department

Accepting $25,000.00 grant from the State of Missouri in partnership with Essential Families for Digital Demonstration Project serving Kansas City residents in underserved communities with computer hardware, software, and connectivity; authorizing agreement with Essential Families to govern administration of such grant; estimating revenue and appropriating funds in the amount of $25,000.00 in the General Grants Fund; designating requisitioning authority; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the Director of Neighborhood Services is authorized to accept a $25,000.00 grant in partnership with Essential Families, a local 501(c)(3) organization, to serve Kansas City residents in underserved communities with computer hardware, software, and the connectivity needed to address issues that contribute to persistent poverty while pursuing equity in internet connectivity that improves a family’s access to employment opportunities, financial accessibility, medical accessibility, education accessibility, and personal development capabilities.

Section 2. That the Director of Neighborhood Services is authorized to execute, on behalf of the City, a grant agreement with Essential Families to govern the administration of the grant. A copy of the grant agreement is on file with the Director of the Neighborhood Services Department.

Section 3. That revenue in the following account of the General Grants Fund, Fund 2580, is hereby estimated in the following amount:

24-2580-575210-476810-G57DIGTAL                                          EDI Grants                                                               $25,000.00

Section 4. That the sum of $25,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Grants Fund, Fund 2580, in the following accounts of the funds:

24-2580-575210-619080-G57DIGTAL                                          Dept. of Econ Development                     $25,000.00

Section 5. That the Director of Neighborhood Services is hereby designated as requisitioning authority for 24-2580-575210-B.

Section 6. 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 and shall take effect in accordance with Section 503, City Charter.

Section 7. That, one year after the passage of this ordinance, the Director of Neighborhood Services or their designee is directed to report to Council concerning the above grant, the status of City’s performance of grant obligations, and any policy recommendations that may be drawn from knowledge gained as a result of this grant.

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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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Bret Kassen

Associate City Attorney