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[COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR] ORDINANCE NO. 240699

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Sponsor:  Councilmember Melissa Robinson

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

Authorizing the Manager of Procurement Services to execute a Design Professional Services contract with Dake Wells Architecture (No. 07P24026) in the amount of $948,000.00 for Fire Station Gender Neutral Upgrades at eight (8) fire stations; directing the Chief Equity Officer to receive input from those fire department employees that are most impacted by the design of the upgrades to these fire stations; reducing the appropriation in the Fire Capital Sales Tax by $948,000.00; appropriating $474,000 in the Public Safety Sales Tax Fund; appropriating $474,000.00 in the Capital Improvements Fund all for the purpose of funding the Design Professional Services Contract; designating requisitioning authority; directing the City Manager to develop a plan of finance for the construction of fire station upgrades; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

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WHEREAS, the proposed contract includes the design of eight (8) Kansas City, Missouri fire stations across the City to provide each station with secure individual and private bunks, restrooms, and shower accommodations for each fire staff member and also include all electrical, plumbing, HVAC, and alerting system upgrades necessary to achieve their requirements in individual spaces; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the Manager of Procurement Services is authorized to execute a design professional contract in the amount of $948,000.00 (No. 07P24026) with Dake Wells Architecture for the purpose of Fire Station Gender Neutral Upgrades at eight (8) fire stations.

Section 2.  Directing the Chief Equity Officer to work with the design professional in receiving input from a representation of the firefighters in the workforce that are most impacted by the design of these upgrades including female firefighters to ensure that their needs and suggestions are taken into account in the design of the upgrades to these fire stations.

Section 3.  That the appropriation in the following account of the Fire Capital Sales Tax Fund is hereby reduced by the following amount:

25-2301-077700-E                                                               Gender Neutral Upgrades                                                                   $948,000.00

Section 4.  That the sum of $474,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Public Safety Sales Tax Fund to the following account:

25-2320-077700-E                                                               Gender Neutral Upgrades                                                                   $474,000.00

Section 5.  That the sum of $474,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Capital Improvements Fund to the following account:

25-3090-077700-E                                                               Gender Neutral Upgrades                                                                   $474,000.00

Section 6.  That the Director of General Services is hereby designated as requisitioning authority for Account Nos. 25-2320-077700-E and 25-3090-077700-E. 

Section 7. That the City Manager is directed to develop a plan of finance for the subsequent construction of fire station upgrades using equal allotments from the Fire Capital Sales Tax Fund, Public Safety Sales Tax Fund, and Capital Improvements Fund. The City Manager is further directed to seek council approval for the proposed plan of finance in coordination with the construction work.

Section 8. 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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The City has no financial obligation under both this Ordinance and Contract until the Manager of Procurement Services issues a purchase order which shall be signed by the City’s Director of Finance certifying there is a balance, otherwise unencumbered, to the credit of the appropriation to which the expenditure is to be charged, and a cash balance, otherwise unencumbered, in the treasury, to the credit of the fund from which payment will be made, each sufficient to meet the obligated incurred in the purchase order.

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Tammy L. Queen

Director of Finance

Approved as to form:

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Dustin E. Johnson

                                                                                                         Associate City Attorney