ORDINANCE NO. 260707
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Sponsor: Councilmember Melissa Robinson
Authorizing the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 2 to the 2026-2027 Transit Services Agreement with the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority to increase the contract in the amount of $11,000,000.00 to maintain transit service levels, for a total contract amount not to exceed $97,278,976.00; appropriating $11,000,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the _______ Fund; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 260402 authorized the City Manager to execute an agreement not to exceed $85,578,976.00 with the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority ("KCATA") to provide transit services for the City of Kansas City between May 1, 2026, and April 30, 2027; and
WHEREAS, Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 260619 authorized the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 1 to the 2026-2027 Transit Services Agreement, increasing the total contract to an amount not to exceed $86,278,976.00; and
WHEREAS, additional funding is necessary to maintain existing transit service levels for the residents of Kansas City through the remainder of the fiscal year ending on April 30, 2027; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the City Manager is hereby authorized to execute Amendment 2 to the 2026-2027 Transit Services Agreement with the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority to increase the contract in the amount of $11,000,000.00 for a total contract amount not to exceed $97,278,976.00.
Section 2. That the sum of $11,000,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the ____ Fund to the following account:
27-___-692000-F KCATA - Operations $11,000,000.00
Section 3. That the Director of Public Works is hereby designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. ____-692000-F.
Section 4. That this ordinance relating to the appropriation of money and the expenses of government 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.
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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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Brenton Siverly
Director of Finance
Approved as to form:
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Andrew Bonkowski
Assistant City Attorney