ORDINANCE NO. 220507

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Authorizing the Director of Water Services to execute a $183,000.00 Cooperative Agreement with Bridging the Gap, Inc. for the Leak Stoppers Program, Renewal No. 2.

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WHEREAS, on or about June 15, 2020, the City of Kansas City, Missouri ("City"), through its Water Services Department ("KC Water"), entered into a Cooperative Agreement ("Agreement") with Bridging the Gap, Inc. in the amount of $183,000.00, with renewal options, to fund the Leak Stoppers Program which is designed to fix home water leaks in the City's low-income, urban core neighborhoods; and

WHEREAS, this Agreement was renewed in June 2021 in the amount of $183,000.00; and

WHEREAS, KC Water and Bridging the Gap, Inc. desire to renew this contract for a second time bringing the total expended over $400,000.00; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the Director of Water Services Department is authorized to execute Contract No. 20003-2 in the amount of $183,000.00 with Bridging the Gap, Inc. for the Leak Stoppers Program, Renewal No. 2. A copy of the contract is on file in the office of the Director of Water Services.

Section 2. That the Director of the Water Services Department is authorized to expend up to the sum of $183,000.00 from Account No. 23-8010-801100-619880, Consumer Services, to satisfy the cost of this contract.

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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 and legality:


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