ORDINANCE NO. 230044

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Sponsor: Director of the Health Department

Approving a $600,000.00 contract, using previously appropriated funds, with Mattie Rhodes Center to assemble a Hispanic Outreach Team in the Kansas City area; and authorizing the Director of Health to extend the term of the contract or increase the total contract dollar amount upon need and appropriation without further Council approval.

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WHEREAS, within the U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance's grant, accepted and approved in Ordinance No. 220933, the Health Department's Aim4Peace Program will support the implementation of two Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) Neighborhood Outreach Teams in the East Patrol Division; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That a $600,000.00 contract with Mattie Rhodes Center to assemble a Hispanic Outreach Team as part of the Health Department's Aim4Peace Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative for the contract period of February 1, 2023 to September 30, 2025, to be paid from funds previously appropriated in Account No. 23-2480-505082-G50508225. A copy of the contract, in substantial form, is on file with the Director.

Section 2. That the Director is hereby authorized to extend the term of this contract without further Council approval and that the Director is also hereby authorized to amend this contract to increase or decrease the total contract dollar amount contingent upon the need and availability of appropriated funds.

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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 ...

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