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 re...
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