ORDINANCE NO. 230716

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Sponsor:  Director of the Health Department

Authorizing the Director of Health to execute a five-year sole source contract with the University of Missouri Kansas City for Violence Prevention Fund Evaluation Services from previously appropriated funds.

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WHEREAS, UMKC is the only local university that has an accredited criminology program, facilitated by the expertise of renowned researchers and relevant degree-seekers; and

WHEREAS, UMKC’s Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, which includes Drs. Ken Novak and Marijana Kotlaja, has an established relationship with the Kansas City Police Department and the City of Kansas City, Missouri; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the Director of Health is authorized to execute a sole source contract with the University of Missouri Kansas City, for a total contract amount not to exceed $1,311,759.00 for the provision of evaluation services for the Violence Prevention Fund to be paid from funds appropriated in Account No. 24-2000-501905. A copy of the contract, in substantial form, is on file with the Director of Health.

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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:

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                                                                                                                              Joseph A. Guarino

                                                                                                                              Senior Associate City Attorney