File #: 211036    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 11/4/2021 In control: Council
On agenda: 12/9/2021 Final action: 12/9/2021
Title: Accepting and approving a grant award agreement in the amount of $6,000.00 with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide funding for cybersecurity through the Transit Security Grant Program; estimating and appropriating $6,000.00 in the Streetcar Fund; and designating requisitioning authority.
Attachments: 1. 211036 Fact Sheet, 2. 211036 Fiscal Note, 3. TSGP Approp Admin, 4. Authenticated Ordinance 211036

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ORDINANCE NO. 211036

 

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Accepting and approving a grant award agreement in the amount of $6,000.00 with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide funding for cybersecurity through the Transit Security Grant Program; estimating and appropriating $6,000.00 in the Streetcar Fund; and designating requisitioning authority.

 

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WHEREAS, the City of Kansas City, Missouri, was awarded $6,000.00 to provide cybersecurity training for the Kansas City Streetcar Operations; and

 

WHEREAS, the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency jointly include cybersecurity as part of their priorities; and

 

WHEREAS, the frequency of cybersecurity attacks is rising; NOW THEREFORE,

 

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

 

Section 1. That a grant award agreement between the City of Kansas City, Missouri, acting through its Director of Public Works, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (“Agency”), whereby the Agency will provide funding for the period beginning October 1, 2021 to May 31, 2023 to assure adequate cybersecurity training for the Kansas City Streetcar Authority, for a total amount not to exceed $6,000.00 is hereby accepted and approved.  A copy of the award agreement, in substantial form, is attached hereto and made a part of hereof by reference.

 

Section 2. That revenue in the following account of the Streetcar Fund is hereby estimated in the following amount:

 

22-2085-895318-481000-G89TSGP21                     Transit Security Grant Program                     $6,000.00

 

Section 3. That the sum of $6,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Streetcar Fund to the following accounts:

 

22-2085-895318-B-G89TSGP21                                          Transit Security Grant Program                     $6,000.00

 

Section 4. That the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to expend the sum of $6,000.00 from funds appropriated to account number 21-2085-895318-B-G89TSGP21 for the aforesaid agreement.

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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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                                                                                                                                     Nicole Rowlette

Assistant City Attorney