IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $2,370,375.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2019 Grant Fund and awarding a contract on Bid No. PW 09-2018 for the Rock Island Rail Corridor Shared Use Path - North Segment Project, No. 3221, to Radmacher Brothers Excavation Co., Inc., of Pleasant Hill, MO, at a cost to the County not to exceed $11,067,439.71, and authorizing the Director of Parks + Rec to approve line item adjustments at no additional cost to the County.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5231, June 3, 2019
INTRODUCED BY Tony Miller, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, by Ordinance 4982, dated May 22, 2017, the Legislature did authorize the appropriation of funds in the amount of $12,500,000.00, in acceptance of a $10,000,000.00 grant awarded by the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission and $2,500,000.00 within the 2017 Special Road and Bridge Fund related to the Rock Island Rail Corridor Shared Use Path Project; and,
WHEREAS, by Resolution 19659, dated November 20, 2017, the Legislature authorized that a contract on Bid No. PW-07-2017 be awarded for the Rock Island Rail Corridor Shared Use Path - South Segment Project No. 3205 be awarded to Radmacher Brothers Excavation Co., Inc. of Pleasant Hill, at a cost to the County not to exceed $3,439,543.00; and,
WHEREAS, the construction of the South Segment is substantially complete and the trail will be open to the public during a ceremony on June 1, 2019 (National Trails Day); and,
WHEREAS, the City of Kansas City, Missouri, by Ordinance authorized $2,500,000.00 be transferred to the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) for the Rock Island Shared Use Path; and,
WHEREAS the KCATA has transferred $2,370,375.00 to the County for the construction of the North Segment of the Shared Use Path, retaining $129,625.00 by agreement to be used for an economic development plan for the corridor, and
WHEREAS, the Director of Public Works has solicited formal written bids on Bid No. PW 09-2018 for the north segment of this project; and,
WHEREAS, notifications were distributed through advertisement and online posting and six responses were received, with the three lowest as follows:
BIDDER PRICE
Radmacher Brothers Excavation Co., Inc. $11,067,439.71
Pleasant Hill, MO
VF Anderson $11,303,212.40
Harrisonville, MO
LG Barcus & Sons $12,085,032.82
Kansas City, KS
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WHEREAS, the Director of Public Works recommends that award be made to Radmacher Brothers Excavating Co., Inc., of Pleasant Hill, MO, for the reason that it has submitted the lowest and best bid; and,
WHEREAS, in the event that line item adjustments to the contract become necessary, it is appropriate that the Director of Parks + Rec be authorized to approve said line item adjustments to the extent there is no additional cost to the County; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation from the undesignated fund balance of the 2019 Grant Fund be and hereby is made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
Grant Fund
010-3602 45885 - Increase Revenues $2,370,375
010-2810 Undesignated Fund Balance $2,370,375
010-2810 Undesignated Fund Balance $2,370,375
Rock Island
010-3602 58060- Other Improvements $2,370,375
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that award be made as recommended by the Director of Public Works and that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute any documents necessary to the accomplishment of the award; and,
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Director of Parks + Rec be and hereby is authorized to make adjustments in the contract line item quantities at no additional cost to the County; and,
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Director of Finance and Purchasing is authorized to make all payments, including final payment on the contract.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This ORDINANCE shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached Ordinance, Ordinance No. 5231 of June 3, 2019, was duly passed on June 12, 2019 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ______8_________ Nays ______0________
Abstaining _____0______ Absent _____1_______
This Ordinance is hereby transmitted to the County Executive for his signature.
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
I hereby approve the attached Ordinance No. 5231.
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Date Frank White, Jr., County Executive
Fiscal Note
Funds sufficient for this appropriation are available from the source indicated below.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 010 2810
ACCOUNT TITLE: Grant Fund
Undesignated Fund Balance
NOT TO EXCEED: $2,370,375.00
There is a balance otherwise unencumbered to the credit of the appropriation to which the expenditure is chargeable and there is a cash balance otherwise unencumbered in the treasury to the credit of the fund from which payment is to be made each sufficient to provide for the obligation herein authorized.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 010 3602 58060
ACCOUNT TITLE: Grant Fund
Rock Island
Other Improvements
NOT TO EXCEED: $11,067,440.00
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Date Chief Administrative Officer