IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $14,313.00 from the fund balance of the 2011 Special Road and Bridge Fund in acceptance of funds from the City of Grain Valley and awarding a contract on Bid No. PW 05-2011 for the Buckner Tarsney Bridge Debris Removal Project, No. 3143, to J&N Utilities, Inc., of Blue Springs, MO, at a cost to the County not to exceed $28,625.00.
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ORDINANCE #4335, August 22, 2011
INTRODUCED BY Bob Spence, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the bridge located south of AA Highway on Buckner Tarnsey Road has a build up of brush and debris which is detrimental to the use of the bridge and must be cleared; and,
WHEREAS, the Director of Public Works has solicited formal written bids on Bid No. PW 05-2011 for the Buckner Tarsney Bridge Debris Removal Project, No. 3143; and,
WHEREAS, he has received ten bids thereon, with the three lowest bids as follows:
BIDDER BID AMOUNT
J&N Utilities, Inc. $28,625.00
Blue Springs, MO
KAT Excavation, Inc. $32,480.00
Bates City, MO
Precision Construction and Contracting, LLC $33,200.00
Lone Jack, MO
and,
WHEREAS, the Director of the Public Works recommends that the contract be awarded to J&N Utilities, Inc., of Blue Springs, MO, at a cost to the County not to exceed $28,625.00, 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 Public Works be authorized to approve said line item adjustments to the extent there is no additional cost to the County; and,
WHEREAS, because the bridge serves the City of Grain Valley, the City agreed to provide funds for one-half the cost of the debris removal project, in the amount of $14,313.00; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriation is necessary to the place the funds provided by the City of Grain Valley in the appropriate spending account; and,
WHEREAS, the County Executive recommends said appropriation; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation be and hereby is made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
Special Road & Bridge Fund
Special Projects
004-1507 45477 - Increase Revenue $14,313
004-2810 Undesignated Fund Balance $14,313
004-2810 Undesignated Fund Balance $14,313
004-1507 58040 - Roads $14,313
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BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that award be made to J&N Utilities, Inc., of Blue Springs, MO, and that the Director of Public Works 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 Public Works be and hereby is authorized to make adjustments in the contract line item quantities to the extent that there will be no further funding obligation 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 signature by the County Executive.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
I hereby certify that the attached Ordinance, Ordinance #4335, introduced on August 22, 2011, was duly passed on August 29, 2011 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _______9________ Nays _______0_______
Abstaining _____0______ Absent ______0_______
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 #4335.
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Date Michael D. Sanders, County Executive
Fiscal Note
Funds sufficient for this appropriation are available from the source indicated below.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 004 2810
ACCOUNT TITLE: Special Road & Bridge Fund
Undesignated Fund Balance
NOT TO EXCEED: $14,313.00
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: 004 1507 58040
ACCOUNT TITLE: Special Road & Bridge Fund
Special Projects
Roads
NOT TO EXCEED: $28,625.00
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Date Director of Finance & Purchasing