IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $1,575,000.00 from the unappropriated surplus of the 2000 Criminal Justice Improvement Fund and authorizing the Jackson County Counselor to settle the claim of Walton Construction Company, Inc., relating to the construction of the Detention Center Annex, for a total payment of $1,575,000.00.
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ORDINANCE 3017, April 24, 2000
INTRODUCED BY Victor E. Callahan, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, by Resolution 11712, dated April 14, 1997, the Legislature did award a contract to Walton Construction Company, Inc., of Kansas City, Missouri, for construction of a portion of the Jackson County Detention Center Annex project (Bid Package No. 8, general construction), in the actual amount of $6,762,426; and,
WHEREAS, previously authorized change orders have brought the current authorization up to a total of $7,631,913; and,
WHEREAS, Walton Construction Company, Inc. has now made a claim against the County for additional costs associated with its work on this project, not contemplated or foreseen at the time of the contract, which it is entitled to recover under Missouri law; and,
WHEREAS, the County intends to seek recovery of these funds in the arbitration proceedings initiated against the design professionals; and,
WHEREAS, after a thorough and complete investigation of this claim, the County Counselor, based upon the recommendation of special counsel and the County's retained experts, recommends that the claim be settled by the total payment to Walton Construction Company, Inc. of $1,575,000 in full, final, and complete release of all claims against Jackson County; and,
WHEREAS, in order to fund this payment, an appropriation is necessary; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation be and hereby is made:
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