IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $6,485.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2019 Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund and authorizing the County Executive to execute Amendment No. 1 to the lease with K.C. Partners Oak Tower Limited Partnership of Kansas City, Missouri, for a seven-year lease of office space for the Public Defender’s Office, at a cost to the County not to exceed $111,837.75 in 2019.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5262, September 16, 2019
INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater III, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Public Defender’s Office currently leases space in the Oak Tower building in downtown Kansas City; and,
WHEREAS, that lease with K.C. Partners Oak Tower Limited Partnership expired July 30, 2019; and,
WHEREAS, the Director of Finance and Purchasing has solicited written bids on Request for Proposals No. 18-19 for the furnishing of downtown office space for the Public Defender’s Office; and,
WHEREAS, a total of sixty-five notifications were distributed and one response was received, as follows:
BIDDER LOCATION
CBRE agent for K.C. Partners Oak Tower Oak Tower
Limited Partnership 324 E. 11th St.
Kansas City (Jackson County), MO
and,
WHEREAS, under the proposal, the cost of the lease for the remainder of 2019 will be $111,837.75, with a total cost to be paid in future years, if all extensions are exercised, of $1,944,703.00; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to section 1054.6 of the Jackson County Code, the Director of Finance and Purchasing recommends the award of a contract for the furnishing of office space for the Public Defender to the current provider, K.C. Partners Oak Tower Limited Partnership of Kansas City, MO, as the lowest and best bidder; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriation and transfer are necessary to place a portion of the needed funds in the appropriate spending account; 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 Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund be and hereby are made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund
008-2810 Undesignated Fund Balance $6,485
Construction Services
008-3003 56790- Other Contractual Svc. $6,485
and,
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute Amendment No. 1 to the existing lease, incorporating the terms set forth in this Resolution, with K.C. Partners Oak Tower Limited Partnership of Kansas City, Missouri; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized to make all payments, including final payment on the lease, to the extent that sufficient appropriations to the using spending agency are available in the then current Jackson County budget.
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 No. 5262 introduced on September 16, 2019, was duly passed on September 30, 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. 5262.
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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: 003 2810
ACCOUNT TITLE: Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund
Undesignated Fund Balance
NOT TO EXCEED: $6,485.00
There is a balance otherwise encumbered 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: 008 3003 56790
ACCOUNT TITLE: Public Defender Rent Fund
Other Contractual Services
NOT TO EXCEED: $111,837.75
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Date Chief Administrative Officer