File #: 5502    Version: 0 Name: emergency cooling of Downtown courthouse
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 4/26/2021 In control: Budget Committee
On agenda: 4/26/2021 Final action: 5/3/2021
Title: AN ORDINANCE appropriating $1,594,795.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2021 General Fund to provide for emergency cooling of the Downtown Courthouse associated with cooling outages occasioned by ongoing chilled water system repairs.
Sponsors: Dan Tarwater III
Indexes: CHILLED WATER SYSTEM, DOWNTOWN JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE, GENERAL FUND
Attachments: 1. 5502bu.pdf, 2. 5502adopted.pdf
Related files: 20648, 5507
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

Title
AN ORDINANCE appropriating $1,594,795.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2021 General Fund to provide for emergency cooling of the Downtown Courthouse associated with cooling outages occasioned by ongoing chilled water system repairs.

Intro
ORDINANCE NO. 5502, April 26, 2021

INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater III, County Legislator


Body
WHEREAS, by Resolution 20648, dated April 12, 2021, the Legislature authorized a transfer of funds for much needed repairs to the chilled water system in the Downtown Courthouse; and

WHEREAS, it is critical for day to day operations, trials, and jurors at the Downtown Courthouse to have an alternative air cooling system in place while the estimated eight weeks of repairs are completed; and;

WHEREAS, it has been determined the most successful and cost-effective method is to make use of temporary, portable air-cooled chillers and existing air handlers and ducts to air condition the third through eighth floors; and,

WHEREAS, all labor and equipment for the chillers necessary to remedy this situation immediately are available from an existing County term and supply vendor; and,

WHEREAS, an appropriation is necessary to place the needed funds in the proper spending account; 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




General Fund



001-9999
32810-
Undesignated Fund Balance
$1,594,795

Fac. Mgmt Kansas City
001-1204

56510- Maint. & Repair- Buildings

$1,594,795



Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its signature by the County Executive.

APPROVED AS TO FORM:



______________________________ ________________________________
Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor

I hereby certify that the attached ordinance, Ordinance No. 5502 introduced on Ap...

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