IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute a Cooperative Agreement with Twelfth Street Heritage Development Corporation, for the Re-entry Pilot Program, at a cost to the County not to exceed $30,000.00.
Intro
RESOLUTION #17604, June 6, 2011
INTRODUCED BY James D. Tindall, County Legislator
Body
WHEREAS, Twelfth Street Heritage Development Corporation (TSHDC) is a non-profit organization offering quality, stable, and affordable housing through real estate development, new construction, and rehabilitation; and,
WHEREAS, TSHDC has developed a Re-entry Pilot Program designed to prevent homelessness by employing two former prison inmates to maintain and improve 130 vacant lots in Jackson County; and,
WHEREAS, this program is an innovative approach to increase employment opportunities for newly released individuals while also improving the community; and,
WHEREAS, the Housing Resource Commission has approved Housing Resources Commission funds in the amount of $30,000.00 for this program; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, that the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute a Cooperative Agreement, in a form to be approved by the County Counselor, with Twelfth Street Heritage Development Corporation, at a cost to the County not to exceed $30,000.00; 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 agreement.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Resolution 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 resolution, Resolution #17604 of June 6, 2011, was duly passed on June 6, 2011 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _______8_________ Nays ______0_______ Excused______1______
Abstaining ______0______ Absent ______0______
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
Fiscal Note
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: 043 7001 56789
ACCOUNT TITLE: Homeless Assistance Fund
Housing Resource Commission
Outside Agency Funding
NOT TO EXCEED: $30,000.00
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Date Director of Finance and Purchasing