IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
AN ORDINANCE appropriating $5,000.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2023 Delinquent Sales Tax Fund to cover relocation costs of Afghan prosecutors and their families to the Kansas City Area.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5820, December 4, 2023
INTRODUCED BY Venessa Huskey, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Prosecutor’s Office has joined the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (APA-US) subsequently launching the Prosecutors for Prosecutors (PFP) program to unite prosecutors across the United States and aboard to help save the lives of colleagues who remain in Afghanistan; and,
WHEREAS, this campaign was launched in response to a request from APA-US when it was learned that Afghani prosecutors, along with their families, are being tortured and killed by the Taliban; and,
WHEREAS, it is the goal of the APA-US to raise money to relocate Afghani Prosecutors and their families to safe countries; and,
WHEREAS, the Jackson County Prosecting Attorney’s Office has agreed to provide assistance to a family that is relocating to the Kansas City area; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriation is necessary to place the funds in the proper spending account; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation be made from the undesignated fund balance of the 2023 Delinquent Sales Tax Fund:
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DEPARTMENT/DIVISION |
CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION |
FROM |
TO |
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Pros. Atty Delinquent Sales Tax Fund 030-9999 |
32810- Undesignated Fund Balance |
$5,000 |
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Prosecuting Attorney 030-4101 |
56789- Outside Agency Funding |
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$5,000 |
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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County Counselor
I hereby certify that the attached ordinance, Ordinance No. 5820 introduced on December 4, 2023, was duly passed on December 6, 2023 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. 5820.
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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: 030 9999 32810
ACCOUNT TITLE: Pros. Atty Delinquent Sales Tax Fund
Undesignated Fund Balance
NOT TO EXCEED: $5,000.00
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: 030 4101 56789
ACCOUNT TITLE: Pros. Atty Delinquent Sales Tax Fund
Prosecuting Attorney
Outside Agency Funding
NOT TO EXCEED: $5,000.00
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Date Chief Administrative Officer