Floor Amendment
April 4, 2005
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing a transfer within the 2005 budget of the Prosecuting Attorney in the amount of $659,086.00 to the appropriate line item accounts for the creation of a White Collar Crime Unit and to cover the cost of a reorganization recommended by the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney.
Intro
RESOLUTION # 15449, April 4, 2005
INTRODUCED BY Henry C. Rizzo and Dennis Waits, County Legislators
Body
WHEREAS, the County Legislature appropriated $659,086.00 to the Salary Adjustment account in the Prosecuting Attorney's 2005 budget with the understanding that this appropriated amount would be subsequently transferred to other line item accounts upon the recommendation of the Prosecuting Attorney for the sole purpose of creation of a White Collar Crime Unit within the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney; and,
WHEREAS, in addition to the creation of the White Collar Crime Unit, the Prosecuting Attorney has requested that the transfer should cover the cost of a child welfare prosecution position previously funded by a grant that is no longer available and for a transition effecting approximately ten (10) employee positions from within the Anti Drug Sales Tax Fund to the General Fund; and,
WHEREAS, the Prosecuting Attorney has requested that the balance of the funds not used for the salary, taxes and benefits of the four (4) new positions constituting the White Collar Crime Unit and the one (1) child welfare prosecutor position be transferred into the Regular Salaries (001-4101-5010) and related benefits accounts to fund positions currently in the Prosecuting Attorney's Anti Drug Fund budget (4152), in whole or in part, that will be moved to the Prosecuting Attorney's General Fund budget (4101); and,
WHEREAS, the Prosecuting Attorney has recommended said transfer as set forth below; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri that the following transfer be and hereby is made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
General Fund
Prosecuting Attorney
001-4101-5090 Salary Adjustment $659,086
001-4101-5010 Regular Salaries $504,188
001-4101-5040 FICA Taxes $38,570
008-2101-5050 Pension $45,376
008-2101-5060 Health Insurance $70,950
and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the transferred amounts are to be used for the purposes stated herein and for no other purposes.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
_____________________________ ______________________________
Acting Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution # 15449 of April 4, 2005 was duly passed on ________April 4______________, 2005 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _______7_______ Nays ________0__________
Abstaining _____0______ Absent _______2__________
____________________ ________________________________
Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
Fiscal Note
Funds sufficient for this transfer are available from the sources indicated below.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 001 4101-5090
ACCOUNT TITLE: General Fund
Prosecuting Attorney
Salary Adjustment
NOT TO EXCEED: $659,086.00
____________________ ________________________________
Date Director of the Department of Finance