IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing payment of up to $100,000.00 to Jackson County Conference 2008, Incorporated, a non-profit corporation, paid in annual installments for 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 to fund the administrative expenses of preparing for the National Association of Counties' Annual Conference in Jackson County during July, 2008.
Intro
RESOLUTION #15351, January 18, 2005
INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater, County Legislator
Body
WHEREAS, the Jackson County Conference 2008, Incorporated is a non profit corporation
created for the purposes of organizing and administering the on site preparation for Jackson County, Missouri as host of the National Association of Counties' 2008 National Conference; and
WHEREAS, the National Association of Counties (NACo) was created in 1935 to give county officials a strong voice in the nation's capital; and,
WHEREAS, more than six decades later, NACo continues to ensure that the nation's 3,066 counties are heard and understood in Washington; and,
WHEREAS, NACo is a full-service organization, providing extensive services to its members including legislative, research, technical, public affairs, and enterprise services; and,
WHEREAS, NACo has selected Jackson County and Kansas City, Missouri for its 2008 national convention site; and
WHEREAS, the NACo Annual Conference is scheduled for six (6) days in July, 2008 to be held at H. Roe Bartle Hall in Downtown, Kansas City, Missouri; and
WHEREAS, the NACo conference is expected to attract 4,200 attendees, 250 vendors and exhibitors with an estimated $4.7 million economic impact for the greater metropolitan area; and,
WHEREAS, the Legislature supports efforts to bring the National Association of Counties Annual Conference to Jackson County and Kansas City in July, 2008; therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Legislature expresses its full support of efforts to bring the National Association of Counties Annual Conference to Jackson County in 2008 and hereby authorizes payment of $100,000 to the Jackson County Conference 2008, Incorporated, for administrative expenses, payable in a first installment of $40,000 for the year 2005, and $20,000 annually for the years 2006, 2007, and 2008 that are subject to annual appropriations for 2006, 2007 and 2008; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of the Department of Finance be and hereby is authorized to make all payments, including final payment.
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 #15351 on January 18, 2005, was duly passed on ______January 18______, 2005 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ________90___________ Nays ________0___________
Abstaining _______________ Absent _______0___________
______________________ _________________________________
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: 001-5101-6080
ACCOUNT TITLE: General Fund
Non-Departmental
Other Professional Services
NOT TO EXCEED: $40,000
Remaining amounts subject to 2006, 2007 and 2008 Budget Appropriations ($20,000 per year):
AMOUNT: $60,000
________________________ ________________________________
Date Director of the Department of Finance