IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute a twelve-month Cooperative Agreement with two twelve-month options to extend with the Mid-America Arts Alliance for the implementation of an arts grant program for Jackson County at a cost to the County not to exceed $250,000.00 under the terms and conditions of Request for Proposals No. 24-047.
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RESOLUTION NO. 21836, December 16, 2024
INTRODUCED BY Jalen Anderson and Venessa Huskey, County Legislators
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WHEREAS, the Mid-America Arts Alliance is a nonprofit regional arts organization established in the Crossroads Arts District in Kansas City that has been investing in arts programs and culture in the Jackson County area; and,
WHEREAS, Jackson County issued Request for Proposals 24-047 to help identify an administrator for arts grant funding program; and,
WHEREAS, the Mid-America Arts Institute submitted their proposal via an open RFP process and was selected as the preferred provider; and,
WHEREAS, a twelve-month Cooperative Agreement with two twelve-month options to extend with the Mid-America Arts Alliance for the implementation of an arts grant program for Jackson County at a cost to the County not to exceed $250,000.00 needs to be granted; and,
WHEREAS, the execution of such an agreement is in the best interests of the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of Jackson County; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute the Cooperative Agreement with the Mid-America Arts Alliance, in a form to be approved by the County Counselor; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized to make all payments, including final payments on the Agreement and Extension.
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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County Counselor
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 21836, introduced on December 16, 2024, was duly passed on _____________________________, 2024 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _________________ Nays _____________
Abstaining _____________ Absent ____________
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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: 002 1021 56789
ACCOUNT TITLE: Health Fund
Jackson County Arts Commission
Outside Agency Funding
NOT TO EXCEED: $250,000.00
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Date Chief Administrative Officer