File #: 5862    Version: 0 Name: Violence Against Women Grant
Type: Ordinance Status: Pre Perfection
File created: 6/27/2024 In control: Justice and Law Enforcement Committee
On agenda: 7/1/2024 Final action:
Title: AN ORDINANCE appropriating $89,990.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2024 Grant Fund in acceptance of the Violence Against Women Act Grant awarded by the Missouri Department of Public Safety to the Prosecuting Attorney's Office for a program focused on prevention and prosecution of sexual assaults.
Sponsors: Venessa Huskey
Attachments: 1. 5862bu.pdf

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

 

Title

AN ORDINANCE appropriating $89,990.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2024 Grant Fund in acceptance of the Violence Against Women Act Grant awarded by the Missouri Department of Public Safety to the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office for a program focused on prevention and prosecution of sexual assaults.

 

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ORDINANCE NO. 5862, July 1, 2024

 

INTRODUCED BY Venessa Huskey, County Legislator

 

 

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 WHEREAS, the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office has been awarded a Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) grant in the amount of $89,990.00 by the Missouri Department of Public Safety for a program focused on prevention and prosecution of sexual assaults in the County; and,

 

WHEREAS, this grant partially funds the salaries of three full-time assistant prosecutors for this program; and,

 

WHEREAS, the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office is proposing to utilize $224,136.00 from within its currently allocated salary funds to complete funding for the project; and,

 

WHEREAS, an appropriation is necessary in order to place the grant funds in the proper spending accounts; now therefore,

 

BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation be and hereby is made:

 

 

DEPARTMENT/DIVISION

CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION

FROM

TO

Grant Fund

 

 

 

010-9999

32810- Undesignated Fund Balance

$89,990

 

010-4101

55010- Regular Salaries

 

$44,330

010-4101

55010- Regular Salaries

 

$39,265

010-4101

55040- FICA Taxes

 

$6,395

 

 

and,

 

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the County Executive and the Prosecuting Attorney be and hereby are authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to the acceptance of said grant.

 

Enacted and Approved

Effective Date: This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its signature by the County Executive.

 

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

 

 

 

__________________________                                                               

County Counselor

                     

                     I hereby certify that the attached Ordinance, Ordinance No. 5862 introduced on July 1, 2024, was duly passed on ______________________, 2024 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:

 

 

                                          Yeas _______________                                          Nays _______________

 

 

                                          Abstaining ___________                                          Absent _____________

 

 

This Ordinance is hereby transmitted to the County Executive for his signature.

 

 

 

____________________                                                                                    ________________________________ Date                                                                                                                                                   Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature

 

 

I hereby approve the attached Ordinance No.5862.

 

 

 

____________________                                                                                    ________________________________ Date                                                                                                                                                   Frank White, Jr., County Executive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fiscal Note

Funds sufficient for this appropriation are available from the source indicated below.

 

ACCOUNT NUMBER:                     010                     9999                     32810

ACCOUNT TITLE:                                          Grant Fund

                                                                                    Undesignated Fund Balance

NOT TO EXCEED:                                          $89,990.00

 

 

 

______________________                                                               ________________________________

Date                                                                                                                                                   Chief Administrative Officer