IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $800,000.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2020 CARES Act Fund to allow for allocation to food banks and other food providers in Jackson County to insure that food insecurity is minimized in the wake of the full economic impact of the ongoing Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic and authorizing the County Executive to execute cooperative agreements with the Community Services League of Independence, MO, and One Good Meal of Lee’s Summit, MO, at an aggregate cost to the County in the amount of $170,000.00.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5420, October 5, 2020
INTRODUCED BY Theresa Cass Galvin, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, U.S. President Donald J. Trump, Missouri Governor Mike Parson, and County Executive Frank White, Jr., have all declared, in one form or another, the ongoing Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic to be a public health emergency; and,
WHEREAS, the County, through its various efforts, plays a significant role in the public health of its citizens and employees; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriate response by the County to this emergency will require significant expenditures from the County CARES Act Fund, which consists of monies provided by the U.S. Treasury for this purpose; and,
WHEREAS, by Ordinance 5371 dated June 22, 2020, the Legislature authorized a contract in the amount of $500,000.00 with Harvesters- The Community Food Network of Kansas City, MO, to begin the process of ensuring that food insecurity is minimized in the wake of the full economic impact in connection with the fight against the ongoing Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS, this Ordinance will provide $100,000.00 to the Community Services League of Independence, MO, and $70,000.00 to One Good Meal of Lee’s Summit, MO to further address food insecurity in the County brought on by the economic recession triggered by COVID-19 pandemic; and;
WHEREAS, the County Administration will solicit and receive proposals from other outside agencies to further address food insecurity issues with the remainder of the appropriated funds; 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
CARES Act Fund
040-9999 32810-
Undesignated Fund Balance $800,000
One Good Meal
040-7706 56789-
Outside Agency Funding $ 70,000
Food Insecurity
040-1526 56789-
Outside Agency Funding $630,000
Community Services League
040-7711 56789-
Outside Agency Funding $100,000
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BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the County Administration hereby is authorized and requested to solicit proposals from interested outside agencies to address food insecurity needs in the County.
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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Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
I hereby certify that the attached ordinance, Ordinance No. 5420 introduced on October 5, 2020, was duly passed on October 5, 2020 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. 5420.
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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: 040 9999 32810
ACCOUNT TITLE: CARES Act Fund
Undesignated Fund Balance
NOT TO EXCEED: $800,000.00
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: 040 7706 56789
ACCOUNT TITLE: CARES Act Fund
One Good Meal
Outside Agency Funding
NOT TO EXCEED: $70,000.00
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 040 7401 56790
ACCOUNT TITLE: CARES Act Fund
Community Services League
Outside Agency Funding
NOT TO EXCEED: $100,000.00
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Date County Administrator