IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
 
Title
AN ORDINANCE appropriating $6,350.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2023 Grant Fund and authorizing the Director of Parks + Rec to execute a Cost Share Agreement with the Missouri Department of Conservation for land management and invasive species removal services on County parkland.
 
Intro
ORDINANCE NO. 5821, December 6, 2023
 
INTRODUCED BY Charlie Franklin, County Legislator
 
 
Body
 WHEREAS, the Parks + Rec Department applied for a grant under the Missouri Department of Conservation's Community Conservation Cost Share Program and received a notice of award in the amount of $6,350.00; and,
 
WHEREAS, the grant funds will be used to remove invasive plant species through methods approved by the Missouri Department of Conservation at Eddy Ballentine Trail to preserve the Blue River Glade and restore the Blue River Corridor; and,
 
WHEREAS, this grant funding is available within the Parks + Rec Department 2023 budget; and,
 
WHEREAS, the attached Cost Share Agreement provides a suitable mechanism by which to implement the County’s participation in the plan; and,
 
WHEREAS, an outside vendor will be utilized to complete the work in connection with this grant; and,
 
WHEREAS, an appropriation is necessary to place the grant funds needed for this program in the proper spending account; 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 |   |   |   | 
| Controlled Burn MDC |   |   |   | 
| 010-1665 | 45626 - Increase Revenues | $6,350 |   | 
|   |   |   |   | 
| Non-Specific Department |   |   |   | 
| 010-9999 | 32810 - Undesignated Fund Balance |   | $6,350 | 
|   |   |   |   | 
| Non-Specific Department |   |   |   | 
| 010-9999 | 32810 - Undesignated Fund Balance | $6,350 |   | 
|   |   |   |   | 
| Controlled Burn MDC |   |   |   | 
| 010-1665 | 56790 - Other Contractual Services |   | $6,350 | 
 
 
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Director of Parks + Rec be and hereby is authorized to execute the attached agreement for the County’s participation in the Missouri Department of Conservation's Community Conservation Cost Share Program.
 
 
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. 5821 introduced on December  6, 2023, was duly passed on December 11, 2023 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows: 
 
 
Yeas ______9_________                     Nays ______0________
 
 
Abstaining _____0______                     Absent _____0________
 
 
 
____________________                                                                                    ________________________________
Date                                                                                                                                                   Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature 
 
 
I hereby approve the attached Ordinance No. 5821.
 
___________________                                                                                      ________________________________ 
Date                                                                                                                                      Frank White, Jr., County Executive
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fiscal Note
Funds sufficient for this appropriation are available from the source indicated below.
 
ACCOUNT NUMBER:                      010                     1665                     45626
ACCOUNT TITLE:                                          Grant Fund
                                                                                    Controlled Burn MDC
                                                                                    Increase Revenues 
NOT TO EXCEED:                                          $6,350.00
 
 
ACCOUNT NUMBER:                      010                     9999                     32810
ACCOUNT TITLE:                                          Grant Fund
                                                                                    Undesignated Fund Balance
NOT TO EXCEED:                                          $6,350.00
 
 
 
____________________                                                                                    _______________________________
Date                                                                                                                                                   Chief Administrative Officer