IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $44,000.00 from the fund balance of the 2012 Grant Fund in acceptance of the Sheriff's Office "Sobriety Checkpoint/DWI Enforcement" grant awarded by the Missouri Department of Transportation, Highway Safety Division, and authorizing the County Executive to execute a contract with the Missouri Highway Safety Division for the expenditure of the grant funds.
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ORDINANCE #4448, September 10, 2012
INTRODUCED BY James D. Tindall, County Legislators
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WHEREAS, the Missouri Department of Transportation, Highway Safety Division, has awarded the Sheriff's Office a "Sobriety Checkpoint/Saturation Patrols Project" grant in the amount of $44,000.00 for the period October 1, 2012, through September 30, 2013; and,
WHEREAS, Jackson County has reduced traffic fatalities with intensive enforcement through DWI and Youth Alcohol Enforcement, sobriety checkpoints, and driver education; and,
WHEREAS, the Sheriff's Office is targeting impaired drivers with these campaigns, but the high visibility enforcement also educates the general public, making County roads safer for families; and,
WHEREAS, the Sheriff recommends the use of the grant funds for reimbursement of overtime used for establishing sobriety checkpoints and other alcohol-enforcement activities; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriation is necessary to place the grant funds in the appropriate spending accounts; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation from the fund balance of the 2012 Grant Fund be and hereby is made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
Grant Fund
Sobriety Checkpoint/Saturation Patrol
010-4224 45403 - Increase Revenues $44,000
010-2810 Undesignated Fund Balance $44,000
010-2810 Undesignated Fund Balance $44,000
010-4224 55030 - Overtime $37,158
010-4224 55040 - FICA $ 2,842
010-4224 56140 - Travel $ 4,000
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BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute the attached contract with the Missouri Department of Transportation, Highway Safety Division.
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 #4448, introduced on September 10, 2012, was duly passed on ____________________, 2012 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.
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
I hereby approve the attached Ordinance #4448.
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Date Michael D. Sanders, County Executive
Fiscal Note
Funds sufficient for this appropriation are available from the source indicated below.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 010 2810
ACCOUNT TITLE: Grant Fund
Undesignated Fund Balance
NOT TO EXCEED: $44,000.00
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Date Director of Finance and Purchasing