Anti-Drug Committee
Amendment
December 17, 2001
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute Addenda to Agreements with certain organizations which engage in anti-drug treatment and rehabilitation activities for the purpose of treating users of illegal drugs, extending current treatment contracts for twelve months, at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $2,718,928.00.
Intro
RESOLUTION # 13928, December 10, 2001
INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater, County Legislator
Body
WHEREAS, the voters of Jackson County, Missouri, renewed their sales tax for seven years to provide funding for the fight against illegal drugs in our community; and,
WHEREAS, the proceeds and interest generated from this tax are deposited in a special Jackson County Anti-Drug Sales Tax Trust Fund that is segregated and not commingled with the general fund or any other special funds of the County; and,
WHEREAS, the voters and the Legislature authorized the COMBAT Commission to contract with any organization or entity, whether public or private, which engages in anti-drug treatment and rehabilitation activities, for the purposes of treatment and rehabilitation of drug users; and,
WHEREAS, by Resolution 13219, dated May 15, 2000, the Legislature authorized agreements with certain organizations which engage in anti-drug treatment and rehabilitation activities for the purpose of treating users of illegal drugs at an aggregate total cost to the County not to exceed $2,718,928.00; and,
WHEREAS, by Resolution 13370, dated September 25, 2000, the Jackson County Legislature did authorize Addenda to Agreements, extending the contracts for an additional twelve months, at an aggregate total cost to the County not to exceed $2,628,752.01; and,
WHEREAS, the parties desire to further extend the time for performance in each instance for an additional twelve months, but with no extension of the funding authorized under the Addenda to Agreements, and enter into Second Addenda to Agreements, in a general form as approved by the County Counselor, at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $2,718,928.00; and,
WHEREAS, the organizations, listed on the document attached hereto as Exhibit A, all engage in drug treatment and rehabilitation activities, and are otherwise qualified to contract with the County for the expenditure of anti-drug sales tax funds; and,
WHEREAS, the COMBAT Commission desires to further assist these organizations in the provision of services and has recommended the expenditure of anti-drug sales tax funds for these organizations, in the respective amounts set forth on Exhibit A, to assist in the treatment and rehabilitation of drug offenders; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive be, and hereby is, authorized to execute Second Addenda to Agreements with the organizations and in amounts not to exceed the amounts set forth in Exhibit A, for the purpose of preventing drug and drug-related offenses, in a general form as approved by the County Counselor; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of the Department of Finance be, and hereby is, authorized to make all payments, including final payments on these Addenda to Agreements.
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
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution # 13928 of December 10, 2001 was duly passed on ________December 17______________, 2001 by the Jackson County Legislature.
The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ________9_______ Nays _______0_______
Abstaining _____0______ Absent ______0______
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Date Mary Jo Brogoto, Clerk of Legislature
Fiscal Note
Subject to appropriation in the County's 2002 annual budget.
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Date Director of the Department of Finance