IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $5,000.00 from the unappropriated surplus of the 2007 Grant Fund in acceptance of the Sheriff's Office's "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 # 3935, September 17, 2007
INTRODUCED BY Theresa A. Garza, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Missouri Department of Transportation, Highway Safety Division, has awarded the Sheriff's Office a "DWI Enforcement" grant in the amount of $5,000.00 for the period October 1, 2007, through September 30, 2008; and,
WHEREAS, Jackson County is now ranked second Missouri in alcohol-related vehicle crashes after more than a 6-year standing in first place; and,
WHEREAS, Jackson County fell short of first place ranking in Missouri by only .3%; 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 account; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation from the unappropriated surplus of the 2007 Grant Fund be and hereby is made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
Increase Revenue $5,000
010-2810 Unappropriated Surplus $5,000
010-2810 Unappropriated Surplus $5,000
Sheriff's Office - DWI
Enforcement 07-08
010-4252 55030-Overtime $5,000
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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 # 3935 , introduced on September 17, 2007 was duly passed on September 24, 2007 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 # 3935.
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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
Unappropriated Surplus
NOT TO EXCEED: $5,000.00
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Date Director of Finance and Purchasing