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File #: 22203    Version: 0 Name: Difference Maker Event Sponsorship
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 2/10/2026 In control: County Legislature
On agenda: 3/9/2026 Final action: 3/9/2026
Title: A RESOLUTION authorizing the Interim Director of Finance and Purchasing to issue a check in the amount of $5,000.00 for the purchase of a sponsorship for the 2026 Difference Maker Fireside Chat Luncheon.
Sponsors: Manuel Abarca IV
Indexes: FINANCE & PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, SPONSORSHIP, URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER KANSAS CITY
Attachments: 1. 22203 Adopted, 2. RLA, 3. Fiscal Note 26-075 Legislature, 4. Fireside Chat Attachment, 5. Difference Maker Invoice, 6. Difference Maker Letter, 7. Sponsorship Commitment Form for Difference Maker Awards Luncheon

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

 

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A RESOLUTION authorizing the Interim Director of Finance and Purchasing to issue a check in the amount of $5,000.00 for the purchase of a sponsorship for the 2026 Difference Maker Fireside Chat Luncheon.

 

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RESOLUTION NO. 22203, March 09, 2026

 

INTRODUCED BY Manuel Abarca IV, County Legislator

 

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 WHEREAS, the Urban League will be hosting the 2026 Difference Maker Fireside Chat Luncheon event on Thursday, March 19, 2026 and has submitted a request for sponsorship in the amount of $5,000.00; and,

 

WHEREAS, this sponsorship will allow Jackson County the opportunity to support valuable insights into disadvantage communities throughout Jackson County; and,

 

WHEREAS, in exchange for its sponsorship, Jackson County will receive advertising and recognition in the event program; and,

 

WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Jackson County; and,

 

BE IT RESOLVED that the Interim Director of Finance be and is hereby authorized to issue a check to the Urban League of Greater Kansas City in the amount of $5,000.00 for the purchase of a sponsorship.

 

 

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 No. 22203 of March 9, 2026, was duly passed on March 9, 2026 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 Spino, Clerk of Legislature

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fiscal Note

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:                     001                     0112                     56210

ACCOUNT TITLE:                                          General Fund

Legislature - As a Whole

Advertising 

NOT TO EXCEED:                                          $5,000.00

 

 

 

 

 

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Date                                                                                                                                        County Administration