File #: 4064    Version: 0 Name: 2008 Byrne Justice Assistance Grant
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 11/24/2008 In control: (R)Anti-Drug Committee
On agenda: 11/24/2008 Final action: 12/8/2008
Title: AN ORDINANCE appropriating $291,576.00 from the fund balance of the 2008 Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund in acceptance of the 2008 Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) from the U. S. Department of Justice and authorizing the County Executive to execute an Interlocal Agreement pursuant to the terms of the grant award with the Cities of Independence and Kansas City, and the Board of Police Commissioners of the City of Kansas City for the County's distribution of the grant award proceeds, at a cost to the County not to exceed $161,844.50.
Sponsors: Dan Tarwater III
Indexes: ANTI-DRUG SALES TAX FUND, POLICE COMMISSIONERS
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
 
 
Title
AN ORDINANCE appropriating $291,576.00 from the fund balance of the 2008 Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund in acceptance of the 2008 Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) from the U. S. Department of Justice and authorizing the County Executive to execute an Interlocal Agreement pursuant to the terms of the grant award with the Cities of Independence and Kansas City, and the Board of Police Commissioners of the City of Kansas City for the County's distribution of the grant award proceeds, at a cost to the County not to exceed $161,844.50.
 
Intro
ORDINANCE #4064, November 24, 2008
 
INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater, County Legislator
 
 
Body
WHEREAS, the U. S. Department of Justice has awarded the County and the Cities of Independence and Kansas City, and the Board of Police Commissioners of the City of Kansas City, a grant in the total amount of $291,576.00 to provide for anti-drug and other crime control measures for the period of October 1, 2007, to September 30, 2011; and,
 
WHEREAS, the grant allocates $129,731.50 to the County, for salaries and benefits for the employees of the Jackson County Drug Court Program, and requires that the County pass through $161,844.50 to the other cities and agencies; and,
 
WHEREAS, this grant requires no local matching funds, but does require the execution of the attached Interlocal Agreement with the aforementioned cities and agencies; and,
 
WHEREAS, an appropriation is necessary in order to place the grant funds in the appropriate spending accounts; and,
WHEREAS, the County Executive recommends said appropriation; now therefore,
 
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation from the fund balance of the 2008 Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund be and hereby is made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION            CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION       FROM         TO   
008-4205      45759 - Increase Revenue      $291,576
008-2810      Undesignated Fund Balance                        $291,576
008-2810      Undesignated Fund Balance      $291,576
 
Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund
Justice Assistance Grant 07-11
008-4205      55010 - Regular Salaries                       $  87,580
008-4205      55040 - FICA             $    7,255
008-4205      55060 - Health Insurance             $  34,896
008-4205      56790 - Other Contractual             $161,845
 
and,
 
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute the attached Interlocal Agreement with the Cities of Independence and Kansas City, and the Board of Police Commissioners of Kansas City; and,
 
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Director of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized to make all payments as one-time lump sum payments to the Cities of Independence and Kansas City, and the Board of Police Commissioners of Kansas City in an aggregate total amount not to exceed $161,844.50.
 
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date:  This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its signature by the County Executive.
 
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
 
___________________________            _____________________________
Chief Deputy County Counselor                   County Counselor
 
      I hereby certify that the attached Ordinance, Ordinance #4064 introduced on November 24, 2008, was duly passed on December 8, 2008 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.
 
____________________                        ________________________________
Date                                          Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
 
I hereby approve the attached Ordinance #4064.
 
____________________                        ________________________________
Date                                          Michael D. Sanders, County Executive
 
Fiscal Note
Funds sufficient for this appropriation are available from the source indicated below.
 
ACCOUNT NUMBER:      008      2810
ACCOUNT TITLE:            Anti-Drug Sales Tax
                        Undesignated Fund Balance                        
NOT TO EXCEED:            $291,576.00
 
Funds sufficient for this expenditure are available from the sources indicated below.
 
ACCOUNT NUMBER:      008      4205      56790
ACCOUNT TITLE:            Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund
                        JAG 07-11
                        Other Contractual Services
NOT TO EXCEED:            $161,844.50
 
______________________                  _________________________________
Date                                          Director of Finance and Purchasing