IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute a Cooperative Agreement with Swope Parkway Health Center for its Health Care for the Homeless Program at a cost to the County not to exceed $90,000.00.
Intro
RESOLUTION # 15699, November 21, 2005
INTRODUCED BY Dennis Waits, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the County has a need to address the homeless problem in Kansas City and there is an established nexus between homelessness and drug abuse; and,
WHEREAS, the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney has recommended the execution of a Cooperative Agreement ("Agreement") with Swope Parkway Health Center ("Swope") to provide $90,000.00 for its Health Care for the Homeless Program ("Program"); and,
WHEREAS, the Program is a mobile program staffed by physician assistants and a nurse practitioner who provide medical services and health prevention for the homeless that are at risk for drug and alcohol abuse and crime; and,
WHEREAS, this Program is supported by a grant from the United States Department of Health and Human Services in the amount of $6,227,073; and,
WHEREAS, Swope has requested Anti-Drug Sales Tax Funds in the amount of $90,000.00 to serve as a portion of the required local match to this grant; and,
WHEREAS, the term for this Agreement is September 1, 2005 to August 31, 2006; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute a Cooperative Agreement, in a form to be approved by the County Counselor, for services to be provided by Swope for the Program; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of the Department of Finance be and hereby is authorized to make all payments, including final payment on this Agreement.
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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Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution # 15699 of November 21, 2005 was duly passed on November 28 , 2005 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: 008-4135-6798
ACCOUNT TITLE: Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund
Grant Match
Grant Match
NOT TO EXCEED: $30,000.00
The remaining $60,000.00 is subject to appropriation of the 2006 Budget.
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Date Director of the Department of Finance