IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $13,425.00 from the fund balance of the 2008 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 #4042, October 6, 2008
INTRODUCED BY Theresa Garza Ruiz, 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 $13,425.00 for the period October 1, 2008, through September 30, 2009; and,
WHEREAS, Jackson County has reduced traffic fatalities with intensive enforcement through DWI and Youth Alcohol Enforcement (Wolfpacks), sobriety checkpoints, and driver education; and,
WHEREAS, while there has been a reduction in the number of fatalities, there was an increase in alcohol-related accidents for drivers 18 to 39 years old, with underage drivers accounting for 10.6% of all injuries and 9.5% of all accidents; 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 fund balance of the 2008 Grant Fund be and hereby is made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
010-4266 45370 - Increase Revenue $13,425
010-2810 Undesignated Fund Balance $13,425
010-2810 Undesignated Fund Balance $13,425
Grant Fund
Sheriff's Office - DWI Enforcement Grant 08-09
010-4266 55030 - Overtime $10,425
010-4266 56140 - Travel $ 2,400
010-4266 56750 - Education $ 600
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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 #4042, introduced on October 6, 2008, was duly passed on October 15, 2008 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _______7________ Nays ______0________
Abstaining _____0______ Absent _______2______
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 #4042.
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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
Undesignated Fund Balance
NOT TO EXCEED: $13,425.00
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Date Director of Finance and Purchasing