IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $500,000.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2024 Grant Fund in acceptance of the 2023 Department of Mental Health grant awarded to the Jackson County Detention Center.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5842, April 8, 2024
INTRODUCED BY Megan L. Marshall, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Missouri Department of Mental Health (DMH), has awarded the Jackson County Detention Center (JCDC) 
Department of Mental Health grant in the amount of $500,000.00; and,
WHEREAS, the grant will be used to house and treat DMH inmates who are awaiting transfer to various mental health institutions; and,
WHEREAS, these funds will be used to treat DMH inmates at JCDC until they are able to stand trial or a bed is available at one of the mental health facilities regulated by DMH; and,
WHEREAS, inmates will be receiving in custody competency restoration services from mental health professionals while incarcerated at JCDC; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriation is necessary in order to place the grant funds in the proper spending accounts; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following transfer within and appropriation from the undesignated fund balance of the 2024 Grant Fund be and hereby are made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
Grant Fund
Corrections Department
010-2701 45300 
Increase Revenues $500,000
Non-Specific
010-9999 32810 $500,000
Undesignated Fund Balance
010-9999 32810 $500,000
Undesignated Fund Balance
Corrections
Department
010-2701 56090 Health & Social Services $500,000
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BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the County Executive and any and all other County officials be and hereby are authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to the acceptance of the 2023 Department of Mental Health grant.
Enacted and Approved
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
County Counselor
I hereby certify that the attached ordinance, Ordinance No. 5842 introduced on April 8, 2024, was duly passed on April 22, 2024 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 No. 5842.
Date Frank White, Jr., County Executive
Fiscal Note
Funds sufficient for this appropriation are available from the sources indicated below.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 010 2701 45300
ACCOUNT TITLE: Grant Fund
Corrections Department
Increase Revenues
NOT TO EXCEED: $500,000.00
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 010 9999 32810
ACCOUNT TITLE: Grant Fund
Undesignated Fund Balance
NOT TO EXCEED: $500,000.00
Date Chief Administrative Officer