IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $180,000.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2014 Health Fund and authorizing the County Executive to execute a twelve-month Cooperative Agreement with Great Plains SPCA for the furnishing of spay and neuter public health services at the Regional Animal Shelter.
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ORDINANCE NO. 4671, October 6, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Dennis Waits, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, by Resolution 18044, dated December 3, 2012 the County did contract with Great Plains SPCA for the operation and management of the County's new Regional Animal Shelter; and,
WHEREAS, since 2012 the Regional Animal Shelter has experienced a greater than 50 percent increase in shelter intakes; and,
WHEREAS, affordable spay and neuter programs have shown to reduce the incidence of unwanted litters and animal control field calls, resulting in a safer community for pets and citizens; and,
WHEREAS, Great Plains SPCA has submitted a funding request to supplement its spay and neuter outreach programs to assist its goal of ensuring that citizens of Jackson County have access to affordable spay and neuter services and to reduce the high number of intakes at the Regional Animal Shelter; and,
WHEREAS, the execution of a twelve-month Cooperative Agreement with Great Plains SPCA is in the best interests of the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Jackson County; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriation is necessary to place the needed 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 undesignated fund balance of the 2014 Health Fund be and hereby is made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
2014 Health Fund
Non-Departmental
002-2810 Undesignated Fund Balance $180,000
002-5102 56790 - Other Contractual $180,000
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BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute a Cooperative Agreement with Great Plains SPCA, in a form to be approved by the County Counselor; and,
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Director of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized to make all payments, including final payment on the contract.
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 No. 4671 introduced on October 6, 2014, was duly passed on October 6, 2014 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 No. 4671.
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Date Michael D. Sanders, County Executive
Funds sufficient for this appropriation are available from the source indicated below.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 001 2810
ACCOUNT TITLE: Health Fund
Undesignated Fund Balance
NOT TO EXCEED: $180,000.00
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: 002 5102 56790
ACCOUNT TITLE: Health Fund
Non-Departmental
Other Contractual Services
NOT TO EXCEED: $180,000.00
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Date Director of Finance and Purchasing