Corrected
April 2, 2010
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION confirming an agreement with Bruce Trammell of Lee's Summit, Missouri to provide fiscal officer services for the use and benefit of Jackson County Drug Task Force operations, at an actual cost to the County in the amount of $15,000.00 and authorizing the Director of Finance & Purchasing to make payments thereunder.
Intro
RESOLUTION #17231, March 29, 2010
INTRODUCED BY Dennis Waits, Henry C. Rizzo, Dan Tarwater , Scott Burnett, and James D. Tindall, County Legislators
Body
WHEREAS, by Resolution 11689, dated April 8, 1997, the Legislature did establish a multi-jurisdictional drug enforcement group ("MEG") pursuant to Chapter 195, Revised Statutes of Missouri and authorized the execution of an agreement with various law enforcement agencies within Jackson County; and,
WHEREAS, under the terms of an agreement, dated December 31, 1997 ("1997 Agreement"), the day-to-day activities of the Jackson County Drug Task Force ("JCDTF") are monitored by a Board ("JCDTF Board") established under the JCDTF constitution and by-laws; and,
WHEREAS, the Director of Finance & Purchasing was authorized to make all payments required under the 1997 Agreement, provided funds for this purpose were appropriated in the then current Jackson County budget; and,
WHEREAS, the 1997 Agreement and the JCDTF constitution and by-laws did not make specific provisions for the authority for the execution of contracts for non-law enforcement services; and,
WHEREAS, the JCDTF Board has recommended and authorized the execution of an Agreement with Bruce Trammell of Lee's Summit, MO, for fiscal services for the use and benefit of JCDTF operations for a term commencing January 1, 2010 and ending on December 31, 2010, payable at the rate of $1,250.00 per month at a total cost to the County not to exceed $15,000.00; and,
WHEREAS, sufficient funding is available in the 2010 budget for the operations of the JCDTF and for the payment of the Agreement; and,
WHEREAS, by County Counselor Opinion #73-54, the Legislature may, by Resolution, confirm an agreement and authorize its payment by the Director of Finance & Purchasing from budgeted funds; and,
WHEREAS, the Agreement with Bruce Trammell of Lee's Summit, MO is in the best interests, health, welfare and safety of the County and its citizens and is in support of an authorized law enforcement program; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Agreement with Bruce Trammell of Lee's Summit, MO is confirmed for payment of an amount not to exceed $15,000.00 under the terms and conditions of said Agreement in a form to be approved by the County Counselor; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Finance and Purchasing is authorized to make all payments, including final payment on the contract, to the extent that sufficient appropriations to the using spending agency are contained in the then current Jackson County budget.
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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Deputy/Assistant County Counselor Acting County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution #17231 of March 29, 2010, was duly passed on March 29, 2010 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 4151 56790
ACCOUNT TITLE: Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund
Jackson County Drug Task Force
Other Contractual Services
NOT TO EXCEED: $15,000.00
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Date Director of Finance and Purchasing