IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the Director of Finance and Purchasing to issue a check in the amount of $10,000.00 to North American SuperCorridor Coalition, Inc., for 2005-2006 annual membership dues.
Intro
RESOLUTION # 15844, April 3, 2006
INTRODUCED BY Scott Burnett, County Legislator
Body
WHEREAS, North American SuperCorridor Coalition, Inc., (NASCO) is a not for profit organization whose membership is comprised of public and private sector entities from Canada, the United States, and Mexico, with a common goal of developing a safe and efficient international trade corridor system in North America to boost development of the regional economies it serves;
and,
WHEREAS, NASCO will lobby for transportation and related issues such as technical development and infrastructure enhancements along the I-35 and I-29 corridors; and,
WHEREAS, other membership benefits include copies of draft legislation, NASCO studies and reports, one member on the NASCO Board of Directors, and County recognition, logo, and link on the NASCO website; and,
WHEREAS, said membership is in the best interest of the health, safety, and general welfare of the citizens of Jackson County, Missouri; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Legislature expresses its full support of NASCO and hereby authorizes the Director of Finance and Purchasing to issue a check to NASCO in the amount of $10,000.00 for membership dues for the fiscal year of October 1, 2005, through September 30, 2006.
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 # 15844 of April 3, 2006 was duly passed on ___________April 10___________________, 2006 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _________8__________ Nays _______0____________
Abstaining ______0_________ Absent ______1____________
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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: 001-5101-6710
ACCOUNT TITLE: General Fund
Non-Departmental
Dues & Memberships
NOT TO EXCEED: $10,000.00
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Date Director of Finance and Purchasing