IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $16,950.00 from the fund balance of the 2009 Grant Fund in acceptance of the Sheriff's Office "Sobriety Checkpoint" 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 #4148, September 14, 2009
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 "Sobriety Checkpoint" grant in the amount of $16,950.00 for the period October 1, 2009, through September 30, 2010; and,
WHEREAS, Jackson County remains second in the number of alcohol related crashes in the state; and,
WHEREAS, the number of lives lost on Jackson County roadways in 2008 increased from 20 to 29; and,
WHEREAS, the Sheriff recommends the use of the grant funds for reimbursement of overtime used for setting up sobriety checkpoints and other alcohol-enforcement related 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 2009 Grant Fund be and hereby is made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
010-4282 45385 - Revenues $16,950
010-2810 Undesignated Fund Balance $16,950
010-2810 Undesignated Fund Balance $16,950
Grant Fund
Sheriff - Sobriety Checkpoint 09-10
010-4282 55030 - Overtime $15,745.48
010-4282 55040 - FICA $ 1,204.52
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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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Deputy/Assistant County Counselor County Counselor
I hereby certify that the attached Ordinance, Ordinance #4148, introduced on September 14, 2009, was duly passed on September 14, 2009 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ________9_______ Nays _______0_______
Abstaining ______0_____ Absent ______0_______
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 #4148.
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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: $16,950.00
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Date Director of Finance and Purchasing