IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute a Service Contract with the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, to provide weekday commuter express bus service between certain cities in eastern Jackson County and downtown Kansas City, Missouri, at an actual cost to the County of $50,000.00.
Intro
RESOLUTION # 14870, January 20, 2004
INTRODUCED BY Bob Spence, County Legislator
Body
WHEREAS, by Ordinance 3293, dated September 16, 2002, the Legislature did appropriate $77,750.00 and authorize a contract with the Eastern Jackson County Betterment Council to provide these funds to the council for the purpose of continuing the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority's (KCATA) weekday commuter express bus service between the cities of Lee's Summit/Raytown, Blue Springs, and Independence, and downtown Kansas City, Missouri, for the period ending January 31, 2003; and,
WHEREAS, by Resolution 14442, dated February 3, 2003, the Legislature did authorize a service contract directly with the KCATA for the continuation of this service over the remainder of 2003, at an additional cost of $70,000; and,
WHEREAS, Resolution 14442 further specified that the County would provide no more than $50,000.00 for the continuation of this service in 2004, no more than $30,000.00 in 2005, and no funding at all thereafter; and,
WHEREAS, funding specified in Resolution 14442 for 2005 remains subject to appropriation in the County's 2005 annual budget; and,
WHEREAS, the attached Service Contract adequately sets forth the rights and obligations of the parties with regard to this understanding for the year 2004; and,
WHEREAS, the execution of this Service Contract is in the best interest of the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of Jackson County; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute the attached Service Contract with the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of the Department of Finance be and hereby is authorized to make all payments, including final payment on the contract.
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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Acting County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution # 14870 of January 20, 2004 was duly passed on __________January 26_________________, 2004 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: 004 7745 6789
ACCOUNT TITLE: Special Road and Bridge Fund
K.C. ATA
Outside Agency Funding
NOT TO EXCEED: $50,000.00
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Date Director of the Department of Finance