IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $5,000.00 from the fund balance of the 2009 Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund and authorizing the County Executive to execute an Addendum to the Cooperative Agreement with Connections to Success, Inc., for the Building Futures Project, at an additional cost to the County not to exceed $5,000.00.
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ORDINANCE #4097 April 6, 2009
INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, by Resolution 16695, dated August 18, 2008, the Legislature did authorize the County Executive to execute a Cooperative Agreement with Connections to Success, Inc., for the Building Futures Project, at a cost to the County not to exceed $75,000.00; and,
WHEREAS, the Building Futures Project is a unique public-private partnership designed to provide a structured pathway to allow former drug offenders to enter the construction industry, and at the same time provide permanent housing to those in need; and,
WHEREAS, the project allows recovering drug offenders to learn the construction trade by rehabilitating an abandoned house that can then be occupied by a homeless family; and,
WHEREAS, Connections to Success, Inc., serves as the manager for this project; and,
WHEREAS, due to damage to the demonstration house caused by burglary, an additional $5,000.00 is needed to complete the project; and,
WHEREAS, the Prosecuting Attorney has recommended Anti-Drug Sales Tax funds in the amount of $5,000.00 be allocated for the completion of this project for deferred prosecution of drug and drug-related offenses; and,
WHEREAS, this supplemental funding will be used to purchase expendable supplies and materials for the project; and,
WHEREAS, in order to fund this expenditure, an appropriation is necessary; and,
WHEREAS, the County Executive recommends said appropriation; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation be and hereby is made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund
008-2810 Undesignated Fund Balance $5,000
008-4154 56790 - Other Contractual Services $5,000
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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 an Addendum to the Cooperative Agreement with Connections to Success, Inc., at a cost to the County not to exceed $5,000.00, 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 Agreement and Addendum thereto.
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 #4097 introduced on April 6, 2009, was duly passed on April 6, 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 #4097.
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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: 008 2810
ACCOUNT TITLE: Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund
Undesignated Fund Balance
NOT TO EXCEED: $5,000.00
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 4154 56790
ACCOUNT TITLE: Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund
Deferred Prosecution
Other Contractual Services
NOT TO EXCEED: $5,000.00
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Date Director of Finance and Purchasing