IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $2,800,000.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2020 CARES Act Fund to allow the Kansas City, Missouri, Health Department to hire personnel and acquire supplies and equipment necessary for contact tracing and investigation in connection with the fight against the ongoing Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic and authorizing the County Executive to execute an Intergovernmental Agreement with the City of Kansas City, Missouri, at a cost to the County not to exceed $2,800,000.00.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5341, May 26, 2020
INTRODUCED BY Theresa Cass Galvin, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, U.S. President Donald J. Trump, Missouri Governor Mike Parson, and County Executive Frank White, Jr., have all declared, in one form or another, the ongoing Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic to be a public health emergency; and,
WHEREAS, the County, through its various efforts, plays a significant role in the public health of its citizens; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriate response by the County to this emergency will require significant expenditures from the County CARES Act Fund, which consists of monies provided by the U.S. Treasury for this purpose; and,
WHEREAS, with the funding provided by this appropriation, the Kansas City Health Department will hire and equip staff to conduct contact tracing and investigations for up to eight months; and,
WHEREAS, the County Executive recommends the appropriation and execution of an Intergovernmental Agreement with the City of Kansas City, Missouri, for this purpose, in a form to be approved by the County Counselor; and,
WHEREAS, such Intergovernmental Agreement shall require that Jackson County be indemnified by the City for any shortfall in or misuse of County-provided funds; 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
CARES Act Fund
040-9999 32810-
Undesignated Fund Balance $2,800,000
Kansas City Health Department
040-2620 56070-
Intergovernmental Agreements $2,800,000
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 No. 5341 introduced on May 26, 2020, was duly passed on June 1, 2020 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 No. 5341.
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Date Frank White, Jr., County Executive
Fiscal Note
Funds sufficient for this appropriation are available from the source indicated below.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 040 9999 32810
ACCOUNT TITLE: CARES Act Fund
Undesignated Fund Balance
NOT TO EXCEED: $2,800,000.00
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: 040 2620 56070
ACCOUNT TITLE: CARES Act Fund
Kansas City Health Department
Intergovernmental Agreements
NOT TO EXCEED: $2,800,000.00
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Date Chief Administrative Officer