IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $33,600.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2025 Grant Fund in acceptance of the Sheriff’s Office’s Impaired Driving Enforcement Grant awarded by the Missouri Department of Transportation, Highway Safety and Traffic Division, and authorizing the County Executive to execute a contract for the acceptance and expenditure of grant funds.
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ORDINANCE NO. 6018, September 22, 2025
INTRODUCED BY Venessa Huskey, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Sheriff’s Office has been awarded an Impaired Driving Enforcement grant in the amount of $33,600.00 by the Missouri Department of Transportation, Highway Safety and Traffic Division, for the period of October 1, 2025, to September 30, 2026; and,
WHEREAS, the Sheriff’s Office will target impaired drivers through high visibility enforcement activities, including multi-jurisdictional projects throughout Jackson County; and,
WHEREAS, the awarded grant funds will be used for reimbursement of overtime necessary for sobriety enforcement activities and for training and travel expenses of Traffic Unit personnel; and,
WHEREAS, the Sheriff’s Office recommends the acceptance of this award and the execution of a contract with the Missouri Department of Transportation, Highway Safety and Traffic Division; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriation is necessary to place the grant funds in the proper spending accounts; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following transfer and appropriation be and hereby are made:
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DEPARTMENT/DIVISION |
CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION |
FROM |
TO |
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Grant Fund |
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Sheriff’s Office |
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010-4201 |
45000 Federal Grant |
$33,600 |
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9999 |
32810 Undesignated Fund Balance |
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$33,600 |
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9999 |
32810 Undesignated Fund Balance |
$33,600 |
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Sheriff’s Office |
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010-4201 |
55030 Overtime Salaries |
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$27,868 |
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55040 FICA Taxes |
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$2,132 |
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56756 Training Expense |
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$3,600 |
and,
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute the attached grant contract with the Missouri Department of Transportation Highway Safety and Traffic 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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County Counselor
I hereby certify that the attached ordinance, Ordinance No. 6018 introduced on September 22, 2025, was duly passed on October 20, 2025 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ______8_________ Nays ______0________
Abstaining ____0_______ Absent _____0________
Excused _____1________
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. 6018.
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Date Phil LeVota, County Executive
Fiscal Note
Funds sufficient for this appropriation are available from the source indicated below
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 010 4201 45000
ACCOUNT TITLE: Grant Fund
Sheriff’s Office
Federal - Grant
NOT TO EXCEED: $33,600.00
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 010 9999 32810
ACCOUNT TITLE: Grant Fund
Undesignated Fund Balance
NOT TO EXCEED: $33,600.00
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: 010 9999 32810
ACCOUNT TITLE: Grant Fund
Undesignated Fund Balance
NOT TO EXCEED: $33,600.00
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 010 4201 55030
ACCOUNT TITLE: Grant Fund
Sherriff’s Office
Overtime Salaries
NOT TO EXCEED: $27,868.00
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 010 4201 55040
ACCOUNT TITLE: Grant Fund
Sheriff’s Office
FICA Taxes
NOT TO EXCEED: $2,132.00
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 010 4201 56756
ACCOUNT TITLE: Grant Fund
Sheriff’s Office
Training Expenses
NOT TO EXCEED: $3,600.00
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Date County Manager