File #: 12212    Version: 0 Name: Crime Prevention Activities
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 5/11/1998 In control: (R)Anti-Drug Committee
On agenda: Final action: 6/1/1998
Title: A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute Agreements with certain organizations which engage in community crime prevention activities for the purpose of preventing illegal drug use and drug-related offenses, at a cost to the County not to exceed $652,490.00 in 1998, and a total cost to the County of $1,445,742.00.
Sponsors: Dennis Waits
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI Title A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute Agreements with certain organizations which engage in community crime prevention activities for the purpose of preventing illegal drug use and drug-related offenses, at a cost to the County not to exceed $652,490.00 in 1998, and a total cost to the County of $1,445,742.00. Intro RESOLUTION 12212, May 11, 1998 INTRODUCED BY Dennis Waits, County Legislator Body WHEREAS, the voters of Jackson County, Missouri, renewed their sales tax for seven years to provide funding for the fight against illegal drugs in our community; and, WHEREAS, the proceeds and interest generated from this tax are deposited in a special Jackson County Anti-Drug Sales Tax Trust Fund that is segregated and not commingled with the general fund or any other special funds of the County; and, WHEREAS, the voters and the Legislature authorized the COMBAT Commission, subject to approval by the Legislature, to contract with any organization or entity, whether public or private, which engages in community crime prevention activities, for the purpose of preventing drug and drug-related offenses; and, WHEREAS, the COMBAT Commission, through the Purchasing Department, previously issued Request For Proposal 23-98, dated March 6, 1998, inviting qualified organizations to submit proposals for the providing of prevention services; and, WHEREAS, the organizations, listed on the document attached to the Request for Legislative Action, all engage in community crime prevention activities, and are otherwise qualified to contract with the County for the expenditure of anti-drug sales tax funds; and, WHEREAS, the COMBAT Commission, with the assistance of the Prosecuting Attorney and private consultants, reviewed all of the proposals submitted by said organizations and considered staff review and comments thereon; and, WHEREAS, the COMBAT Commission desires to assist these organizations in the provision of services and has recommended the expenditure of anti-drug sales tax funds for these organizations, in the respective amounts set forth on the attachment, to assist in the prevention drug and drug-related offenses all in accordance with the criteria, review and recommendations aforesaid; now therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive be, and hereby is, authorized to execute agreements with the organizations and in the amounts set forth on the attachment, for the purpose of preventing drug and drug-related offenses, in the general form attached hereto, as approved by the County Counselor; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of the Department of Finance be, and hereby is, authorized to make all payments, including final payments on these agreements, to the extent sufficient funds have been budgeted...Attorney Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature. APPROVED AS TO FORM: ____________________________ ______________________________ County Counselor Certificate of Passage I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution #12212 of May 11, 1998 was duly passed on ________June 1_____________, 1998 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows: Yeas ______7_________ Nays ______0________ Abstaining _____2______ Absent _____0_______ ________________________ _______________________________________ Date Mary Jo Brogoto, Clerk of Legislature Fiscal Note This expenditure was included in the annual budget. 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: 008-4402-6789 ACCOUNT TITLE: Anti Drug Sales Tax Fund COMBAT Commission Prevention Outside Agencies NOT TO EXCEED: $652,490.00 The balance is subject to annual appropriation in the 1999 budget. ________________________ _____________________________________ Date Director of the Department of Finance