IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute a Cooperative Agreement with Connections to Success, Inc., of Kansas City, MO, for the Constructing Futures III Project, at a cost to the County not to exceed $55,000.00, to further the prevention of homelessness and the prevention of drugs and drug-related offenses.
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RESOLUTION #17729, November 7, 2011
INTRODUCED BY James D. Tindall, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Constructing 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 will allow drug offenders and unskilled individuals living in poverty to learn the construction trade by rehabilitating a house that can then be occupied by a family struggling with homelessness; and,
WHEREAS, Connections to Success, Inc., of Kansas City (Jackson County), MO, will serve as the manger for this project; and,
WHEREAS, the Housing Resources Commission and the COMBAT Administration are collaborating on this effort; and,
WHEREAS, the Housing Resources Commission has approved Housing Resources Commission funds in the amount of $35,000.00 for the furnishing of materials and supplies to rehabilitate a house located at 1506 South McCoy, Independence, MO, that will be occupied by a Jackson County family that has recently struggled with homelessness; and,
WHEREAS, the COMBAT Administration has approved Anti-Drug Sales Tax Funds in the amount of $20,000.00 to provide for on-the-job training for Jackson County citizens through Connections with Success to provide the labor for the project, which will further the prevention of drugs and drug-related offenses; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, that the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute a Cooperative Agreement, in a form to be approved by the County Counselor, with Connections to Success, Inc., at a cost to the County not to exceed $55,000.00; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Director of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized to make all payments including final payment on the agreement.
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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Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution #17729 of November 7, 2011, was duly passed on November 7, 2011 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ________8________ Nays ______0_______ Excused_____1_____
Abstaining ______0______ Absent _____0_______
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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: 043 7001 56789
ACCOUNT TITLE: Homeless Assistance Fund
Housing Resource Commission
Outside Agency Funding
NOT TO EXCEED: $35,000.00
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 008 4401 56080
ACCOUNT TITLE: Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund
COMBAT Administration
Other Professional
NOT TO EXCEED: $20,000.00
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Date Director of Finance and Purchasing