IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $502,501.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2023 General Fund and authorizing payments in the aggregate amount of $502,501.00 to cover costs to be incurred in connection with the April 4, 2023, special election.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5725, March 14, 2023
INTRODUCED BY Manuel Abarca IV, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Jackson County and Kansas City Boards of Election Commissioners have requested advance payment of the costs they estimate they will incur in connection with the April 4, 2023, special election; and,
WHEREAS, estimated costs for the election, $266,651.00 for the Kansas City Board and $235,850.00 for the Jackson County Board, are allocated proportionately based on the populations of jurisdictions which have placed ballot measures on the April 2023 ballot; and,
WHEREAS, the County will seek to reimburse itself for this expenditure from proceeds of the sales tax question submitted at the election, if adopted by the voters; and,
WHEREAS, if approved, sales tax collections will begin October 1, 2023; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriation is necessary to cover the estimated election costs; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation from the undesignated fund balance of the 2023 General Fund be and hereby is made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
General Fund
001-9999 32810- $502,501
Undesignated Fund Balance
KCEB Primary Election
001-5003 56071- $266,651
Election Board Expense
JCEB Primary Election
001-5005 56071- $235,850
Election Board Expense
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Director of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized to make the payments to the election boards specified in this Ordinance.
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 5725 introduced on March 14, 2023, was duly passed on March 20, 2023 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _______8________ Nays _____0________
Abstaining ____0_______ Absent ____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. 5725.
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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: 001 9999 32810
ACCOUNT TITLE: General Fund
Undesignated Fund Balance
NOT TO EXCEED: $502,501.00
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: 001 5003 56071
ACCOUNT TITLE: General Fund
KCEB Primary Election
Election Board Expense
NOT TO EXCEED: $266,651.00
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 001 5005 56071
ACCOUNT TITLE: General Fund
JCEB Primary Election
Election Board Expense
NOT TO EXCEED: $235,850.00
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Date Chief Administrative Officer