File #: 17983    Version: 0 Name: special prosecutor's fees
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 9/24/2012 In control: Justice and Law Enforcement Committee
On agenda: 9/24/2012 Final action: 10/1/2012
Title: A RESOLUTION transferring $14,107.00 within the 2012 General Fund for use by the Circuit Court to cover special prosecutor=s fees.
Sponsors: James D. Tindall
Indexes: CIRCUIT COURT, GENERAL FUND
Attachments: 1. 17983adopt.pdf
Corrected
October 1, 2012
      
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
 
 
Title
A RESOLUTION transferring $14,107.00 within the 2012 General Fund for use by the Circuit Court to cover special prosecutor=s fees.              
 
 
Intro
RESOLUTION #17983, September 24, 2012
 
INTRODUCED BY James D. Tindall, County Legislator
 
 
Body
WHEREAS, by order of the Circuit Court, special prosecutors are appointed to handle the prosecution of particular cases, most often when the Prosecuting Attorney=s Office has a conflict of interest in the matter; and,
 
WHEREAS, special prosecutor S. Chase Higinbotham, Jr., has submitted an invoice in the amount of $42,450.83 for special prosecutor fees which have been found to be reasonable and necessary by order of the Circuit Court; and,
 
WHEREAS, a transfer is necessary to cover the cost of the special prosecutor that exceeds what was budgeted for 2012; and,
 
WHEREAS, the County Executive recommends said transfer; now therefore,
 
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following transfer within the 2012 General Fund be and hereby is made:
 
 
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION            CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION      FROM            TO
 
General Fund
Non-Departmental
001-5101                              56020 - Legal Service                 $14,107
 
General Fund
Special Prosecution
001-8004                              56020 - Legal Services
                     $14,107
 
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date:  This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
 
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
 
 
____________________________              _______________________________
Chief Deputy County Counselor                  County Counselor
 
Certificate of Passage
 
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution #17983 of September 24, 2012, was duly passed on October 1, 2012 by the Jackson County Legislature.
 
The votes thereon were as follows:
 
Yeas _________7________                      Nays ______0________
 
Abstaining _____0________                   Absent _____2_______
 
______________________                    _______________________________
Date                                          Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
 
Fiscal Note
Funds sufficient for this transfer are available from the source indicated below.
 
 
ACCOUNT NUMBER:      001      5101      56020
ACCOUNT TITLE:            General Fund
                        Non-Departmental      
                        Legal Services
NOT TO EXCEED:            $14,107.00
 
 
 
________________________            ____________________________________
Date                                    Director of Finance and Purchasing