IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute a Cooperative Agreement with Animals Best Friends, to assist with the welfare and placement of animals from the Independence Animal Shelter, at an actual cost to the County not to exceed $39,400.00.
Intro
RESOLUTION # 16016, September 11, 2006
INTRODUCED BY Dennis Waits, County Legislator
Body
WHEREAS, the County provides a comprehensive animal control program within unincorporated Jackson County, through a combination of County in-house resources and contractual arrangements; and,
WHEREAS, in addition to the County's program, many lost and unclaimed animals from within the unincorporated county are housed at not-for-profit animal shelters, one of which is Animals Best Friends; and,
WHEREAS, Animals Best Friends has submitted a request for assistance in providing additional space and services in housing and adopting out animals from the Independence Animal Shelter in the amount of $39,400.00; and,
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of Jackson County that the County assist Animals Best Friends; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute a cooperative agreement with Animals Best Friends, in a form to be approved by the County Counselor; 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:
______________________________ ________________________________
Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution # 16016 of September 11, 2006, was duly passed on September 18, 2006 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ________8_________ Nays _______0_______
Abstaining _____0________ Absent ______1______
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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: 001 7746 6789
ACCOUNT TITLE: General Fund
Comprehensive Plan for Animal Shelter
Outside Agency Funding
NOT TO EXCEED: $39,400.00
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Date Director of Finance and Purchasing