IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $1,500,000.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2020 CARES Act Fund to support an eviction prevention program and authorizing the County Executive to execute a Cooperative Agreement with the United Way of Greater Kansas City for this program, in connection with the fight against the ongoing Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic, at a cost to the County not to exceed $1,500,000.00.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5391, August 24, 2020
INTRODUCED BY Theresa Cass Galvin, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, U.S. President Donald J. Trump, Missouri Governor Mike Parson, and County Executive Frank White, Jr., have all declared, in one form or another, the ongoing Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic to be a public health emergency; and,
WHEREAS, the County, through its various efforts, plays a significant role in the public health of its citizens and employees; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriate response by the County to this emergency will require significant expenditures from the County CARES Act Fund, which consists of monies provided by the U.S. Treasury for this purpose; and,
WHEREAS, with the $1,500,000.00 funding provided by this Ordinance, the United Way of Greater Kansas City (UWGKC) will provide support to residential tenants within Jackson County who are facing eviction as a result of the pandemic, as further outlined in UWGKC’s attached funding proposal; and,
WHEREAS, the funding provided by this Ordinance will allow UWGKC to leverage additional private community and other governmental support for a total program cost of $2,200,000.00; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation be and hereby is made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
CARES Act Fund
040-9999 32810-
Undesignated Fund Balance $1,500,000
United Way of Greater KC
040-5027 56790-
Other Contractual Services $1,500,000
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BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute a Cooperative Agreement with UWGKC, in a form to be approved by the County Counselor; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of the Department 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 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. 5391 introduced on August 24, 2020, was duly passed on September 21, 2020 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. 5391.
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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: 040 9999 32810
ACCOUNT TITLE: CARES Act Fund
Undesignated Fund Balance
NOT TO EXCEED: $1,500,000.00
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: 040 5027 56790
ACCOUNT TITLE: CARES Act Fund
United Way of Greater Kansas City
Other Contractual Services
NOT TO EXCEED: $1,500,000.00
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Date Chief Administrative Officer