File #: 4318    Version: 0 Name: Reimbursement of court costs - municipal court violations
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 6/20/2011 In control: County Legislature
On agenda: 6/20/2011 Final action: 6/20/2011
Title: AN ORDINANCE appropriating $19,438.00 from the fund balance of the 2011 General Fund in acceptance of the reimbursement of court costs associated with certain municipal court violations for use by the Sheriff's Office.
Sponsors: James D. Tindall
Indexes: GENERAL FUND, MUNICIPAL COURT, REIMBURSEMENT
Attachments: 1. 4318adopt.pdf
      IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
 
 
Title
AN ORDINANCE appropriating $19,438.00 from the fund balance of the 2011 General Fund in acceptance of the reimbursement of court costs associated with certain municipal court violations for use by the Sheriff's Office.   
 
 
 
Intro
ORDINANCE #4318, June 20, 2011
 
INTRODUCED BY James D. Tindall, County Legislator
 
 
Body
WHEREAS, pursuant to section 1810.2.f, Jackson County Code, 1984, as allowed by section 488.5334 of the Revised Statues of Missouri, a defendant who pleads guilty or is found guilty of a violation of any alcohol or drug-related traffic offense in the Jackson County Municipal Court is ordered to reimburse the County certain costs associated with the arrest; and,
 
WHEREAS, the cumulative associated court costs reimbursed to the County under this provision since the court's inception in 2009 is $19,438.00; and,
 
WHEREAS, the Sheriff has requested that the funds be credited to the automobiles account; and,
                                    
WHEREAS, an appropriation is necessary to place the reimbursed funds in the proper spending account; now therefore,
 
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation from the undesignated fund balance of the 2011 General Fund be and hereby is made:
 
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION            CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION       FROM         TO   
General Fund
Sheriff's Department
001-2810                          Undesignated Fund Balance        $19,438
001-4201                        58120 - Automobiles                             $19,438            
 
 
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date:  This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its signature by the County Executive.
 
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
 
 
______________________________                  ________________________________
Chief Deputy County Counselor                   County Counselor
 
      I hereby certify that the attached Ordinance, Ordinance #4318 introduced on June 20, 2011, was duly passed on June 20, 2011 by the Jackson County Legislature.  The votes thereon were as follows:
 
      Yeas _______9________                  Nays _______0_______
 
      Abstaining ______0_____                  Absent _______0______
 
This Ordinance is hereby transmitted to the County Executive for his signature.
 
 
____________________                        ________________________________
Date                                          Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
 
I hereby approve the attached Ordinance #4318.
 
 
____________________                        ________________________________
Date                                          Michael D. Sanders, County Executive
 
 
Fiscal Note
Funds sufficient for this appropriation are available from the source indicated below.
 
ACCOUNT NUMBER:      001       2810
ACCOUNT TITLE:            General Fund
                        Undesignated Fund Balance
NOT TO EXCEED:            $19,438.00            
      
 
 
_______________________            _________________________________
Date                                    Director of Finance and Purchasing