IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute a Cooperative Agreement with Truman Medical Center for its StartRight Teen MOMs Program, at a cost to the County not to exceed $72,217.00, as a local match to a federal grant.
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RESOLUTION # 15821, March 20, 2006
INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the County has recognized a need to address the teen pregnancy problem in the Kansas City metropolitan area; and,
WHEREAS, there is an established nexus between teen pregnancy and drug abuse; and,
WHEREAS, Truman Medical Center's StartRight Teen MOMs Program is designed to address this problem by providing mentoring for pregnant and parenting teenage girls and their families; and,
WHEREAS, this program is supported by a grant from the United States Department of Health and Human Services in the amount of $350,000.00; and,
WHEREAS, the Prosecuting Attorney has recommended Anti-Drug Sales Tax Funds in the amount of $72,217.00 to provide a portion of a required local match to this grant, with the remainder to be provided by other agencies; 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, in a form to be approved by the County Counselor, for Truman Medical Center's StartRight Teen MOMs Program, at a cost to the County not to exceed $72,217.00; 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.
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Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution # 15821 of March 20, 2006, was duly passed on _________March 20__________________, 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: 008 4135 6798
ACCOUNT TITLE: Anti Drug Sales Tax
Grant Match
Grant Match
NOT TO EXCEED: $72,217.00
Date Director of Finance and Purchasing