File #: 21529    Version: 0 Name: JACO Sheriff Connections Program
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 2/15/2024 In control: Justice and Law Enforcement Committee
On agenda: 2/19/2024 Final action: 2/26/2024
Title: A RESOLUTION authorizing the Sheriff to execute a contract for services with the Family Court Division of the 16th Circuit Court of Missouri to provide deputies to assist with the Family Court's Connections supervised visitation program.
Sponsors: Venessa Huskey
Indexes: CONTRACT, FAMILY COURT DIVISION, SHERIFF
Attachments: 1. 21529 bu.pdf, 2. 21529adopted, 3. 21529 Family Court Connections
Related files: 19645, 21304

                     IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

 

 

Title

A RESOLUTION authorizing the Sheriff to execute a contract for services with the Family Court Division of the 16th Circuit Court of Missouri to provide deputies to assist with the Family Court’s Connections supervised visitation program.

 

Intro

RESOLUTION NO. 21529, February 19, 2024

 

INTRODUCED BY Venessa Huskey, County Legislator

 

 

Body

 WHEREAS, the Jackson County Family Court Division’s Connections program is a collaborative effort between the Family Court Division and local law enforcement agencies in which officers facilitate visitation between children and non-custodial parties, as well as the safe exchange of children between parents or custodians for overnight visits; and,

 

WHEREAS, the Sheriff’s Office has partnered with the Family Court Division on the Connections program since 2018; and,

 

WHEREAS, by Resolution 21304, adopted in 2023, a contract was executed for the period of January 1, 2023, to December 31, 2023; and, 

 

WHEREAS, a new contract, with no material changes, is requested for the period of January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2024; and,

 

 

 

WHEREAS, the deputies of the Sheriff’s Office will continue to be paid for their Connections program hours on the regular County payroll; and,

 

WHEREAS, the Sheriff recommends the execution of the attached Agreement with the Family Court Division for the Connections program; and,

 

WHEREAS, execution of this Agreement is in the best interest of the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Jackson County; now therefore,

 

BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Sheriff be, and hereby is, authorized to execute the attached Agreement with the Family Court Division of the Circuit Court for the Connections Program.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enacted and Approved

Effective Date:  This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.

 

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

 

 

____________________________                                           

County Counselor

 

Certificate of Passage

 

                     I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 21529 of February 19, 2024, was duly passed on February 26, 2024 by the Jackson County Legislature.  The votes thereon were as follows:

 

                                          

Yeas ______7_______                                          Nays ______0________

 

 

                                          Abstaining ____0_____                                          Absent _____1________

 

                                          

                                          Excused _____1______

 

 

 

 

 

________________________                                                               _______________________________

Date                                                                                                                                                   Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature