IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute a Cooperative Agreement with the Greater Kansas City Hispanic Collaborative for the co-sponsoring of the BizFest Program, at a cost to the County not to exceed $5,000.00.
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RESOLUTION #16538, February 4, 2008
INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Prosecuting Attorney has recommended the co-sponsoring of the BizFest Program to be held on February 13, 2008, through February 16, 2008, at an cost to the County not to exceed $5,000.00; and,
WHEREAS, BizFest is a youth entrepreneurship program, sponsored in Kansas City by the Greater Kansas City Hispanic Collaborative, which targets at risk students, giving them the ability and capacity to become goal oriented, study management skills, gain self-esteem and prepare to enter the workforce; and,
WHEREAS, the National Dropout Prevention Center states that teens who set goals and gain self-esteem preempt the onset of drug use and interrupt a potential cycle of abuse which is often drug-related; and,
WHEREAS, the COMBAT funds will be used for the BizFest purposes set out in the document attached hereto as Exhibit A; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute for the County a Cooperative Agreement with the Greater Kansas City Hispanic Collaborative at a cost to the County not to exceed $5,000.00, 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 contract.
Enacted and Approved
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 #16538 of February 4, 2008, was duly passed on February 4, 2008 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _________6________ Nays ______0_______
Abstaining _____0______ Absent _____3_______
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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 56080
ACCOUNT TITLE: Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund
Grant Match
Other Professional Services
NOT TO EXCEED: $5,000.00
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Date Director of Finance and Purchasing