IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $300,000.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2011 General Fund to cover the cost of attorneys' fees in the County's ongoing asbestos-related litigation.
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ORDINANCE #4344, September 12, 2011
INTRODUCED BY Scott Burnett, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, an appropriation is necessary to cover the cost of additional attorneys' fees for the County's special counsel in the County's ongoing asbestos-related litigation; and,
WHEREAS, the County Executive recommends said appropriation; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation within the 2011 General Fund be and hereby is made:
Department/Division Character Description From To
General Fund
Non-Departmental
001-2810 Undesignated Fund Balance $300,000
001-5101 56020 - Legal Services $300,000
There is a balance otherwise unencumbered to the credit of the appropriation to which the expenditure is chargeable and ther is a cash balance otherwise unencumbered in the treasure to the cred of the fund from which payment is to be made each sufficient to provide for the obligation herein authorized.
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Date Director of the Department of Finance
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 #4344 introduced on September 12, 2011, was duly passed on September 19, 2011 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 #4344.
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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: $300,000.00
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Date Director of Finance and Purchasing