IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION authorizing an extension to the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office’s Innovative Prosecution for the Combating Violent Crimes grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice, at no cost to the County.
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RESOLUTION NO. 21765, October 14, 2024
INTRODUCED BY Donna Peyton, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance 5466, dated November 30, 2020, the County accepted funds from the U.S. Department of Justice, awarded pursuant to the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office’s Innovative Prosecution for Combating Violent Crimes grant, to be used to operationalize a Crime Strategies Unit which will address gun violence in Kansas City, MO; and,
WHEREAS, this grant allocated $340,000.00 to the County for a full-time crime analyst, training, software, computer equipment, office supplies, and contractual services for this purpose; and,
WHEREAS, the Prosecuting Attorney now recommends an extension to this grant at no cost to the County to allow for the full expenditure of grant funds; and,
WHEREAS, this extension will provide for continued funding for the Crime Strategies Unit through March 31, 2025, at no cost to the County; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office’s Innovative Prosecution for Combating Violent Crimes grant be extended through March 31, 2025, as recommended by the Prosecuting Attorney, at no cost to the County; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Prosecuting Attorney and all other County officials be and hereby are authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give effect to the intent of this Resolution.
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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County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 21765 introduced on October 14, 2024, was duly passed on October 21, 2024 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