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Amendment
December 16, 1996
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute Agreements with certain organizations which engage in anti-drug treatment and rehabilitation activities for the purpose of treating users of illegal drugs, at a total cost to the County not to exceed $2,906,302.00.
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RESOLUTION 11543, December 9, 1996
INTRODUCED BY Dennis Waits, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the voters of Jackson County, Missouri, renewed their sales tax for seven years to provide funding for the fight against illegal drugs in our community; and,
WHEREAS, the proceeds and interest generated from this tax are deposited in a special Jackson County Anti-Drug Sales Tax Trust Fund that is segregated and not commingled with the general fund or any other special funds of the County; and,
WHEREAS, the voters and the Legislature authorized the COMBAT Commission to contract with any organization or entity, whether public or private, which engages in anti-drug treatment and rehabilitation activities, for the purposes of treatment and rehabilitation of drug users; and,
WHEREAS, the COMBAT Commission, through the Purchasing Department, previously issued Request For Proposals 127-96, dated August 27, 1996, inviting qualified organizations to submit proposals for the providing of treatment services; and,
WHEREAS, the organizations, listed on the document attached hereto as Exhibit A, all engage in community crime treatment and rehabilitation activities, and are otherwise qualified to contract with the County for the expenditure of anti-drug sales tax funds; and,
WHEREAS, the COMBAT Commission, with the assistance of the Prosecuting Attorney and private consultants, reviewed all of the proposals submitted by said organizations and considered staff review and comments thereon; and,
WHEREAS, the COMBAT Commission desires to assist these organizations in the provision of services and has recommended the expenditure of anti-drug sales tax funds for these organizations, in the respective amounts set forth on Exhibit A, to assist in the treatment and rehabilitation of drug offenders all in accordance with the criteria, review and recommendations aforesaid; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive be, and hereby is, authorized to execute agreements with the organizations and in amounts not to exceed the amounts set forth in Exhibit A, for the purpose of preventing drug and drug-related offenses, in a general form as approved by the County Counselor; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of the Department of Finance be, and hereby is, authorized to make all payments, including final payments on these agreements, to the extent sufficient funds have been budgeted...Attorney
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 #11543 of December 9, 1996 was duly passed on ________December 16____________, 1996 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 Brogoto, Clerk of Legislature
Fiscal Note
Subject to appropropriation in the County's 1997 annual budget.
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Date Director of the Department of Finance EXHIBIT A
TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION ORGANIZATIONS:
AGENCY $2,692,702
Catholic Charities $50,000
Central KC Mental Health Center 198,000
Children's Mercy Hospital 26,243
Comprehensive Mental Health 344,000
Crittenton 40,717
DeLaSalle 35,000
Full Employment Council 82,560
Guadalupe Center 80,000
Hope House* 90,000
KC Community Center 225,000
Marillac 77,899
Ozanam Home 30,000
Park Lane Hospital 100,000
Renaissance West 190,000
Research Mental Health Center 250,000
Resource Development Institute 45,000
Rose Brooks Center 38,852
Salvation Army 126,323
Swope Parkway Health Center 338,108
Truman Medical Center East 210,000
Whatsoever Community Center 50,000
TOTAL: 21 agencies 2,627,702
Balance: $65,000
* $50,000 of which is contingent upon a merger in 1997 with Newhouse and with Hope House managing operations and the funds expended on the former Newhouse operations.