IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION setting out the Legislature's intent concerning the allocation of the Anti- Drug Sales Tax annual revenues and the allocation of any unencumbered fund balance.
Intro
RESOLUTION # 15239, November 15, 2004
INTRODUCED BY Robert A. Stringfield and Dan Tarwater, County Legislators
Body
WHEREAS, the qualified voters of Jackson County have consistently approved a question authorizing Jackson County to continue its countywide anti-drug sales tax (COMBAT) at the rate of one-quarter of one percent for a period of seven years solely for the purposes of investigation and prosecution of those accused of drug-related offenses, the prevention of such offenses, and the incarceration, rehabilitation, treatment, and judicial processing of adult and juvenile violators of drug-related offenses; and,
WHEREAS, since the original adoption of the COMBAT anti-drug sales tax, the County has accrued an unencumbered fund balance in its Anti-Drug Sales Tax Trust Fund; and,
WHEREAS, it is important for the Legislature to provide guidance for the future appropriation and expenditure of said funds; and,
WHEREAS, the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri in the adoption of this Resolution understands and acknowledges that this Resolution does not bind the future actions of the Legislature and that in the future the legislature may appropriate funds in response to the changing needs of Jackson County in furtherance of the goals and consistent with the terms of Community Backed Anti Drug Sales Tax (COMBAT) as approved by the voters; and,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that it is the intent of the Legislature that the Anti-Drug Sales Tax Trust Fund be expended in the 2005 fiscal year and all subsequent years as set forth below:
PERCENTAGE ALLOCATION OF ANTI-DRUG SALES TAX FUND
(INCLUDING ANNUAL REVENUE AND UNENCUMBERED FUND BALANCE)
Agency/Purpose Percentage Distribution
Administration expenses 3.00
Annual Audit 0.75
From the remaining balance of the Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund:
Agency/Purpose Percentage Distribution
Kansas City Police 9.50
Jackson County Drug Task Force 9.50
Prosecutor:
Regular 9.50
Deferred 6.00
Community Crime Prevention 7.50
Treatment 15.00
Grant Match Fund 10.00
DARE 6.00
Courts 12.00
Corrections 15.00
Total 100.00
and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that it is the intent of the Legislature that the unencumbered fund balance of the Anti-Drug Sales Tax for succeeding fiscal years be appropriated and expended in conformance with the allocation percentages set forth in this Resolution for all succeeding fiscal years; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri in the adoption of this Resolution understands and acknowledges that this Resolution does not bind the future actions of the Legislature and that in the future the legislature may appropriate funds in response to the changing needs of Jackson County in furtherance of the goals and consistent with the terms of Community Backed Anti Drug Sales Tax (COMBAT) as approved by the voters.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
______________________________ ________________________________
Acting Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution # 15239 of November 15, 2004, was HELD 8 MEETINGS THEN DROPPED FROM AGENDA on ____________January 31, 2005______________, 2004, by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ___________________ Nays ___________________
Abstaining _______________ Absent __________________
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of the Legislature