IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute cooperative agreements with certain organizations which provide assistance to homeless persons, at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $268,500.00.
Intro
RESOLUTION #17796, January 23, 2012
INTRODUCED BY James D. Tindall, County Legislator
Body
WHEREAS, on June 4, 1991, the voters of Jackson County authorized the County Legislature to impose a $3.00 user fee on all instruments recorded with the County's Department of Records, the proceeds of which fee is to be used to provide funds for assistance to homeless persons; and,
WHEREAS, the County actually imposed said fee by Ordinance 1986, dated June 10, 1991; and,
WHEREAS, by Ordinance 2030, dated September 3, 1991, the Legislature created the Housing Resources Commission and designated the Commission as the agency of the County responsible for determining the allocation and distribution of the proceeds of the user fee to organizations providing services to homeless persons; and,
WHEREAS, the Commission desires to assist these organizations in the provision of services and has recommended the expenditure of funds to the organizations listed in Exhibit A, attached hereto, for the purpose of the activities specified therein, all providing assistance to homeless persons exclusively in Jackson County; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED that the County Executive be, and hereby is, authorized to execute cooperative agreements with the organizations in the amounts set forth in Exhibit A, all for the purpose of providing assistance to homeless persons, 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 payments on these agreements.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
______________________________ _________________________________
Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution #17796 of January 23, 2012, was duly passed on January 23, 2012 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ________8_________ Nays ______0_______
Abstaining ______0_______ Absent _____1_______
______________________ _________________________________
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: 043 7001 56789
ACCOUNT TITLE: Homeless Assistance Fund
Housing Resource Commission
Outside Agency Funding
NOT TO EXCEED: $268,500.00
________________________ ________________________________
Date Director of Finance and Purchasing
EXHIBIT A Resolution #17796
Agency |
Amount of Award |
Purpose |
Benilde Hall |
$20,000.00 |
Emergency & Transitional Bed Nights |
Kansas City, MO |
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Catholic Charities |
$10,000.00 |
Salaries, Fringe Benefits, Utility, and Rent Assistance |
Kansas City, MO |
|
|
Community LINC |
$10,000.00 |
Emergency & Transitional Bed Nights, Salary, Utility, Rent, & Mortgage Assistance |
Kansas City, MO |
|
|
Community Service League |
$10,000.00 |
Rent and Mortgage Assistance |
Independence, MO |
|
|
Connections to Success/Constructing Futures |
$30,000.00 |
Operational Costs |
Kansas City, MO |
|
|
Hillcrest Ministries |
$10,000.00 |
Emergency & Transitional Bed Nights |
Independence, MO |
|
|
Hope House |
$5,000.00 |
Emergency & Transitional Bed Nights |
Lee's Summit, MO |
|
|
Legal Aid of Western Missouri |
$35,000.00 |
Salary Assistance and Fringe Benefits |
Kansas City, MO |
|
|
Mother's Refuge |
$10,000.00 |
Emergency & Transitional Bed Nights |
Independence, MO |
|
|
Newhouse |
$10,000.00 |
Emergency & Transitional Bed Nights |
Kansas City, MO |
|
|
Operation Breakthrough |
$12,000.00 |
Salary and Utility Assistance |
Kansas City, MO |
|
|
ReStart |
$15,000.00 |
Emergency & Transitional Bed Nights |
Kansas City, MO |
|
|
River of Refuge |
$12,000.00 |
Emergency & Transitional Bed Nights, Utility, and Food Assistance |
Kansas City, MO |
|
|
Rose Brooks |
$3,000.00 |
Emergency & Transitional Bed Nights |
Kansas City, MO |
|
|
Salvation Army - Crossroads |
$8,000.00 |
Emergency & Transitional Bed Nights |
Independence, MO |
|
|
Salvation Army - Linwood |
$12,000.00 |
Emergency & Transitional Bed Nights |
Kansas City, MO |
|
|
Sheffield Place |
$8,000.00 |
Emergency & Transitional Bed Nights |
Kansas City, MO |
|
|
Twelfth Street Heritage |
$30,000.00 |
Operating Costs |
Kansas City, MO |
|
|
United Inner City Services |
$18,500.00 |
Salary Assistance |
Kansas City, MO |
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