File #: 4310    Version: 0 Name: Digitizing court records
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 5/16/2011 In control: Finance and Audit Committee
On agenda: 5/16/2011 Final action: 6/6/2011
Title: AN ORDINANCE appropriating $157,131.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2011 General Fund in acceptance of $200,000.00 in additional revenue from increased court records copy fees, for use by the Circuit Court for a pilot project to digitize court records.
Sponsors: Scott Burnett
Indexes: CIRCUIT COURT, DIGITIZE COURT RECORDS, GENERAL FUND
Attachments: 1. 4310adopt.pdf
      IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
 
 
Title
AN ORDINANCE appropriating $157,131.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2011 General Fund in acceptance of $200,000.00 in additional revenue from increased court records copy fees, for use by the Circuit Court for a pilot project to digitize court records.
 
 
Intro
ORDINANCE #4310, May 16, 2011
 
INTRODUCED BY Scott Burnett, County Legislator
 
 
Body
WHEREAS, in February 2011, the Circuit Court of Jackson County increased the fees that are charged for copies of court records; and,
 
WHEREAS, the increase in revenue will be used to fund a pilot project to develop a system for scanning documents and indexing electronic files, at a cost to the County of $157,131.00
 
WHEREAS, an appropriation is necessary to place the necessary funds in the appropriate spending account; now therefore,
 
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation be and hereby is made:
 
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION            CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION       FROM         TO   
 
2011 General Fund
Non-Departmental
001-9999      44640 - County Fees      $200,000
001-2810      Undesignated Fund Balance            $200,000
001-2810      Undesignated Fund Balance      $157,131      
 
2011 General Fund
Circuit Court
001-3001      56790 - Other Contractual Services      $157,131
 
 
 
 
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date:  This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its signature by the County Executive.
 
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
 
 
___________________________            _____________________________
Chief Deputy County Counselor                   County Counselor
 
      I hereby certify that the attached Ordinance, Ordinance #4310 introduced on May 16, 2011, was duly passed on June 6, 2011 by the Jackson County Legislature.  The votes thereon were as follows:
 
      Yeas _______8________                  Nays ______0_______
 
      Abstaining ______0_____                  Absent _____0_______       Excused_______1_______
 
This Ordinance is hereby transmitted to the County Executive for his signature.
 
 
____________________                        ________________________________
Date                                          Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
 
I hereby approve the attached Ordinance #4310.
 
 
____________________                        ________________________________
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:            $157,131.00
 
 
 
______________________            _________________________________
Date                                    Director of Finance and Purchasing