File #: 11512    Version: 0 Name: School Truancy Prevention Project.
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 11/18/1996 In control: (R)Anti-Drug Committee
On agenda: Final action: 11/25/1996
Title: A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute an agreement with the City of Kansas City, MO for its "In School Truancy Prevention Project," at a cost to the County not to exceed $78,391.00.
Sponsors: Dennis Waits
Indexes: AGREEMENT, TRUANCY PREVENTION
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI Title A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute an agreement with the City of Kansas City, MO for its "In School Truancy Prevention Project," at a cost to the County not to exceed $78,391.00. Intro RESOLUTION #11512, November 18, 1996 INTRODUCED BY Dennis Waits, County Legislator Body WHEREAS, the City of Kansas City, Missouri, has received a grant from the Missouri Department of Public Safety in the amount of $156,782.00, as well as funding from the Kansas City, Missouri, School District in the amount of $156,781.00, and has pledged its own funds, in the amount of $78,391.00, for the City's "In School Truancy Prevention Project," the goals of which are to reduce chronic absenteeism, truancy, and long-term suspension in six target schools in the Kansas City, MO, School District; and, WHEREAS, the City of Kansas City has requested County Anti-Drug Sales Tax matching funds in the amount of $78,391.00 to implement this program; and, WHEREAS, this is the first year for this grant program; and, WHEREAS, the Prosecuting Attorney has reviewed this proposal and recommends the expenditure of these funds; therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive is hereby authorized to enter into the agreement, a copy of which is attached and incorporated herein by reference, with the City of Kansas City; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of the Department of Finance be and hereby is authorized to make all payments, including final payment on the Agreement. Attorney Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature. APPROVED AS TO FORM: _____________________________ ___________________________________ County Counselor Certificate of Passage I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution #11512 of November 18, 1996, was duly passed on ________November 25_____________, 1996, by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows: Yeas _________8___________ Nays ________0___________ Abstaining ______0________ Absent ______1___________ _________________________ _____________________________________ Date Mary Jo Brogoto, Clerk of Legislature Fiscal Note Funds sufficient for this expenditure are available from the source indicated below. ACCOUNT NUMBER: 008-4135-6798 ACCOUNT TITLE: Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund Prosecuting Attorney Grant Match Grant Match NOT TO EXCEED: $78,391.00 ____________________ _____________________________________ Date Director of the Department of Finance