File #: 19492    Version: 0 Name: SMART Prosecution Grant and a Cooperative Agreement for the Community Engagement Coordinator of the East Patrol Project
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 5/18/2017 In control: County Legislature
On agenda: 5/22/2017 Final action: 5/22/2017
Title: AN RESOLUTION transferring $279,123.00 within the 2017 Grant Fund and authorizing the County Executive to execute an amendment to the 2016 SMART Prosecution Grant and a Cooperative Agreement with Ryan Samuelson of Kansas City, MO, to serve as the Community Engagement Coordinator of the East Patrol Pilot Project, at a cost to the County for 2017 not to exceed $7,650.00, and a two-year total cost of $24,000.00.
Sponsors: Alfred Jordan, Dennis Waits
Indexes: AMENDMENT, COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT, GRANT FUND, SMART PROSECUTION INITIATIVE GRANT
Attachments: 1. 19492bu.pdf, 2. 19492adopt, 3. 19492-COOPAGMT-RYANSAMUELSON.pdf
Related files: 4925

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

 

Title

AN RESOLUTION transferring $279,123.00 within the 2017 Grant Fund and authorizing the County Executive to execute an amendment to the 2016 SMART Prosecution Grant and a Cooperative Agreement with Ryan Samuelson of Kansas City, MO, to serve as the Community Engagement Coordinator of the East Patrol Pilot Project, at a cost to the County for 2017 not to exceed $7,650.00, and a two-year total cost of $24,000.00.

 

Intro

RESOLUTION NO. 19492, May 22, 2017

 

INTRODUCED BY Alfred Jordan and Dennis Waits, County Legislators

 

 

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 WHEREAS, by Ordinance 4925, dated October 31, 2016, the Legislature did authorize the acceptance of the SMART Prosecution Grant received from the U.S. Department of Justice for use by the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office; and,

 

WHEREAS, the Smart Prosecution Initiative is a federal program designed to bring a strategic approach to criminal justice operations by using innovative applications of analysis, technology, and evidence-based practices with the goal of improving performance and effectiveness while containing costs; and,

 

WHEREAS, a portion of the grant is to be used to provide funding for a Community Engagement Coordinator for the East Patrol Pilot Project to assist with geographic-based prosecution in Kansas City’s most violent areas; and,

 

WHEREAS, the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office has requested, and the U.S. Department of Justice has agreed, to an amendment to reallocate grant funds to provide for a Cooperative Agreement for the Community Engagement Coordinator; and,

 

WHEREAS, the Prosecuting Attorney recommends the execution of an agreement with Ryan Samuelson to serve as the Community Engagement Coordinator within the SMART Prosecution Grant team at a 2017 cost to the County not to exceed $7,650.00, and a two-year total cost of $24,000.00; and,

 

WHEREAS, the Community Engagement Coordinator will be responsible for building alliances between East Patrol-based prosecutors, community members, neighborhood associations, and other key community institutions in a coordinated effort between the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office and the Kansas City Police Department’s SMART Policing Grant; and,

 

WHEREAS, a transfer is necessary to place the grant funds in the appropriate spending account to fund this agreement; and,

 

WHEREAS, the County Executive recommends this transfer; now therefore,

 

BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following transfers within the 2017 Grant Fund be and hereby are made:

DEPARTMENT/DIVISION                                          CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION                      FROM                      TO 

Grant Fund

SMART Prosecution

010-4110                                                                                    55010 - Salary                                                                $206,000

010-4110                                                                                    55040 - FICA                                                               $  15,759

010-4110                                                                                    55050 - Pension                                                               $  27,364

010-4110                                                                                    55060 - Insurance                                                               $  30,000

010-4110                                                                                    56790 - Other Contractual                                                                     $260,000

010-4110                                                                                    57010 - Office Supplies                                                                     $    2,123

010-4110                                                                                    58170 - Other Equipment                                                                     $    7,000

010-4110                                                                                    56140 - Travel                                                                                          $  10,000

and,

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute an amendment to the SMART Prosecution Grant with the U.S. Department of Justice; and,

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute a Cooperative Agreement with Ryan Samuelson of Kansas City, MO, to serve as the Community Engagement Coordinator, 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 payment on the agreement.

 

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 No. 19492 of May 22, 2017, was duly passed on May 22, 2017 by the Jackson County Legislature.  The votes thereon were as follows:

 

 

 

Yeas ________9___________                                          Nays _________0__________

 

 

Abstaining _______0________                                          Absent ________0__________

 

 

 

______________________                                                               _________________________________

Date                                                                                                                              Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature

 

 

Fiscal Note

Funds sufficient for this transfer are available from the sources indicated below.

 

 

ACCOUNT NUMBER:                     010                     4110                     55010

ACCOUNT TITLE:                                          Grant Fund

                                                                                    SMART Prosecution Grant

                                                                                    Salary                                                               

NOT TO EXCEED:                                          $206,000.00

 

ACCOUNT NUMBER:                     010                     4110                     55040

ACCOUNT TITLE:                                          Grant Fund

                                                                                    SMART Prosecution Grant

                                                                                    FICA                                          

NOT TO EXCEED:                                          $15,759.00

 

 

 

 

ACCOUNT NUMBER:                     010                     4110                     55050

ACCOUNT TITLE:                                          Grant Fund

                                                                                    SMART Prosecution Grant

                                                                                    Pension

NOT TO EXCEED:                                          $27,364.00

 

ACCOUNT NUMBER:                     010                     4110                     55060

ACCOUNT TITLE:                                          Grant Fund

                                                                                    SMART Prosecution Grant

                                                                                    Insurance                     

NOT TO EXCEED:                                          $30,000.00

 

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:                     010                     4110                     56790

ACCOUNT TITLE:                                          Grant Fund

                                                                                    SMART Prosecution Grant

Other Contractual

NOT TO EXCEED:                                          $24,000.00

 

 

 

________________________                                                               _________________________________

Date                                                                                                                              Chief Financial Officer