IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute agreements with certain outside agencies funded by the County's Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund for the 2011 fiscal year, which are engaged in anti-drug treatment activities and purposes, at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $2,289,583.00.
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RESOLUTION #17477, January 24, 2011
INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the voters of Jackson County, Missouri, renewed the sales tax for seven years to provide funding for the fight against illegal drugs in our community; and,
WHEREAS, the proceeds and interest generated from this tax are deposited in a special Jackson County Anti-Drug Sales Tax Trust Fund that is segregated and not commingled with the general fund or any other special funds of the County; and,
WHEREAS, the voters and the Legislature authorized the Drug Commission, subject to approval by the Legislature, to contract with any organization or entity, whether public or private, which engages in anti-drug treatment activities; and,
WHEREAS, the Jackson County Drug Commission has recommended that the County Executive be authorized to execute agreements with certain outside agencies engaged in anti-drug treatment activities for services from January 1, 2011, to December 31, 2011; and,
WHEREAS, the execution of agreements for the services of these agencies, in the amounts indicated on the document attached hereto as Exhibit A, is in the best interests of the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of Jackson County; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute agreements with the outside agencies listed on the attached Exhibit A, in the respective amounts indicated, 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 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:
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Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution #17477 of January 24, 2011, was duly passed on January 24, 2011 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ________8_________ Nays _______0_______
Abstaining _______0______ Absent ______1______
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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: 008 4404 56789
ACCOUNT TITLE: Anti Drug Sales Tax Fund
COMBAT Crime Treatment
Outside Agency Funding
NOT TO EXCEED: $2,289,583.00
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Date Director of Finance and Purchasing