IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $26,000.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2026 Grant Fund in acceptance of the Sheriff’s Office Hazardous Moving Violation Enforcement grant awarded by the Missouri Department of Transportation, Highway Safety and Traffic Division, and authorizing the Sheriff to execute a contract for the acceptance and expenditure of such grant funds.
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ORDINANCE NO. 6145, October 5, 2026
INTRODUCED BY Venessa Huskey, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Sheriff Office has been awarded grant funds by the Missouri Department of Transportation, Highway Safety and Traffic Division for hazardous moving violation enforcement in the amount of $26,000.00; and,
WHEREAS, the grant funds will be used to conduct enforcement actions to decrease speed, hazardous driving and related injuries, and fatality crashes; and,
WHEREAS, the Sheriff’s Office recommends the acceptance of this award and the execution of a contract with the Missouri Department of Transportation, Highway Safety and Traffic Division; and,
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the health and safety of Jackson County residents to accept these grant funds and pursue the related enforcement actions; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriation is necessary to place the grant funds in the proper spending accounts; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following transfer and appropriation be and hereby are made:
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DEPARTMENT/DIVISION |
CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION |
FROM |
TO |
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Grant Fund |
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010-4201 |
45000 - Federal - Grant |
$26,000 |
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Grant Fund 010-9999 |
32810 - Undesignated Fund Balance |
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$26,000 |
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32810 - Undesignated Fund Balance |
26,000 |
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Sheriff’s Office |
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010-4201 |
55030- Overtime Salaries |
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18,580 |
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55040 - FICA Taxes |
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1,420 |
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56756 - Training Expenses |
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6,000 |
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BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Sheriff be and hereby is authorized to execute the attached grant contract with the Missouri Department of Transportation, Highway Safety and Traffic Division.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its signature by the County Executive.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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County Counselor
I hereby certify that the attached ordinance, Ordinance No. 6145 introduced on October 5, 2026, was duly passed on__________________, 2026 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _______________ Nays ______________
Abstaining ___________ Absent _____________
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 No. 6145.
____________________ ________________________________
Date Phil LeVota, County Executive
Fiscal Note
Funds sufficient for this appropriation are available from the source indicated below
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 010 4201 45000
ACCOUNT TITLE: Grant Fund
Sheriff’s Office
Federal - Grant
NOT TO EXCEED: $26,000.00
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 010 9999 32810
ACCOUNT TITLE: Grant Fund
Undesignated Fund Balance
NOT TO EXCEED: $26,000.00
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 9999 32810
ACCOUNT TITLE: Grant Fund
Undesignated Fund Balance
NOT TO EXCEED: $26,000.00
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 010 4201 55030
ACCOUNT TITLE: Grant Fund
Sheriff’s Office
Overtime Salaries
NOT TO EXCEED: $18,580.00
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 010 4201 55040
ACCOUNT TITLE: Grant Fund
Sheriff’s Office
FICA Taxes
NOT TO EXCEED: $1,420.00
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 010 4201 56756
ACCOUNT TITLE: Grant Fund
Sheriff’s Office
Training Expenses
NOT TO EXCEED: $6,000.00
______________________ ________________________________
Date Phil LeVota, County Executive