IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION transferring $1,510,025.00 within the 2021 Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund and authorizing the Prosecuting Attorney to execute agreements with certain outside agencies which are engaged in anti-crime and anti-violence prevention activities and purposes, at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $3,552,123.00.
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RESOLUTION NO. 20624, February 18, 2021
INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater III, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the voters of Jackson County, Missouri, renewed the sales tax to provide funding for the fight against illegal drugs and violent crime in our community; and,
WHEREAS, the proceeds and interest generated from this tax are deposited in a special Jackson County Anti-Crime 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 Prosecuting Attorney, subject to approval by the Legislature, to contract with any organization or entity, whether public or private, which engages in anti-crime and anti-violence prevention activities and purposes; and,
WHEREAS, the COMBAT Commission solicited proposals from community agencies seeking to provide anti-crime and anti-violence prevention activities and services; and,
WHEREAS, these proposals were evaluated by outside experts who made funding recommendations to the Commission; and,
WHEREAS, after review of the outside evaluators’ recommendations, the COMBAT Commission has recommended that the Prosecuting Attorney be authorized to execute agreements with certain outside agencies engaged in anti-crime and anti-violence prevention activities and purposes for services from January 1, 2021, to December 31, 2021, as set out below:
AGENCY |
AMOUNT |
Ad Hoc Group Against Crime |
$260,000 |
Artists Helping the Homeless (AHH) |
50,000 |
Arts Tech |
92,000 |
Blue Springs Police Department Community and Youth Outreach |
22,800 |
Blue Springs School District |
49,220 |
Boys & Girls Clubs |
144,000 |
Bridge Leadership Academy |
90,000 |
Calvary Community Outreach Network |
59,900 |
Center for Conflict Resolution (CCR) |
69,300 |
Center for Conflict Resolution (STRIVIN) |
78,500 |
Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City Foundation |
99,914 |
Child Protection Center, Inc. |
98,370 |
Community Services League (STRIVIN) |
100,000 |
Crittenton Children’s Center |
80,000 |
Delasalle Education Center |
50,000 |
Della Lamb Community Services |
22,800 |
Eastern Jackson County Youth Court |
59,655 |
Foster Adopt Connect |
27,500 |
Girl Scouts |
8,000 |
Guadalupe Center |
25,600 |
Healing House, Inc. |
121,400 |
Hickman Mills Prevention Coalition (STRIVIN) |
100,000 |
High Aspirations |
20,000 |
Hope House, Inc. (STRIVIN) |
100,000 |
Housing Services of Kansas City |
21,858 |
Independence Youth Court |
82,650 |
Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council |
48,816 |
Jackson County CASA |
71,500 |
Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey |
25,000 |
Kansas City Metropolitan Crime Commission |
12,510 |
Kansas City Public Schools |
40,000 |
Kansas City Youth Court |
29,440 |
Kansas City Municipal Court |
54,000 |
Kansas City Mothers in Charge |
94,750 |
Lee’s Summit CARES |
45,600 |
Legal Aid of Western Missouri |
32,765 |
Mattie Rhodes Center (STRIVIN) |
110,000 |
Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault (MOCSA) |
104,758 |
MINDDRIVE, Inc. |
29,973 |
Morningstar Development Corporation |
30,000 |
Newhouse |
12,000 |
Operation Breakthrough |
47,379 |
Reconciliation Services |
25,200 |
ReDiscover |
79,050 |
reStart, Inc. |
83,616 |
Rose Brooks Center |
50,000 |
Sheffield Place |
21,000 |
Sisters in Christ |
128,559 |
Sisters in Christ (STRIVIN) |
87,000 |
Synergy Services, Inc. |
83,540 |
Twelfth Street Heritage Development Corporation |
89,200 |
United Inner City Services |
25,000 |
Urban Ranger Corps |
45,000 |
Whatsoever Community Center |
45,000 |
Youth Ambassadors, Inc. |
68,000 |
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TOTAL |
$3,552,123 |
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and,
WHEREAS, a transfer within the 2021 Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund is necessary to fund a portion of the recommendations, now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following transfer be and herby is made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION |
CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION |
FROM |
TO |
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Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund COMBAT (LESBI) 008-4403 |
56005- Community Crime Prevention |
$143,600 |
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COMBAT Treatment 008-4404 |
56790- Other Contractual Services |
$724,406 |
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COMBAT Prevention 008-4402 |
56790- Other Contractual Services |
$642,019 |
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008-4402 |
56005- Community Crime Prevention |
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$1,510,025 |
and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Prosecuting Attorney be, and is hereby authorized to execute agreements with the identified outside agencies in the respective amounts indicated, in forms to be approved by the County Counselor; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Finance and Purchasing be, and is hereby 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 No. 20624 of February 18, 2021, was duly passed on March 1, 2021 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _______8__________ Nays _______0_______
Abstaining ______0_______ Absent _____1_______
_________________ ________________________________
Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
Fiscal Note
Funds sufficient for this transfer are available from the sources indicated below.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 008 4403 56005
ACCOUNT TITLE: Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund
COMBAT (LESBI)
Community Crime Prevention
NOT TO EXCEED: $143,600.00
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 008 4404 56790
ACCOUNT TITLE: Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund
COMBAT Treatment
Other Contractual Services
NOT TO EXCEED: $724,406.00
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 008 4402 56790
ACCOUNT TITLE: Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund
COMBAT Prevention
Other Contractual Services
NOT TO EXCEED: $642,019.00
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: 008 4402 56005
ACCOUNT TITLE: Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund
COMBAT Prevention
Community Crime Prevention
NOT TO EXCEED: $3,552,123.00
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Date Chief Administrative Officer