IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $27,039,000 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2020 CARES Act Fund for use by Truman Medical Centers, Inc., to make critical facility improvements and acquire needed equipment to better prepare for current and future pandemic response and authorizing the County Executive to execute a Cooperative Agreement with Truman Medical Centers, Inc., for the purchase or reimbursement by Jackson County for this purpose.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5354, June 3, 2020
INTRODUCED BY Theresa Cass Galvin, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, U.S. President Donald J. Trump, Missouri Governor Mike Parson, and County Executive Frank White, Jr., have all declared, in one form or another, the ongoing Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic to be a public health emergency; and,
WHEREAS, the County, through its various efforts, plays a significant role in the public health of its citizens; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriate response by the County to this emergency will require significant expenditures from the County CARES Act Fund, which consists of monies provided by the U.S. Treasury for this purpose; and,
WHEREAS, with the funding provided by this appropriation, Truman Medical Centers will make critical facility improvements and acquire needed equipment to better prepare for current and future pandemic response; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation be and hereby is made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
CARES Act Fund
040-9999 32810-
Undesignated Fund Balance $27,039,000
TMC
040-2600 56790-
Other Contractual Services $27,039,000
and,
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute an appropriate Cooperative Agreement with Truman Medical Centers, Inc., in a form to be approved by County Counselor.
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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Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
I hereby certify that the attached ordinance, Ordinance No. 5354 introduced on June 3, 2020, was duly passed on June 3, 2020 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ______7_________ Nays ______0________
Abstaining _____0______ Absent _____2________
This Ordinance is hereby transmitted to the County Executive for his signature.
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
I hereby approve the attached Ordinance No. 5354.
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Date Frank White, Jr., County Executive
Fiscal Note
Funds sufficient for this appropriation are available from the source indicated below.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 040 9999 32810
ACCOUNT TITLE: CARES Act
Undesignated Fund Balance
NOT TO EXCEED: $27,039,000.00
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: 040 2600 56790
ACCOUNT TITLE: CARES Act
TMC
Other Contractual Services
NOT TO EXCEED: $27,039,000.00
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Date Chief Administrative Officer