IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute an Agreement with the Fort Osage R-1 School District, for its Truancy Prevention program, in an amount not to exceed $52,706.00, as a local match to a state grant.
Intro
RESOLUTION # 15169, September 27, 2004
INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater, County Legislator
Body
WHEREAS, the Fort Osage R-1 School District's "Truancy Prevention" program is designed to improve academic achievement by targeting students in grades K-9 that have mild to severe truancy problems, allowing for early intervention into school attendance problems, and providing an avenue for holding parents responsible for getting their children to school; and,
WHEREAS, the Fort Osage R-1 School District has received a grant from the Missouri Local Investment Council in the amount of $106,818.00 for this program; and,
WHEREAS, this grant is subject to a local match; and,
WHEREAS, the Fort Osage R-1 School District has requested anti-drug sales tax funds in the amount of $52,706.00 to provide a portion of the required local match for this program; and,
WHEREAS, the Prosecuting Attorney has reviewed this request and recommends funding in the amount of $52,706.00 from his grant match account; therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive is hereby authorized to execute an Agreement with the Fort Osage R-1 School District, in a form to be approved by the County Counselor; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of the Department of Finance is hereby 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:
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Acting Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution # 15169 of September 27, 2004, was duly passed on __________October 4_________________, 2004, by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ________7____________ Nays _________0__________
Abstaining ______0________ Absent _______2__________
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
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: 008-4135-6798
ACCOUNT TITLE: Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund
Grant Match
Grant Match
NOT TO EXCEED: $52,706.00
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Date Director of the Department of Finance