IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $21,365.00 from the unappropriated surplus of the 1998 Homeless Assistance Fund and authorizing the County Executive to execute Agreements with certain organizations which provide assistance to homeless persons, at a total cost to the County not to exceed $471,365.00.
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ORDINANCE #2793, March 16, 1998
INTRODUCED BY Carl W. Bussey, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, on June 4, 1991, the voters of Jackson County authorized the County Legislature to impose a $3.00 user fee on all instruments recorded with the County's Department of Records, the proceeds of which fee is to be used to provide funds for assistance to homeless persons; and,
WHEREAS, the County actually imposed said fee by Ordinance No. 1986, dated June 10, 1991; and,
WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 2030, dated September 3, 1991, the Legislature created the Housing Resources Commission and designated said Commission as the agency of the County responsible for determining the allocation and distribution of the proceeds of the user fee; and,
WHEREAS, the Commission desires to assist these organizations in the provision of services and has recommended the expenditure of County user fee funds for these organizations, in the respective amounts set forth on the attachment, to provide assistance to homeless persons in Jackson County; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriation is necessary to fully fund the Commission's recommendations in this regard; and,
WHEREAS, the County Executive recommends this appropriation as an amendment to her proposed 1998 Jackson County Budget; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation be and hereby is made from the unappropriated surplus of the 1998 Homeless Assistance Fund:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
Unappropriated Surplus $21,365
Non-Departmental
Housing Resource
Commission Outside Agency Funding $21,365
and,
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the County Executive be, and hereby is, authorized to execute agreements with the organizations and in the amounts set forth on the attachment, for the purpose of providing assistance to homeless persons, in the general form attached hereto, as approved by the County Counselor; and,
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Director of the Department of Finance be, and hereby is, authorized to make all payments, including final payments on these agreements.
Attorney
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 #2793 introduced on March 16, 1998 was duly passed on ________March 16_____________, 1998 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ______9_________ Nays _______0______
Abstaining _____0______ Absent _____0_______
This Ordinance is hereby transmitted to the County Executive for her signature.
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Date Mary Jo Brogoto, Clerk of Legislature
I hereby approve the attached Ordinance #2793.
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Date Katheryn J. Shields, County Executive
Fiscal Note
Funds sufficient for this appropriation are available from the source indicated below.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 043 2810
ACCOUNT TITLE: Homeless Assistance Fund
Unappropriated Surplus
NOT TO EXCEED: $21,365.00
Funds sufficient for this expenditure will be available from the source indicated below.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 043 7001 6789
ACCOUNT TITLE: Homeless Assistance Fund
Non Departmental
Housing Resource Commission
Outside Agency Funding
NOT TO EXCEED: $471,365.00
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Date Director of Department of Finance