IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
 
 
Title
 
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to enter into an Agreement to provide COMBAT Grant Match Funds in the amount of $16,000.00 to the Genesis School, Inc., for the Genesis School Mentoring Program.
 
Intro
 
RESOLUTION # 15547,    June 27, 2005
 
INTRODUCED BY   Rhonda L. Shoemaker, County Legislator
 
 
Body
 
WHEREAS, Genesis School, Inc., operates the  Genesis School Mentoring Program which works with students ages 11-15; and, 
 
WHEREAS, the goals of the Genesis School Mentoring Program are to engage families in substance abuse prevention programming, improve knowledge and reactions to drug use, and improve school attendance, academic achievement, and behavior at school; and,
 
WHEREAS, Genesis School, Inc., has requested $16,000.00 as a match to a local grant; and,
 
WHEREAS, the Prosecuting Attorney has reviewed this proposal and request for funds and  recommends the expenditure of these funds; and,
 
WHEREAS, financial support for the Genesis School Mentoring Program is in the best interest of the County and its citizens, and,
 
WHEREAS, the Prosecuting Attorney has reviewed this proposal and request for funds and recommends the expenditure of these funds; now therefore, 
 
Enacted and Approved
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature that the County Executive is authorized to enter into an Agreement in a form to be approved by the County Counselor to provide COMBAT Grant Match Funds in the amount of $16,000.00 to the Genesis School, Inc., for the Genesis School Mentoring Program for the period of April 1, 2005 through April 30, 2006.
 
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 # 15547 of June 27, 2005, was duly passed on ______July 11______________, 2005 by the Jackson County Legislature.  The votes thereon were as follows:
 
                     Yeas              8                                                                              Nays             0           
 
                     Abstaining           0                                                                          Absent          1           
 
 
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Date                                                                                                                                                    Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
 
 
Fiscal Note
 
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                                          $12,000.00
 
 
Funds for 2006 are subject to appropriation of the 2006 Budget. 
 
 
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Date                                                                                                                                                   Director of the Department of Finance