IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
 
 
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute an agreement with Minute Circle Friendly House, for the prevention of drug and drug-related offenses, as a local match to a federal grant, at a cost to the County not to exceed $47,000.00.
 
Intro
RESOLUTION # 14335,   October 7, 2002
 
INTRODUCED BY  Dan Tarwater, County Legislator
 
 
Body
WHEREAS, Minute Circle Friendly House has been awarded a grant from the United States Department of Education, in the amount of $256,632.00, to be used in connection with its "Northeast Family" project; and,
 
WHEREAS, this project is designed to educate school-age students and strengthen the community in the issues of drug/alcohol abuse and crime prevention, through the establishment of five computer labs and sixteen neighborhood access points; and,
 
WHEREAS, Minute Circle Friendly House has requested County Anti-Drug Sales Tax matching funds in the amount of $47,000.00; and,
 
WHEREAS, the Prosecuting Attorney has reviewed this proposal and recommends the expenditure of these funds; therefore,
 
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement, a copy of which is attached and incorporated herein by reference, with Minute Circle Friendly House for its Northeast Family project; and,
 
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of the Department of Finance be and hereby is 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:
 
_____________________________                     ____________________________________
                                                                                                                                                   County Counselor
 
Certificate of Passage
 
                     I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution #14335 of October 7, 2002, was duly passed on __________October 7_____________, 2002, by the Jackson County Legislature.  The votes thereon were as follows:
 
 
                     Yeas _________9___________                                          Nays _________0__________
 
                     Abstaining ______0________                                          Absent ________0_________
 
 
__________________________                                          ____________________________________
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:                                          $47,000.00
 
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Date                                                                                                                              Director of the Department of Finance