IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $1,032,422.00 from the unappropriated surplus of the 2005 Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund in acceptance of the 2005 Byrne Justice Assistance (JAG) Grant from the U. S. Department of Justice for law enforcement purposes wherein the County is the designated fiscal agent and authorizing the County Executive to execute Cooperative Agreements pursuant to the term of the grant award with the Cities of Blue Springs, Grandview, Independence, Kansas City and Raytown for the County's distribution of the grant award proceeds.
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ORDINANCE # 3704, October 31, 2005
INTRODUCED BY Dennis Waits, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the U. S. Department of Justice has awarded the County and the Cities of Blue Springs, Grandview, Independence, Kansas City and Raytown a grant in the total amount of $1,032,422.00 to provide for anti-drug and other crime control measures for the period of October 1, 2005 to September 30, 2006; and,
WHEREAS, the County Legislature did by Resolution 15466, dated April 18, 2005, authorize the County Executive to execute an Intergovernmental Cooperative Agreement with the cities of Blue Springs, Grandview, Independence, Kansas City and Raytown as part of the grant application requirements wherein the County was designated as the fiscal agent for distribution of the grant award proceeds ("Grant Application Agreement"); and,
WHEREAS, the Grant Application Agreement sets forth the authorized use of the grant award proceeds as follows:
CITY/COUNTY PROJECT/PROGRAMS AMOUNT
City 1 Blue Springs $20,000.00
Community/Youth Drug Awareness Project &
Technology Upgrade for Policy Planning
and Evaluation
City 2 Grandview 20,000.00
Purchase of Law Enforcement - Related Equipment
City 3 Independence 100,000.00
Purchase of Law Enforcement - Related Equipment
City 4 Kansas City
Crime Laboratory Upgrade Expansion Program 440,000.00
Crime Prevention - KC Safe Program 100,000.00
and Center for Community Solutions
City 5 Raytown 20,000.00
Technology Improvement
County Jackson County 332,422.00
Jackson County Drug Court Salaries
$1,032,422.00
and,
WHEREAS, this grant requires no local matching funds but Cooperative Agreements ("Agreements") with each of the aforementioned cities, a sample copy of which is attached hereto, must be executed to provide for the distribution of the grant award proceeds; and,
WHEREAS, the Administration recommends acceptance of the grant; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriation is necessary in order to place the grant funds in the appropriate spending accounts for one-time lump sum payments to the cities and for use by the County's Drug Court as set forth in the Grant Application Agreement; and,
WHEREAS, the County Executive recommends said appropriation as an amendment to her 2005 proposed County budget; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation from the unappropriated surplus of the 2005 Grant Fund be and hereby is made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
Increase Revenue $1,032,477
008-2810 Unappropriated Surplus $1,032,477
008-2810 Unappropriated Surplus $1,032,477
Byrne Justice Assistance Grant
(JAG)
008-4171 6790 - Other Contractual Services $1,032,477
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BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute the Agreements with the Cities of Blue Springs, Grandview, Independence, Kansas City and Raytown in a form to be approved by the County Counselor; and,
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Director of Finance be and hereby is authorized to make all payments as one-time lump sum payments to the aforesaid cities under the terms of the Agreements.
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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Acting Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
I hereby certify that the attached Ordinance, Ordinance #3704 introduced on October 31, 2005, was duly passed on ______________________________, 2005 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _______________ Nays _____________
Abstaining ___________ Absent ____________
This Ordinance is hereby transmitted to the County Executive for her signature.
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
I hereby approve the attached Ordinance # 3704.
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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: 008-2810
ACCOUNT TITLE: Anti-Drug Sales Tax
Unappropriated Surplus
NOT TO EXCEED: $1,032,422.00
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Date Director of the Department of Finance