IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $6,076.00 from the fund balance of the 2011 General Fund in acceptance of a reimbursement from the federal judiciary for monetary sanctions paid related to inmate population control issues.
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ORDINANCE #4338, August 29, 2011
INTRODUCED BY James D. Tindall, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the County has received the reimbursement of excess monetary sanctions paid by the County in the 1990s, in the amount of $6,076.00, in the case styled Rahn Hall, et al. v. Jackson County Department of Corrections, et al., when the inmate population of the Jackson County Detention Center exceeding the court-ordered population capacity on two instances during that period of time; and,
WHEREAS, the ongoing monitoring of population control issues by the court in this case was terminated in 2007, and the court has determined that these funds should be reimbursed to the County, to be used to directly benefit the inmate population; and,
WHEREAS, the Department of Corrections recommends that the funds be used to purchase new computers, a new printer, and classroom supplies for the GED program and the law library; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriation is necessary to place the funds in the proper spending accounts; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation be and hereby is made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
General Fund
Corrections
001-2701 47030 - Increase Revenues $6,076
001-2810 Undesignated Fund Balance $6,076
001-2810 Undesignated Fund Balance $6,076
001-2701 58171 - Personal Computers $5,773
001-2701 57200 - School Supplies $ 303
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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Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
I hereby certify that the attached Ordinance, Ordinance #4338 introduced on August 29, 2011, was duly passed on August 29, 2011 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 his signature.
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
I hereby approve the attached Ordinance #4338.
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Date Michael D. Sanders, County Executive
Fiscal Note
Funds sufficient for this appropriation are available from the source indicated below.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 010 2810
ACCOUNT TITLE: General Fund
Undesignated Fund Balance
NOT TO EXCEED: $6,076.00
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Date Director of Finance and Purchasing