File #: 17210    Version: 0 Name: indigent attorney fees
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 3/15/2010 In control: Health and Environment Committee
On agenda: 3/15/2010 Final action: 3/22/2010
Title: A RESOLUTION transferring $31,940.00 within the 2010 Health Fund to cover unanticipated cost overruns to fund indigent attorney fees within the probate system.
Sponsors: Theresa Garza Ruiz
Indexes: HEALTH FUND, INDIGENT, TRANSFER
Attachments: 1. 17210adopt.pdf
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
 
 
Title
A RESOLUTION transferring $31,940.00 within the 2010 Health Fund to cover unanticipated cost overruns to fund indigent attorney fees within the probate system.
Intro
RESOLUTION #17210, March 15, 2010
INTRODUCED BY Theresa Garza Ruiz, County Legislator
Body
WHEREAS, pursuant to RSMo 475.075.3, attorneys must be appointed by the court to represent respondents in probate proceedings; and,
                              
WHEREAS, pursuant to RSMo 475.085.1, the costs of the probate proceedings, including reasonable attorney fees, must be paid by the county if the respondent is found to be incapacitated or disabled and if the respondent's estate is insufficient and the Court enters judgment thereon in a guardianship proceeding; and,
 
WHEREAS, the county received notice from the court in February 2010 that 2009 attorney fees were outstanding for the months of October, November, and December; and,
 
 
WHEREAS, a transfer is necessary to place the funding in the proper account; and,
 
 
WHEREAS, the County Executive recommends this transfer; now therefore,
 
 
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following transfer within the 2010 Health Fund be and hereby is made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION              CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION         FROM         TO  
Health Fund
Non-Mandated Contingency
002-8005                         56830 - Contingency Fund                $31,000.00
002-5102                         56790 - Other Contractual Services $     940.00
002-5102                         56760 - Court Costs/Invest Services             $31,940.00
 
 
 
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date:  This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
 
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
 
 
______________________________             ______________________________
Deputy/Assistant County Counselor            Acting County Counselor
 
Certificate of Passage
 
      I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution #17210 of March 15, 2010, was duly passed on March 22, 2010 by the Jackson County Legislature.  The votes thereon were as follows:
 
 
            Yeas __________8_______       Nays ______0________
 
            Abstaining _______0______      Absent _____1_______
 
 
______________________                    ________________________________
Date                                          Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
 
Fiscal Note
Funds sufficient for this transfer are available from the source indicated below.
 
ACCOUNT NUMBER:       002 8005 56830            
 
ACCOUNT TITLE:            Health Fund
                        Non-Mandated Contingency
                        Contingency Fund
 
NOT TO EXCEED:            $31,940.00
 
                                                      
________________________                  ________________________________
Date                                          Director of Finance and Purchasing