IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $14,500.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2020 CARES Act Fund to provide funds for use by the Information Technology and Communications Departments to acquire queue-management software, tent rental, and billboard rental in connection with the fight against the ongoing Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic, at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $14,500.00.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5399, September 14, 2020
INTRODUCED BY Theresa Cass Galvin, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, U.S. President Donald J. Trump, Missouri Governor Mike Parson, and County Executive Frank White, Jr., have all declared, in one form or another, the ongoing Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic to be a public health emergency; and,
WHEREAS, the County, through its various efforts, plays a significant role in the public health of its citizens; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriate response by the County to this emergency will require significant expenditures from the County CARES Act Fund, which consists of monies provided by the U.S. Treasury for this purpose; and,
WHEREAS, with the funding provided by this appropriation, the IT Department will acquire Q-Less queue management software for use by all County Departments to better control and manage queues that currently require social distancing practices in limited space; and,
WHEREAS, also with the funding provided by this appropriation, the Communications Department will rent billboards throughout the County encouraging and promoting the wearing of face masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19; and,
WHEREAS, additionally, funds will be made available for the continued rental of a tent at the Historic Truman Courthouse to provide sun and weather protection for taxpayers with business at the Collection and Assessment Departments there; 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
CARES Act Fund
040-9999 32810-
Undesignated Fund Balance $14,500
Information Technology
040-1305 56661- Software Purchases $9,500
Communications
040-1221 56799- Marketing $2,500
Fac. Mgmt Truman
Courthouse
040-1206 56670-Rent-Miscellaneous $2,500
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 No. 5399 introduced on September 14, 2020, was duly passed on September 28, 2020 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.
____________________ ________________________________
Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
I hereby approve the attached Ordinance No. 5399.
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Date Frank White, Jr., County Executive
Fiscal Note
Funds sufficient for this appropriation are available from the source indicated below.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 040 9999 32810
ACCOUNT TITLE: CARES Act Fund
Undesignated Fund Balance
NOT TO EXCEED: $14,500.00
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: 040 1305 56661
ACCOUNT TITLE: CARES Act Fund
Information Technology
Software Purchases
NOT TO EXCEED: $9,500.00
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 040 1221 56799
ACCOUNT TITLE: CARES Act Fund
Communications
Marketing
NOT TO EXCEED: $2,500.00
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 040 1206 56670
ACCOUNT TITLE: CARES Act Fund
Fac. Mgmt. Truman Courthouse
Rent- Miscellaneous
NOT TO EXCEED: $2,500.00
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Date Chief Administrative Officer