IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $16,662.00 from the fund balance of the 2008 Grant Fund in acceptance of the Sheriff's Office's "Sobriety Checkpoint" grant awarded by the Missouri Department of Transportation, Highway Safety Division, and authorizing the County Executive to execute a contract with the Missouri Highway Safety Division for the expenditure of the grant funds.
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ORDINANCE #4039, September 29, 2008
INTRODUCED BY Theresa Garza Ruiz, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Missouri Department of Transportation, Highway Safety Division, has awarded the Sheriff's Office a "Sobriety Checkpoint" grant in the amount of $16,662.00 for the period October 1, 2008, through September 30, 2009; and,
WHEREAS, there was a 25% increase in alcohol-related disabling injuries in 2007; and,
WHEREAS, due to extensive enforcement through DWI and Youth Alcohol Enforcement, sobriety checkpoints, and education, Jackson County's fatalities reduced from 137 in 2006 to 119 in 2007; and,
WHEREAS, the Sheriff recommends the use of the grant funds for reimbursement of overtime used for setting up sobriety checkpoints and other alcohol-enforcement related activities, including joint enforcement efforts with local law enforcement agencies participating in the Jackson County Task Force; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriation is necessary to place the grant funds in the appropriate spending account; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation from the fund balance of the 2008 Grant Fund be and hereby is made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
010-4263 45367 - Increase Revenue $16,662
010-2810 Undesignated Fund Balance $16,662
010-2810 Undesignated Fund Balance $16,662
Grant Fund
Sheriff - Sobriety Check 08-09
010-4263 55030 - Overtime $16,662
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BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute the attached Contract with the Missouri Department of Transportation, Highway Safety Division.
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 #4039, introduced on September 29, 2008, was duly passed on October 15, 2008 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ______7_________ Nays _______0_______
Abstaining _____0______ Absent ______2_______
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 #4039.
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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: Grant Fund
Undesignated Fund Balance
NOT TO EXCEED: $16,662.00
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Date Director of Finance and Purchasing