IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
AN ORDINANCE appropriating $9,050,000.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2022 County Improvement Fund and authorizing the County Executive to execute a commercial real estate sales contract for the purchase of a certain property for use as the new County Administration building at an actual cost to the County in the amount of $9,000,000.00.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5607, March 14, 2022
INTRODUCED BY Charlie Franklin and Theresa Cass Galvin, County Legislators
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WHEREAS, in 2021 the Administration conducted a search for a suitable facility in downtown Kansas City to serve as a new County Administration building; and,
WHEREAS, the acquisition of a County Administration building would allow for County judicial and law enforcement functions to be consolidated from several County-owned and leased spaces into the downtown courthouse; and,
WHEREAS, a suitable building has been identified and a purchase and sale agreement for the identified building has been drafted and agreed to by the seller and the County Administration, subject to Legislative approval, at an actual cost to the County in the amount of $9,000,000.00; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriation is needed to place the funds required for the building purchase and estimated closing costs in the proper spending account; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation from the undesignated fund balance of the 2022 County Improvement Fund be and hereby is made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION |
CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION |
FROM |
TO |
County Improvement Fund |
|
|
|
013-9999 |
32810- Undesignated Fund Balance |
$9,050,000 |
|
Finance |
|
|
|
013-1404 |
58020- Buildings & Improvements |
|
$9,050,000 |
and,
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the County Executive and other County officials be and hereby are authorized to execute an appropriate real estate sales contract and any other documents necessary to give effect to the intent of this Ordinance; and,
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Director of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized to make all payments, including final payment, on the contract, to include reasonable closing costs.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its signature by the County Executive.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
______________________________ ________________________________
Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
I hereby certify that the attached ordinance, Ordinance No. 5607 introduced on March 14, 2022, failed on March 21, 2022 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ______1_________ Nays ______6________
Abstaining _____0______ Absent ____2_________
Reconsidered and Perfected on March 28, 2022.
Adopted on April 4, 2022 - 6 YES 3 NO
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. 5607.
____________________ ________________________________
Date Frank White, Jr., County Executive
Fiscal Note
Funds sufficient for this appropriation are available from the source indicated below.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 013 9999 32810
ACCOUNT TITLE: County Improvement Fund
Undesignated Fund Balance
NOT TO EXCEED: $9,050,000.00
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: 013 1404 58020
ACCOUNT TITLE: County Improvement Fund
Finance
Buildings & Improvements
NOT TO EXCEED: $9,050,000.00
______________________ ________________________________
Date Chief Administrative Officer