File #: 2861    Version: 0 Name: Grant and MARC agreement.
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 10/13/1998 In control: (R)Health and Justice Committee
On agenda: Final action: 10/27/1998
Title: AN ORDINANCE accepting a grant from the United States Department of Justice, appropriating $250,000.00 from the unappropriated surplus of the 1998 Grant Fund, and authorizing the County Executive to execute a Cooperative Agreement with the Mid-America Regional Council, at a cost to the County not to exceed $250,000.00.
Sponsors: Dixie M. Flynn
Indexes: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT, GRANT FUND, MARC
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE accepting a grant from the United States Department of Justice, appropriating $250,000.00 from the unappropriated surplus of the 1998 Grant Fund, and authorizing the County Executive to execute a Cooperative Agreement with the Mid-America Regional Council, at a cost to the County not to exceed $250,000.00.
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ORDINANCE 2861, October 13, 1998

INTRODUCED BY Dixie M. Flynn, County Legislator

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WHEREAS, the United States Department of Justice has awarded the County a State and Local Domestic Preparedness Equipment Support Program grant, in the amount of $250,000.00; and,

WHEREAS, the grant's proceeds are to be used to purchase specialized equipment which will allow emergency services provider agencies located in the County to better respond to acts of domestic terrorism; and,

WHEREAS, the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC), which coordinates the majority of the County's activities in the emergency preparedness arena, is ready, willing, and able to administer this grant for the County; and,

WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of the County that MARC be engaged to administer this grant, pursuant to the terms of the attached "Cooperative Agreement;" and,

WHEREAS, in order to accept the grant proceeds, an appropriation is necessary; now therefore,

BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation from the unappropriated surplus of the 1998 Grant Fund be and hereby is made:
Department/Division Character Description From To
Increased Revenue $250,000
Unappropriated Surplus $250,000
Unappropriated Surplus $250,000
Mid America Regional
Council Outside Agencies $250,000


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BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the grant from the United States Department of Justice be and hereby is accepted and that the County Executive be and hereby i...

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