File #: 5862    Version: 0 Name: Violence Against Women Grant
Type: Ordinance Status: Pre Perfection
File created: 6/27/2024 In control: Justice and Law Enforcement Committee
On agenda: 7/1/2024 Final action:
Title: AN ORDINANCE appropriating $89,990.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2024 Grant Fund in acceptance of the Violence Against Women Act Grant awarded by the Missouri Department of Public Safety to the Prosecuting Attorney's Office for a program focused on prevention and prosecution of sexual assaults.
Sponsors: Venessa Huskey
Attachments: 1. 5862bu.pdf
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $89,990.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2024 Grant Fund in acceptance of the Violence Against Women Act Grant awarded by the Missouri Department of Public Safety to the Prosecuting Attorney's Office for a program focused on prevention and prosecution of sexual assaults.

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ORDINANCE NO. 5862, July 1, 2024

INTRODUCED BY Venessa Huskey, County Legislator


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WHEREAS, the Prosecuting Attorney's Office has been awarded a Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) grant in the amount of $89,990.00 by the Missouri Department of Public Safety for a program focused on prevention and prosecution of sexual assaults in the County; and,

WHEREAS, this grant partially funds the salaries of three full-time assistant prosecutors for this program; and,

WHEREAS, the Prosecuting Attorney's Office is proposing to utilize $224,136.00 from within its currently allocated salary funds to complete funding for the project; and,

WHEREAS, an appropriation is necessary in order to place the grant funds in the proper spending accounts; 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
Grant Fund



010-9999
32810- Undesignated Fund Balance
$89,990

010-4101
55010- Regular Salaries

$44,330
010-4101
55010- Regular Salaries

$39,265
010-4101
55040- FICA Taxes

$6,395


and,

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the County Executive and the Prosecuting Attorney be and hereby are authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to the acceptance of said grant.

Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its signature by the County Executive.

APPROVED AS TO FORM:



__________________________
County Counselor

I hereby certify that the attached Ordinance, Ordinance No. 5862 introduced on July 1, 20...

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