IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION authorizing the Director of the Department of Finance and Purchasing to make payment to the City of Independence, MO, in the amount of $90,000.00, to assist the Independence Police Department with the purchase of a gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer.
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RESOLUTION #16703, September 15, 2008
INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Force has requested the expenditure of $90,000.00 to assist the Independence Police Department in purchasing a gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer; and,
WHEREAS, this device, which will replace an obsolete unit, is used to analyze narcotics and chemicals in criminal investigations conducted by the Task Force and other law enforcement agencies in Jackson County; and,
WHEREAS, assisting in the purchase of this equipment would ensure that the Jackson County Drug Task Force would be able to continue to avail itself of the no-cost services of the Independence Police Department Crime Lab, saving time, money and manpower; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Director of the Department of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized to make payment in the amount of $90,000.00 to the City of Independence, MO.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution #16703 of September 15, 2008, was duly passed on September 15, 2008 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _________9________ Nays ______0_______
Abstaining ______0_____ Absent _____0_______
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