IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $40,000.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2024 Health Fund in acceptance of funds received from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services for its Opioid and Violent Death tracking program and to cover contracted locum services provided by Dr. Tracy Dyer.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5877, August 26, 2024
INTRODUCED BY Megan L. Marshall, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Medical Examiner's Office has been awarded a grant by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services in the amount of $87,500.00 for Violent Death and Overdose Death Surveillance for the period of September 1, 2022, through August 31, 2025; and,
WHEREAS, the grant does not require local matching funds; and,
WHEREAS, some of the grant funds are necessary to pay for the contracted services of Dr. Tracy Dyer, Board Certified Forensic Pathologist during increased caseloads and to maintain National Association of Medical Examiner's accreditation requirements; 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 made from the undesignated fund balance of the 2024 Grant Fund:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION
CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION
FROM
TO
Grant Fund
Medical Examiner
010-2001
45907 Opioid Surveillance ME
$40,000
9999
32810 Undesignated Fund Balance
$40,000
9999
32810 Undesignated Fund Balance
$40,000
010-2001
56060 Medical & Dental Services
$40,000
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BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that all County officials be and hereby are authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give effect to said grant.
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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