IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE transferring $144,531.00 within and appropriating $433,593.00 from the unappropriated surplus of the 1999 Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund and authorizing the County Executive to execute a Cooperative Agreement with the Kansas City, MO School District for its "In School Truancy Prevention Project," at a cost to the County not to exceed $304,402.00.
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ORDINANCE #2984, December 13, 1999
INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Missouri Department of Public Safety has awarded a grant to the Prosecuting Attorney's Office for the Kansas City, MO School District program, "Kansas City In-School Truancy Prevention Project"; and,
WHEREAS, under this program the County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, Jackson County Family Court, and Kansas City, Missouri School District have formed a collaborative effort to reduce the rate of truancy and the associated effects of school related juvenile crime and school failure; and,
WHEREAS, the Kansas City, MO School District has requested County Anti-Drug Sales Tax matching funds in the amount of $144,531.00 to implement a portion of this program; and,
WHEREAS, the attached "Cooperative Agreement" provides a suitable mechanism by which to implement this understanding between the Kansas City, MO School District and the County; and,
WHEREAS, the total grant is $433,593.00 with a local match of $144,531.00 from the County, for which a transfer and appropriation is necessary; and,
WHEREAS, the Prosecuting Attorney has reviewed this proposal and recommends the expenditure of these funds; and,
WHEREAS, in order to implement this program, an appropriation is necessary; therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation be and hereby is made from the unappropriated surplus of the 1999 Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund:
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