IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $8,000.00 from the unappropriated surplus of the 2007 Grant Fund in acceptance of the Sheriff's Office's "Sobriety Checkpoint" grant awarded by the Missouri Department of Transportation, Highway Safety Division, and authorizing the County Executive to execute a contract with the Missouri Highway Safety Division for the expenditure of the grant funds.
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ORDINANCE # 3936, September 17, 2007
INTRODUCED BY Theresa A. Garza, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Missouri Department of Transportation, Highway Safety Division, has awarded the Sheriff's Office a "Sobriety Checkpoint" grant in the amount of $8,000.00 for the period October 1, 2007, through September 30, 2008; and,
WHEREAS, Jackson County is now ranked second in Missouri in alcohol-related vehicle crashes after more than a 6-year standing in first place; and,
WHEREAS, Jackson County fell short of the first place ranking in Missouri by only .3%; and,
WHEREAS, the Sheriff recommends the use of the grant funds for reimbursement of overtime used for establishing sobriety checkpoints; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriation is necessary to place the grant funds in the appropriate spending account; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation from the unappropriated surplus of the 2007 Grant Fund be and hereby is made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
Increase Revenue $8,000
010-2810 Unappropriated Surplus $8,000
010-2810 Unappropriated Surplus $8,000
Sheriff's Office-Sobriety
Checkpoint 07-08
010-4253 55030-Overtime $8,000
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BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute the attached Contract with the Missouri Department of Transportation, Highway Safety Division.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This ord...
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