Jackson County Missouri - File #: 4042

• File #: 4042
• Version: 0
• Name: DWI Enforcement grant - MO Dept. of Transportation
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/6/2008
• In control: Justice and Law Enforcement Committee
• On agenda: 10/6/2008
• Final action: 10/15/2008
• Title: AN ORDINANCE appropriating $13,425.00 from the fund balance of the 2008 Grant Fund in acceptance of the Sheriff's Office's "DWI Enforcement" 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.
• Sponsors: Theresa Garza Ruiz
• Indexes: GRANT FUND, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/15/2008	0	County Legislature	adopt	Pass
10/13/2008	0	Justice and Law Enforcement Committee
10/13/2008	0	County Legislature	Consent Agenda	Pass
10/13/2008	0	County Legislature	perfect	Pass
10/10/2008	0	County Legislature	Go To 1st Perfection	Pass
10/6/2008	0	County Legislature	assign to committee

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI


Title
AN ORDINANCE appropriating $13,425.00 from the fund balance of the 2008 Grant Fund in acceptance of the Sheriff's Office's "DWI Enforcement" 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.


Intro
ORDINANCE #4042, October 6, 2008

INTRODUCED BY Theresa Garza Ruiz, County Legislator

Body
WHEREAS, the Missouri Department of Transportation, Highway Safety Division, has awarded the Sheriff's Office a "DWI Enforcement" grant in the amount of $13,425.00 for the period October 1, 2008, through September 30, 2009; and,

WHEREAS, Jackson County has reduced traffic fatalities with intensive enforcement through DWI and Youth Alcohol Enforcement (Wolfpacks), sobriety checkpoints, and driver education; and,

WHEREAS, while there has been a reduction in the number of fatalities, there was an increase in alcohol-related accidents for drivers 18 to 39 years old, with underage drivers accounting for 10.6% of all injuries and 9.5% of all accidents; and,

WHEREAS, the Sheriff recommends the use of the grant funds for reimbursement of overtime used for establishing sobriety checkpoints and other alcohol-enforcement activities; 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 fund balance of the 2008 Grant Fund be and hereby is made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
010-4266 45370 - Increase Revenue $13,425
010-2810 Undesignated Fund Balance $13,425
010-2810 Undesignated Fund Balance $13,425

Grant Fund
Sheriff's Office - DWI Enforcement Grant 08-09
010-4266 55030 - Overtime $10,425
010-426...