IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE enacting the Representative Joe Runions Act, transferring $3,613,603.00 within the 2020 General Fund, and appropriating $900,000.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2020 Health Fund to meet unbudgeted public safety emergency expenses to be incurred by Truman Medical Centers, Inc., and the Medical Examiner's Office, in connection with the fight against the ongoing Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5322, March 30, 2020
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INTRODUCED BY Theresa Cass Galvin, Dan Tarwater III, Jalen Anderson, Crystal Williams, Tony Miller, Scott Burnett, Ronald E. Finley, Charlie Franklin, and Jeanie Lauer, County Legislators
WHEREAS, U.S. President Donald J. Trump, Missouri Governor Mike Parson, and County Executive Frank White Jr. have all declared, in one form or another, the ongoing coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic to be a public health emergency; and
WHEREAS, this emergency also poses a significant threat to public safety; and
WHEREAS, the County, through its various efforts, plays a significant role in the public safety of its citizens; and
WHEREAS, an appropriate response by the County to this emergency will require the expenditure of significant County financial and other resources; and
WHEREAS, it is proposed that Truman Medical Centers, Inc., be an initial recipient of this funding, to provide for increased expenses in the areas of testing kits, personal protective equipment (PPE), staffing for conducting in-person, in-home, and/or drive-through testing, contact tracing, medical supplies, hospital bed capacity, and services provided by the Jackson County Health Department; and
WHEREAS, it is also appropriate that the Medical Examiner's Office be provided with
funding for the purchase of a LODOX high-volume x-ray machine, which will be of
critical importance in that office's response to the emergency; and
WHEREAS, this purchase will be authorized by separate Res...
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