File #: 13547    Version: 0 Name: Put Down the Pipe Program
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 1/29/2001 In control: (R)Anti-Drug Committee
On agenda: 1/29/2001 Final action: 2/12/2001
Title: A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute an Agreement with Put Down The Pipe for its Put Down The Pipe program, to provide a local match to a private grant, in an amount not to exceed $6,000.00.
Sponsors: Dan Tarwater III
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI


Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute an Agreement with Put Down The Pipe for its Put Down The Pipe program, to provide a local match to a private grant, in an amount not to exceed $6,000.00.


Intro
RESOLUTION #13547, January 29, 2001

INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater, County Legislator


Body
WHEREAS, Put Down The Pipe provides a vehicle which allows community members with drug and alcohol addiction the opportunity to seek help and empower themselves to break the cycle of substance abuse; and,

WHEREAS, Put Down The Pipe has received a private grant from Blue Cross and Blue Shield in the amount of $10,000.00 for its program; and,

WHEREAS, Put Down The Pipe has requested anti-drug sales tax matching funds in the amount of $6,000.00 to continue the program; and,

WHEREAS, the Prosecuting Attorney has reviewed this request and recommends matching funding in the amount of $6,000.00 from his grant match account; therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive is hereby authorized to execute the attached Agreement with Put Down The Pipe; and,

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of the Department of Finance is hereby authorized to make all payments, including final payment on the Agreement.

Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

_________________________________ _______________________________
County Counselor
Certificate of Passage

I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution #13547 of January 29, 2001, was duly passed on ______________February 12________________________, 2001, by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:


Yeas _________7___________ Nays _________0__________

Abstaining _______0_______ Absent __...

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