File #: 14870    Version: 0 Name: Weekday commuter express bus services - eastern Jackson County and downtown Kansas City.
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 1/20/2004 In control: Public Works Committee
On agenda: 1/20/2004 Final action: 1/26/2004
Title: A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute a Service Contract with the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, to provide weekday commuter express bus service between certain cities in eastern Jackson County and downtown Kansas City, Missouri, at an actual cost to the County of $50,000.00.
Sponsors: Bob Spence
Indexes: AREA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI


Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute a Service Contract with the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, to provide weekday commuter express bus service between certain cities in eastern Jackson County and downtown Kansas City, Missouri, at an actual cost to the County of $50,000.00.

Intro
RESOLUTION # 14870, January 20, 2004

INTRODUCED BY Bob Spence, County Legislator


Body
WHEREAS, by Ordinance 3293, dated September 16, 2002, the Legislature did appropriate $77,750.00 and authorize a contract with the Eastern Jackson County Betterment Council to provide these funds to the council for the purpose of continuing the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority's (KCATA) weekday commuter express bus service between the cities of Lee's Summit/Raytown, Blue Springs, and Independence, and downtown Kansas City, Missouri, for the period ending January 31, 2003; and,

WHEREAS, by Resolution 14442, dated February 3, 2003, the Legislature did authorize a service contract directly with the KCATA for the continuation of this service over the remainder of 2003, at an additional cost of $70,000; and,

WHEREAS, Resolution 14442 further specified that the County would provide no more than $50,000.00 for the continuation of this service in 2004, no more than $30,000.00 in 2005, and no funding at all thereafter; and,

WHEREAS, funding specified in Resolution 14442 for 2005 remains subject to appropriation in the County's 2005 annual budget; and,

WHEREAS, the attached Service Contract adequately sets forth the rights and obligations of the parties with regard to this understanding for the year 2004; and,

WHEREAS, the execution of this Service Contract is in the best interest of the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of Jackson County; now therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive be and her...

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