IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $33,600.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2025 Grant Fund in acceptance of the Sheriff's Office's Impaired Driving Enforcement Grant awarded by the Missouri Department of Transportation, Highway Safety and Traffic Division, and authorizing the County Executive to execute a contract for the acceptance and expenditure of grant funds.
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ORDINANCE NO. 6018, September 22, 2025
INTRODUCED BY Venessa Huskey, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Sheriff's Office has been awarded an Impaired Driving Enforcement grant in the amount of $33,600.00 by the Missouri Department of Transportation, Highway Safety and Traffic Division, for the period of October 1, 2025, to September 30, 2026; and,
WHEREAS, the Sheriff's Office will target impaired drivers through high visibility enforcement activities, including multi-jurisdictional projects throughout Jackson County; and,
WHEREAS, the awarded grant funds will be used for reimbursement of overtime necessary for sobriety enforcement activities and for training and travel expenses of Traffic Unit personnel; and,
WHEREAS, the Sheriff's Office recommends the acceptance of this award and the execution of a contract with the Missouri Department of Transportation, Highway Safety and Traffic Division; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriation is necessary to place the grant funds in the proper spending accounts; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following transfer and appropriation be and hereby are made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION
CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION
FROM
TO
Grant Fund
Sheriff's Office
010-4201
45000 Federal Grant
$33,600
9999
32810 Undesignated Fund Balance
$33,600
9999
32810 Undesignated Fund Balance
$33,600
Sheriff's Office
010-4201
55030 Overtime Salaries
$27,868
55040 FICA Taxes
$2,132
56756 Training Expense
$3,600
and,
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED ...
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