Anti-Drug Committee Amendment
December 15, 2017
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute agreements with certain outside agencies funded by the County's Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund, which are engaged in anti-violent crime activities and purposes, at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $200,000.00.
Intro
RESOLUTION NO. 19676, December 11, 2017
INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater III, County Legislator
Body
WHEREAS, the voters of Jackson County, Missouri, renewed the sales tax to provide funding for the fight against illegal drugs in our community; and,
WHEREAS, the proceeds and interest generated from this tax are deposited in a special Jackson County Anti-Drug Sales Tax Trust Fund that is segregated and not commingled with the general fund or any other special funds of the County; and,
WHEREAS, in 2009, voters authorized the addition of an anti-violent crime component to the COMBAT campaign; and,
WHEREAS, by Request of Proposals No. 65-17, the Director of Finance and Purchasing has solicited proposals for the COMBAT Anti-Violence Special Initiative; and,
WHEREAS, the Jackson County Drug Commission has recommended that the County Executive be authorized to execute agreements with the following outside agencies engaged in anti-violent crime activities for services from December 1, 2017, to November 30, 2018:
AGENCY AMOUNT
Ad Hoc Group Against Crime $149,231.00
Westside Housing Organization $ 50,769.00
and,
WHEREAS, the execution of agreements with these agencies in the amounts indicated is in the best interest of the health, safety, and welfare 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 hereby is authorized to execute agreements with these agencies in the respective amounts indicated, in a form to be approved by the County Counselor; and,
BE IT FURTH...
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