File #: 5897    Version: 0 Name: retention stipend for Prosecutor's office
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 10/22/2024 In control: Justice and Law Enforcement Committee
On agenda: 11/4/2024 Final action: 11/18/2024
Title: AN ORDINANCE appropriating $195,000.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2024 Delinquent Sales Tax Fund for the purpose of providing a retention stipend for the Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney's Office.
Sponsors: Venessa Huskey
Indexes: DELINQUENT SALES TAX FUND, PROSECUTING ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE
Attachments: 1. 5897 Signed, 2. RLA, 3. 24-386 Pros Atty Retention Stipend, 4. Ord 4774.pdf, 5. Ord 4904.pdf, 6. Ord 5810.pdf, 7. Ord 5825.pdf
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI


Title
AN ORDINANCE appropriating $195,000.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2024 Delinquent Sales Tax Fund for the purpose of providing a retention stipend for the Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney's Office.


Intro
ORDINANCE NO. 5897, November 4, 2024

INTRODUCED BY Venessa Huskey, County Legislator


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WHEREAS, in the effort to stabilize the staffing levels in the Jackson County Prosecutor's Office (JCPO) in preparation for the transition of the new Prosecutor, the current Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker would like to provide each employee with a one-time two percent retention stipend; and,

WHEREAS, the funding of the stipend would be drawn from the Prosecuting Attorney's Delinquent Sales Tax Fund, which is designated for operational needs, staffing, and salary supplements for JCPO employees; and,

WHEREAS, the goal of the stipend is to minimize the number of current JCPO employees from leaving for other job opportunities during this transition, as this could pose a threat to public safety; now therefore,

BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation from the undesignated fund balance of the 2024 Delinquent Sales Tax Fund be and hereby is made:


DEPARTMENT/DIVISION
CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION
FROM
TO
Pros. Atty
Delinquient Sales Tax Fund
030-9999


56830 - Contingency


$140,000

Prosecuting Attorney
030-4101

58150 - Office Furniture & Fixtures
55010 - Regular Salaries


$55,000
$195,000


BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Finance and Purchasing

be and hereby is authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give effect

to the intent of this Resolution.





























Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its signature by the County Executive.

APPROVED AS TO FORM:


___________________________
County Counselor

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