File #: 14304    Version: 0 Name: Funding for the DARE programs.
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 8/26/2002 In control: County Legislature
On agenda: 8/26/2002 Final action: 8/26/2002
Title: A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute contracts with certain municipalities within Jackson County for the purpose of funding their 2001-2002 Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) or similar anti-drug programs, at a total cost to the County not to exceed $1,122,909.00.
Sponsors: Dan Tarwater III
Indexes: ANTI-DRUG, DARE
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute contracts with certain municipalities within Jackson County for the purpose of funding their 2001-2002 Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) or similar anti-drug programs, at a total cost to the County not to exceed $1,122,909.00.

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RESOLUTION # 14304, August 26, 2002

INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater, County Legislator

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WHEREAS, representatives from all municipalities in Jackson County whose police departments sponsor Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) or similar anti-drug programs have made a joint request to the COMBAT Commission and County Legislature, regarding the formula for Jackson County's funding of these programs for the 2001-2002 term; and,

WHEREAS, the consensus reached among the municipalities and COMBAT staff was that these programs be funded in the following amounts:
MUNICIPALITY ALLOCATION
City of Blue Springs $146,009
City of Grain Valley 10,373
City of Grandview 74,702
City of Independence 333,276
City of Kansas City 311,671
City of Lee's Summit 181,204
City of Oak Grove 20,373
City of Raytown 45,301
TOTAL $1,122,909

and,

WHEREAS, at its meeting of August 8, 2002, the COMBAT Commission endorsed the recommendations of the municipalities and agencies involved; and,

WHEREAS, the attached form contract provides a suitable mechanism by which the requested funds can be transferred to the participating municipalities; therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute contracts with the cities of City of Blue Springs, City of Grandview, City of Independence, City of Kansas City, City of Lee's Summit, City of Grain Valley, City of Oak Grove, and City of Raytown, in the aggregate amount of $1,122,909.00, in a form substantially similar to that attached; and,

BE IT FURTHER...

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