IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE transferring $17,600.00 within the 2013 Special Road & Bridge Fund and appropriating $82,232.00 from fund balance of the Grant Fund in acceptance of the Mid America Regional Council's Solid Waste Management District grant, and authorizing the County Executive to execute a contract with MARC for the expenditure of grant funds.
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ORDINANCE NO. 4594, December 2, 2013
INTRODUCED BY Bob Spence and Dan Tarwater, County Legislators
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WHEREAS, by Ordinance 4386, dated January 9, 2012, the Legislature did authorized the acceptance of a grant from the Mid America Regional Council's Solid Waste Management District to conduct a survey of citizens to gauge the interest and need for a yard waste facility; and,
WHEREAS, the survey results indicated that the citizens living in unincorporated Jackson County, Blue Springs, Grain Valley, and Oak Grove were interested in moving forward with a grant application for a yard waste facility to serve those communities; and,
WHEREAS, Jackson County, in conjunction with the Cities of Blue Springs, Grain Valley, and Oak Grove, has been awarded a grant from the Mid America Regional Council's Solid Waste Management District in the amount of $64,632.00 for the establishment of a yard waste drop-off facility; and,
WHEREAS, the grant requires a local match in the amount of $17,600.00; and,
WHEREAS, Jackson County will provide a location for the facility at Ketterman and Pink Hill Roads and the facility will be staffed by Public Works Department personnel for the first year of operation; and,
WHEREAS, it is anticipated that income received from users of the yard waste drop-off facility will cover operational expenses, but if there is a shortfall, each participating city has agreed to share the expenses proportionally by population; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriation and transfer are necessary to place the grant and matching fun...
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