IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $399,880.00 from the fund balance of the 2009 Grant Fund in acceptance of the Solving Cold Cases with DNA Grant from the U. S. Department of Justice.
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ORDINANCE #4092, March 9, 2009
INTRODUCED BY Theresa Garza Ruiz, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the U. S. Department of Justice has awarded the County a grant in the total amount of $399,880.00, to identify, review, and prioritize homicide and sexual assault cold case crimes in the County, for the period of October 1, 2008, to September 30, 2009; and,
WHEREAS, goals of the grant will be to assess the potential DNA testing, increase the number of violent offenders who are identified through DNA evidence, file charges in 100% of the cases tested by the lab and investigated by the police, and seek convictions, not simply "clear" cases through the identification of suspects; and,
WHEREAS, this grant requires no local matching funds; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriation is necessary in order to place the grant funds in the appropriate spending accounts; and,
WHEREAS, the County Executive recommends said appropriation; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation from the fund balance of the 2009 Grant Fund be and hereby is made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
010-4114 45761 - Increase Revenue $399,880
010-2810 Undesignated Fund Balance $399,880
010-2810 Undesignated Fund Balance $399,880
Grant Fund
Solving Cold Cases with DNA Grant
010-4114 55010 - Regular Salaries $249,034
010-4114 55040 - FICA $ 19,051
010-4114 55050 - Pension $ 35,587
010-4114 55060 - Health Insurance $ 74,610
010-4114 55070 - Unemployment Insurance $ 996
010-4114 55110 - Workers Compensation $ 3,735
010-4114 55150 - Long Term Disability $ 996
010-4114 56140 - Travel $ 4,1...
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