File #: 4165    Version: 0 Name: 2009 Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG)
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 10/26/2009 In control: Justice and Law Enforcement Committee
On agenda: 10/26/2009 Final action: 11/9/2009
Title: AN ORDINANCE appropriating $1,044,855.00 from the fund balance of the 2009 Grant Fund in acceptance of the 2009 Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) from the U. S. Department of Justice and authorizing the County Executive to execute an Interlocal Agreement pursuant to the terms of the grant award with the Cities of Kansas City, Blue Springs, Grandview, Independence, Raytown, Lee's Summit, and the Board of Police Commissioners of Kansas City for the County's distribution of the grant award proceeds, at a cost to the County not to exceed $697,286.00.
Sponsors: Theresa Garza Ruiz
Indexes: BLUE SPRINGS, BYRNE JUSTICE ASSISANT, CITY OF INDEPENDENCE, GRANT FUND, POLICE COMMISSIONERS, RAYTOWN
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI


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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $1,044,855.00 from the fund balance of the 2009 Grant Fund in acceptance of the 2009 Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) from the U. S. Department of Justice and authorizing the County Executive to execute an Interlocal Agreement pursuant to the terms of the grant award with the Cities of Kansas City, Blue Springs, Grandview, Independence, Raytown, Lee's Summit, and the Board of Police Commissioners of Kansas City for the County's distribution of the grant award proceeds, at a cost to the County not to exceed $697,286.00.


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ORDINANCE #4165, October 26, 2009

INTRODUCED BY Theresa Garza Ruiz, County Legislator


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WHEREAS, the U. S. Department of Justice has awarded the County and the Cities of Kansas City, Blue Springs, Grandview, Independence, Raytown, Lee's Summit, and the Board of Police Commissioners of Kansas City, a grant in the total amount of $1,044,855.00 to provide for anti-drug and other crime control measures for the period of October 1, 2008, to September 30, 2012; and,

WHEREAS, the grant allocates $347,569.00 to the County itself, for salaries and benefits, and requires that the County pass through $697,286.00 to the other cities and agencies; and,

WHEREAS, this grant requires no local matching funds however it does require the execution of the attached Interlocal Agreement with the aforementioned cities and agencies; 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
Grant Fund
010-4142 45362 - Increase Revenues $173,784.50
010-2810 Undesignated F...

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