IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE transferring $185,346.00 within the 2012 Special Road and Bridge Fund, and appropriating $370,691.00 from the fund balance of the 2012 Grant Fund in acceptance of the Jackson County Sheriff's Office DWI/Traffic Safety Unit Salary Grant Project awarded by the Missouri Department of Transportation, Highway Safety Division, and authorizing the County Executive to execute a contract with the Missouri Highway Safety Division for the expenditure of grant funds.
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ORDINANCE #4450, September 10, 2012
INTRODUCED BY James D. Tindall, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Sheriff's Office has been awarded a grant in the amount of $185,345.00 by the Missouri Department of Transportation, Highway Safety Division, for the purpose of funding a five-person DWI/Traffic Safety Unit consisting of one sergeant and four deputies for the period of October 1, 2012, to September 30, 2013; and,
WHEREAS, from April 1, 2011, to March 31, 2012, the Jackson County Sheriff's Office has arrested over 190 persons for DUI, with 127 of those made by the members of the Traffic Safety Unit; and,
WHEREAS, the grant is subject to a local match in the amount of $185,346.00; and,
WHEREAS, the Sheriff recommends the acceptance of this grant and the execution of an agreement with the Missouri Department of Transportation, Highway Safety Division; and,
WHEREAS, a transfer and appropriation are necessary to place the grant and matching funds in the proper spending accounts; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following transfer and appropriation be and hereby are made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
Special Road & Bridge Fund
Sheriff's Dept.
004-4201 56798 - Grant Match $185,346
004-9100 56105 - Operating Transfers Out ...
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