File #: 14758    Version: 0 Name: CASA
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 10/14/2003 In control: (R)Anti-Drug Committee
On agenda: 10/14/2003 Final action: 10/20/2003
Title: A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute an agreement with Jackson County Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA), in the amount of $25,000.00, as a local match to a private grant.
Sponsors: Dan Tarwater III
Indexes: AGREEMENT, CASA
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute an agreement with Jackson County Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA), in the amount of $25,000.00, as a local match to a private grant.

Intro
RESOLUTION # 14758, October 14, 2003

INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater, County Legislator

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WHEREAS, Jackson County CASA has been awarded a grant by the Hall Family Foundation in the amount of $25,000.00, to provide court advocacy for abused and neglected children, newborn to 18 years of age, to ensure a safe and drug-free home environment, through its Court Appointed Special Advocate program; and,

WHEREAS, Jackson County CASA has requested local matching funds from the Anti-Drug Sales Tax Grant Match account in the amount of $25,000.00 for this program; and,

WHEREAS, the Prosecuting Attorney has reviewed this proposal and recommends the expenditure of these funds; therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement, a copy of which is attached and incorporated herein by reference, with Jackson County CASA for its Court Appointed Special Advocate program; and,

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of the Department of Finance be and hereby is authorized to make all payments, including final payment on the Agreement.

Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

_____________________________ __________________________________
Acting County Counselor

Certificate of Passage

I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution # 14758 of October 14, 2003, was duly passed on ___________October 20____________________, 2003 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:

Yeas 9 Nays 0 ...

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