IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute agreements funded by the County's Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund for the 2018 fiscal year, with certain outside agencies which are engaged in anti-drug and anti-violent crime treatment activities and purposes, at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $3,015,290.00.
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RESOLUTION NO. 19843, April 23, 2018
INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater III, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the voters of Jackson County, Missouri, renewed the sales tax to provide funding for the fight against illegal drugs and violent crime in our community; and,
WHEREAS, the proceeds and interest generated from this tax are deposited in a special Jackson County Anti-Drug Sales Tax Trust Fund that is segregated and not commingled with the general fund or any other special funds of the County; and,
WHEREAS, the voters and the Legislature authorized the Drug Commission, subject to approval by the Legislature, to contract with any organization or entity, whether public or private, which engages in anti-drug and anti-violent crime treatment activities; and,
WHEREAS, the Drug Commission solicited proposals from community agencies seeking to provide anti-drug and anti-violent crime treatment activities and services; and,
WHEREAS, these proposals were evaluated by outside reviewers who made funding recommendations to the commission; and,
WHEREAS, after review of the outside evaluators' recommendations, the Jackson County Drug Commission has recommended that the County Executive be authorized to execute agreements with certain outside agencies engaged in anti-drug and anti-violent crime treatment activities for services from January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2018, as set out below:
COMBAT Treatment Agency
2017 Funding Rec.
Amethyst Place
$50,000.00
Benilde Hall
$200,000.00
Children's Mercy Hospital, TIES
$60,000.00
Comprehensive Mental Health Services
$417,000.00
COPS
$113...
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