File #: 2742    Version: 0 Name: If I Had a Hammer Program
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 10/6/1997 In control: Clerk of the County Legislature
On agenda: Final action: 10/6/1997
Title: AN ORDINANCE repealing Ordinance 2733, dated September 8, 1997, appropriating $10,000.00 from the unappropriated surplus of the 1997 General Fund, and authorizing the County Executive to execute a contract with the Kansas City Museum relating to its "If I Had a Hammer" program, at a cost to the County not to exceed $10,000.00.
Sponsors: John Patrick Burnett
Indexes: APPROPRIATION, GENERAL FUND
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

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AN ORDINANCE repealing Ordinance 2733, dated September 8, 1997, appropriating $10,000.00 from the unappropriated surplus of the 1997 General Fund, and authorizing the County Executive to execute a contract with the Kansas City Museum relating to its "If I Had a Hammer" program, at a cost to the County not to exceed $10,000.00.

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ORDINANCE #2742, October 6, 1997

INTRODUCED BY John Patrick Burnett, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Kansas City Museum has requested funding for its "If I Had a Hammer" program, in the amount of $10,000.00; and,

WHEREAS, under this program, students are taught basic skills in math, problem solving, critical thinking, and teamwork, as applied to the construction of a small building; and,

WHEREAS, the funding of this program is in the best interests of the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of the County; and,

WHEREAS, in order to fund this program, an appropriation from the unappropriated surplus of the 1997 General Fund is necessary; and,

WHEREAS, the County Executive has recommended this appropriation as an amendment to her 1997 recommended Jackson County Budget; now therefore,

BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation be and hereby is made from the unappropriated surplus of the 1997 General Fund:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
Unappropriated Surplus $10,000
Non Departmental
Kansas City Museum Outside Agencies $10,000

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BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute a contract with the Kansas City Museum regarding its "If I Had a Hammer" program, in a form to be approved by the County Counselor, at a cost to the County not to exceed $10,000.00; and,

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Director of the Department of Finance be and hereby is authorized to make all payments including final pa...

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