IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $27,039,000 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2020 CARES Act Fund for use by Truman Medical Centers, Inc., to make critical facility improvements and acquire needed equipment to better prepare for current and future pandemic response and authorizing the County Executive to execute a Cooperative Agreement with Truman Medical Centers, Inc., for the purchase or reimbursement by Jackson County for this purpose.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5354, June 3, 2020
INTRODUCED BY Theresa Cass Galvin, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, U.S. President Donald J. Trump, Missouri Governor Mike Parson, and County Executive Frank White, Jr., have all declared, in one form or another, the ongoing Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic to be a public health emergency; and,
WHEREAS, the County, through its various efforts, plays a significant role in the public health of its citizens; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriate response by the County to this emergency will require significant expenditures from the County CARES Act Fund, which consists of monies provided by the U.S. Treasury for this purpose; and,
WHEREAS, with the funding provided by this appropriation, Truman Medical Centers will make critical facility improvements and acquire needed equipment to better prepare for current and future pandemic response; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation be and hereby is made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
CARES Act Fund
040-9999 32810-
Undesignated Fund Balance $27,039,000
TMC
040-2600 56790-
Other Contractual Services $27,039,000
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BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute an appropriate Cooperative Agreement with Truman Medical Centers, Inc., in a form to be approved by County Counselor.
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