File #: 3084    Version: 0 Name: Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring grant
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 10/16/2000 In control: (R)Anti-Drug Committee
On agenda: 10/16/2000 Final action: 11/6/2000
Title: AN ORDINANCE appropriating $100,000.00 from the unappropriated surplus of the 2000 Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund to cover the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring grant received from the U. S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, and the transfer of matching funds, authorizing the County Executive and Prosecuting Attorney to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the Institute regarding this grant, and authorizing the County Executive to execute an Agreement with Abt Associates, Inc., of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to provide monitoring for those arrested on drug offenses, at a cost to the County not to exceed $100,000.00.
Sponsors: Dan Tarwater III
Indexes: AGREEMENT, ANTI-DRUG, APPROPRIATION, MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI


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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $100,000.00 from the unappropriated surplus of the 2000 Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund to cover the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring grant received from the U. S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, and the transfer of matching funds, authorizing the County Executive and Prosecuting Attorney to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the Institute regarding this grant, and authorizing the County Executive to execute an Agreement with Abt Associates, Inc., of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to provide monitoring for those arrested on drug offenses, at a cost to the County not to exceed $100,000.00.


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ORDINANCE #3084, October 16, 2000

INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater, County Legislator

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WHEREAS, the Prosecuting Attorney's office has been awarded a grant in the amount of $40,000.00 by the U. S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, to implement the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) program in Jackson County; and,

WHEREAS, ADAM is a nationwide initiative whereunder arrestees are interviewed, tested and monitored, using standard protocols, to develop data which will yield important information about the current structure of the drug problem; and,

WHEREAS, the grant is subject to a $60,000.00 local match; and,

WHEREAS, the Prosecuting attorney proposes to utilize the grant and matching funds to retain Abt Associates, Inc., of Cambridge, Massachusetts, the contractor selected by the Institute for the ADAM program nationwide, to perform the required interviews, tests, and monitoring, at a cost to the County not to exceed $100,000.00; and,

WHEREAS, the attached Memorandum of Understanding with the National Institute of Justice and Agreement with Abt Associates, Inc., provide suitable mechanisms by which to implement the agreement and understanding of the parties to ...

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