IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION transferring $138,769.00 within the 1996 Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund and authorizing the County Executive to execute a lease with K.C. Partners for office space in the Oak Tower Building for occupancy by the district public defender, at a cost to the County not to exceed $138,769.00 in 1996 and a total cost of $2,938,283.85 over the life of the lease including all renewal terms.
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RESOLUTION # 11368, July 22, 1996
INTRODUCED BY Dennis Waits, County Legislators
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WHEREAS, the Circuit Court has proposed that, in lieu of the appointment of private attorneys to represent indigents charged with drug and drug-related offenses in the Circuit Court, the Public Defender should retain additional attorneys to handle such cases; and,
WHEREAS, in order to accommodate the Public Defender's increased staff, the Circuit Court has pledged a portion of its allocation of the County's anti-drug sales tax to fund the lease of approximately 12,000 square feet of office space adjacent to the courts in downtown Kansas City; and,
WHEREAS, the Purchasing Director has solicited formal written proposals on RFP 87-96 for the desired office space; and,
WHEREAS, in response thereto he has received two proposals in compliance with the specifications for the RFP; and,
WHEREAS, after careful and thorough evaluation, of these proposals, in consultation with the Circuit Court and Public Defender, the Purchasing Director recommends a seven-year lease with K.C. Partners for 13,000 square feet in the Oak Tower Building located at 324 E. 11th St. in downtown Kansas City; and,
WHEREAS, under the recommended lease, the County would pay annual rentals ranging from $139,100.04 in 1996-1997 to $156,600.60 in 2003; and,
WHEREAS, the lease also provides for remodeling, parking and two five-year renewal terms, at further increased rentals; and,
WHEREAS, the cost of this lease will be $138,769.0...
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