IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $280,470.55 from the fund balance of the 2009 Grant Fund in acceptance of the Jackson County Sheriff's Office Traffic Unit grant awarded by the Missouri Department of Transportation, Highway Safety Division, and authorizing the County Executive to execute a contract with the Missouri Highway Safety Division for the expenditure of grant funds.
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ORDINANCE #4158, September 28, 2009
INTRODUCED BY Theresa Garza Ruiz, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, in October of 2008, the County received grant funding to create a Traffic Safety Unit; and,
WHEREAS, following the formation of the Traffic Safety Unit, the number of traffic violations cited by Jackson County doubled; and,
WHEREAS, the Sheriff's Office has been awarded a grant in the amount of $210,352.91 by the Missouri Department of Transportation, Highway Safety Division, for the purpose of funding a five-person Traffic Unit consisting of one sergeant and four deputies; and,
WHEREAS, the grant is subject to a local match in the amount of $70,117.64; and,
WHEREAS, the Sheriff recommends the acceptance of this grant and the execution of a contract with the Missouri Department of Transportation, Highway Safety Division; and,
WHEREAS, a transfer and appropriation are necessary to place the grant and matching funds in the proper spending accounts; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following transfer and appropriation from the fund balance of the 2009 Grant Fund be and hereby are made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
004-4201 56798 - Grant Match $ 52,588.23
004-4201 55030 - Overtime $ 17,529.41
004-9100 56105 - Operating Transfer Out $ 70,117.64
010-4281 45330 - Increase Revenues $210,352.91
010-4281 47070 - Operating Transfers In $ 70,117.64
010-2810 Undesignated Fund ...
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