IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $95,137.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2026 Grant Fund in acceptance of the Violence Against Women Act grant awarded by the Missouri Department of Public Safety to the Prosecuting Attorney's Office for a program focused on the prevention and prosecution of sexual assaults.
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ORDINANCE NO. 6094, June 8, 2026
INTRODUCED BY Manuel Abarca IV, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Prosecuting Attorney's Office has been awarded a Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) grant in the amount of $95,137.00 by the Missouri Department of Public Safety (MDPS) for a program focused on the prevention and prosecution of sexual assaults in the County; and,
WHEREAS, this grant partially funds the salaries of three full-time assistant prosecutors for this program within the Special Victims Unit (SVU) of the Prosecuting Attorney's Office; and,
WHEREAS, the Prosecuting Attorney's Office is proposing to utilize $246,344.00 from within its currently allocated salary funds to complete funding for the above salaries; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriation is necessary to place the grant funds in the proper spending accounts; 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
Grant Fund
Prosecuting Attorney
010-4101
45000 Federal - Grant
$95,137
010-9999
32810 Undesignated Fund Balance
$95,137
32810 Undesignated Fund Balance
$95,137
Prosecuting Attorney
010-4101
55010 Regular Salaries
$88,376
55040 FICA Taxes
$6,761
and,
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the County Executive and the Prosecuting Attorney be and hereby are authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to the acceptance of said grant.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its signature by the County Execut...
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