IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $16,662.00 from the fund balance of the 2008 Grant Fund in acceptance of the Sheriff's Office's "Sobriety Checkpoint" 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 the grant funds.
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ORDINANCE #4039, September 29, 2008
INTRODUCED BY Theresa Garza Ruiz, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Missouri Department of Transportation, Highway Safety Division, has awarded the Sheriff's Office a "Sobriety Checkpoint" grant in the amount of $16,662.00 for the period October 1, 2008, through September 30, 2009; and,
WHEREAS, there was a 25% increase in alcohol-related disabling injuries in 2007; and,
WHEREAS, due to extensive enforcement through DWI and Youth Alcohol Enforcement, sobriety checkpoints, and education, Jackson County's fatalities reduced from 137 in 2006 to 119 in 2007; and,
WHEREAS, the Sheriff recommends the use of the grant funds for reimbursement of overtime used for setting up sobriety checkpoints and other alcohol-enforcement related activities, including joint enforcement efforts with local law enforcement agencies participating in the Jackson County Task Force; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriation is necessary to place the grant funds in the appropriate spending account; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation from the fund balance of the 2008 Grant Fund be and hereby is made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
010-4263 45367 - Increase Revenue $16,662
010-2810 Undesignated Fund Balance $16,662
010-2810 Undesignated Fund Balance $16,662
Grant Fund
Sheriff - Sobriety Check 08-09
010-4263 55030 - Overtime $16,662
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BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED ...
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