IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $69,345.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2024 Grant Fund, in acceptance of a three-month extension of the VOCA Grant awarded to the Jackson County Prosecutor's Office by the Missouri Department of Social Services.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5890, October 7, 2024
INTRODUCED BY Donna Peyton, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, by Ordinance 5058, dated November 28, 2017, the Legislature did authorize the execution of a program agreement with the Missouri Department of Social Services for the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) grant; and,
WHEREAS, by Ordinance 5808, dated November 6, 2023, the Legislature did grant an extension of the program agreement with the Missouri Department of Social Services for the VOCA grant; and,
WHEREAS, the Prosecuting Attorney is requesting a three-month extension of the VOCA grant that was awarded to the County by the Missouri Department of Social Services with a grant term of October 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024; and,
WHEREAS, this extension will provide for continued funding for the salaries of six victim advocates through the expiration date of December 31, 2024; and,
WHEREAS, the Prosecutor's Office will provide an additional $26,413.00 for the unfunded portion of the salaries of the incumbents; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriation is necessary in order to place the grant funds in the proper spending account; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation be made from the undesignated fund balance of the 2024 Grant Fund:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION
CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION
FROM
TO
Anti-Crime Fund Grants
Prosecuting Attorney
008G-4101
32810 - Undesignated Fund Balance
$69,345
010-2101
55010 - Regular Salaries
$69,345
and,
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that all County officials be and hereby are authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to give effect to said grant.
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