File #: 3055    Version: 0 Name: K. C., MO - Local law Enforcement Block Grant Program.
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 8/7/2000 In control: County Legislature
On agenda: 8/7/2000 Final action: 8/7/2000
Title: AN ORDINANCE appropriating $350,000.00 from the unappropriated surplus of the 2000 Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund and authorizing the County Executive to execute a Cooperative Agreement for Services with the City of Kansas City, Missouri, for its "Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Program," at a cost to the County not to exceed $35,000.00.
Sponsors: Dan Tarwater III
Indexes: ANTI-DRUG, APPROPRIATION, COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT, Law Enforcement
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $350,000.00 from the unappropriated surplus of the 2000 Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund and authorizing the County Executive to execute a Cooperative Agreement for Services with the City of Kansas City, Missouri, for its "Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Program," at a cost to the County not to exceed $35,000.00.

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ORDINANCE #3055, August 7, 2000

INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater, County Legislator

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WHEREAS, the City of Kansas City, Missouri, has received a Local Law Enforcement Block Grant from the United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, in the amount of $2,650,103.00, for the City's "Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Program," the goals of which are to reduce crime and improve public safety; and,

WHEREAS, the City of Kansas City has requested County Anti-Drug Sales Tax matching funds in the amount of $35,000.00 to implement a portion of this program; and,

WHEREAS, thereafter, a total of $350,000.00 will be returned to the County to fund the salaries and fringe benefits of prosecuting attorney's staff, as well as other contractual costs of the Drug Court's Central Assessment Center and the Judge Mason Center; and,

WHEREAS, the attached "Cooperative Agreement for Services" provides a suitable mechanism by which to implement this understanding between the City and the County; and,

WHEREAS, the Prosecuting Attorney has reviewed this proposal and recommends the expenditure of these funds; and,

WHEREAS, in order to implement this program, an appropriation is necessary; therefore,

BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation be and hereby is made from the unappropriated surplus of the 2000 Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
Increase Revenue $350,000
008 2810 Unappropriated Surplus $350,000
008 2810 Unappropriate...

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