File #: 17431    Version: 0 Name: Agreement with the Storytellers, Inc of Kansas City, MO
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 12/6/2010 In control: (R)Anti-Drug Committee
On agenda: 12/6/2010 Final action: 12/13/2010
Title: A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute an agreement with The Storytellers, Inc., of Kansas City, MO, to provide weekly sessions to drug court participants for use by the Prosecuting Attorney's Office, at a cost to the County not to exceed $22,000.00.
Sponsors: Dan Tarwater III
Indexes: DRUG COURT, PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
Attachments: 1. 17431adopt.pdf, 2. 17431AGMT.pdf
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI


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A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute an agreement with The Storytellers, Inc., of Kansas City, MO, to provide weekly sessions to drug court participants for use by the Prosecuting Attorney's Office, at a cost to the County not to exceed $22,000.00.


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RESOLUTION #17431, December 6, 2010

INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater, County Legislator


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WHEREAS, The Storytellers, Inc., is a unique program for current and new drug court participants in the Mental Toughness Project, which uses creative problem-solving methods for dealing with the participants' individual life problems; and,

WHEREAS, the Prosecuting Attorney's Office desires to enter into an agreement with The Storytellers, Inc., to provide weekly sessions to participants in the Mental Toughness Project for a period of December 1, 2010, through December 31, 2011, at a cost to the County not to exceed $22,000.00; and,

WHEREAS, this agreement is in the best interest of the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of Jackson County; now therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute a contract with The Storytellers, Inc., of Kansas City (Jackson County), MO, in a form to be approved by the County Counselor; and,

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized to make all payments, including final payment on the agreement.


Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.


APPROVED AS TO FORM:


______________________________ __________________________
Chief Deputy County Counselor Acting County Counselor

Certificate of Passage

I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution #17431 of December 6, 2010, was duly passed on Decembe...

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