IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $75,000.00 from the fund balance of the 2012 Grant Fund in acceptance of a grant received from the United States Office of National Drug Control Policy, High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) program for use by the Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Force and authorizing the County Executive to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
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ORDINANCE #4417, June 4, 2012
INTRODUCED BY James D. Tindall, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, by Ordinance 4415, dated May 21, 2012, the Legislature did authorize the acceptance of a grant from the United States Office of National Drug Control Policy, High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) program, in the amount of $75,000.00, to provide funding for undercover operations by detectives working with the Drug Task Force for the period of January 1, 2011, through December 31, 2012; and,
WHEREAS, the Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Force has received an additional grant from the United States Office of National Drug Control Policy, High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) program in the amount of $75,000.00, to provide funding for the partial funding of leased vehicles, the purchase of illegal drugs for use in undercover operations, and the partial funding for a computer/server upgrade; and,
WHEREAS, this grant is awarded for the period of January 1, 2012, through December 31, 2013; and,
WHEREAS, the attached Memorandum of Understanding with the Missouri State Highway Patrol, which will serve as the Fiscal Agent for this grant, provides a suitable mechanism by which to implement this arrangement; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriation is necessary to place these grant funds in the appropriate spending accounts; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation be and hereby is made from the ...
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