File #: 18049    Version: 0 Name: COMBAT Prevention Westside Community Action Network
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 1/7/2013 In control: (R)Anti-Drug Committee
On agenda: 1/7/2013 Final action: 1/14/2013
Title: A RESOLUTION transferring $40,000.00 within the 2013 Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund and authorizing the execution of a Cooperative Agreement with Westside Community Action Network, for anti-drug prevention activities and purposes, at a cost to the County not to exceed $40,000.00.
Sponsors: James D. Tindall
Indexes: ANTI-DRUG SALES TAX FUND, COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT, WESTSIDE COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK
Attachments: 1. 18049adopt.pdf, 2. 18049AGMT.pdf
Related files: 18719, 18350
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI


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A RESOLUTION transferring $40,000.00 within the 2013 Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund and authorizing the execution of a Cooperative Agreement with Westside Community Action Network, for anti-drug prevention activities and purposes, at a cost to the County not to exceed $40,000.00.


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RESOLUTION NO. 18049, January 7, 2013

INTRODUCED BY James D. Tindall, County Legislator


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WHEREAS, the voters of Jackson County, Missouri, renewed the sales tax to provide funding for the fight against illegal drugs in our community; and,

WHEREAS, the proceeds and interest generated from this tax are deposited in a special Jackson County Anti-Drug Sales Tax Trust Fund that is segregated and not commingled with the general fund or any other special funds of the County; and,

WHEREAS, the voters and the Legislature authorized the Drug Commission, subject to approval by the Legislature, to contract with any organization or entity, whether public or private, which engages in community crime prevention activities, for the purpose of preventing drug use and drug-related offenses; and,

WHEREAS, the Jackson County Drug Commission has recommended that the County Executive be authorized to execute a Cooperative Agreement with Westside Community Action Network (CAN) Center, Inc., to provide a program designed to connect residents to services and resources to facilitate success within the community; and,

WHEREAS, the CAN Center Program provides a positive and safe resource within the community for connections and bonds for the creation of a caring neighborhood and reducing the negative risk factors that contribute to substance use, abuse, and cycles of crime; and,

WHEREAS, a transfer is necessary to place the funds in the proper spending account; now therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following transfer within the 2013 Anti-Drug Sales Tax ...

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