IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute cooperative agreements with certain organizations which provide assistance to homeless persons, at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $340,000.00.
Intro
RESOLUTION NO. 18365, January 13, 2014
INTRODUCED BY James D. Tindall, County Legislator
Body
WHEREAS, on June 4, 1991, the voters of Jackson County authorized the County Legislature to impose a $3.00 user fee on all instruments recorded with the County's Department of Records, the proceeds of which fee is to be used to provide funds for assistance to homeless persons; and,
WHEREAS, the County actually imposed said fee by Ordinance 1986, dated June 10, 1991; and,
WHEREAS, by Ordinance 2030, dated September 3, 1991, the Legislature created the Housing Resources Commission and designated the Commission as the agency of the County responsible for determining the allocation and distribution of the proceeds of the user fee to organizations providing services to homeless persons; and,
WHEREAS, the Commission desires to assist these organizations in the provision of services and has recommended the expenditure of funds to the organizations listed in Exhibit A, attached hereto, all providing assistance to homeless persons exclusively in Jackson County; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED that the County Executive be, and hereby is, authorized to execute cooperative agreements with the organizations in the amounts set forth in Exhibit A, all for the purpose of providing assistance to homeless persons, 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 payments on these agreements.
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 County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 18365 of January 13, 2014, was duly passed on January 13, 2014 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ________9_________ Nays _______0______
Abstaining ____0_________ Absent ______0______
______________________ _________________________________
Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
Fiscal Note
There is a balance otherwise unencumbered to the credit of the appropriation to which the expenditure is chargeable and there is a cash balance otherwise unencumbered in the treasury to the credit of the fund from which payment is to be made each sufficient to provide for the obligation herein authorized.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 043 7001 56789
ACCOUNT TITLE: Homeless Assistance Fund
Housing Resource Commission
Outside Agency Funding
NOT TO EXCEED: $340,000.00
________________________ ________________________________
Date Director of Finance and Purchasing
EXHIBIT A Resolution 18365
AGENCY |
AMOUNT |
Benilde Hall |
$30,000.00 |
Community LINC |
$10,000.00 |
Community Services League |
$10,000.00 |
Connections to Success |
$25,000.00 |
Hillcrest Ministries |
$10,000.00 |
Homeless Services Coalition |
$10,000.00 |
Hope House |
$10,000.00 |
Legal Aid of Western Missouri |
$41,000.00 |
Mother's Refuge |
$20,000.00 |
Newhouse |
$15,000.00 |
Operation Breakthrough |
$11,000.00 |
Reconciliation Services |
$12,000.00 |
ReStart |
$30,000.00 |
Rose Brooks |
$5,000.00 |
Salvation Army - Crossroads |
$10,000.00 |
Salvation Army - Linwood |
$10,000.00 |
Sheffield Place |
$10,000.00 |
Twelfth Street Heritage |
$38,000.00 |
United Inner City Services |
$33,000.00 |
Total |
$340,000.00 |