IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $200,000.00 from unappropriated fund balance of the 2014 Grant Fund in acceptance of funds received from the Mid-America Regional Council's (MARC) Port Security Grant Program and authorizing the County Executive to execute an agreement with MARC for the design and construction of a marine storage and deployment facility.
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ORDINANCE NO. 4609, February 24, 2014
INTRODUCED BY James D. Tindall, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) has been awarded grant funds for the Port Security Grant Program to support projects that increase port security; and,
WHEREAS, MARC desires to enter into an agreement with the County to design and construct a marine storage and deployment facility located at 4001 NE Lakewood Way, Lee's Summit, MO, to meet a critical need for a storage facility located in close proximity to the Missouri River to conduct routine law enforcement patrol and emergency response missions; and,
WHEREAS, as part of this agreement, MARC will provide to the County $200,000.00 of its grant funds and in exchange the County will design and construct a basic three-bay marine storage facility; and,
WHEREAS, this facility will be used to deploy maritime assets to protect and respond to events involving critical infrastructure and waterway incidents as part of a larger initiative to decrease the risk to critical infrastructure along the Port of Kansas City waterways; and,
WHEREAS, execution of the attached agreement is in the best interest of the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Jackson County; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriation is necessary to place the funds in the appropriate spending account; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation from the fund balance of the 2014 Grant Fund be and hereby is made:
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