File #: 18484    Version: 0 Name: Check for Missouri Parks & Rec for VisitMissouriTrails.com project
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 4/17/2014 In control: Land Use Committee
On agenda: 4/21/2014 Final action: 4/28/2014
Title: A RESOLUTION authorizing the Director of Finance and Purchasing to issue a check in the amount of $1,480.00 to the Missouri Parks & Recreation Association, for the VisitMissouriTrails.com project.
Sponsors: Fred Arbanas
Indexes: PARKS + RECREATION, VISIT MISSOURI TRAILS
      IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
 
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the Director of Finance and Purchasing to issue a check in the amount of $1,480.00 to the Missouri Parks & Recreation Association, for the VisitMissouriTrails.com project.
 
 
Intro
RESOLUTION NO. 18484, April 21, 2014
 
INTRODUCED BY Fred Arbanas, County Legislators
 
 
Body
WHEREAS, in 2013 Missouri was named the "Best Trails State" by American Trails, a national non-profit organization for trail interests; and,
 
WHEREAS, to capitalize on this honor the Missouri Department of Natural Resources - Division of State Parks, Great Rivers Greenway District, and the Ozark Trails Association have provided information for the development of a website, VisitMissouriTrails.com; and,
 
WHEREAS, other parks and recreation entities throughout the state have partnered to contribute to the VisitMissouriTrials.com project, including the City of Kansas City Parks and Recreation, Missouri Parks and Recreation, and others; and,
 
WHEREAS, the Director of Parks + Rec recommends a contribution to this project in the amount of $1,480.00; and,
 
WHEREAS, in return for its contribution, the Parks + Rec Department will have trail resources, interactive maps, and park photos featured on the site; and,
 
WHEREAS, participation in the VisitMissouriTrails.com project is in the best interest of the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Jackson County; and,
 
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Director of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized to issue a check to the Missouri Parks & Recreation Association in the amount of $1,480.00.
 
 
 
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. 18484 of April 21, 2014, was duly passed on April 28, 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:       003      1601      56210
ACCOUNT TITLE:            Park Fund
                        Parks Director
                        Advertising
NOT TO EXCEED:            $1,480.00
 
 
 
__________________                        _________________________________
Date                                          Director of Finance and Purchasing