IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $45,000.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2014 Homeless Assistance Fund, and authorizing the County Executive to execute an addendum to the Cooperative Agreement with Connections to Success, Inc., of Kansas City, MO, for the 2014 Jackson County Constructing Futures Program, at an additional cost to the County not to exceed $65,000.00, to further the prevention of homelessness.
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ORDINANCE NO. 4622, May 19, 2014
INTRODUCED BY James D. Tindall, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, by Resolution 18365, dated January 13, 2014, the Legislature did authorize a Cooperative Agreement with Connections to Success, Inc., of Kansas City (Jackson County), MO, in the amount of $25,000.00 for the Constructing Futures Program; and,
WHEREAS, of this amount, $12,000.00 was designated for completion of the 2013 Constructing Futures Program, with the remaining $13,000.00 designated for the 2014 program; and,
WHEREAS, the Jackson County Constructing Futures Program is a unique public-private partnership designed to provide a pathway to allow former drug offenders and/or previously incarcerated individuals to enter the construction industry, and at the same time provide permanent housing to those in need; and,
WHEREAS, the project will allow individuals with low-skills, criminal history, and/or are unemployed, to learn the construction trade by rehabilitating houses that can then be occupied by a family struggling with homelessness; and,
WHEREAS, the COMBAT Commission recommends an allocation of an additional $20,000.00 and the Housing Resources Commission has authorized an additional $45,000.00 of Homeless Assistance Funds toward the 2014 program; and,
WHEREAS, an addendum to the Cooperative Agreement will result in an additional amount of $65,000.00, for a total allocation for the 2014 Constructing Futures Program in the amount of $78,000.00; and,
WHEREAS, Connections to Success, Inc., of Kansas City, MO, will serve as the manager for this program; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriation is necessary to place the Homeless Assistance Funds in the appropriate spending account required for the 2014 Constructing Futures Program; and,
WHEREAS, the County Executive recommends said appropriation; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation from the undesignated fund balance of the 2014 Homeless Assistance Fund be and hereby is made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
Homeless Assistance Fund
Housing Resources Commission
043-2810 Undesignated Fund Balance $45,000
043-2810 Undesignated Fund Balance $45,000
043-7001 56789 - Outside Agency $45,000
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BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute an Addendum to the Cooperative Agreement with Connections to Success, Inc. of Kansas City, MO, for the 2014 Jackson County Constructing Futures Program, at an additional cost to the County not to exceed $65,000.00, in a form to be approved by the County Counselor; and,
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Director of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized to make all payments, including final payment on the contract.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its signature by the County Executive.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
I hereby certify that the attached Ordinance, Ordinance No. 4622 introduced on May 19, 2014, was duly passed on May 19, 2014 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _______9_______ Nays _____0_______
Abstaining ____0______ Absent ____0_______
This Ordinance is hereby transmitted to the County Executive for his signature.
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
I hereby approve the attached Ordinance No. 4622.
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Date Michael D. Sanders, County Executive
Fiscal Note
Funds sufficient for this appropriation are available from the source indicated below.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 043 2810
ACCOUNT TITLE: Homeless Assistance Fund
Undesignated Fund Balance
NOT TO EXCEED: $45,000.00
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 Resources Commission
Outside Agency
NOT TO EXCEED: $45,000.00
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 008 4401 56080
ACCOUNT TITLE: Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund
COMBAT
Other Professional Services
NOT TO EXCEED: $20,000.00
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Date Director of Finance and Purchasing