IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION transferring $40,000.00 within the 2015 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. 18719, February 9, 2015
INTRODUCED BY Dennis Waits, 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 and violent crime 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, drug-related offenses, and violent crimes; 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 2015 Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund be and hereby is made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund
Westside CAN
008-5023 56789 - Outside Agency $40,000
Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund
COMBAT Prevention
008-4402 56005 - Community Crime Prevention $40,000
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute an agreement with Westside CAN, in the total amount of $40,000.00, 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 payment on the agreement.
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. 18719 of February 9, 2015, was duly passed on February 9, 2015 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ________7_________ Nays ______0________
Abstaining ______0_______ Absent ______0______
Excused_______2________
______________________ _______________________________
Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
Fiscal Note
Funds sufficient for this transfer are available from the source indicated below.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 008 5023 56789
ACCOUNT TITLE: Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund
Westside CAN
Outside Agency Funding
NOT TO EXCEED: $40,000.00
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: 008 4402 56005
ACCOUNT TITLE: Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund
Westside CAN
Outside Agency Funding
NOT TO EXCEED: $40,000.00
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Date Director of Finance and Purchasing