IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute agreements with certain outside agencies funded by the County's Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund for the 2015 fiscal year, which are engaged in anti-violent crime activities and purposes, at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $393,000.00.
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RESOLUTION NO. 18728, 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 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, in 2009, voters authorized the addition of an anti-violent crime component to the COMBAT campaign; 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 anti-violent crime activities; and,
WHEREAS, by Request for Proposals 59-13, the Drug Commission solicited proposals from community agencies seeking to provide anti-violence initiative activities and services for the two-year period 2014-2015; and,
WHEREAS, these proposals were evaluated by outside experts who made funding recommendations to the commission; and,
WHEREAS, after review of the outside evaluators recommendations, the Jackson County Drug Commission has recommended that the County Executive be authorized to execute agreements with certain outside agencies engaged in anti-violent crime activities for services from January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2015; and,
WHEREAS, the execution of agreements for the services of these agencies, in the amounts indicated on the document attached hereto as Exhibit A, is in the best interests of the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of Jackson County; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute agreements with the outside agencies listed on the attached Exhibit A, in the respective amounts indicated, 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 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. 18728 of February 9, 2015, was duly passed on February 23, 2015 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: 008 5108 56080
ACCOUNT TITLE: Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund
Non-Departmental
Other Professional Services
NOT TO EXCEED: $393,000.00
________________________ ________________________________
Date Director of Finance and Purchasing
EXHIBIT A
COMBAT 2015 Anti-Violence Special Initiative Recommendations
Ad Hoc Group Against Crime |
$40,000.00 |
Arts Tech |
$38,300.00 |
Boys & Girls Clubs |
$55,000.00 |
Dismas |
$65,000.00 |
Center for Conflict Resolution |
$50,000.00 |
Lee's Summit CARES |
$30,000.00 |
Mt. Pleasant Freedom Schools |
$27,000.00 |
ReStart |
$24,000.00 |
Rose Brooks |
$23,700.00 |
Jackson County Family Court |
$40,000.00 |
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TOTAL |
$393,000.00 |