IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the Eastern Jackson County Development Alliance, at a cost to the County for 2015 in the amount of $11,000.00.
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RESOLUTION NO. 18799, April 27, 2015
INTRODUCED BY Scott Burnett, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Cities of Grandview, Lee's Summit, Raytown, Independence, Blue Springs, Grain Valley, and Oak Grove have joined with Jackson County to form the Eastern Jackson County Development Alliance (EJCDA); and,
WHEREAS, the EJCDA collaborates to stimulate economic development opportunities throughout the Eastern Jackson County area and pools resources for economic development purposes; and,
WHEREAS, the attached Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the EJCDA adequately sets out the rights and obligations of the participating partners and authorizes the annual membership dues; and,
WHEREAS, future years' dues payments to the EJCDA will be subject to appropriation in the then current Jackson County budget; and,
WHEREAS, execution of the attached MOU is in the best interest of the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Jackson County; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Execute be and hereby is authorized to execute the attached Memorandum of Understanding with the Eastern Jackson County Development Alliance; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Finance and Purchasing is authorized to issue a payment to the Eastern Jackson County Development Alliance, to the extent sufficient appropriations to the using spending agencies have been made in the then current Jackson County budget.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 18799 of April 27, 2015, was duly passed on May 4, 2015 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ________9_______ Nays ______0_______
Abstaining _____0______ Absent _____0_______
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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: 001 1220 56710
ACCOUNT TITLE: General Fund
Economic Development
Dues and Memberships
NOT TO EXCEED: $5,000.00
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 001 1220 56790
ACCOUNT TITLE: General Fund
Economic Development
Other Contractual Services
NOT TO EXCEED: $6,000.00
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Date Director of Finance and Purchasing