File #: 18874    Version: 0 Name: LaRaza sponsorship - annual conference
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 6/25/2015 In control: County Legislature
On agenda: 6/29/2015 Final action: 6/29/2015
Title: A RESOLUTION authorizing the Director of Finance and Purchasing to issue a check in the amount of $1,500.00 to the National Council of La Raza, for sponsorship of its annual conference to be held in Kansas City July 11 - 14, 2015.
Sponsors: Dennis Waits
Indexes: NATIONAL COUNCIL OF LA RAZA
Attachments: 1. 18874bu, 2. 18874adopt
Related files: 18240, 18176, 18567, 18628, 18905, 19002
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 $1,500.00 to the National Council of La Raza, for sponsorship of its annual conference to be held in Kansas City July 11 - 14, 2015.


Intro
RESOLUTION NO. 18874, June 29, 2015

INTRODUCED BY Dennis Waits, County Legislator


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WHEREAS, the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) is the largest national Hispanic advocacy organization in the United States; and,

WHEREAS, Kansas City is hosting the NCLR annual conference to be held July 11 - 14, 2015, at the Kansas City Convention Center, and has submitted a request to the COMBAT Administration for sponsorship, in the amount of $1,500.00; and,

WHEREAS, this sponsorship will allow Jackson County the opportunity to promote its Don't Look the Other Way anti-violent crime campaign; and,

WHEREAS, in exchange for its sponsorship, COMBAT will receive an exhibition booth at La Raza's Latino Family Expo that is part of the annual conference; and,

WHEREAS, said sponsorship 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 Director of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized issue a check to the National Council of La Raza, in the amount of $1,500.00 for sponsorship of its annual conference and to execute any documents necessary to give effect to this resolution.


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. 18874 of June 29, 2015, was duly passed ...

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