IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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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.
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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:
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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 on June 29, 2015 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _______8________ Nays _______0______
Abstaining _____0______ Absent ______0______
Excused ______1______
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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: 008 4401 56210
ACCOUNT TITLE: Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund
COMBAT
Advertising
NOT TO EXCEED: $1,500.00
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Date Director of Finance and Purchasing