IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute an agreement with Healing House of Kansas City, Missouri for the furnishing of residential services as part of the drug treatment program funded by the County’s Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund, at a cost to the County not to exceed $70,000.00.
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RESOLUTION NO. 18885, July 13, 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, several factors in the metropolitan area have resulted in the reduction of the availability of residential services as part of the COMBAT treatment program; and,
WHEREAS, Healing House submitted a proposal on Request for Proposals 76-14 to provide housing for up to 110 adults through three men’s homes, three women’s homes, two multi-family units; and,
WHEREAS, the COMBAT staff recommends an agreement with Healing House for the furnishing of residential treatment housing services, at a cost to the County not to exceed $70,000.00, to address this need for additional residential services in our area; and,
WHEREAS, the execution of an agreement for the services with Healing House 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 an agreement with Healing House in the amount of $70,000.00 for the furnishing of drug treatment residential services, in a form to be approved by the County Counselor; now therefore,
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:
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Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 18885 of July 13, 2015, was duly passed on July 20, 2015 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _______7__________ Nays _______0_______
Abstaining ______0_______ Absent _____0_______
Excused _____2______
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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 4404 56789
ACCOUNT TITLE: Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund
COMBAT Crime Treatment
Outside Agency Funding
NOT TO EXCEED: $70,000.00
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Date Director of Finance and Purchasing