File #: 18913    Version: 0 Name: veterinary care to homeless animals
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 8/20/2015 In control: County Legislature
On agenda: 8/24/2015 Final action: 8/24/2015
Title: A RESOLUTION transferring $35,000.00 within the 2015 Health Fund and authorizing the County Executive to execute a Cooperative Agreement with the Kansas City Pet Project for the furnishing of veterinary care to homeless animals, at a cost to the County in the amount of $35,000.00.
Sponsors: Dennis Waits, Theresa Cass Galvin
Indexes: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT, HEALTH FUND, HOMELESS ANIMALS
Attachments: 1. 18913bu, 2. 18913adopt.pdf, 3. 18913AGMT-KCPETPRJ.pdf
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI


Title
A RESOLUTION transferring $35,000.00 within the 2015 Health Fund and authorizing the County Executive to execute a Cooperative Agreement with the Kansas City Pet Project for the furnishing of veterinary care to homeless animals, at a cost to the County in the amount of $35,000.00.


Intro
RESOLUTION NO. 18913, August 24, 2015

INTRODUCED BY Dennis Waits and Theresa Galvin, County Legislators


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WHEREAS, Kansas City Pet Project is a non-profit organization operating the Kansas City Animal Shelter; and,

WHEREAS, K.C. Pet Project has submitted a funding request for its Roadrunner Fund Program to provide veterinary care to critically ill, injured, and homeless animals in the area; and,

WHEREAS, the Roadrunner Fund, named for a severely injured little dog who lost his eyes from animal abuse, seeks to provide funding for veterinary care for more than 1,400 dogs and cats that arrive at the shelter annually with severe injuries and illness; and,

WHEREAS, this funding project through K.C. Pet Project is in the best interest of the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Jackson County; and,

WHEREAS, a transfer is necessary to place the funds for this project in the proper spending account; and,

WHEREAS, the County Executive recommends this transfer; now therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following transfer be made within the 2015 Health Fund:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER DESCRIPTION FROM TO

Health Fund
Contingency

002-8005 56830 - Contingency $35,000

Health Fund
Non-Departmental

002-5102 56790 - Other Contractual $35,000

and,


BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute a Cooperative Agreement with the Kansas City Pet Project, in the amount of $35,000.00 for its Roadrunne...

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