File #: 4782    Version: 0 Name: 2015 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG)
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 10/8/2015 In control: (R)Anti-Drug Committee
On agenda: 10/12/2015 Final action: 10/19/2015
Title: AN ORDINANCE appropriating $499,113.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2015 Grant Fund in acceptance of the 2015 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) from the United States Department of Justice and authorizing the Director of Finance and Purchasing to make payments totaling $289,435.00 to the Cities of Kansas City, Grandview, and Independence, Missouri.
Sponsors: Dennis Waits
Indexes: ANTI-DRUG SALES TAX FUND, JAG - JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT
Attachments: 1. 4782bu, 2. 4782adopt.pdf
Related files: 18863, 19102
Correction
November 30, 2015
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI


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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $499,113.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2015 Grant Fund in acceptance of the 2015 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) from the United States Department of Justice and authorizing the Director of Finance and Purchasing to make payments totaling $289,435.00 to the Cities of Kansas City, Grandview, and Independence, Missouri.

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ORDINANCE NO. 4782, October 12, 2015

INTRODUCED BY Dennis Waits, County Legislator


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WHEREAS, the U. S. Department of Justice has awarded the County and the Cities of Kansas City, Grandview, and Independence a 2015 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) in the total amount of $499,113.00 to provide for anti-drug and other crime control measures for the period of October 1, 2015, to September 30, 2018; and,

WHEREAS, by Resolution 18863, dated June 18, 2015, the Legislature did authorize the execution of an Interlocal Agreement setting out the rights and obligations of the County to serve as the fiscal agent for the grant funds; and,

WHEREAS, under this Agreement the County will manage the distribution of a portion of grant funds to the Cities of Kansas City, Grandview, and Independence, Missouri; and,

WHEREAS, the grant and Interlocal Agreement allocate $209,628.00 to the County for Prosecuting Attorney salaries and benefits and require that the County pass through $289,432.00 to the cities; and,

WHEREAS, this grant requires no local matching funds; and,


WHEREAS, an appropriation is necessary in order to place the grant funds in the appropriate spending accounts; and,

WHEREAS, the County Executive recommends said appropriation; now therefore,

BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation from the undesignated fund balance of the 2015 Grant Fund be and hereby is made:
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