Anti-Drug Committee
Substitute
March 28, 2016
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION transferring $45,000.00 within the Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund and authorizing the County Executive to execute agreements with certain outside agencies funded by the County's Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund for the 2016 fiscal year, which are engaged in anti-drug and anti-violent crime prevention activities and purposes, at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $1,503,631.00.
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RESOLUTION NO. 19105, March 21, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater III, 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, the voters and the Legislature authorized the Jackson County Drug Commission, subject to approval by the Legislature, to contract with any organization or entity, whether public or private, which engages in community crime prevention activities, for the purpose of preventing drug use and drug-related and violent offenses; and,
WHEREAS, this award was based on the Commission's recommendations after an independent review of proposals submitted by outside agencies pursuant to Request for Proposal 68-13; and,
WHEREAS, the Commission has recommended that the County Executive be authorized to execute agreements with certain outside agencies engaged in anti-drug and/or anti-violent crime prevention activities for services from March 1, 2016, to February 28, 2017; and,
WHEREAS, the execution of agreements for the services of these agencies, in the amounts indicated below, is in the best interests of the health, welfare, and safety of ...
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