IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $14,649.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2016 Health Fund and authorizing the County Executive to execute an Addendum to the Cooperative Agreement with River of Refuge, at an additional cost to the County in the amount of $14,649.00.
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ORDINANCE NO. 4842, May 10, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Theresa Galvin, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, by Resolution 18943, dated September 28, 2015, the Legislature did authorize a Cooperative Agreement with the River of Refuge for the furnishing of a transitional housing program to provide safe housing and case management services to Kansas City area working poor families that are homeless and living in motels, at a cost to the County for 2015 in the amount of $25,000.00; and,
WHEREAS, by Resolution 19043, dated January 19, 2016, the Legislature did authorize a Cooperative Agreement with the River of Refuge for 2016 at a cost to the County in the amount of $50,000.00; and,
WHEREAS, because River of Refuge’s 2015 agreement was authorized near the end of the 2015 fiscal year, the agency was unable to spend its complete allocation prior to the expiration of the agreement; and,
WHEREAS, the Legislative Auditor recommends the reappropriation of River of Refuge’s unspent funds from 2015 for use during 2016; and,
WHEREAS, the execution of an Addendum to the Cooperative Agreement with River of Refuge for transitional housing services is in the best interests of the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of Jackson County; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation from the undesignated fund balance of the 2016 Health Fund be and hereby is made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
Health Fund
River of Refuge
002-2810 Undesignated Fund Balance $14,649
002-7769 56789 - Outside Agency $14,649
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BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute an Addendum to the Cooperative Agreement on behalf of the County with River of Refuge, in a form to be approved by the County Counselor, at an additional cost to the County not to exceed $14,649.00; and,
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Director of Finance and Purchasing is authorized to make all payments, including final payment on the Agreement and Addendum thereto.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its signature by the County Executive.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
I hereby certify that the attached Ordinance, Ordinance No. 4842 introduced on May 10, 2016, was duly passed on May 16, 2016 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _______8________ Nays _______0_______
Abstaining ____0_______ Absent ______1_______
This Ordinance is hereby transmitted to the County Executive for his signature.
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
I hereby approve the attached Ordinance No. 4842.
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Date Frank White, Jr., County Executive
Fiscal Note
Funds sufficient for this appropriation are available from the source indicated below.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 002 2810
ACCOUNT TITLE: Health Fund
Undesignated Fund Balance
NOT TO EXCEED: $14,649.00
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: 002 7769 56789
ACCOUNT TITLE: Health Fund
River of Refuge
Outside Agency Funding
NOT TO EXCEED: $14,649.00
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Date Chief Financial Officer