IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute an Agreement with Arts Tech of Kansas City, Missouri, for the furnishing of support services for the Youth Violence Reduction Program, at an actual cost to the County of $21,500.00.
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RESOLUTION NO. 19162, May 23, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Alfred Jordan, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, by Ordinance 4834, dated March 28, 2016, the Legislature did authorize an appropriation in the amount of $60,000.00 for funds received from the City of Kansas City, Missouri, for the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office’s Youth Violence Reduction program former known as the Teens in Transition program; and,
WHEREAS, the Youth Violence Reduction program is part of the No Violence Alliance (NoVA) Project, a collaborative initiative between key law enforcement leaders in Kansas City, the regional administrator of probation and parole, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office, to reduce violent crime in Kansas City’s urban core through a mix of law enforcement and social service components; and,
WHEREAS, juveniles in the Youth Violence Reduction program will participate in a ten-week summer program for approximately ten to fifteen hours per week, to provide a safe, stable, and healthy environment where the juveniles will gain the appropriate life skills training to reduce the risk of committing a violent act; and,
WHEREAS, the County is serving as the fiscal agent for this project which will run during the period of May 31, 2016, through August 7, 2016; and,
WHEREAS, the Prosecuting Attorney recommends a Cooperative Agreement with Arts Tech of Kansas City (Jackson County), Missouri to provide support services and meeting space for the Youth Violence Reduction program, at a cost to the County of $21,500.00; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute a Cooperative Agreement with Arts Tech, for the Youth Violence Reduction program, in a form to be approved by the County Counselor; and,
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. 19162 of May 23, 2016, was duly passed on May 23, 2016 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ________9___________ Nays __________0_________
Abstaining _______0________ Absent ________0__________
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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: 001 4105 56790
ACCOUNT TITLE: General Fund
Teens in Transition
Other Contractual Services
NOT TO EXCEED: $21,500.00
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Date Chief Financial Officer