Health and Environment
Committee Amendment
November 14, 2016
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE transferring $6,410.00 within the 2016 Health Fund and appropriating $19,227.00 from the fund balance of the 2016 Grant Fund in acceptance of a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant for use by the Office of Emergency Preparedness and awarding a contract for the furnishing of an emergency weather siren and installation to Federal Signal of University Park, IL, under the terms and conditions of Mid-America Regional Council Contract No. 41, an existing government contract.
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ORDINANCE NO. 4930, November 7, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Scott Burnett, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Office of Emergency Preparedness has been awarded a grant in the amount of $19,227.00 by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the purchase of an emergency weather siren for installation at William L. Landahl Park; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to section 1030.4 of the Jackson County Code, 1984, the Director of Finance and Purchasing recommends award of a contract for the furnishing and installation of said emergency weather siren to Federal Signal of University Park, IL, under the terms and conditions of Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) Contract No. 41, an existing government contract, at a cost to the County not to exceed $25,636.00; and,
WHEREAS, the Director of Finance and Purchasing recommends this purchase under the terms and conditions set forth in the MARC Contract, due to the volume discounts offered to large entities; and,
WHEREAS, a match of $6,409.00 is required for this grant, of which $5,894.00 has been provided by the State of Missouri for mitigation of storm damage sustained in Jackson County in 2015; and,
WHEREAS, a transfer and appropriation are necessary in order to place the grant and matching funds in the proper spending accounts; and,
WHEREAS, the County Executive recommends said transfer and appropriati...
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