IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the Sheriff to execute a Memorandum of Understanding relating to the Missouri Western Interdiction and Narcotics Task Force.
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RESOLUTION NO. 19520, June 27, 2017
INTRODUCED BY Alfred Jordan, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Missouri Western Interdiction and Narcotics Task Force (MoWIN) is a collaborative association charged with investigating and disrupting drug trafficking activities occurring in numerous communities throughout western Missouri; and
WHEREAS, participants in MoWIN include the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners, which is the lead local agency, Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Caldwell Counties, and twenty-three other cities, towns, and villages in these counties; and
WHEREAS, MoWIN will continue to be funded by a grant awarded by the Missouri Department of Public Safety and administered by the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners; and
WHEREAS, the attached Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) adequately sets out the rights and obligations of the participants in MoWIN for the 2017-18 program year; and
WHEREAS, the execution of this MOU is in the best interests of the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of Jackson County; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Sheriff and any other County officials required, be and hereby are authorized to execute the attached MOU relating to MoWIN.
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. 19520 of June 27, 2017, was duly passed on June 27, 2017 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ________8_________ Nays ______0________
Abstaining ______0_______ Absent ______1_______
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature