Anti-Drug Committee Amendment
December 15, 2017
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute agreements with certain outside agencies funded by the County’s Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund, which are engaged in anti-violent crime activities and purposes, at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $200,000.00.
Intro
RESOLUTION NO. 19676, December 11, 2017
INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater III, County Legislator
Body
WHEREAS, the voters of Jackson County, Missouri, renewed the sales tax to provide funding for the fight against illegal drugs 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, in 2009, voters authorized the addition of an anti-violent crime component to the COMBAT campaign; and,
WHEREAS, by Request of Proposals No. 65-17, the Director of Finance and Purchasing has solicited proposals for the COMBAT Anti-Violence Special Initiative; and,
WHEREAS, the Jackson County Drug Commission has recommended that the County Executive be authorized to execute agreements with the following outside agencies engaged in anti-violent crime activities for services from December 1, 2017, to November 30, 2018:
AGENCY AMOUNT
Ad Hoc Group Against Crime $149,231.00
Westside Housing Organization $ 50,769.00
and,
WHEREAS, the execution of agreements with these agencies in the amounts indicated is in the best interest of the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Jackson County; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute agreements with these agencies in the respective amounts indicated, 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 agreements.
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. 19676 of December 11, 2017, was duly passed on December 15, 2017 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: 008 5108 56080
ACCOUNT TITLE: Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund
Non-Departmental
Other Professional Services
NOT TO EXCEED: $16,667.00
Remaining funds sufficient to meet this obligation are subject to appropriation in the 2018 budget.
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Date Director of Finance and Purchasing