IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION transferring $40,000.00 within the 2018 Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund for the purpose of funding the Family Court’s Night Light Program.
Intro
RESOLUTION NO. 19912, July 9, 2018
INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater III, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, Chapter 93 of the County Code authorizes the County to award contracts for services for the purpose of providing substance abuse treatment, prevention, grant match, and other anti-drug and anti-violence initiatives in the community; and,
WHEREAS, the Jackson County Family Court Night Light Program is designed to address serious and potentially violent juvenile offenders who are either under pre-adjudication supervision, on probation, or re-entering the community from residential placement; and,
WHEREAS, the Family Court’s Night Light Program’s goals are to hold youth accountable for their actions, reduce delinquent behavior, encourage sound social decision making behavior and reduce illegal substance abuse; and,
WHEREAS, COMBAT funding of this program would provide critical afterhours monitoring conducted by the juvenile probation officer and a member of the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office that supports the prevention programming offered by the Family Court; and,
WHEREAS, the Jackson County Family Court Night Light program has been shown to be effective in reducing recidivism; and,
WHEREAS, a transfer within the Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund is necessary to place the required funds in the proper spending account; and,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following transfer be made within the 2018 Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund
008-5108 Non-Departmental
Anti-Drug 56790 -Other Contractual Svc $40,000
Family Court
008-2101 56790- Other Contractual Svc $40,000
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. 19912 of July 9, 2018, was duly passed on July 23, 2018 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
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 56790
ACCOUNT TITLE: Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund
Non-Departmental-Anti Drug
Other Contractual Services
NOT TO EXCEED: $40,000.00
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Date Chief Administrative Officer