IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION awarding a twelve-month contract for legal services for use by the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, with two twelve-month options to extend, to Legal Aid of Western Missouri, Kansas City, MO, at a cost to the County for 2018 not to exceed $20,000.00, under the terms and conditions of Request for Proposals No. 39-18.
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RESOLUTION NO. 20020, October 22, 2018
INTRODUCED BY Alfred Jordan, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, by Ordinance 4925, dated October 31, 2016, the Legislature did authorize the acceptance of the SMART Prosecution Grant received from the U.S. Department of Justice for use by the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office; and,
WHEREAS, the SMART Prosecution Initiative is a federal program designed to bring a strategic approach to criminal justice operations by using innovative applications of analysis, technology, and evidence-based practices, with the goal of improving performance and effectiveness while containing costs; and,
WHEREAS, the Director of Finance and Purchasing issued Request for Proposals No. 39-18, for the furnishing of a partner agency to provide services related to restorative justice programming; and,
WHEREAS, a total of five notifications were distributed and one response was received and evaluated from the following:
RESPONDENT COST
Legal Aid of Western Missouri, KCMO $20,000.00
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WHEREAS, the respondent was evaluated on the basis of experience, qualifications, references, pricing, and responsiveness; and,
WHEREAS, the Director of Finance and Purchasing recommends the award of a twelve-month contract for legal services for use by the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, with two twelve-month options to extend, to Legal Aid of Western Missouri of Kansas City, MO, as the lowest and best proposal received for the initial period November 1, 2018, through October 31, 2019; and,
WHEREAS, the recommended contract is to be used to help community members address abandoned house issues in five areas of high crime in Kansas City, MO.; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that award be made as recommended by the Director of Finance and Purchasing, and that the Director be and is hereby authorized to execute for the County any documents necessary for the accomplishment of the award; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director be and hereby is authorized to make all payments, including final payment on the contract and extensions thereto.
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. 20020 of October 22, 2018, was duly passed on October 29, 2018 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: 010 4110 56790
ACCOUNT TITLE: Grant Fund
SMART Prosecution
Other Contractual Services
NOT TO EXCEED: $20,000.00
Funds for future years are subject to appropriation in the then current annual County Budget.
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Date Chief Administrative Officer