IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute addenda to the Cooperative Agreements with Hope House, Newhouse, Rose Brooks and Synergy domestic violence shelters in order to provide assistance to victims of domestic violence during 2018, at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $66,217.00.
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RESOLUTION NO. 20064, December 3, 2018
INTRODUCED BY Crystal Williams, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, by Resolution 19741, dated February 26, 2018, the Legislature did authorize the execution of cooperative agreements with the shelters in an aggregate amount of $131,454.00; and,
WHEREAS, Hope House, New House, and Rose Brooks domestic violence shelters (“Shelters") are not-for-profit organizations providing assistance to victims of domestic violence; and,
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Jackson County to provide assistance to the victims of domestic violence through funding of these shelters; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to section 8700., Jackson County Code, 1984, the Board of Domestic Violence Shelters (“Board”) was established to administer the distribution of fees collected pursuant to state statutes and the Code; and,
WHEREAS, in order to allocate the remainder of the fees collected in 2018, the Board recommends that the County Executive be authorized to execute amendments to the cooperative agreements with the domestic violence shelters in the amount of $19,644.00 for Hope House, Rose Brooks and New House and $7,284 for Synergy, at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $66,217.00; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute the addenda, in a form to be approved by the County Counselor, with Hope House, New House, and Rose Brooks and Synergy domestic violence shelters, to allocate the fees collected in the second half of 2018.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized to make all payments, including final payments on the contracts and addenda 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. 20064 of December 3, 2018, was duly passed on December 3, 2016 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: 041 7101 56790
ACCOUNT TITLE: Domestic Abuse Fund
Domestic Violence Assistance
Other Contractual Services
NOT TO EXCEED: $66,217.00
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Date Chief Administrative Officer