File #: 20111    Version: 0 Name: Domestic Violence agencies
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 3/14/2019 In control: Health and Environment Committee
On agenda: 3/18/2019 Final action: 3/25/2019
Title: A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute Cooperative Agreements with certain agencies that provide services and assistance to victims of domestic violence, at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $91,560.00.
Sponsors: Charlie Franklin
Indexes: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, VICTIM SERVICES
Attachments: 1. 20111bu.pdf, 2. 20111adopt.pdf, 3. 20111 Newhouse.pdf, 4. 20111 Rose Brooks.pdf, 5. 20111 Hope House BODVS.pdf
Related files: 20884, 20345, 21180, 20186, 20613
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute Cooperative Agreements with certain agencies that provide services and assistance to victims of domestic violence, at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $91,560.00.


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RESOLUTION NO. 20111, March 18, 2019

INTRODUCED BY Charlie Franklin, County Legislator


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WHEREAS, Hope House, New House, and Rose Brooks domestic violence 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, the Board of Domestic Violence Shelters was established to administer the distribution of fees collected pursuant to state statutes and the Code; and,


WHEREAS, the Board met November 20, 2018, and recommended an allocation of $91,560.00 of the projected 2019 budget revenues to be awarded as follows:
Agency Amount
Hope House $30,520.00
New House $30,520.00
Rose Brooks $30,520.00
and,

WHEREAS, the Board will hold a second meeting in June 2019 to recommend allocation of the remaining 2019 revenues based on further revenue projections, for distribution to the three eligible shelters; and,

WHEREAS, the Board recommends that the County Executive be authorized to execute cooperative agreements with the specified agencies, in the respective amounts indicated, at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed a total of $91,560.00; now therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive is authorized to execute the Agreements, in a form to be approved by the County Counselor, with Hope House, New House, and Rose Brooks domestic violence shelters in the amounts indicated, at ...

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