IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE transferring $240,000.00 within the 2019 General Fund and appropriating $100,000.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2019 Health Fund, and authorizing the County Executive to execute an Intergovernmental Cooperative Agreement with the City of Independence, MO, to set out the terms of the management and operation of the Jackson County Regional Animal Shelter, at a cost to the County in 2019 in the amount of $340,000.00.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5230, May 20, 2019
INTRODUCED BY Theresa Galvin and Tony Miller, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, by Resolution 19675, dated December 11, 2017, the Legislature awarded a sixty-month contract to Great Plains SPCA of Merriam, KS, for the management and operation of the Jackson County Regional Animal Shelter; and,
WHEREAS, Great Plains has given notice to the County that it will no longer operate the shelter effective July 1, 2019; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Independence and the County have negotiated the attached Intergovernmental Cooperative Agreement whereunder the City will assume operations of the Regional Animal Shelter; and,
WHEREAS, under the proposed Agreement, the City of Independence has agreed to sell to the County the approximately seven acres of land that the Regional Animal Shelter is located on, for the sum of $240,000.00; and,
WHEREAS, the County will then lease to the City of Independence the Regional Animal Shelter facility and site with all the existing furniture, fixtures, and equipment for an initial term of two years, with a provision for an extension on such terms as may be mutually agreed; and,
WHEREAS, the County will pay the City the annual sum of $100,000.00 for each of the initial two years of the Agreement, to assist the City with transition costs associated with assuming responsibility for the operation of the facility; and,
WHEREAS, execution of the Agreement with City of Independence is in the best interest of the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Jackson County; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriation and transfer are necessary to place the required funds in the proper spending accounts; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation and transfer and hereby are made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
Health Fund
Undesignated Fund Balance
002-2810 $100,000
Non-Departmental-Health 56790-Other Contractual Svc. $100,000
002-5102
General Fund
Non-Departmental-General
001-5101 58020-Buildings & Improvements $240,000
001-5101 58010-Land & Right of Way $240,000
and,BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the County Executive be and is hereby authorized to execute for the County the attached Intergovernmental Cooperative Agreement with City of Independence; and,
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Director of Finance and Purchasing is authorized to make all payments, including final payment on the Agreement.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Ordinance 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 Ordinance, Ordinance No.5230, introduced on May 20, 2019, was duly passed on June 10, 2019 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
This Ordinance is hereby transmitted to the County Executive for his signature.
I hereby approve the attached Ordinance No.5230.
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Date Frank White, County Executive
Fiscal Note
Funds sufficient for this appropriation and transfer are available from the sources indicated below.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 002 2810
ACCOUNT TITLE: Health Fund
Undesignated Fund Balance
NOT TO EXCEED: $100,000.00
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 001 5101 58020
ACCOUNT TITLE: General Fund
Non-Departmental General
Buildings & Improvements
NOT TO EXCEED: $240,000.00
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: 002 5102 56790
ACCOUNT TITLE: Health Fund
Non-Departmental Health
Other Contractual Services
NOT TO EXCEED: $100,000.00
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 001 5101 58010
ACCOUNT TITLE: General Fund
Non-Departmental General
Land & Right of Way
NOT TO EXCEED: $240,000.00
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Date Chief Administrative Officer