IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION authorizing the Director of Finance and Purchasing to issue a check in the amount of $2,500.00 to the Mid-America Regional Council for its Water Quality Education Program.
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RESOLUTION NO. 20187, June 24, 2019
INTRODUCED BY Crystal Williams, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the County has a National Pollution Detection and Elimination program permit from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources for storm water dischargers in the Salem East and Blue Summit areas; and,
WHEREAS, one requirement of this permit is a public education program; and,
WHEREAS, the Mid-America Regional Council’s (MARC) Water Quality Education (WQE) program currently has twenty-two local government participants that work to raise public awareness about storm water watershed issues and water quality in the Kansas City region; and,
WHEREAS, the program emphasizes the cooperative approach to water quality public education to meet the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulatory requirements; and,
WHEREAS, Jackson County has participated in this program since 2003; and,
WHEREAS, the WQE Program is in the best interest of the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Jackson County; and,
Enacted and Approved
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Director of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized to issue a check to the MARC, in the amount of $2,500.00, for its WQE Program.
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. 20187 of June 24, 2019 was duly passed on July 1, 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
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: 004 1504 56851
ACCOUNT TITLE: Special Road and Bridge Fund
Development
Stormwater Commission
NOT TO EXCEED: $2,500.00
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Date Chief Administrative Officer