IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $50,000.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2019 Assessment Fund and awarding a twelve-month contract(s) with three twelve-month options to extend for the furnishing of real estate appraisers to provide advisory services for the Board of Equalization, under the terms and conditions of Request for Proposals No. 42-19.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5256, August 19, 2019
INTRODUCED BY Crystal Williams, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, pursuant to section 9140., Jackson County Code, 1984, the Legislature may authorize a contract with one or more qualified experts to advise the Board of Equalization to assist with disputes between taxpayers and the County related to property appraisals; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to section 9141., Jackson County Code, 1984, the Legislative Auditor prepared a request for proposals (RFP) and the Director of Finance and Purchasing solicited formal written bids on RFP No. 42-19 for property advisors for Jackson County; and,
WHEREAS, a total of one-hundred fifty-six notifications were distributed, and three responses were received from the following:
BIDDER
Gerald Winship
Lee’s Summit, MO
TWG Associates, LLC
dba The Williams Group
Lee’s Summit, MO
Bliss Associates, LLC
Kansas City, MO
and,
WHEREAS, Bliss Associates has been determined to be ineligible for award of this contract due to its status as a contract appraiser for the Assessment Department; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to section 9142. of the Jackson County Code, 1984, the Finance and Audit Committee and the Director of Finance and Purchasing shall serve as the Selection Committee to recommend the award of the contract for real estate appraisers to provide advisory services for the Board of Equalization; and,
WHEREAS, the Selection Committee recommends the award of said contract to:
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under the terms and conditions of Request for Proposals No. 42-19; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation be and hereby is made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
Assessment Fund
045-2810 Undesignated Fund Balance $50,000
045-0112 56790-Other Contractual Svc $50,000
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BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the award be made as recommended and that the Chair of the Legislature be and hereby is authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to the accomplished of the award; and,
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Director of Finance and Purchasing is authorized to make all payments, including final payment on the contracts to the extent that sufficient appropriations to the using agency are contained in the then current County budget.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its signature by the County Executive.
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. 5256 of August 19, 2019, was duly passed on __________________________, 2019 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _________________ Nays ___________
Abstaining ___________ Absent ____________
This Ordinance is hereby transmitted to the County Executive for his signature.
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
I hereby approve the attached Ordinance No. 5256.
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Date Frank White, County Executive
Fiscal Note
Funding for future years is subject to annual appropriation are available from the source indicated below.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 045 2810
ACCOUNT TITLE: Assessment Fund
Undesignated Fund Balance
NOT TO EXCEED: $50,000.00
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: 045 0112 56790
ACCOUNT TITLE: Assessment Fund
Legislature as a Whole
Other Contractual Services
NOT TO EXCEED: $50,000.00
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Date Chief Administrative Officer