IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION transferring $34,274.00 within the 2019 Grant Fund to cover the cost of a previously approved contract amendment with Burns & McDonnell and a legal services agreement with Nossaman LLP.
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RESOLUTION NO. 20300, November 12, 2019
INTRODUCED BY Crystal Williams, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, by Resolution 20066, dated December 3, 2018, the Legislature did authorize an amendment to the agreement with Burns & McDonnell relating to the Rock Island Rail Corridor Shared Use Path Project; and,
WHEREAS, on December 4, 2018, the County Counselor did execute a legal services agreement with Nossaman LLP for that firm's legal services in connection with the pending U.S. Surface Transportation Board proceeding; and,
WHEREAS, the funding encumbered for the Burns & McDonnell and Nossaman LLP agreements was an allocation from the 2016 Special Obligation Bond proceeds relating to the purchase of the Rock Island Rail Corridor; and,
WHEREAS, the bond documents contain a stipulation that any bond proceeds remaining unspent as of April 27, 2019, are required to be returned to debt service, making the funds encumbered on these contracts no longer available for these expenditures; and,
WHEREAS, the County is in receipt of invoices for the final payments to be made on these contracts; and,
WHEREAS, the proposed new source of funding is a contingency fund balance for the Rock Island Shared Use Path Project that is composed of available non-federal (local) funds; and,
WHEREAS, these funds have been placed in the Grant Fund, to be used solely for the Rock Island Trail Project and, in order to use these funds for the required final payments, the funds will need to be moved to a more appropriate spending line within the budget; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following transfer within the 2019 Grant Fund be and hereby is made:
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