IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
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.
Intro
RESOLUTION NO. 20300, November 12, 2019
INTRODUCED BY Crystal Williams, County Legislator
Body
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:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
Grant Fund
Rock Island Rail
Corridor Grant
010-3602 58060- Other Improvements $34,274
010-3602 56020- Legal Services $12,300
010-3602 56790- Other Contractual Svc. $21,974
and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of the Department of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized to make all payments, including final payment on the indicated contracts...Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
_________________________ ________________________________
Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 20300 of November 12, 2019, was duly passed on November 18, 2019 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _______9__________ Nays ______0_______
Abstaining ____0_______ Absent _____0_______
__________________________ _________________________________
Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
Fiscal Note
Funds sufficient for this transfer are available from the source indicated below.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 010 3602 58060
ACCOUNT TITLE: Grant Fund
Rock Island Rail Corridor Grant
Other Improvements
NOT TO EXCEED: $32,274.00
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: 010 3602 56020
ACCOUNT TITLE: Grant Fund
Rock Island Rail Corridor Grant
Legal Services
NOT TO EXCEED: $12,300.00
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 010 3602 56790
ACCOUNT TITLE: Grant Fund
Rock Island Rail Corridor Grant
Other Contractual Services
NOT TO EXCEED: $21,974.00
______________________ _________________________________
Date Chief Administrative Officer