IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION transferring $255,000.00 within the 2020 Health Fund and awarding a contract for the furnishing of a forensic x-ray system for use by the Medical Examiner’s Office to Lodox Systems North America of Painesville, OH, under the terms and conditions of Fulton County Georgia Contract No. 19RFP688927C-BKJ, an existing government contract, at an actual cost to the County in the amount of $455,000.00.
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RESOLUTION NO. 20400, April 6, 2020
INTRODUCED BY Crystal J. Williams, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Medical Examiner’s Office needs to replace its aging forensic scanning equipment with a new, full-body, forensic x-ray system; and,
WHEREAS, the new system will significantly improve the quality of diagnostic tools and office operations available to the office; and,
WHEREAS, the Medical Examiner’s Office’s 2020 budget includes $280,500.00 designated for the purchase of a refurbished x-ray machine manufactured in 2004; and,
WHEREAS, given the office’s anticipated workload, the Medical Examiner recommends the purchase of a new system as more economical in the long run than maintaining the older, refurbished equipment; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to section 1030.4 of the Jackson County Code, the Director of Finance and Purchasing recommends the award of a contract for the furnishing of a new, full-body, forensic x-ray system to Lodox Systems North America of Painesville, OH, at an actual cost to the County in the amount of $455,000.00, under the terms and conditions of Fulton County, Georgia Contract No. 19RFP688927C-BKJ, an existing government contract; now therefore
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following transfer be and hereby is made within the 2020 Health Fund:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
Health Fund
Medical Examiner
002-2001 55010- Regular Salaries $ 91,000
002-2001 56790-
Other Contractual Services $164,000
002-2001 58170- Other Equipment $255,000
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that award be made by the Director of Finance and Purchasing and that the Director be and hereby is authorized to execute any documents necessary to the accomplishment of the award; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized to make all payments including final payment on the contract.
Enacted and Approved
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. 20400 of April 6, 2020, was duly passed on April 6, 2020 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ________8_________ Nays ______0________
Abstaining ______0_______ Absent _____1_______
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
Funds sufficient for this transfer are available from the source indicated below:
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 002 2001 55010
ACCOUNT TITLE: Health Fund
Medical Examiner
Regular Salaries
NOT TO EXCEED: $91,000.00
ACCOUNT NUMER: 002 2001 56790
ACCOUNT TITLE: Health Fund
Medical Examiner
Other Contractual Services
NOT TO EXCEED: $164,000.00
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 2001 58170
ACCOUNT TITLE: Health Fund
Medical Examiner
Other Equipment
NOT TO EXCEED: $455,000.00
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Date Chief Administrative Officer