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 2020 CARES Act Fund for use by the Mid-Continent Public Library of Kansas City, MO, to implement a hotspot lending program to facilitate additional internet connectivity for students of higher education in connection with the fight against the ongoing Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic and the migration to virtual classrooms for the 2020-2021 school year.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5389, August 17, 2020
INTRODUCED BY Theresa Cass Galvin, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, U.S. President Donald J. Trump, Missouri Governor Mike Parson, and County Executive Frank White, Jr., have all declared, in one form or another, the ongoing Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic to be a public health emergency; and,
WHEREAS, the County, through its various efforts, plays a significant role in the public health of its citizens; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriate response by the County to this emergency will require significant expenditures from the County CARES Act Fund, which consists of monies provided by the U.S. Treasury for this purpose; and,
WHEREAS, the Mid-Continent Public Library of Kansas City, MO, has submitted a proposal to address internet connectivity issues for students in the County brought on by the migration to virtual classrooms for the 2020-2021 school year, triggered by COVID-19 pandemic, at a cost to the County not to exceed $50,000.00; and,
WHEREAS, the Mid-Continent Public Library of Kansas City, MO, is requesting Jackson County match the $50,000 it has already dedicated to purchase sixty-three more hotspot devices for lending with corresponding data service; and
WHEREAS, the County Executive and County Administrator recommend the funding of this proposal; 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
CARES Act Fund
040-9999 32810-
Undesignated Fund Balance $50,000
Mid Continent Public Library
040-1559 56070-
Intergovernmental Agreements $50,000
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
I hereby certify that the attached ordinance, Ordinance No. 5389 introduced on August 17, 2020, was duly passed on September 28, 2020 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _______9________ Nays _______0_______
Abstaining ____0_______ Absent ______0_______
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. 5389.
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Date Frank White, Jr., County Executive
Fiscal Note
Funds sufficient for this appropriation are available from the source indicated below.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 040 9999 32810
ACCOUNT TITLE: CARES Act 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: 040 1559 56070
ACCOUNT TITLE: CARES Act Fund
Mid Continent Public Library
Intergovernmental Agreements
NOT TO EXCEED: $50,000.00
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Date Chief Administrative Officer