Jackson County Missouri - File #: 5401

• File #: 5401
• Version: 0
• Name: CARES Act funds health services
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/10/2020
• In control: Legislature As A Whole
• On agenda: 9/14/2020
• Final action: 9/28/2020
• Title: AN ORDINANCE appropriating $5,590,000.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2020 CARES Act Fund to provide funds to Swope Health Services, KC Care Health Center, and Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center, to compensate them for unanticipated costs necessary in connection with the fight against the ongoing Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic and authorizing the County Executive to execute cooperative agreements with the agencies, at an aggregate cost to the County not exceed $5,590,000.00.
• Sponsors: Theresa Cass Galvin
• Indexes: CARES ACT FUND, COVID-19, KC CARE HEALTH CENTER, SAMUEL U. RODGERS , SWOPE HEALTH SERVICES

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/28/2020	0	County Legislature	adopt	Pass
9/28/2020	0	County Legislature	Consent Agenda
9/21/2020	0	County Legislature	perfect	Pass
9/21/2020	0	County Legislature	Consent Agenda
9/15/2020	0	County Legislature	Go To 1st Perfection	Pass
9/14/2020	0	County Legislature	assign to committee

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

Title
AN ORDINANCE appropriating $5,590,000.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2020 CARES Act Fund to provide funds to Swope Health Services, KC Care Health Center, and Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center, to compensate them for unanticipated costs necessary in connection with the fight against the ongoing Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic and authorizing the County Executive to execute cooperative agreements with the agencies, at an aggregate cost to the County not exceed $5,590,000.00.


Intro
ORDINANCE NO. 5401, September 14, 2020

INTRODUCED BY Theresa Cass Galvin, County Legislator


Body
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, with the funding provided by this appropriation, Swope Health Services will be compensated $3,400,000.00 for necessary building modifications, behavioral health needs for Jackson County residents and COVID-19 screening and testing costs, KC Care Health Center will receive $1,165,000.00 for necessary building modifications, equipment, supplies, and staffing costs, and Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center will receive $1,025,000.00 for necessary building modifications and transportation support for Jackson County residents; and,

WHEREAS, the County Executive recommends this appropriation and the execution of Cooperative Agreements with Swope Health Services, KC Care Health Center, and Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center, for this purpose, in a form to be app...