IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $142,000.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2020 CARES Act Fund to reimburse the Cities of Lone Jack and Sugar Creek, Missouri, for public safety regular salaries and overtime expenses and other necessary costs in connection with the fight against the ongoing Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic and authorizing the County Executive to execute addenda to the existing Intergovernmental Agreements with the Cities of Lone Jack and Sugar Creek, Missouri, at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $142,000.00.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5476, December 21, 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, by Ordinance 5359, dated June 12, 2020, the Legislature authorized Intergovernmental Agreements with the Cities of Lone Jack and Sugar Creek, Missouri, to provide for payment of certain of the Cities’ COVID-19 related expenses, at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $18,100.00 for the two cities; and,
WHEREAS, with the funding provided by this Ordinance, Lone Jack and Sugar Creek will be reimbursed for public safety regular salaries and overtime expenses and other costs deemed reasonable under CARES Act guidelines incurred from March 1, 2020, through December 30, 2020, at an additional aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $142,000.00; 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 $142,000
City of Sugar Creek
040-1542 56070-
Intergovernmental Agreements $70,000
City of Lone Jack
040-1548 56070-
Intergovernmental Agreements $72,000
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BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute addenda to the existing Intergovernmental Agreements with the Cities of Lone Jack and Sugar Creek in the respective amounts indicated in this Ordinance, in a form to be approved by County Counselor; 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 payments, on the Intergovernmental Cooperative Agreements and addenda thereto.
Enacted and Approved
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. 5476 introduced on December 21, 2020, was duly passed on December 21, 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. 5476.
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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: $142,000.00
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 1542 56070
ACCOUNT TITLE: CARES Act Fund
City of Sugar Creek
Intergovernmental Agreements
NOT TO EXCEED: $70,000.00
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 040 1548 56070
ACCOUNT TITLE: CARES Act Fund
City of Lone Jack
Intergovernmental Agreements
NOT TO EXCEED: $72,000.00
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Date Interim Chief Administrative Officer