IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the Prosecuting Attorney to execute agreements with certain outside agencies which are engaged in anti-drug and anti-violent crime treatment activities and purposes, at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $3,995,780.00.
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RESOLUTION NO. 20599, January 4, 2021
INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater III, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the voters of Jackson County, Missouri, renewed the sales tax to provide funding for the fight against illegal drugs and violent crime in our community; and,
WHEREAS, the proceeds and interest generated from this tax are deposited in a special Jackson County Anti-Crime Sales Tax Trust Fund that is segregated and not commingled with the general fund or any other special funds of the County; and,
WHEREAS, the voters and the Legislature authorized the Prosecuting Attorney, subject to approval by the Legislature, to contract with any organization or entity, whether public or private, which engages in anti-drug and anti-violent crime treatment activities; and,
WHEREAS, the COMBAT Commission solicited proposals from community agencies seeking to provide anti-drug and anti-violent crime treatment activities and services; and,
WHEREAS, these proposals were evaluated by outside reviewers who made funding recommendations to the Commission; and,
WHEREAS, after review of the outside evaluators’ recommendations, the COMBAT Commission has recommended that the Prosecuting Attorney be authorized to execute agreements with certain outside agencies engaged in anti-drug and anti-violent crime treatment activities for services from January 1, 2021, to December 31, 2021, as set out below:
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COMBAT Treatment Agency |
AMOUNT |
|
Amethyst Place |
80,000 |
|
Benilde Hall |
366,650 |
|
Children’s Mercy Hospital |
60,000 |
|
Comprehensive Mental Health Services |
475,000 |
|
Cornerstones of Care |
240,619 |
|
Crittenton Children’s Center |
112,464 |
|
Guadalupe Center, Inc. |
109,770 |
|
Healing House, Inc. |
291,614 |
|
Heartland Center for Behavioral Change |
333,043 |
|
Hope House, Inc. |
40,000 |
|
KC CARE Health Center |
100,286 |
|
Mattie Rhodes Center |
79,736 |
|
Plaza Academy |
25,000 |
|
ReDiscover |
487,132 |
|
reStart, Inc |
77,916 |
|
Rose Brooks Center |
80,000 |
|
Sheffield Place |
88,100 |
|
Sisters in Christ |
275,500 |
|
Swope Health Services |
142,500 |
|
TMC Project Rise |
210,450 |
|
Truman Medical Center, Inc. |
120,000 |
|
Welcome House, Inc. |
200,000 |
|
|
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|
TOTAL |
3,995,780 |
|
|
|
and,
WHEREAS, the execution of agreements for the services of these agencies, in the amounts indicated, is in the best interests of the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of Jackson County; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Prosecuting Attorney be and is hereby authorized to execute agreements with the outside agencies listed above, in the respective amounts indicated, in forms to be approved by the County Counselor; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Finance and Purchasing be and is hereby authorized to make all payments, including final payment on the agreements.
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. 20599 of January 4, 2021, was duly passed on January 25, 2021 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
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: 008 4404 56789
ACCOUNT TITLE: Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund
COMBAT Treatment
Outside Agency Funding
NOT TO EXCEED: $3,995,780.00
________________________ ________________________________
Date Interim Chief Administrative Officer