File #: 5491    Version: Name: 2021 CARES Act Fund - JaCo Health Dept.
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 3/4/2021 In control: Budget Committee
On agenda: 3/8/2021 Final action: 3/22/2021
Title: AN ORDINANCE appropriating $3,000,000.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2021 CARES Act Fund to support the Jackson County Health Department, allow the continued employment of contact tracers, increase vaccination efforts and availability, and pay other costs necessary in connection with the fight against the ongoing Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic.
Sponsors: Charlie Franklin
Indexes: 2021 CARES ACT, COVID-19, JACKSON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Attachments: 1. 5491bu.pdf, 2. 5491adopt.pdf
Related files: 5340, 5333, 5369, 5740, 5545, 20986

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

 

Title

AN ORDINANCE appropriating $3,000,000.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2021 CARES Act Fund to support the Jackson County Health Department, allow the continued employment of contact tracers, increase vaccination efforts and availability, and pay other costs necessary in connection with the fight against the ongoing Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic.

 

 

Intro

ORDINANCE NO. 5491, March 8, 2021

 

INTRODUCED BY Charlie Franklin, County Legislator

 

 

Body

 WHEREAS, U.S. President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Missouri Governor Mike Parson, and County Executive Frank White, Jr., have all declared or affirmed, in one form or another, that the ongoing Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic is a public health emergency; and,

 

WHEREAS, the County, through its various efforts, plays a significant role in the public health of its citizens and employees; 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, the Jackson County Health Department will maintain the continued employment of contact tracers to ensure all cases of COVID-19 are appropriately tracked to minimize any further spread of the virus and continue its vaccination efforts within and throughout the entire County; 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        $3,000,000

Jackson County Health

Department

040-2603                                                                     56790-

                                                                                          Other Contractual Services                                                        $3,000,000

 

 

Enacted and Approved

Effective Date: This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its signature by the County Executive.

 

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

 

 

 

______________________________                     ________________________________

Chief Deputy County Counselor                      County Counselor

 

                     I hereby certify that the attached ordinance, Ordinance No. 5491 introduced on March 8, 2021, was duly passed on March 22, 2021 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.

 

 

 

____________________                     ________________________________

Date                     Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature

 

I hereby approve the attached Ordinance No.5491.

 

 

 

____________________                     ________________________________

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:                                          $3,000,000.00

 

 

 

____________________                     ________________________________

Date                     Chief Administrative Officer