IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $136,736.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2021 Homeless Assistance Fund and authorizing the County Executive to execute Cooperative Agreements with certain organizations which provide assistance to homeless persons, at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $461,736.00.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5510, May 17, 2021
INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater III, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, on June 4, 1991, the voters of Jackson County authorized the County Legislature to impose a $3.00 user fee on all instruments recorded with the County's Department of Records, the proceeds of which fee is to be used to provide funds for assistance to homeless persons; and,
WHEREAS, the County actually imposed said fee by Ordinance 1986, dated June 10, 1991; and,
WHEREAS, by enacting sections 9054. through 9059., Jackson County Code, 1984, the Legislature created the Housing Resources Commission and designated the Commission as the agency of the County responsible for determining the allocation and distribution of the proceeds of the user fee to organizations providing services to homeless persons; and,
WHEREAS, the Commission desires to assist certain organizations in the provision of services and has recommended the expenditure of funds to the organizations listed below, all providing assistance to homeless persons in Jackson County:
AGENCY
AMOUNT
Footprints
$49,936
Hillcrest of Mid-America
$25,000
Hope House
$20,000
Legal Aid of Western MO
$50,000
Mother's Refuge
$50,000
Reconciliation Services
$50,000
reStart Inc.
$50,000
River of Refuge
$31,800
Rose Brooks Center
$20,000
Salvation Army of Kansas and Western Missouri
$50,000
Sarita Lynne Ministries
$45,000
Sheffield Place
$20,000
TOTAL
$461,736.00
and,
WHEREAS, the execution of Cooperative Agreements with these agencies in the amounts indicated is in the best interests of the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of Jac...
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