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:
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AGENCY |
AMOUNT |
|
Footprints |
$49,936 |
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Hillcrest of Mid-America |
$25,000 |
|
Hope House |
$20,000 |
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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 |
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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 Jackson County; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriation is necessary to fund a portion of these Agreements; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation be and hereby is made:
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DEPARTMENT/DIVISION |
CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION |
FROM |
TO |
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Homeless Assistance Fund |
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|
|
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043-9999 |
32810- Undesignated Fund Balance |
$136,736 |
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Housing Resource Commission 043-7001 |
56789- Outside Agency Funding |
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$136,736 |
and,
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the County Executive be, and hereby is, authorized to execute Cooperative Agreements with the organizations in the amounts indicated, all for the purpose of providing assistance to homeless persons, in a form to be approved by the County Counselor; and,
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Director of Finance and Purchasing be, and hereby is, authorized to make all payments, including final payments on these agreements.
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. 5510 introduced on May 17, 2021, was duly passed on May 24, 2021 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _______8________ Nays _______0_______
Abstaining ____0_______ Absent ______1_______
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. 5510.
____________________ ________________________________
Date Frank White, Jr., County Executive
Fiscal Note
Funds sufficient for this appropriation are available from the source indicated below.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 043 9999 32810
ACCOUNT TITLE: Homeless Assistance Fund
Undesignated Fund Balance
NOT TO EXCEED: $136,736.00
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: 043 7001 56789
ACCOUNT TITLE: Homeless Assistance Fund
Housing Resources Commission
Outside Agency Funding
NOT TO EXCEED: $461,736.00
________________________ ________________________________
Date Chief Administrative Officer