IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE partially rescinding Resolution 20599, dated January 4, 2021, transferring $1,475,870.00 within the 2021 Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund, and authorizing the Prosecuting Attorney to execute agreements with certain outside agencies which are engaged in anti-crime and anti-violence prevention activities and purposes, at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $1,475,870.00.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5511, May 17, 2021
INTRODUCED BY Theresa Cass Galvin, 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-crime and anti-violence prevention activities and purposes; and,
WHEREAS, the COMBAT Commission solicited proposals from community agencies seeking through various means to provide anti-crime and anti-violence prevention activities and services; 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-crime and anti-violence prevention activities and purposes, focusing on youth employment and domestic violence, for services through December 31, 2021, as set out below:
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AGENCY |
AMOUNT |
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Arts Tech |
$54,886 |
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Blue Hills |
55,086 |
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Bridge Leadership Academy |
58,179 |
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Calvary Community Outreach Network |
17,432 |
|
Community Services League |
43,103 |
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Cornerstones of Care |
88,194 |
|
Delasalle Education Center |
146,361 |
|
Grace United Community Ministries |
14,636 |
|
Healing House, Inc. |
43,624 |
|
Heart of America Council BSA |
58,493 |
|
Hickman Mills Coalition |
83,280 |
|
Hope House, Inc |
69,851 |
|
Housing Services of Kansas City |
48,274 |
|
Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council |
7,318 |
|
KC Common Good |
18,295 |
|
Mattie Rhodes Center |
41,054 |
|
Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault (MOCSA) |
49,763 |
|
Newhouse |
70,002 |
|
Operation Breakthrough |
54,886 |
|
reStart, Inc |
173,149 |
|
Rose Brooks Center |
47,286 |
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Sisters in Christ |
43,908 |
|
Transition Zone, Inc. |
133,924 |
|
Youth Guidance |
54,886 |
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|
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TOTAL |
$1,475,870 |
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|
|
and,
WHEREAS, a transfer is now necessary to fund a portion of the recommendations; and,
WHEREAS, a portion of the funding required for the recommended agreements is available from the $100,286.00 previously awarded to the KC CARE Health Center by Resolution 20599, dated January 4, 2021, inasmuch as the KC CARE Health Center has notified the County that it has declined the award; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following transfer be and hereby are made:
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DEPARTMENT/DIVISION |
CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION |
FROM |
TO |
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|
|
|
|
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COMBAT (LESBI) 008-4403 |
56005- Community Crime Prevention |
$143,600 |
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COMBAT Treatment 008-4404 |
56789- Outside Agency Funding |
$243,096 |
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|
008-4404 |
56790- Other Contractual Services |
$1,089,174 |
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|
COMBAT Prevention 008-4402 |
56005- Community Crime Prevention |
|
$1,475,870 |
and,
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Prosecuting Attorney be, and is hereby authorized to execute agreements with the identified outside agencies in the respective amounts indicated, in forms to be approved by the County Counselor; and,
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Department of Finance and Purchasing be, and is hereby authorized to make all payments, including final payment on the agreements; and,
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the portion of Resolution 20599, dated January 4, 2021, that awarded a contract to the KC CARE Health Center be, and hereby is rescinded.
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. 5511 introduced on May 17, 2021, was duly passed on June 14, 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. 5511.
____________________ ________________________________
Date Frank White, Jr., County Executive
Fiscal Note
Funds sufficient for this transfer are available from the sources indicated below.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 008 4403 56005
ACCOUNT TITLE: Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund
COMBAT (LESBI)
Community Crime Prevention
NOT TO EXCEED: $143,600.00
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 008 4404 56789
ACCOUNT TITLE: Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund
COMBAT Treatment
Outside Agency Funding
NOT TO EXCEED: $243,096.00
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 008 4404 56790
ACCOUNT TITLE: Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund
COMBAT Treatment
Other Contractual Services
NOT TO EXCEED: $1,089,174.00
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: 008 4402 56005
ACCOUNT TITLE: Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund
COMBAT Prevention
Community Crime Prevention
NOT TO EXCEED: $1,475,870.00
_________________ ________________________________
Date Chief Administrative Officer