IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION authorizing the Director of Finance and Purchasing to execute a nine-year lease with Arghom, LLC, of Kansas City, MO, for office space for the State of Missouri Public Defender’s Children’s Defense Team, at a cost to the County not to exceed $21,115.00 for 2021.
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RESOLUTION NO. 20718, July 12, 2021
INTRODUCED BY Ronald E. Finley, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, pursuant to section 600.040, RSMo, Jackson County is obligated to provide office space for use by the Public Defender’s Office; and,
WHEREAS, the Public Defender’s Office is in need of additional space for its specialized Children’s Defense Team, which cannot be adequately accommodated in the Office’s existing space in the Oak Tower Building; and,
WHEREAS, the Director of Finance and Purchasing has solicited written bids on Request for Proposals No. 10-21 for the furnishing of downtown office space for the Public Defender’s Office’s Children’s Defense Team; and,
WHEREAS, a total of thirteen notifications were distributed and one response was received from Arghom, LLC, of Kansas City, MO, for space in the Argyle on 12th Building, 306 E. 12th St., Kansas City, MO; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to section 1054.6 of the Jackson County Code, the Director of Finance and Purchasing recommends the award of a contract for the lease of office space for a period of nine-years for use by the State of Missouri Public Defender’s Children’s Defense Team to Arghom, LLC, of Kansas City, MO, as the lowest and best proposal received, at an actual cost to the County for 2021 not to exceed $21,115.00, with rental payments for future years subject to annual appropriation; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that award be made as recommended by the Director of Finance and Purchasing and that the Director be and hereby is authorized to execute the attached lease agreement with Arghom, LLC, of Kansas City, Missouri, and any other documents necessary to the accomplishment of the award; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Finance and Purchasing is authorized to make all payments, including final payment on the lease, to the extent sufficient appropriations to the using spending agency are contained in the then current Jackson County budget.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 20718 of July 12, 2021, was duly passed on __________________________________, 2021 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _________________ Nays _____________
Abstaining _____________ Absent ____________
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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: 001 3003 56620
ACCOUNT TITLE: General Fund
Public Defender
Rent- Buildings
NOT TO EXCEED: $21,115.00
Funds for future years’ obligations are subject to appropriation in the then current budget.
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Date Chief Administrative Officer