IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute a Cooperative Agreement with the University of Missouri - Kansas City, to allow for an allocation to the University of Missouri - Kansas City, to provide health services and aid vaccination efforts in east Kansas City, at an additional cost to the County not to exceed $5,000,000.00 through December 31, 2024.
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RESOLUTION NO. 21090, November 7, 2022
INTRODUCED BY Jalen Anderson and Crystal Williams, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, by Ordinance 5506, dated May 10, 2021, the Legislature appropriated $4,998,014.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2021 CARES Act Fund to allow for an allocation to the University of Missouri - Kansas City, to establish the “Our Healthy Eastside” (OHKCE) Project to provide health services and aid vaccination efforts in east Kansas City and authorizing the County Executive to execute a Cooperative Agreement with the University of Missouri - Kansas City (UMKC), at a cost to the County not to exceed $4,998,014.00; and,
WHEREAS, by Ordinance 5583, dated December 13, 2021, the Legislature changed the funding source for the previous allocation to the University of Missouri - Kansas City from the CARES Act funds to American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds; and,
WHEREAS, with OHKCE Phase II provided by this Resolution, UMKC and community partners will continue the OHKCE project to promote and deliver widespread COVID-19 vaccinations and other health services within Kansas City’s most socially vulnerable community; and,
WHEREAS, OHKCE Phase II will continue to utilize UMKC’s, University Health’s, and the Black Health Care Coalition’s extensive experience in providing health services in community and medical settings in Kansas City’s Eastside; and,
WHEREAS, OHKCE Phase II will increase vaccination rates among the most vulnerable populations and increase preventive health services offered from June 1, 2022, through December 31, 2024; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute a Cooperative Agreement with UMKC for the OHKCE project in east Kansas City, in a form to be approved by he County Counselor; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized to make all payments, including final payments on the Agreement to the extent that sufficient appropriations are available in the 2023 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. 21090 of November 7, 2022, was duly passed on November 21, 2022 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ________8_________ Nays ______0________
Abstaining _____0________ Absent _____1_______
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
Fiscal Note
Funds sufficient for this expenditure are subject to appropriation in the County’s 2023 annual budget.
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Date Chief Administrative Officer