IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the Director of Finance and Purchasing to make a payment to the Mid-America Regional Council for the purchase of automated abandoned 911 call-back software for use by the Kansas City Police Department, in the amount of $120,645.00.
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RESOLUTION NO. 21238, April 17, 2023
INTRODUCED BY Sean E. Smith, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC), the administrator of the region’s call emergency telephone system, has recommended the purchase of automated abandoned 911 call-back software for use by the Kansas City Police Department; and,
WHEREAS, this software will automatically call back any caller to 911 who subsequently hangs-up or abandons the call; and,
WHEREAS, the Kansas City Police Department has a need to use technology to offset its continued difficulty in hiring and retaining 911 dispatchers; and,
WHEREAS, MARC managed the software’s procurement to insure that the technology is consistent across the metropolitan area; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Director of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized to make a payment to MARC for purchase of automated abandoned 911 call-back software, for use by the Kansas City Police Department, in the amount of $120,645.00.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
____________________________ ________________________________
Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 21238 of April 17, 2023, was duly passed on April 24, 2023 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _______9___________ Nays ________0___________
Abstaining _____0__________ Absent _______0___________
______________________ _________________________________
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: 031 5031 56430
ACCOUNT TITLE: E-911 System Fund
Emergency 911 System
Telephone Utility
NOT TO EXCEED: $120,645.00
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Date Chief Administrative Officer