Jackson County Missouri - File #: 5748

• File #: 5748
• Version: 0
• Name: Drug Task Force JAG - Forensic equipment & software
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/1/2023
• In control: Finance and Audit Committee
• On agenda: 6/5/2023
• Final action: 6/15/2023
• Title: AN ORDINANCE appropriating $32,454.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2023 Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund in acceptance of grant funds and awarding a contract for the furnishing of mobile forensic equipment and software to Grayshift, LLC, of Atlanta, GA, as a sole source purchase.
• Sponsors: Megan L. Marshall
• Related files: 5653

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/15/2023	0	County Legislature	adopt	Pass
6/15/2023	0	County Legislature	Consent Agenda
6/12/2023	0	County Legislature	perfect	Pass
6/12/2023	0	Finance and Audit Committee	recommend for perfection	Pass
6/12/2023	0	County Legislature	Consent Agenda
6/6/2023	0	County Legislature	Go To 1st Perfection	Pass
6/5/2023	0	County Legislature	assign to committee

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $32,454.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2023 Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund in acceptance of grant funds and awarding a contract for the furnishing of mobile forensic equipment and software to Grayshift, LLC, of Atlanta, GA, as a sole source purchase.


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ORDINANCE NO. 5748, June 5, 2023

INTRODUCED BY Megan L. Marshall, County Legislator


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WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, has awarded the Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Force an Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance (JAG) Grant in the amount of $333,081.00, for the period July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023; and,

WHEREAS, on May 1, 2023, the Jackson County Drug Task Force received an additional $32,454.00 in additional JAG grant funds, to be used for the purchase of software mobile forensics tools and software system; and,

WHEREAS, Grayshift, GrayKey and ArtifactIQ are proprietary software tools developed and available exclusively from Grayshift, LLC, of Atlanta, GA, that allow for the extraction and analysis of data from mobile devices such as cell phones and tablets to aid law enforcement personnel in their investigations; and,

WHEREAS, the Officer-in-Charge of the Drug Task Force, after thorough research and investigation has been unable to locate other forensic tools or software products as capable as those described above available from Grayshift, LLC; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to 1030.1 of the Jackson County Code, the Director of Finance and Purchasing recommends the award of a contract for GrayKey and ArtifactIQ mobile forensics tools and a software system to Grayshift, LLC, of Atlanta, GA, as a sole source; and,

WHEREAS, an appropriation is necessary in order to place the grant funds required for this purchase in the proper spending accounts; now therefore,

BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriat...