IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION transferring $1,522,693.97 within the 2023 E-911 System Fund and authorizing the Director of Finance and Purchasing to issue a check in the amount of $1,522,694.00 for the replacement of the KCPD Unified Computing System to the Kansas City Missouri Police Department.
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RESOLUTION NO. 21366, August 14, 2023
INTRODUCED BY Sean E. Smith, Manuel Abarca IV, Donna Peyton, and Megan L. Marshall, County Legislators
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WHEREAS, the citizens of Jackson County have a need for the emergency 911 system currently operated by the Kansas City Police Department (KCPD); and,
WHEREAS, the KCPD has a computer system, the KCPD Unified Computing System (UCS), that enables KCPD’s Communications Unit 911 CAD system; and,
WHEREAS, the KCPD UCS had a recommended five-year lifespan that was purchased ten years ago; and,
WHEREAS, there is a risk of failure to the system that could cause the shutdown of the Communications Unit 911 CAD system; and,
WHEREAS, a failure could be detrimental and result in a potential safety risk to not only community members who need police response, but also to the responding officers, and a recent failure of the system demonstrated this weakness by requiring call takers to handwrite 911 requests and hand them to dispatchers for emergency response; and,
WHEREAS, the Kansas City Missouri Police Department (KCPD) is respectfully requesting funding from Jackson County for the immediate need and replacement of the KCPD’s Unified Computing System; and,
WHEREAS, as of July 31, 2023, a total of $2,404,926.00 remains available in the FY 2023 allocation for improvements to the County 911 System; and,
WHEREAS, Jackson County has the funding available to purchase new equipment for the KCPD’s UCS to ensure the integrity of the 911 system; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following transfer be and hereby is made:
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DEPARTMENT/DIVISION |
CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION |
FROM |
TO |
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E-911 System Fund Emergency 911 System 031-5031 |
56430- Telephone Utility |
$1,522,694 |
|
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Emergency 911 System 031-5031 |
56070- Intergovernmental Agreements |
|
$1,522,694 |
and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Finance be and hereby is authorized to issue a check to the Kansas City Police Department in the amount not to exceed $1,522,694.00 for the replacement of the KCPD Unified Computing System.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
______________________________
County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 21366 of August 14, 2023, was duly passed on August 21, 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
Funds sufficient for this transfer are available from the sources indicated below.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 031 5031 56430
ACCOUNT TITLE: E-911 System Fund
Emergency 911 System
Telephone Utility
NOT TO EXCEED: $1,522,694.00
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: 031 5031 56070
ACCOUNT TITLE: E-911 System Fund
Emergency 911 System
Intergovernmental Agreements
NOT TO EXCEED: $1,522,694.00
__________________________ ________________________________
Date Chief Administrative Officer