IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute an Extension to the Cooperative Agreement with ArtsKC for the implementation of an arts strategic plan for Jackson County, at a cost to the County not to exceed $250,000.00.
Intro
RESOLUTION NO. 21458, October 30, 2023
INTRODUCED BY Jalen Anderson, Jeanie Lauer, Charlie Franklin, and Sean E. Smith, County Legislators
Body
WHEREAS, by Resolution 20681, dated May 17, 2021, the Legislature authorized the execution of a Cooperative Agreement with ArtsKC to develop and execute a strategic plan for the proposed Arts Council, including, but not limited to, community engagement, infrastructure, and measurement of social and economic outcomes to aid future policy and funding decisions; and,
WHEREAS, ArtsKC submits to the desire of the Legislature to bid for an expansion of their contract in 2024 via an open RFP process to be executed and resolved by the close of 2023; and,
WHEREAS, the execution of an Extension to the Cooperative Agreement, will provide for the implementation and execution of the strategic plan in 2023 at a cost to the County not to exceed $250,000.00; and,
WHEREAS, the execution of such an Extension, is in the best interests of the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of Jackson County; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute an Extension to the Cooperative Agreement with ArtsKC, in a form to be approved by the 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 and Extension.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its signature by the County Executive.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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County Counselor
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 21458, introduced on October 30, 2023, was duly passed on November 28, 2023 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _______8__________ Nays _____0________
Abstaining _____0________ Absent_____0_______
Excused _____1______
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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: 002 1021 56789
ACCOUNT TITLE: Health Fund
Jackson County Arts Commission
Outside Agency Funding
NOT TO EXCEED: $250,000.00
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Date Chief Administrative Officer