IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION awarding a seven-month contract for restorative justice program services for use by the Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office to the Center for Conflict Resolution of Kansas City, Missouri at an actual cost to the County in the amount of $30,000.00, as a sole source purchase.
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RESOLUTION NO. 21845, January 27, 2025
INTRODUCED BY Venessa Huskey, and Donna Peyton, County Legislators
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WHEREAS, by Ordinance 5466, dated November 30, 2020, the Legislature did authorize the acceptance of the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office Innovative Prosecution for Combating Violent Crimes grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice; and,
WHEREAS, using that grant, Resolution 20774, dated October 4, 2021, awarded a contract to the Center for Conflict Resolution (CCR) for restorative justice program services and conflict resolution training to operate neighborhood accountability boards that served as a diversion mechanism for felony-level cases; and,
WHEREAS, the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office will use the same grant to continue efforts to send criminal cases to Neighborhood Accountability Boards, which are trained and staffed by CCR; and,
WHEREAS, the Center for Conflict Resolution is the only full-scope conflict resolution and restorative justice organization in the Kansas City metropolitan area; and,
WHEREAS, for these reasons and pursuant to section 1030.1 of the Jackson County Code, 1984, the Director of Finance and Purchasing recommends the award of a contract to Center for Conflict Resolution of Kansas City, Missouri, as a sole source purchase, at a total cost to the County not to exceed $30,000.00 for 2025; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that award be made as recommended by the Director of Finance and Purchasing and Prosecuting Attorney, and that the Prosecuting Attorney be and hereby is authorized to execute for the County any documents necessary for the accomplishment of the award; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Finance and Purchasing is authorized to make all payments, including final payment, on the contract, to the extent that sufficient appropriations to the using spending agency are contained in the then current 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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County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 21845 of January 27, 2025, was duly passed on February 3, 2025 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ______7_________ Nays ______1________
Abstaining ____0_____ Absent ______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: 010 4101 56790
ACCOUNT TITLE: Grant Fund
Prosecuting Attorney
Other Contractual Services
NOT TO EXCEED: $30,000.00
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Date Chief Administrative Officer