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ORDINANCE NO. 980347
Accepting
$697,187.00 in grants and contributions from the Missouri Department of Public
Safety, Jackson County and the Kansas City, Missouri School District for
renewal of the KC In-School Anti-Truancy Project; estimating and appropriating
$836,624.00 to the KC In-School Anti-Truancy Project; authorizing execution of
cooperative agreements with the Jackson County Prosecutors Office, the Kansas
City, Missouri School District and the Jackson County Family Court; and
directing the City Clerk to file the cooperative agreements with the
appropriate offices.
WHEREAS,
Ordinance Nos. 961523 and 961656 accepted a grant from the Missouri Department
of Public Safety, established a community collaborative with the Kansas City,
Missouri School District, the Jackson County Prosecutors Office, the Kansas
City Police Department, and the Family Court to combat truancy and directed the
Director of Neighborhood and Community Services to enter into agreements to
implement an anti-truancy program; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE
IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
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1. That the City is authorized to accept a $278,875.00 grant from the Missouri
Department of Public Safety, a $139,437.00 contribution in grant matching funds
from Jackson County, and a $278,875.00 contribution in matching funds from the
Kansas City, Missouri School District.
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2. That the Mayor is authorized to execute all documents required for the
receipt of the grant from the State of Missouri.
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3. That the revenues in the following account of the General Fund are hereby
estimated in the following amounts:
98-100-057-7129 Missouri
Department of Public Safety Grant $278,875.00
98-100-057-8078 Contribution
from Jackson County Drug Tax 139,437.00
98-100-057-8079 Contribution
from Kansas City, Missouri School District 278,875.00
TOTAL
$697,187.00
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4. That the revenues in the following account of the General Fund are hereby
reestimated in the following additional amount:
98-100-012-5320 Telephone
Companies $139,437.00
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5. That the sum of $139,437.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated
Fund Balance of the General Fund to the following account in the General Fund:
98-100-057-2089-B KC
In-School Anti-Truancy Project $836,624.00
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6. That the Director of Neighborhood and Community Services is hereby
designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. 98-100-057-2089-B.
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7. That the Director of Neighborhood and Community Services is hereby
authorized to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Kansas City, Missouri
School District in an amount not to exceed $714,226.00 from funds previously
appropriated to Account No. 98-100-057-2089-B, to provide a project
coordinator, parent-teacher liaisons, attendance response clerks, tutors, and
program services. A copy of such agreement, in substantial form, is attached
hereto and made a part hereof.
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8. That the Director of Neighborhood and Community Services is hereby
authorized to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Jackson County
Prosecutors Office in an amount not to exceed $54,060.00 from funds previously
appropriated to Account No. 98-100-057-2089-B, to provide a full-time
prosecutor and paralegal and services to students and their families. A copy
of such agreement, in substantial form, is attached hereto and made a part
hereof.
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9. That the Director of Neighborhood and Community Services is hereby
authorized to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Jackson County Family
Court in an amount not to exceed $68,338.00 from funds previously appropriated
to Account No. 98-100-057-2089-B, to provide two assessors and student and
family assessment services. A copy of such agreement, in substantial form, is
attached hereto and made a part hereof.
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10. That the Director of Finance is hereby authorized to close project
accounts upon project completion and return the unspent portion of the
appropriation to the Refund of Prior Year Revenues, and any remaining matching
fund balances will be returned to their source.
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11. That the City Clerk is hereby directed to cause copies of these
cooperative agreements to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State of
Missouri and in the office of the Recorder of Deeds for Jackson County,
Missouri, pursuant to RSMo, Section 70.300 (1994).
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I
hereby certify that there is a balance, otherwise unencumbered, to the credit
of the appropriation to which the foregoing expenditure is to be charged, and a
cash balance, otherwise unencumbered, in the treasury, to the credit of the
fund from which payment is to be made, each sufficient to meet the obligation
hereby incurred.
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Director
of Finance
Approved
as to form and legality:
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Assistant
City Attorney