ORDINANCE NO. 100243
Authorizing acceptance of funds
allocated by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance,
Office of Justice Programs, 2010-2012 Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) in
the amount of $538,100.00; appropriating and estimating revenue in the amount
of $538,100.00 in the Justice Assistance Grant Fund; authorizing a cooperative
agreement with the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office in the amount of $538,100.00;
and directing the City Clerk to file certain documents with the appropriate
offices.
WHEREAS, the
Neighborhood and Community Services Department will partner with the Kansas
City Police Department, the Kansas City, Missouri Prosecutor’s Office, and the
AIM4Peace initiative to provide crime prevention and education and eliminate blight
in an integrated and targeted manner; and
WHEREAS, grant
funding will be used to establish a Community Engagement Center (CEC) which
will integrate community policing, code enforcement, youth services, social
services and neighborhood engagement; and
WHEREAS, funding
shall be allocated to the Neighborhood and Community Services Department
($151,114.00), the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department ($88,000.00), Kansas
City, Missouri Prosecutor’s Office ($148,986.00), and AIM4Peace ($150,000.00);
NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF
KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That
the Mayor and Council do acknowledge and accept the funds allocated by the U.S.
Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, from the 2010-2012 Justice
Assistance Grant in the amount of $538,100.00.
Section 2. That
the revenue in the following account of the Justice Assistance Grant Fund is
hereby estimated in the following amount:
10-2410-570001-476045 Justice
Assistance Grant $538,100.00
Section 3. That the appropriations in the
following accounts are increased by the following amounts:
10-2410-575301-A Justice
Assistance Grant $328,789.00
10-2410-575301-B Justice
Assistance Grant 100,000.00
10-2410-575301-C Justice
Assistance Grant 21,311.00
10-2410-575301-E Justice
Assistance Grant 88,000.00
TOTAL $538,100.00
Section 4. That
the Acting Director of Neighborhood and Community Services is designated as
requisitioning authority for Account No. 10-2410-575301.
Section 5. That
the Acting Director of Neighborhood and Community Services is authorized to
execute the intergovernmental agreement with Jackson County Prosecutor’s
Office, Jackson County, Missouri in the amount of $538,100.00 in accordance
with the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of
Justice Programs requirements for the use of these grant funds. The
cooperative agreement is approved, in substantial form, as that on file with
the City Clerk.
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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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Randall
J. Landes
Director
of Finance
Approved
as to form and legality:
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Kathy
Adams
Assistant City Attorney