ORDINANCE NO. [R-2014-00057]

Accepting funds allocated by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, FY 2014 Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) under an agreement with the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office in the amount of $248,114.00; estimating revenue in the amount of $248,114.00 in the Justice Assistance Grant Fund; appropriating it to the FY 2014 Justice Assistance Grant account in the Justice Assistance Grant Fund; transferring $149,571.00 to the Police Department’s KCPDU accounting unit; authorizing cooperative agreements with the Board of Police Commissioners, and the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office; designating requisitioning authorities and recognizing an emergency.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the Mayor and Council acknowledge and accept the funds allocated by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance and provided under an agreement with the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office, from the 2013 Justice Assistance Grant in the amount of $248,114.00.

Section 2. That the revenue in the following account of the 2014 Justice Assistance Grant Fund is hereby estimated in the following amount:

14-2410-570001-476045 Justice Assistance Grant $248,114.00

Section 3. That $248,114.00 is appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Justice Assistance Grant Fund to the following accounts:  

14-2410-575301-B-G57JAG14 Justice Assistance Grant $ 98,543.00

14-2410-129996-X Transfer to KCPDU 149,571.00

TOTAL $248,114.00 

Section 4. That the revenue in the following account in the KCPDU Justice Assistance Grant Fund is estimated in the following additional amount:

KCPDU-14-2410-210000-599900 Transfer from KCMBU $149,571.00

  Section 5. That $149,571.00 is appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Justice Assistance Grant Fund to the following account:

KCPDU-14-2410-212642-B Justice Assistance Grant $149,571.00

Section 6. That the Director of Neighborhoods and Housing Services is authorized to execute, on behalf of the City, a Cooperative Agreement with the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office in the amount of $248,114.00. The Cooperative Agreement is approved in substantial form, as that on file with the City Clerk. 

Section 7. That the Director of Neighborhoods and Housing Services is designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. 14-2410-575301 and the Board of Police Commissioners is designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. 14-2410-212642.

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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