ORDINANCE NO. 090747

 

Accepting funds allocated by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, FY 2009-10 Recovery Act: Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) in the amount of $4,345,677.00; estimating revenue in the amount of $4,345,677.00 in the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act Fund (ARRA); authorizing cooperative agreements with the Board of Police Commissioners ($2,550,000.00), County of Jackson ($1,130,734.01), City of Blue Springs ($43,276.00), City of Grandview (90,600.00), City of Independence ($416,745.99), City of Raytown ($41,572.00), City of Lees Summit ($62,699.00), and the City of Sugar Creek ($10,050.00); directing the City Clerk to file certain documents with the appropriate offices; estimating revenue and appropriating $2,550,000.00 in the General Fund of the Kansas City Police Department Business Unit; and designating requisitioning authority.

 

WHEREAS, the City of Kansas City, Missouri joined seven other local agencies in a joint application that brought more than $4.34 million in funding to the metro area from the U.S. Department of Justice through the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act; and

 

WHEREAS, the City of Kansas City, Missouri will be the administrator of the grant, $2.55 million of which will go to the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department to cover personnel expenses; 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 2009 Byrne ARRA Formula Grant Fund in the amount of $4,345,677.00.

 

Section 2. That the revenue in the following account of the 2009 ARRA Stimulus Fund is hereby estimated in the following amount:

 

KCMBU-10-2530-570001-479979 Federal Stimulus Grant $4,345,677.00

 

Section 3. That the appropriation in the following accounts of the Justice Assistance Grant are increased by the following amount:

 

KCMBU-10-2530-575301-A Justice Assistance Grant $2,550,000.00

KCMBU-10-2530-575301-B Justice Assistance Grant 1,795,677.00

TOTAL $4,345,677.00

 

Section 4. That the Acting Director of Neighborhood and Community Services is authorized to execute, on behalf of the City, a Cooperative Agreement with the Board of Police Commissioners in the amount of $2,550,000.00 using funds appropriated to Account No. 10-2530-575301-A. The Cooperative Agreement is approved, in substantial form, as that on file with the City Clerk.

 

Section 5. That the Acting Director of Neighborhood and Community Services is authorized to execute, on behalf of the City, a Cooperative Agreement with the County of Jackson County, Missouri, in the amount of $1,130,734.01 using funds appropriated to Account No. 10-2530-575301-B. The Cooperative Agreement is approved, in substantial form, as that on file with the City Clerk.

 

Section 6. That the Acting Director of Neighborhood and Community Services is authorized to execute, on behalf of the City, a Cooperative Agreement with the City of Blue Springs in the amount of $43,276.00 using funds appropriated to Account No. 10-2530-575301-B. The Cooperative Agreement is approved in substantial form, as that on file with the City Clerk.

 

Section 7. That the Acting Director of Neighborhood and Community Services is authorized to execute, on behalf of the City, a Cooperative Agreement with the City of Grandview in the amount of $90,600.00 using funds appropriated to Account No. 10-2530-575301-B. The Cooperative Agreement is approved in substantial form, as that on file with the City Clerk.

 

Section 8. That the Acting Director of Neighborhood and Community Services is authorized to execute, on behalf of the City, a Cooperative Agreement with the City of Independence, in the amount of $416,745.99 using funds appropriated in Account No. 10-2530-575301-B. The Cooperative Agreement is approved, in substantial form, as that on file with the City Clerk.

 

Section 9. That the Acting Director of Neighborhood and Community Services is authorized to execute, on behalf of the City, a Cooperative Agreement with the City of Raytown, in the amount of $41,572.00 using funds appropriated in Account No. 10-2530-575301-B. The Cooperative Agreement is approved, in substantial form, as that on file with the City Clerk.

 

Section 10. That the Acting Director of Neighborhood and Community Services is authorized to execute, on behalf of the City, a Cooperative Agreement with the City of Lees Summit in the amount of $62,699.00 using funds appropriated to Account No. 10-2530-575301-B. The Cooperative Agreement is approved in substantial form, as that on file with the City Clerk.

 

Section 11. That the Acting Director of Neighborhood and Community Services is authorized to execute, on behalf of the City, a Cooperative Agreement with the City of Sugar Creek in the amount of $10,050.00 using funds appropriated to Account No. 10-2530-575301-B. The Cooperative Agreement is approved in substantial form, as that on file with the City Clerk.

 

Section 12. That revenue in the amount of $2,550,000.00 is estimated in the following account of the General Fund:

 

KCPDU-10-1000-210000-479979 Federal Stimulus Grants $2,550,000.00

 

Section 13. That the sum of $2,550,000.00 is appropriated in the following account of the General Fund:

 

KCPDU-10-1000-212703-A Byrne JAG Recovery Formula

Grant $2,550,000.00

 

Section 14. That the Acting Director of Neighborhood and Community Services is designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. KCMBU-10-2530-575301, and the Board of Police Commissioners is designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. KCPDU-10-1000-212703.

 

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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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Jeffrey A. Yates

Director of Finance

 

Approved as to form and legality:

 

 

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Kathy Adams

Assistant City Attorney