ORDINANCE NO. 980294

Authorizing the Mayor to accept a $2,615,667.00 federal crime prevention grant; estimating and appropriating revenue in the amount of $45,875.67; accepting a $43,000.00 contribution in matching funds from Jackson County; accepting a $201,754.00 contribution in matching funds from the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners; estimating revenue in the total amount of $3,040,504.90; appropriating revenue in the amount of $3,040,505.57; designating requisitioning authority; approving $439,900.00 cooperative agreements with Jackson County and $1,475,000.00 cooperative agreements with the Board of Police Commissioners for various law enforcement and crime prevention programs; and directing the City Clerk to file the agreements.

WHEREAS, Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 970264 authorized the Mayor to accept a 1996 Local Law Enforcement Block Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance in the amount of $2,586,958.00, and permitted the City to enter into a crime prevention collaborative with the Jackson County Prosecutors Office and the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners for local law enforcement and crime prevention initiatives; and

WHEREAS, Resolution No. 970982 supported the application of the 1997/1998 Local Law Enforcement Block Grant to support the City and community crime prevention efforts; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the Mayor is hereby authorized to accept a grant from the United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, in the amount of $2,615,667.00 for the period from October 1, 1997 through September 30, 1999.

Section 2. That the revenue in the following account of the General Fund is hereby estimated in the following additional amount:

98-100-021-8520 Recovery of Prior Years Revenues $ 201,754.00

Section 3. That the sum of $247,629.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Fund to the following account in the General Fund:

98-100-012-9460-B Transfer to Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Fund $ 247,629.00

Section 4. That the revenues in the following accounts of the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Fund are hereby estimated in the following amounts:

98-241-057-6000 98-Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Interest $ 134,208.90

98-241-012-1100 Transfer from the General Fund 247,629.00

98-241-057-8730 99-Local Law Enforcement Block Grant-Bureau of 2,615,667.00

Justice Assistance

98-241-057-8170 99-Local Law Enforcement Block Grant-Jackson 43,000.00

County Match

TOTAL $3,040,504.90

Section 5. That the sum of $3,040,505.57 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Fund to the following accounts in the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Fund:

98-241-057-2530 Jackson County Prosecutors Office $ 50,000.00

98-241-021-2845 99-Local Law Enforcement Block Grant-BJA 67,500.00

98-241-021-2846 99-Local Law Enforcement Block Grant-Match 7,500.00

98-241-057-2500 Neighborhood Assistance Center 9,208.90

SUB-TOTAL $ 134,208.90

98-241-057-2530 Jackson County Prosecutors Office $ 389,900.00

98-241-057-2500 Neighborhood Assistance Center 670,982.67

98-241-057-2700 Regulated Industries 445,414.00

SUB-TOTAL $1,506,296.67

98-241-021-2847-A 99-Local Law Enforcement Block Grant-BJA $ 261,000.00

98-241-021-2847-B 99-Local Law Enforcement Block Grant-BJA 9,000.00

98-241-021-2847-E 99-Local Law Enforcement Block Grant-BJA 990,000.00

98-241-021-2848-A 99-Local Law Enforcement Block Grant-Match 29,000.00

98-241-021-2848-B 99-Local Law Enforcement Block Grant-Match 1,000.00

98-241-021-2848-E 99-Local Law Enforcement Block Grant-Match 110,000.00

SUB-TOTAL $1,400,000.00

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TOTAL $3,040,505.57

Section 6. That the Director of Neighborhood and Community Services is hereby designated as requisitioning authority for Account Nos. 98-241-057-2530, 98-241-057-2500, and 98-241-057-2700, and that the Board of Police Commissioners is hereby designated as requisitioning authority for Account Nos. 98-241-021-2845, 98-241-021-2846, 98-241-021-2847 and 98-241-021-2848.

Section 7. That the Director of Neighborhood and Community Services is authorized to execute on behalf of the City cooperative agreements with the Jackson County Prosecutors Office in the amounts of $389,900.00 and $50,000.00 for the COMBAT Program for neighborhood justice programming, landlord tenant training, drug court programming and technological enhancements. The cooperative agreement is approved in substantial form as that on file with the City Clerk.

Section 8. That the Director of Neighborhood and Community Services is authorized to execute on behalf of the City cooperative agreements with the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners in the amounts of $1,400,000.00 and $75,000.00 for various law support enforcement activities. The cooperative agreement is approved in substantial form as that on file with the City Clerk.

Section 9. That the City Clerk is hereby directed to cause a copy 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