Jackson County Legislature action of June 30, 2008

The Jackson County Legislature met Monday, June 30, 2008, at the Kansas City Legislative Assembly Area at the downtown Jackson County Courthouse, 415 E. 12th St. Amounts are rounded off to nearest dollar

Ordinances approved

• Appropriating $22,700 from the fund balance of the 2008 General Fund to cover costs of a new X-ray scanner.

• Appropriating $34,263 from the fund balance of the 2008 Special Road and Bridge Fund to cover costs of 2007 ETAC computer database annual billing.

• Appropriating $1,400 from the fund balance of the 2008 Grant Fund and authorizing a contract with the Missouri Safety Center in acceptance of the Jackson County Sheriff’s You Drink and Drive, You Lose enforcement grant, awarded by the Missouri Safety Center.

Ordinances held

• Appropriating $33,260 from the fund balance of the 2008 Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund and authorizing the Director of Finance and Purchasing to execute Lease Amendment 4 to the lease with K.C. Partners, LLC, for office space in the Oak Tower Building, for the use and benefit of the Public Defender’s Office, extending the term from July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2015, at a cost not to exceed $1,747,693.

• Authorizing a cooperative agreement with Sarita’Lynne Ministries to co-sponsor the “Hoop it Up in 08” program at a cost not to exceed $500.

Ordinances perfected

• Repealing sections 2060 and 2062 of Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to the payment of residential real property taxes in installments, and enacting, in lieu thereof, two new sections relating to the same subject.

• Appropriating $50,000 from the fund balance of the 2008 Park Fund to cover legal expenses.

• Appropriating $18,194 from the fund balance of the 2008 Grant Fund in acceptance of a grant received from the Office of State Courts Administrator for the Family Court Division’s Domestic Relations Supervised Therapeutic Visitation Program.

Resolutions approved

• Nominating candidates for appointment to the Jackson County Sports Complex Authority.

• Awarding a 24-month extension term and supply contract with a 24-month extension option for the furnishing of bridge maintenance products for use by the Public Works Department to Carter-Waters LLC of Kansas City, Mo., under the terms and conditions of Invitation to Bid No. 16-08.

• Authorizing a cooperative agreement with Sarita’Lynne Ministries to co-sponsor the “Hoop it Up in 08” Program, at a cost not to exceed $500.    

Resolutions held

• Awarding a 10-month contract with two 12-month extension options for the furnishing of International truck parts and service for use by the Public Works Department to KCR International Trucks, Inc. of Kansas City, under the term and conditions set froth in Contract No. EV0208, an existing government contract of the City of Kansas City.

Resolutions introduced (Assigned to committee)

• Authorizing the four year lease/purchase of two 2009 International Truck 7400 cabs and chassis for use by the Public Works Department from Diamond Trucks of Kansas City and Navistar Financial of Schaumburg, Ill., as the leasing agent, under the terms and conditions set forth in the City of Olathe Contract No. 2851-0-2007/RP, an existing government contract, at an annual cost of $33,181 and a total of four-year cost to the County not to exceed $132,725. Assigned to Public Works Committee.

• Awarding a contract for the refinishing of the Jackson County Detention Center’s medical/observational housing unit to Dayco Painting of Grandview, under the terms and conditions of Invitation to Bid No. 20-08, at a cost not to exceed $31,696. Assigned to Health and Environment Committee.

• Authorizing the County Executive to execute Amendment to the Cooperative Agreements with Hope House, New House and Rose Brooks domestic violence shelters in order to provide assistance to victims of domestic violence during 2008, at an aggregate cost to the county not to exceed $89,368. Assigned to the Legislature as a whole.

Compiled by Brad Fischer