ORDINANCE NO. 220973
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Sponsor: Director of the Law Department
Estimating and appropriating $522,090.40 in the General Grants Fund; and designating requisitioning authority.
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WHEREAS, the Bureau of Justice Assistance sought applications for funding to support efforts by state, local, and federally recognized American Indian tribal governments to establish and enhance community courts in their jurisdictions through its FY 2022 Community Courts Initiative; and
WHEREAS, community courts are neighborhood-focused court programs that combine the power of the community and the justice system to address local problems; and
WHEREAS, community courts connect persons committing less serious crimes - often misdemeanor cases - to judicially supervised social services that aim to eradicate root causes of crime; and
WHEREAS, the City of Kansas City submitted an application to receive funding to support the planning and implementation of community courts in Kansas City on June 27, 2022; and
WHEREAS, the City of Kansas City was awarded $522,090.40 to support its planning and implementation of community courts within the municipality; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the revenue in the following account of the General Grants Fund is hereby estimated in the following amount:
23-2580-130001-478295-G13EICC22 Early Intervention Comm.
Court Grant $522,090.40
Section 2. That the amount of $522,090.40 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Grants Fund to the following accounts in the General Grants Fund:
23-2580-135703-A-G13EICC22 Early Intervention Comm. Court Grant $414,297.00
23-2580-135703-B-G13EICC22 Early Intervention Comm. Court Grant 105,666.00
23-2580-135703-C-G13EICC22 Early Intervention Comm. Court Grant 627.40
23-2580-135703-E-G13EICC22 Early Intervention Comm. Court Grant 1,500.00
TOTAL $522,090.40
Section 3. That the City Attorney is hereby designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. 23-2580-135703.
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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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Tammy L. Queen
Director of Finance
Approved as to form and legality:
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Linda Miller
City Prosecutor