ORDINANCE NO. 230720
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Sponsor: Director of the Health Department
Establishing Fund No. 2190, Marijuana Sales Tax Fund, on the books and record of the City of Kansas City, Missouri; estimating revenue in the amount of $458,000.00 in the Marijuana Sales Tax Fund; appropriating $458,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Violence Prevention portion of the Marijuana Sales Tax Fund to provide additional funding for Aim 4 Peace; and designating requisitioning authority.
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WHEREAS, the Kansas City, Missouri Health Department is committed to improving the quality of life for all Kansas City residents through the reduction and prevention of violence and promotion of peaceful conflict resolution; and
WHEREAS; the Aim4Peace program is a comprehensive public health strategy designed to reduce violence through supporting community and connecting residents to basic services; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 230623 directed the City Manager to identify a funding plan to increase Aim4Peace annual funding allocation to $1.6 million; and
WHEREAS, the Finance Department, in consultation with the Health Department, has determined that the best source of funding would be the Violence Prevention portion of the Marijuana Tax; and
WHEREAS, the Marijuana Tax will be collected beginning October 1, 2023, and the Fiscal Year 2024 partial year collection for violence prevention is estimated to be $500,000.00; and
WHEREAS, for Fiscal Year 2025 and beyond, the Violence Prevention portion of the Marijuana Tax Revenue Fund would be estimated in the amount of $1 million annually and allocated to additional Aim4Peace funding so that $1.6 million will be appropriated for the program; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That Fund No. 2190, Marijuana Sales Tax Fund, is hereby established in the records of the City of Kansas City, Missouri.
Section 2. That the revenue in the following account of the Marijuana Sal...
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