ORDINANCE NO. 220533

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Estimating revenue and appropriating $290,921.99 in the Domestic Violence Grants Fund; authorizing the City Manager to accept a two-year grant in the amount of $290,921.99 from the Missouri Department of Public Safety; and designating requisitioning authority.

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WHEREAS, the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) recognizes that assisting states in providing high quality services that are directly related to the emotional healing and recovery of crime victims is essential; and

WHEREAS, the State of Missouri has awarded the City a VAWA grant to fund 80% of the costs for one full-time Assistant City Prosecutor, one part-time Assistant City Prosecutor, one full-time Domestic Violence Paralegal, and one part-time Domestic Violence Paralegal to aid in the prosecution of domestic violence cases in Municipal Court, the city match will be funded from previously appropriated funds in 1000-132000-A, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the City Manager is hereby authorized to accept a two-year Victims of Crime Act Grant from the Missouri Department of Public Safety in the amount of $290,921.99.

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

23-2470-130001-471240-G13VAWA21 VAWA Grant $290,921.99

Section 3. That the amount of $290,921.99 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Domestic Violence Grants Fund to the following account in the Domestic Violence Grants Fund:

23-2470-135702-A-G13VAWA21 VAWA Grant $290,921.99

Section 4. That the City Attorney is hereby designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. 23-2470-135702.

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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 ...

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