The Jefferson City Council on Monday approved an interlocal agreement between the city and Cole and Boone counties that would allow all three entities to jointly apply for a grant to benefit 911 centers.
The approved bill allows the three entities to enter into an agreement for a joint funding allocation of the 2020 Winter Grant Program through the Missouri 911 Service Board.
The city and Cole County would be applying for $61,570 to be used for improvements to the 911 center. Boone County would apply for and receive $35,970. The grant does not require a local match.
Lt. Chad Stieferman, of the Jefferson City Police Department, said the money would be used to purchase interfacing software for the 911 center which would allow them to share computerized dispatching information between the Jefferson City center and the Boone County center, because the two serve as each other's back up and call overload centers.
"It's just a much more efficient way to virtually consolidate those centers," Stieferman said.
Stieferman said the grant funds would be deposited to Cole County, and the bill also covers the transfer of the funds from Cole County to the city.
The council suspended the rules on the bill and voted on it after introducing it Monday due to the grant application deadline.
In other business, the council approved a $125,000 supplemental appropriation from the general fund, parks fund, parking fund, transit fund and wastewater fund into the self-funded health insurance fund.
To total $125,000, $89,750 will be transferred from the general fund; $15,250 will come from the parks fund; $1,375 from the parking fund; $7,750 from the transit fund; and $10,875 from the wastewater fund.
City Finance Director Margie Mueller said they have received a few large insurance claims at the end of the fiscal year, and the supplemental will make sure the fund balance is positive for the end of the fiscal year.
The council suspended the rules and voted on the bill Monday during the same meeting it was introduced.
Also on Monday, city staff introduced a supplemental construction agreement with Burns & McDonnell for construction services associated with the replacement of some airfield lighting at Jefferson City Memorial Airport.
In January 2020, the council approved a contract with Burns & McDonnell to design the replacement airfield lighting after the previous field lighting was damaged by flooding in 2019. The new agreement would keep them involved to oversee construction.
Construction will be funded 100 percent by $30,300 in grant funds from the State Aviation Trust Fund through the Missouri Department of Transportation.