IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $40,150.00 from the unappropriated surplus of the 2004 Health Fund and authorizing the County Executive to execute an Agreement for Medical Examiner Services with Cass County, Missouri, for compensation payable to Jackson County in the amount of $80,000.00.
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ORDINANCE # 3472, March 8, 2004
INTRODUCED BY Robert A. Stringfield, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, Cass County, Missouri, a county of the first class, pursuant to §§ 58.700 and 58.705, RSMo 2000, desires to appoint a physician duly licensed by the Missouri state board of healing arts as Cass County's medical examiner; and,
WHEREAS, § 58.765, RSMo 2000, authorizes any two or more counties to, by contract, join in the appointment of a county medical examiner to serve all such counties and requires the counties' governing bodies to approve the contract, administer the appointment, and allocate the costs among the counties; and,
WHEREAS, Thomas Young, M.D., the duly appointed medical examiner of Jackson County, is fully qualified, ready, and willing to continue to serve as Cass County's Medical Examiner as well; and,
WHEREAS, the Jackson County Medical Examiner and administration and Cass County have agreed on an equitable arrangement for the funding of a joint medical examiner's office to be located at the site of the current Jackson County Medical Examiner's facility; and,
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of both Jackson and Cass Counties that the counties cooperate in the joint funding and operation of a single medical examiner's office; and,
WHEREAS, the attached Agreement for Medical Examiner Services sets out the rights and obligations of the parties; and,
WHEREAS, in order to provide for the increased costs to the Jackson County Medical Examiner's office of providing this service, an appropriation is necessary; and,
WHEREAS, the County Executive recommends this appropriation as an amendment to her 2004 proposed County budget; and
WHEREAS, the increased costs will be offset by the fee payable to Jackson County under the Agreement; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation be and hereby is made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
Health Fund
New Revenue $40,150
Medical Examiner
002-2001-5010 Regular Salaries $25,710
002-2001-5030 Overtime Salaries $9,000
002-2001-5040 FICA $2,660
002-2001-5050 Pension $2,780
therefore,
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute the attached Agreement, for Medical Examiner Services with Cass County, Missouri.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its signature by the County Executive.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Acting County Counselor
I hereby certify that the attached Ordinance, Ordinance # 3472 introduced on March 8, 2004 was duly passed on _______March 29___________________, 2004 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _______7________ Nays ______0_______
Abstaining ____0_______ Absent _____2_______
This Ordinance is hereby transmitted to the County Executive for her signature.
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
I hereby approve the attached Ordinance # 3472.
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Date Katheryn J. Shields, County Executive
Fiscal Note
Funds sufficient for this appropriation are available from the source indicated below.
ACCOUNT TITLE: Health Fund - New Revenue
NOT TO EXCEED: $40,150.00
Date Director of the Department of Finance