IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION approving an Agreement for Services between the Mid-America Local Emergency Planning Committee and the Mid-America Regional Council.
Intro
RESOLUTION #11976, December 8, 1997
INTRODUCED BY John C. Graham, County Legislator
Body
WHEREAS, Jackson County, together with Cass, Clay, Platte, and Ray Counties, have cooperatively formed a local emergency planning committee (LEPC) under the provisions of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986; and,
WHEREAS, each county receives a grant from the Missouri Emergency Response Commission in accordance with Missouri's Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (RSMo Sections 292.600 to 292.625); and,
WHEREAS, these funds are to be used for programs which support the LEPC's hazardous materials planning, training, and related activities; and,
WHEREAS, each of the five counties, as a member of the LEPC, has entered into an agreement with the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) approving the scope of work by MARC and the LEPC on its behalf; and,
WHEREAS, MARC is a public not-for-profit organization, formed in 1972 by area cities and counties, including the counties that have formed the LEPC, to address issues and problems of mutual concern; and,
WHEREAS, MARC can provide administrative and technical assistance to carry out the scope of work developed for the aforementioned grants; and,
WHEREAS, the attached Agreement for services adequately sets out the rights and obligations of LEPC and MARC in this regard; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the attached Agreement for service between the Mid-America Local Emergency Planning Committee and the Mid-America Regional Council be and hereby is approved; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute the agreement on the County's behalf.
Attorney
Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution #11976 of December 8, 1997 was duly passed on ________December 15______________, 1997 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _______8__________ Nays ______0_____
Abstaining _____0______ Absent _______1_____
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Date Mary Jo Brogoto, Clerk of Legislature