IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute an Agreement for Medical Examiner Services with Platte County, Missouri, for compensation payable to Jackson County in the amount of $63,216.00.
Intro
RESOLUTION # 14933, March 8, 2004
INTRODUCED BY Robert A. Stringfield, County Legislator
Body
WHEREAS, Platte County, Missouri, a county of the first class, is required by §§ 58.700 and 58.705, RSMo 2000, to appoint a physician duly licensed by the Missouri state board of healing arts as Platte 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 Platte County's Medical Examiner as well; and,
WHEREAS, the Jackson County Medical Examiner and administration and Platte 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, which has worked satisfactorily for the past few years; and,
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of both Jackson and Platte 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; therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute the attached Agreement, for Medical Examiner Services with Platte County, Missouri.
Enacted and Approved
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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Acting County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution # 14933 of March 8, 2004 was duly passed on ____________March 22_______________, 2004 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _______7________ Nays ______0________
Abstaining ____0_____ Absent _____2_______
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Date Mary Jo Spino
Clerk of Legislature