IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute an Agreement for Services with the Mid-America Local Emergency Planning Committee and the Mid-America Regional Council.
Intro
RESOLUTION # 15580, August 1, 2005
INTRODUCED BY Rhonda L. Shoemaker, 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 grants 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 and 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, the Jackson County Legislature did, by Resolution 15107, dated July 19, 2004, authorize the County Executive to execute the FY 2004-2005 Agreement for services; and,
WHEREAS, MARC has requested that the County Executive execute an agreement for FY 2005-2006 as continued grant funding is contingent upon said agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A; 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 Services with 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 FY2005-2006 Agreement on the County's behalf.
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 # 15580 of August 1, 2005 was duly passed on ___________August 1________________, 2005 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ________6_________ Nays ____0_______
Abstaining _____0______ Absent _____3_______
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature