Health & Justice Committee
Amendment
March 5, 2007
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute a Cooperative Agreement for Medical Examiner Services with Clay County, Missouri, for compensation payable to Jackson County in the amount of $203,532.75.
Intro
RESOLUTION # 16147, February 5, 2007
INTRODUCED BY Theresa Garza, County Legislator
Body
WHEREAS, Clay 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 Clay 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, Mary H. Dudley, M.D., the duly appointed Chief Medical Examiner of Jackson County, is fully qualified, ready, and willing to serve as Clay County's Medical Examiner as well; and,
WHEREAS, the Jackson County Medical Examiner, Jackson County administration, and Clay 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 Clay Counties that the counties cooperate in the joint funding and operation of a single medical examiner's office; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute a Cooperative Agreement for Medical Examiner Services with Clay County, Missouri, in a form to be approved by the County Counselor, for compensation payable to Jackson County in the amount of $203,532.75.
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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Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution # 16147 of February 5, 2007, was duly passed on March 5, 2007 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ______9_________ Nays ______0________
Abstaining __0_______ Absent _____0_______
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature