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!ÝÝÝÓÓÑ7€,OXdìXXdì7ÑÓC€ ÿÿ$#CÓààIN€THE€COUNTY€LEGISLATURE€OF€JACKSON€COUNTY,€MISSOURIÐ ° ÐÌԀذxÄÔA€RESOLUTION€commemorating€and€celebrating€the€Constitutional€Home€Rule€Charter€of€JacksonÏCounty,€on€the€occasion€of€the€twenty-fifth€anniversary€of€its€adoption,€November€3,€1995.ÌÌԀذxÄÔRESOLUTION€#€10975,€October€9,€1995ÌÌINTRODUCED€BY€James€D.€Tindall,€County€LegislatorÌÌԀذxÄÔWHEREAS,€November€3,€1995,€will€mark€the€twenty-fifthññyññ€anniversary€of€the€adoption€of€theÏConstitutional€Home€Rule€Charter€of€Jackson€County€by€the€County's€voters;€and,ÌÌWHEREAS,€county€home€rule€was€first€authorized€in€Missouri€with€the€adoption€by€the€people€ofÏthe€Constitution€of€1945;€and,ÌÌWHEREAS,€home€rule€charter€proposals€for€Jackson€County€were€defeated€by€the€voters€in€1949Ïand€again€in€1958;€and,ÌÌWHEREAS,€in€1969,€petitions€containing€60,000€signatures€were€filed€in€the€Circuit€Court€ofÏJackson€County,€praying€for€the€appointment€of€a€charter€commission;€and,ÌÌWHEREAS,€on€February€9,€1970,€the€court€appointed€fourteen€citizens€including€an€equal€numberÏof€€Republicans€and€Democrats€to€serve€on€the€commission€which€would€€attempt€to€bring€to€fruitionÏJackson€Countians'€€long-standing€desire€for€home€rule;€and,ÌÌWHEREAS,€over€the€next€several€months,€the€charter€commission,€chaired€by€Harold€L.€Fridkin,Ïconducted€countless€meetings€and€public€hearings€throughout€Jackson€County,€in€its€efforts€to€reachÏconsensus€on€the€shape€county€government€was€to€take;€and,ÌÌWHEREAS,€after€much€public€debate€and€intensive€media€scrutiny,€the€fourteen€members€of€theÏcommission€all€signed€the€proposed€charter€on€September€11,€1970;€and,ÌÌWHEREAS,€with€the€invaluable€support€of€the€Twenty-First€Century€Commission,€which€countedÏas€members€many€of€the€charter€commissioners,€a€massive€voter€education€campaign€was€conducted,Ïresulting€in€116,000€Jackson€Countians€turning€out€at€the€polls€on€November€3,€1970,€toÏoverwhelmingly€endorse€the€charter;€and,ÌÌWHEREAS,€the€charter,€which€took€effect€on€January€1,€1973,€replaced€a€form€of€government€datingÏfrom€the€territorial€form€of€government€of€1815€with€a€three-judge€county€court€exercising€bothÏlegislative€and€executive€duties,€which€had€theretofore€operated€a€large€metropolitan€and€urbanÏcounty€with€the€same€laws€and€the€same€methods€that€are€utilized€in€counties€of€populations€ofÏsometimes€only€three€or€four€thousand€people;€and,ÌÐ h+/3 ÐWHEREAS,€the€charter€as€adopted€presents€basic€home€rule€for€Jackson€County,€as€it€is€aÏconstitution€prepared€by€residents€of€the€County€for€the€operation€of€the€County's€government,Ïproviding€within€it€a€method€for€amendment€by€residents€of€the€County,€and€placing€in€the€hands€ofÏthe€people€of€the€County€the€power€to€effectively€operate€its€government€without€going€to€theÏMissouri€General€Assembly€for€changes;€and,€ÌÌWHEREAS,€the€charter€provides€for€a€separation€of€the€legislative€and€executive€functions,€and€hasÏas€its€heart€both€a€strong,€elected€executive,€accountable€to€all€the€voters,€who€has€power€to€appointÏthe€administrative€officers€of€government,€the€power€to€veto€legislation,€and€both€the€responsibilityÏand€the€means€at€hand€with€which€to€operate€an€effective,€efficient€county€government,€and€aÏlegislature€with€broad€legislative€powers,€constructed€as€to€be€truly€representative€of€all€of€the€peopleÏof€the€County;€and,ÌààÌWHEREAS,€after€one€hundred€fifty€years€of€usage,€the€voters€of€Jackson€County€replaced€the€oldÏstructure€of€county€government€with€a€new€structure€as€authorized€by€law;€and,ÌÌWHEREAS,€home€rule€government€is€designed€for€these€times€as€well€as€for€the€twenty-first€centuryÏand€provides€the€people€of€Jackson€County€the€opportunity€to€control,€to€the€greatest€extent€possible,Ïtheir€own€destiny;€now€thereforeÌÌBE€IT€RESOLVED€by€the€County€Legislature€of€Jackson€County,€Missouri,€that€the€LegislatureÏcommemorates€€and€celebrates€the€Constitutional€€Home€Rule€Charter€of€Jackson€County,€on€theÏoccasion€of€the€twenty-fifth€anniversary€of€its€adoption,€November€3,€1995.Ð øH ÐÔ€ Ø°xÄÔEffective€Date:€€This€Resolution€shall€be€effective€immediately€upon€its€passage€by€a€majority€of€theÏLegislature.€Ì€ÌAPPROVED€AS€TO€FORM:€Ì€Ì________________________€àhà_______________________________€Ð L ` Ѐ€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€à¸ààààhààÀààààpà€àÈàà ààxààÐ àÐ|910|L ÐññÐ|910|L Ðññààà` àCounty€Counselor€Ì€ÌCertificate€of€Passage€Ì€ÌààI€hereby€certify€that€the€attached€resolution,€Resolution€#€10975€of€October€9,€1995€was€dulyÏpassed€on€______________________,€1995€by€the€Jackson€County€Legislature.€€The€votes€thereonÏwere€as€follows:€ÌÌÌààYeas€_________________€€€€€€€€€€Nays€______________€ÌÌààAbstaining€___________€€€€€€€àÀàAbsent€____________€Ð H\ ÐÌÌ______________________€€àà_____________________________________€Ð ÐDateààà` àà¸à€€€€€€€€€€Mary€Jo€Brogoto,€Clerk€of€LegislatureÐ ø ÐÌ