IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION concurring in the decision of the Chief Financial Officer to settle the worker's compensation claim of Lelia Dietiker for payment in the amount of $32,500.00.
Intro
RESOLUTION # 15154, September 7, 2004
INTRODUCED BY Scott Burnett, County Legislator
Body
WHEREAS, section 526., Jackson County Code, 1984, authorizes the Chief Financial Officer to make lump sum payments, upon the recommendation of the County Counselor, in settlement of claims brought by County employees under the Workers' Compensation Law of the State of Missouri; and,
WHEREAS, the County Counselor, through Special Counsel, has recommended that the claim of County employee Lelia Dietiker be settled for the lump sum payment of $32,500.00; and,
WHEREAS, the Chief Financial Officer has requested the concurrence of the Legislature in this recommended settlement, due to his close working relationship with Ms. Dietiker, a member of the County Counselor's staff; and,
WHEREAS, the recommended settlement is in the best interests of the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of Jackson County; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Legislature hereby does concur in the Chief Financial Officer's decision to settle the workers' compensation claim of Lelia Dietiker for a lump sum payment in the amount of $32,500.00.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
______________________________ _____________________________
County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution # 15154 of September 7, 2004, was duly passed on __________September 7___________________, 2004 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _______6__________ Nays ______0_______
Abstaining ____0_______ Absent ____3________
______________________ _____________________________________
Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
Fiscal Note
There is a balance otherwise unencumbered to the credit of the appropriation to which the expenditure is chargeable and there is a cash balance otherwise unencumbered in the treasury to the credit of the fund from which payment is to be made each sufficient to provide for the obligation herein authorized.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 060-5160-5110
ACCOUNT TITLE: Self Insurance Fund
Non-Departmental - Self Insurance
Workmen's Compensation
NOT TO EXCEED: $32,500.00
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Date Director of the Department of Finance