IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION appointing Dan Tarwater to the Kansas City Zoological District Commission.
Intro
RESOLUTION NO. 18581, August 4, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Scott Burnett, County Legislator
Body
WHEREAS, by Ordinance 4334, dated August 8, 2011, the Legislature did submit to the qualified voters of the County at a special election held on November 8, 2011, a question authorizing participation in the Kansas City Zoological District and approving a retail sales tax of one-eighth (1/8) of one cent for the support of zoological activities within the district; and,
WHEREAS, at that election, the voters of Jackson County, as well as those of Clay County, Missouri, approved the question submitted, and thus authorized the creation of the district and the imposition of the sales tax; and,
WHEREAS, section 184.506, RSMo Supp. 2013, the enabling legislation for the creation of the district, provides that the district be governed by a commission whose membership is to include a member of the governing body of each county which is a part of the district, who shall be appointed by majority vote of such governing body; and,
WHEREAS, by Resolution 17752, dated November 28, 2011, the Legislature did appoint Legislator James D. Tindall to serve as a member of the Kansas City Zoological District; and,
WHEREAS, in view of Legislator Tindall's recent resignation from the Legislature, it is now appropriate that the Legislature adopt this Resolution appointing one of its members to the commission as a successor appointee, for a term to expire December 31, 2014; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following-named member of the Legislature be and hereby is appointed to the Kansas City Zoological District Commission for a term to expire December 31, 2014, under section 184.506, RSMo Supp. 2013:
Dan Tarwater
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 No. 18581 of August 4, 2014 was duly passed on August 4, 2014 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ______8________ Nays ______0_______
Abstaining ____0_____ Absent ____1_______
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature