IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION honoring William Page Bellamy on the occasion of his appointment as the Saline County Associate Circuit Judge.
Intro
RESOLUTION NO. 19038, January 11, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Frank White, Jr., Crystal Williams, Theresa Galvin, Tony Miller,
Scott Burnett, Alfred Jordan, Dennis Waits, Dan Tarwater III, and
Greg Grounds, County Legislators
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WHEREAS, William Page Bellamy, Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, has been appointed by Governor Jay Nixon as a Saline County Associate Circuit Judge; and,
WHEREAS, Page will fill a vacancy created by the health-related resignation of his brother, the Honorable James T. Bellamy, who served in the position for fifteen years; and,
WHEREAS, Page has spent his twenty-seven year legal career in public service to the citizens of Missouri; and,
WHEREAS, Page joined the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office in 2012 after serving from 2009 to 2012 as Chief Counsel of the Public Safety Division of the Missouri Attorney General’s Office; and,
WHEREAS, from 1995 to 2009, Page served as the elected Prosecuting Attorney for Lafayette County, and he was an assistant public defender in central Missouri, including Saline County, from 1989 to 1994; and,
WHEREAS, Page is a past recipient of the Lon O. Hocker Award from the Missouri Bar for proficiency as a trial lawyer, and served on the Missouri Sentencing Advisory Commission; and,
WHEREAS, Page, a native of Saline County, graduated from Marshall High School and received his undergraduate degree from Westminster College and his juris doctor degree from the University of Missouri - Kansas City; and,
WHEREAS, Page’s co-workers extend their best wishes as he moves forward in the next step of his career; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Legislature congratulates William Page Bellamy on the occasion of his appointment to the Saline County Bench.
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. 19038 of January 11, 2016, was duly passed on January 11, 2016 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