IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION appointing a member to the Kansas City Zoological District Commission.
Intro
RESOLUTION NO. 22140, December 15, 2025
INTRODUCED BY Charlie Franklin, County Legislator
Body
WHEREAS, by Ordinance 4334, dated August 8, 2011, the Legislature did submit to the qualified voters of the County a question authorizing participation in the Kansas City Zoological District which was approved at an election held November 8, 2011; and,
WHEREAS, RSMo §184.506 provides that such zoological districts must be governed by a commission whose membership must include a resident of the participating County selected by a majority vote of the Legislature; and
WHEREAS, such members are chosen from a panel nominated by the Kansas City Zoo and Aquarium; and,
WHEREAS, the Kansas City Zoo and Aquarium has nominated Sharon Cleaver, J.J. Rizzo and Dan Tarwater; and,
WHEREAS, it is now appropriate that the Legislature adopt this Resolution appointing a member to the Commission for a new four-year term; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following named person be and hereby is appointed to the Kansas City Zoological District Commission for a new four-year term, under RSMo §184.506:
Sharon Cleaver
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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County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 22140 of December 15, 2025, was duly passed on _____________________________, 2025 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _________________ Nays ___________
Abstaining ___________ Absent ____________
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature