IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
 
 
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AN ORDINANCE repealing Section 7403.6., Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to the compensation of the members of the Office of Human Relations and Citizen Complaints Commission (OHRCC), and enacting, in lieu thereof, a new section relating to the same subject.
 
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ORDINANCE #3627,   April 12, 2005
 
INTRODUCED BY Dennis Waits, County Legislator
 
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WHEREAS, the members of the Office of Human Relations and Citizen Complaints Commission ("OHRCC Commission") perform a valuable public service; and,
 
WHEREAS, service on the OHRCC Commission is an activity that the County Legislature recognizes can impose significant burdens on the members and their families; and,
 
WHEREAS, the County Legislature wishes to recognize and honor the service of the members of the OHRCC Commission by increasing their compensation rate per meeting;  now therefore,
 
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, as follows:
                     
Section A.                     Enacting Clause.
 
Section 7403.6., Jackson County Code, 1984, is hereby repealed, and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as Section 7403.6., to read as follows:
 
 
7403.6  Compensation.
Members of the commission shall be compensated at the rate of [$50] $100 per meeting, but shall not receive total compensation of more than [$700] $1200 in any calendar year.  "Meeting" shall be interpreted to include hearings, regular and special meetings of the commission, and meetings of commission committees.  Commissioners shall also be entitled to the reimbursement of their expenses actually incurred on commission business subject to approval by vote of the commission and budgetary limitations. 
 
 
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date:  This Ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its signature by the County Executive.
 
 
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
 
_______________________________        ____________________________
Acting Chief Deputy County Counselor                                  County Counselor
 
     I hereby certify that the attached Ordinance, Ordinance # 3627 introduced on April 12, 2005, was duly passed on __________April 12_______________, 2005 by the Jackson County Legislature.  In the votes thereon were as follows: 
 
                     Yeas _______7________                     Nays _______0________ 
 
                     Abstaining _____1______                     Absents _____1_______ 
 
 
This Ordinance is hereby transmitted to the County Executive for her signature. 
 
 
____________________                       ________________________________ 
Date                                             Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature 
 
 
I hereby approve the attached Ordinance # 3627. 
 
 
 
_________________                        _________________________________ 
Date                                           Katheryn J. Shields, County Executive