Anti-Drug Committee Substitute
June 15, 2009
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE repealing section 9305. Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to the anti-drug sales tax and enacting, in lieu thereof, one new section relating to the same subject.
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ORDINANCE #4105, June 8, 2009
INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater, Henry Rizzo, and Scott Burnett, County Legislators
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance 3974, the 2008 revisions to Chapter 93 of the County Code have changed the role of the new Drug Commission; and,
WHEREAS, in 2009 a comprehensive Ethics Code relating to all officers, employees, boards and commissions was adopted; and,
WHEREAS, these actions have lessened the need for separate stringent conflict of interest provisions in Chapter 93; and,
WHEREAS, the revisions to Chapter 93 of the County Code proposed in this Ordinance, together with the new Ethics Code, will appropriately address the need for uniform conflict of interest requirements for all County boards and commissions; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri as follows:
Section A. Enacting_Clause. Section 9305., Jackson County Code, 1984, is hereby repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 9305., to read as follows:
9305. Drug Commission.
A Drug Commission shall be established and organized as follows:
9305.1 Composition
The County Executive shall appoint, as members of the commission, nine residents of Jackson County from among those recommended by the County Legislature or from among those citizens known by the County Executive to be interested in serving on the Commission. One member shall be appointed from each of the six legislative districts and three members shall be appointed from the County at large. The at-large members shall represent the professional fields of law, substance abuse, and public health/health care, with one member appointed from each field. Three members shall serve initial terms of two years, three members shall serve initial terms of three years, and three members shall serve initial terms of four years. Members of the initial Drug Commission shall be eligible for reappointment to one four-year term each. Successor members of the Commission shall serve terms of four years, or for the unexpired terms of their predecessors, and are also eligible for reappointment to one four-year term each. The County Executive shall designate one member to serve as the Commission Chair.
9305.2 Ex Officio Member.
The Prosecuting Attorney, the Chief of the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department, and the Chair of the Jackson County Drug Task Force shall serve as an ex officio member of the Commission without vote.
9305.3 COMBAT Funding Recipients Not Eligible.
No voting member of the Commission shall concurrently be employed by, a director of, or otherwise similarly associated under any entity or organization which applies for or receives COMBAT funding in any manner. [Nor shall a voting member of the Commission be "closely related" to a director or an employee of any COMBAT-funded entity. For purposes of this section, "closely related" shall include a spouse, life partner, child, and parent.]
9305.4 Powers and Duties.
The Drug Commission shall establish goals for COMBAT funding and make recommendations on all funding requests for COMBAT initiatives.
9305.5 Compensation
Each member of the Commission shall receive the sum of $200 per meeting for his or her service. No member of the commission shall receive in excess of $1200 per calendar year for his or her service on the Commission.
9305.6 Meetings.
The Commission shall meet at least quarterly.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its signature by the County Executive.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
I hereby certify that the attached Ordinance, Ordinance #4105, introduced on June 8, 2009 was duly passed on_______________, 2009 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _______________ Nays ______________
Abstaining ___________ Absent _____________
This Ordinance is hereby transmitted to the County Executive for his signature.
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
I hereby approve the attached Ordinance #4105.
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Date Michael Sanders, County Executive