IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
AN ORDINANCE repealing sections 280. and 7030., Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to the salary of certain elected officials, and enacting, in lieu thereof, two new sections relating to the same subject.
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ORDINANCE # 3536, September 7, 2004
INTRODUCED BY Scott Burnett, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, by Ordinance 3454, dated December 8, 2003, the Legislature adopted a formula to set new salaries for the Prosecuting Attorney and Sheriff, effective January 1, 2005, establishing salaries of these officers to reflect a ratio of 90% to that of a circuit judge as of January 1 of each year of any term for the Prosecuting Attorney and 70% to that of a circuit judge as of January 1 of each year of the Sheriff's term; and,
WHEREAS, by Ordinance 3522, dated August 9, 2004, the Legislature used a similar formula to set new salaries for the County Executive and the members of the Legislature, effective January 1, 2007, requiring that the computation of the salary be made as of January 1 of the year prior to the beginning of the term for the County Executive and the year prior to the beginning of the term for the members of the legislature; and,
WHEREAS, as set forth in Ordinance 3522 in relation to the salaries of the County Executive and the members of the Legislature, the Legislature believes it appropriate to require that the computation of salary for the Prosecuting Attorney and the Sheriff be made as of January 1 of the year prior to the beginning of their term; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Enacting Clause. Sections 280. and 7030., Jackson County Code, 1984, is hereby repealed, and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 280. and 7030., to read as follows:
280. Prosecuting Attorney, Salary.
The annual compensation of the Prosecuting Attorney of Jackson Cou...
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