IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION setting the parameters in which Executive authority is temporarily limited to preserve from irreputable harm by a potentially recalled executive.
Intro
RESOLUTION NO. 22050, September 30, 2025
INTRODUCED BY Manuel Abarca IV, County Legislator
Body
WHERE AS, in accordance with the Jackson County Charter, Article II, Section 16, subsection 1, states, "Exercising all legislative powers now or hereafter conferred upon counties, county courts, county governing bodies and county officers by the constitution, by law, and by this Charter, and to determine and make provision for any matter of County government not otherwise provided herein, including any matter involved in the transition to the form of government provided by this charter"; and,
WHEREAS, the Jackson County Charter, Article II, Section 16, subsection 5, states, (the legislature shall) "Make such rules and regulations as may be necessary or proper to establish and carry into effect the provisions of this charter and county ordinances and provide for the enforcement of the charter and county ordinances by appropriate penalties not exceeding for any one offense, a fine of one thousand dollars or imprisonment in the county detention center for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment"; and,
WHEREAS, the Jackson County Charter Article II, Section 16, subsection 9, empowers the Legislature to "establish procedures for the safekeeping, deposit, investment, and disbursement of all moneys in or due the county treasury and to require and prescribe the form of financial reports from the county officers and offices; and,
WHEREAS, the Jackson County Charter, Article II, Section 16, subsection 36, empowering the Legislature to, Investigate the official conduct or the accounts and affairs of any department, officer, officer, or employee of the county or any officer or officer of any special district, and of any ins...
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