IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION authorizing payment of up to $100,000.00 to Jackson County Conference 2008, Incorporated, a non-profit corporation, paid in annual installments for 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 to fund the administrative expenses of preparing for the National Association of Counties' Annual Conference in Jackson County during July, 2008.
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RESOLUTION #15351, January 18, 2005
INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Jackson County Conference 2008, Incorporated is a non profit corporation
created for the purposes of organizing and administering the on site preparation for Jackson County, Missouri as host of the National Association of Counties' 2008 National Conference; and
WHEREAS, the National Association of Counties (NACo) was created in 1935 to give county officials a strong voice in the nation's capital; and,
WHEREAS, more than six decades later, NACo continues to ensure that the nation's 3,066 counties are heard and understood in Washington; and,
WHEREAS, NACo is a full-service organization, providing extensive services to its members including legislative, research, technical, public affairs, and enterprise services; and,
WHEREAS, NACo has selected Jackson County and Kansas City, Missouri for its 2008 national convention site; and
WHEREAS, the NACo Annual Conference is scheduled for six (6) days in July, 2008 to be held at H. Roe Bartle Hall in Downtown, Kansas City, Missouri; and
WHEREAS, the NACo conference is expected to attract 4,200 attendees, 250 vendors and exhibitors with an estimated $4.7 million economic impact for the greater metropolitan area; and,
WHEREAS, the Legislature supports efforts to bring the National Association of Counties Annual Conference to Jackson County and Kansas City in July, 2008; therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Legislature expresses its f...
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