Finance and Audit
Committee Amendment
September 10, 2007
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE repealing section 1540., Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to the Jackson County Employees' Pension Plan, and enacting in lieu thereof one new section relating to the same subject.
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ORDINANCE 3916, July 30, 2007
INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the County Counselor has issued an opinion which concludes that the mechanism for appointment of the members of the Pension Plan Administration Committee, set out in section 1540. of the Jackson County Code, is, at least in part, in violation of article III, section 6.1 and article XI, 2 of the Jackson County Charter, which require members of all such boards and commissions created by the County Legislature to be appointed by the County Executive; and,
WHEREAS, in view of this opinion, it is in the best interests of the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of Jackson County that section 1540. be amended to comply with the opinion, and at the same time to ensure a broad representation on the committee and conformance as closely as possible with existing labor agreements and the original intent of the Legislature in establishing the committee; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Enacting Clause. Sections 1540., Jackson County Code, 1984, is hereby repealed, and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 1540., to read as follows:
1540. Pension Plan Administration Committee, Composition.
The Employer by [action] appointment of the [County Legislature and the] County Executive subject to the disapproval of the County Legislature shall appoint a Committee to be known as the "Pension Plan Administration Committee" to administer the Plan and to keep records of individu...
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