IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $100,000.00 from the fund balance of the 2008 General Fund and authorizing the County Executive to execute a contract with Jackson County Conference 2008, Incorporated, a non-profit corporation, at a cost to the County not to exceed $100,000.00 to fund operating costs for the National Association of Counties' Annual Conference in Jackson County during July 2008.
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ORDINANCE #4013, July 7, 2008
INTRODUCED BY Dennis Waits, 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 3,200 attendees, 250 vendors and exhibitors with an estimated $4.7 million economic impact for the greater metropolitan area; and,
WHEREAS, the Legislature supports the 2008 National Association of Counties Annual Conference; and,
WHEREAS, by Resolution 15351, dated January 10, 2005, the Legislature did previously authorize the sum of $100,000.00 to ass...
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