IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the exemption of the positions of probation and parole clerk, probation officer, and unit supervisor, all within the Missouri Division of Probation and Parole district office, from the provisions of the Merit System, and amending Schedule V to Chapter 2, Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to the salaries of non-merit employees.
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ORDINANCE 2549, June 17, 1996
INTRODUCED BY Victor E. Callahan, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, a key feature of the County's plan to reduce crowding in the Jackson County Detention Center, approved by the United States District Court in Hall v. Jackson County Department of Corrections, Case No. 84-1200-CV-W-1, is an increase in staffing for the Missouri Division of Probation and Parole local district office's pretrial services section; and,
WHEREAS, this increased staffing will allow that office to more closely supervise more criminal defendants awaiting trial, defendants who otherwise might have to be confined in the detention center; and,
WHEREAS, the Division of Probation and Parole was unable to secure funding for these new positions in its current budget and, under the state of Missouri's personnel rules, is unable to hire these employees as state employees even if Jackson County provides all funding for the positions; and,
WHEREAS, the Division has agreed, however, that until it can secure funding for these positions in its budget, it will hire and supervise eight Jackson County employees in three positions, clerk, probation officer, and unit supervisor, within the local office, so as to provide the necessary pretrial services; and,
WHEREAS, it is anticipated that within two years these employees will be transferred over so as to become state employees; and,
WHEREAS, due to the temporary nature of these positions, and the hybrid hiring and supervision authority, the County Executive has requested that these thre...
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