IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE repealing section 9057., Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to the Housing Resources Commission and enacting, in lieu thereof, one new section relating to the same subject.
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ORDINANCE # 3339, January 27, 2003
INTRODUCED BY Ronald E. Finley, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, §9057. of the County Code, governing membership on the Housing Resources Commission, currently requires that each of the six lay members of the commission reside in a difference County legislative district; and,
WHEREAS, the recent reapportionment of the Legislature has created a situation where members appointed from one district now reside in another; and,
WHEREAS, this residing requirement has made it difficult for the County Executive to attract candidates who are both interested in and qualified for membership on the commission; and,
WHEREAS, no other County board has a similar geographic residency requirement; and,
WHEREAS, the Commission has also found it unnecessary to meet six times per year, as the code now requires; and,
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Jackson County that there requirements be relaxed; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Enacting Clause. Section 9057., Jackson County Code, 1984, is hereby repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as §9057., to read as follows:
9057. Establishment of Housing Resources Commission.
There is hereby established the Jackson County Housing Resources Commission, consisting of nine members, who shall include the Legislator from the Second District, who shall serve as chairman, a member of the staff of the Legislative Auditor as he shall designate, a member of the staff of the County Counselor as he shall designate, and six Jackson County residents who shall be appo...
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