Jackson County Missouri - File #: 13683

• File #: 13683
• Version: 1
• Name: Urge to promote energy conservation and efficiency.
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/30/2001
• In control: Finance and Audit Committee
• On agenda: 4/30/2001
• Final action: 6/4/2001
• Title: A RESOLUTION urging the President and the Congress of the United States to pursue policies and strategies that will promote energy conservation and invest in energy efficiency as the centerpiece of a new national energy policy for the United States, in order to assure a healthy, globally-competitive, and secure economy.
• Sponsors: Victor E. Callahan, Bill Petrie, Fred Arbanas, Scott Burnett, Ronald E. Finley, Dennis Waits, Dan Tarwater III, Terry Young, Bob Spence
• Indexes: ENERGY CONSERVATION, POLICIES AND STRATEGIES

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/4/2001	0	Finance and Audit Committee
6/4/2001	1	County Legislature	amend
6/4/2001	1	County Legislature	Consent Agenda
6/4/2001	1	County Legislature	approve as amended	Pass
5/31/2001	0	County Legislature	Go To 5th Meeting	Pass
5/30/2001	0	Finance and Audit Committee
5/22/2001	0	County Legislature	Go To 4th Meeting	Pass
5/21/2001	0	Finance and Audit Committee
5/15/2001	0	County Legislature	Go To 3rd Meeting	Pass
5/14/2001	0	Finance and Audit Committee
5/8/2001	0	County Legislature	Go To 2nd Meeting	Pass
5/7/2001	0	Finance and Audit Committee
5/1/2001	0	County Legislature	Go To 1st Meeting	Pass
4/30/2001	0	County Legislature	assign to committee

Finance and Audit
Committee Amendment
June 4, 2001

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

Title
A RESOLUTION urging the President and the Congress of the United States to pursue policies and strategies that will promote energy conservation and invest in energy efficiency as the centerpiece of a new national energy policy for the United States, in order to assure a healthy, globally-competitive, and secure economy.

Intro
RESOLUTION 13683, April 30, 2001

INTRODUCED BY Victor E. Callahan, Bill Petrie, Fred Arbanas, Scott Burnett,
Ronald E. Finley, Dennis Waits, Dan Tarwater, Terry Young,
and Bob Spence, County Legislators

Body
WHEREAS, energy supply and energy prices are issues of great concern in the United States; and,

WHEREAS, the United States, the State of Missouri, and the Jackson County region are increasingly dependent on fossil fuels as principal sources of energy; and,

WHEREAS, the State of Missouri, and the Jackson County region are not energy producing regions, but instead are net energy importers, with literally billions of dollars flowing out of our state and local economies each year for energy; and,

WHEREAS, combustion of fossil fuels results in emission of greenhouse gases which contribute to global warming; and,

WHEREAS, combustion of fossil fuels results in ozone precursors and other harmful air emissions that have a detrimental impact on human health, and threaten the continued compliance of the Jackson County region with national ambient air quality standards established under the Clean Air Act; and,

WHEREAS, the United States is increasingly dependent on foreign sources for petroleum; and,

WHEREAS, such dependence is a potential threat to national security; and,

WHEREAS, development of new supplies of fossil fuels will likely require greater energy inputs for each additional unit of energy recovered, as well as significant actual and po...