IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION appointing DaRon McGee as a member and Megan L. Marshall as an alternate member to the Mid-America Regional Council Board of Directors.
Intro
RESOLUTION NO. 21221, April 3, 2023
INTRODUCED BY DaRon McGee, County Legislator
Body
WHEREAS, the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) is a non-profit association of city and county governments and the metropolitan planning organization for the bistate Kansas City region, governed by a Board of Directors made up of local elected officials; and,
WHEREAS, MARC serves nine counties and 119 cities and provides a forum for the region to work together to advance social, economic, and environmental progress; and,
WHEREAS, MARC is funded by federal, state, and private grants, local contributions and earned income, and a major portion of the MARC budget is passed through to local governments and other agencies for programs and services; and,
WHEREAS, the MARC Board of Directors consists of thirty-three locally elected leaders from the region's six largest cities and nine member counties including Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte and Ray in Missouri, and Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, and Wyandotte in Kansas; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article V, section 5.3(iv)(B) of MARC's bylaws, a representative shall be appointed as a member of the MARC Board of Directors by the Legislature; and,
WHEREAS, former County Legislator Scott Burnett, whose term has expired, was the Legislature's previous appointee to the MARC Board of Directors; and,
WHEREAS, it is now appropriate that the Legislature appoint a successor member and alternate member to the MARC Board of Directors; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Legislature hereby appoints DaRon McGee as a member of the MARC Board of Directors and Megan L. Marshall as an alternate member.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effec...
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