IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute an Agreement for Medical Examiner Services with Platte County, Missouri, for compensation payable to Jackson County in the amount of $63,216.00.
Intro
RESOLUTION # 14933, March 8, 2004
INTRODUCED BY Robert A. Stringfield, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, Platte County, Missouri, a county of the first class, is required by §§ 58.700 and 58.705, RSMo 2000, to appoint a physician duly licensed by the Missouri state board of healing arts as Platte County's medical examiner; and,
WHEREAS, § 58.765, RSMo 2000, authorizes any two or more counties to, by contract, join in the appointment of a county medical examiner to serve all such counties and requires the counties' governing bodies to approve the contract, administer the appointment, and allocate the costs among the counties; and,
WHEREAS, Thomas Young, M.D., the duly appointed medical examiner of Jackson County, is fully qualified, ready, and willing to continue to serve as Platte County's Medical Examiner as well; and,
WHEREAS, the Jackson County Medical Examiner and administration and Platte County have agreed on an equitable arrangement for the funding of a joint medical examiner's office to be located at the site of the current Jackson County Medical Examiner's facility, which has worked satisfactorily for the past few years; and,
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of both Jackson and Platte Counties that the counties cooperate in the joint funding and operation of a single medical examiner's office; and,
WHEREAS, the attached Agreement for Medical Examiner Services sets out the rights and obligations of the parties; therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute the attached Agreement, for Medic...
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