Jackson County Missouri - File #: 3480

• File #: 3480
• Version: 1
• Name: Review of structure and operation of OHRCC.
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/15/2004
• In control: Legislature As A Whole
• On agenda: 3/15/2004
• Final action: 3/22/2004
• Title: AN ORDINANCE appropriating $16,000.00 from the Unappropriated Surplus of the 2004 General Fund and authorizing and directing the County Executive to execute an Agreement with Fowler Consulting of Vashon Island, Washington, to perform a comprehensive review of the structure and operation of the Office of Human Relations and Citizen Complaints, at a cost to the County not to exceed $16,000.00.
• Sponsors: Robert Stringfield, Dennis Waits
• Indexes: GENERAL FUND, OHRCC

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/22/2004	1	County Legislature	approve as amended	Pass
3/22/2004	1	County Legislature	perfect	Pass
3/22/2004	1	County Legislature	suspend the rules to consider final passage	Pass
3/22/2004	1	County Legislature	adopt	Pass
3/16/2004	0	County Legislature	Go To 1st Perfection	Pass
3/15/2004	0	County Legislature	assign to committee

Floor Amendment
Legislature As A Whole
March 22, 2004


IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

Title
AN ORDINANCE appropriating $16,000.00 from the Unappropriated Surplus of the 2004 General Fund and authorizing and directing the County Executive to execute an Agreement with Fowler Consulting of Vashon Island, Washington, to perform a comprehensive review of the structure and operation of the Office of Human Relations and Citizen Complaints, at a cost to the County not to exceed $16,000.00.


Intro
ORDINANCE # 3480, March 15, 2004


INTRODUCED BY Robert A. Stringfield and Dennis Waits, County Legislators

Body
WHEREAS, events and discussions over the past several years have led the Legislature to believe that a comprehensive review of the structure and operation of the Office of Human Relations and Citizen Complaints (OHRCC) is appropriate; and,

WHEREAS, the United States Ombudsman Association, the national organization for governmental ombudsman offices such as OHRCC, has recommended that Duncan L. Fowler of Fowler Consulting, Vashon Island, Washington, be engaged to conduct this review; and,

WHEREAS, Mr. Fowler, the former ombudsman of King County (Seattle), Washington, is well-qualified to perform this review; and,

WHEREAS, the County Executive has agreed to execute a contract for the performance of this review; and,

WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of Jackson County that such a review be undertaken; now therefore,

BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation from the Unappropriated Surplus be and hereby is made:

DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO

General Fund
Unappropriated Surplus $16,000

Non-Departmental
001-5101-6080 Other Professional Services $16,000


and,

BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County...