IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute a two-year agreement with a one-year extension option for Medical Examiner Services with Cass County, Missouri, for compensation payable to Jackson County in the amount of $80,000.00 the first year, and an increase by the previous year's Consumer Price Index (CPI) set down by the Missouri Tax Commission for each subsequent year.
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RESOLUTION # 15269, November 29, 2004
INTRODUCED BY Robert A. Stringfield, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, Cass 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 Cass 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 serve as Cass County's Medical Examiner as well; and,
WHEREAS, Thomas Young, M.D., is currently serving as the Medical Examiner for Cass County; and,
WHEREAS, the Jackson County Medical Examiner and administration and Cass 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 Cass 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 Medical Examiner Services with Cass County, Missouri.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Acting Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution # 15269 of November , 2004 was duly passed on _________December 6__________________, 2004 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ______7_________ Nays _______0_______
Abstaining ____0_____ Absent _____2_______
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature