IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION amending Rule 6 of the Rules of the Jackson County Legislature.
Intro
RESOLUTION # 15685, November 7, 2005
INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater, County Legislator
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BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that Rule 6 of the Legislatures Rules of Procedure be and hereby are amended as follows:
RULE SIX
A . Clerk and the Legislature.
The Clerk of the County Legislature (Article II, Sections 19 & 20) shall prepare the Journal of the Legislature according to these Rules. The Journal shall contain the record of the transactions of business of the Legislature. Upon introduction of an ordinance or resolution, upon perfection of an ordinance, and upon passage of any resolution or ordinance, the Clerk shall enter the number and short title (Rule Fourteen) of such ordinance or resolution. The Clerk shall enter the vote by name as to these transactions. Upon the request of one legislator on any other transaction there shall be a roll call vote and the Clerk shall enter the vote by name. The Clerk shall deliver to each member of the Legislature and to the County Executive an copy of the Journal of each meeting on the first business day following such meeting or as soon thereafter as possible. The Clerk shall make available to the public a copy of the Journal of each meeting. The Legislature shall approve the original copy of the Journal, the Chair shall sign the approved original copy, and the Clerk shall attest to such approval and signing. The Clerk shall maintain a book of Resolutions and Ordinances in which each resolution or ordinance passed by the Legislature shall be recorded. The Clerk shall maintain a Book of Executive Orders in which all such orders shall be recorded.
B. Minutes of Open and Closed Meetings.
The Clerk of the County Legislature shall keep a copy of any and all open and closed minutes. The minutes shall include the date, time, place, members present, members absent and a record of any votes taken;
The written minutes of all open meetings shall be open for public viewing and requests for copies of those minutes shall be furnished to the public at a cost of ten cents per page ($.10). Payment of such copying fees may be requested prior to the making of copies. Each request for the copying of minutes shall be completed within three (3) business days; and
All minutes of closed meetings are closed and may only be viewed by members of the Jackson County Legislature in the Office of the Clerk of the Jackson County Legislature.
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 # 15685 of November 7, 2005, was duly passed on __________December 5________________, 2005 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ________7___________ Nays _________2__________
Abstaining _______0________ Absent _______0___________
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature