File #: 16507    Version: 0 Name: Rules of the Legislature (rule 9)
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 1/14/2008 In control: County Legislature
On agenda: 1/14/2008 Final action: 1/14/2008
Title: A RESOLUTION amending Rule Nine of the Rules of the Legislature relating to Standing and Special Committees.
Sponsors: Dennis Waits
Indexes: RULE 9, RULES OF THE JACKSON COUNTY LEGISLATURE
Related files: 19424
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

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A RESOLUTION amending Rule Nine of the Rules of the Legislature relating to Standing and Special Committees.

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RESOLUTION #16507, January 14, 2008

INTRODUCED BY Dennis Waits, County Legislator


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BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that Rule Nine of the Rules of the Legislature be and hereby is amended as follows:

RULE NINE. Standing and Special Committees.

A. Establishment. Subject to the provisions of paragraph B. of this Rule, the Standing Committees of the Legislature are:
Finance and Audit
Health and [Justice] Environment
Land Use
Public Works
Anti-Drug

(6) Budget
(7) Justice and Law Enforcement
The Special Committees of the Legislature are:
(1) Inter-governmental affairs

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B. Committee Responsibilities.
The responsibilities of the Standing and Special Committees of the Legislature are as follows:
Standing Committees
(1) Finance and Audit. Matters relating to the assessment and collection of taxes, County finances and management and geographic information systems, County purchasing policy, oversight of the county auditor's office and legal advisor to the Legislature, as set out in chapter 2 of the County Code, and acquisitions affecting multi-departmental or countywide operations.

(2) Health and [Justice] Environment. Matters relating to the [courts, Corrections Department, Sheriff's and] Medical Examiner's Office[s,] and County health-related and environmental programs.

(3) Land Use. Matters relating to the Parks and Recreation Department, Harry S. Truman Sports Complex, and consideration of development permits and applications under the County's Unified Development Code.

(4) Public Works. Matters relating to the Public Works and Economic Development Departments,

(5) Anti-Drug. Matters relating to proposed policies concerning and expenditures out of...

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