IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute an Agreement for Services with the Mid-America Local Emergency Planning Committee and the Mid-America Regional Council, at no cost to the County.
Intro
RESOLUTION NO. 19497, June 5, 2017
INTRODUCED BY Crystal Williams, County Legislator
Body
WHEREAS, Jackson County, together with Cass, Clay, Platte, and Ray Counties, have cooperatively formed a local emergency planning committee (LEPC) under the provisions of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986; and,
WHEREAS, each county receives a grant from the Missouri Emergency Response Commission in accordance with Missouri’s Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (Sections 292.600 to 292.625, RSMo); and,
WHEREAS, these funds are paid by the State directly to LEPC, to be used for programs which support the LEPC’s hazardous materials planning and training and related activities; and,
WHEREAS, each of the five counties, as a member of the LEPC, has entered into an agreement with the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) approving the scope of work by MARC and the LEPC on its behalf; and,
WHEREAS, MARC is a public not-for-profit organization, formed in 1972 by area cities and counties, including the counties that have formed the LEPC, to address issues and problems of mutual concern; and,
WHEREAS, MARC can provide administrative and technical assistance to carry out the scope of work developed for the aforementioned grants; and,
WHEREAS, the attached Agreement for Services adequately sets out the rights and obligations of LEPC and MARC in this regard; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the attached Agreement for Services with the Mid-America Local Emergency Planning Committee and the Mid-America Regional Council be and hereby is approved; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute the Agreement between Mid-America Local Emergency Planning Committee and the Mid-America Regional Council.
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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Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 19497 of June 5, 2017, was duly passed on June 5, 2017 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ________8________ Nays _____0______
Abstaining ____0_______ Absent _____1_____
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature