File #: 19838    Version: 0 Name: Medical Examiner Agreement with Platte County
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 4/19/2018 In control: County Legislature
On agenda: 4/23/2018 Final action: 4/23/2018
Title: A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute a Cooperative Agreement for Medical Examiner Services with Platte County, Missouri, for compensation payable to Jackson County for the period July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019, in the amount of $259,038.72.
Sponsors: Crystal Williams, Theresa Cass Galvin
Indexes: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT, MEDICAL EXAMINER SERVICES
Attachments: 1. 19838bu.pdf, 2. 19838adopt.pdf, 3. 19838 Platte Co Agreement for ME SErvices.pdf
Related files: 19461, 5171, 5146
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI


Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute a Cooperative Agreement for Medical Examiner Services with Platte County, Missouri, for compensation payable to Jackson County for the period July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019, in the amount of $259,038.72.


Intro
RESOLUTION NO. 19838, April 23, 2018

INTRODUCED BY Crystal Williams and Theresa Galvin, County Legislators


Body
WHEREAS, Platte County, Missouri, a county of the first class, is required by section 58.700 and section 58.705, RSMo, to appoint a physician duly licensed by the Missouri State Board of Healing Arts as Platte County's medical examiner; and,

WHEREAS, section 58.765, RSMo 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, by Resolution 19461, dated April 24, 2017, the Legislature did authorize a twelve-month agreement for Diane Peterson, M.D., the duly appointed Chief Medical Examiner of Jackson County to serve as Platte County's Medical Examiner through June 30, 2018; and,

WHEREAS, the Jackson County Medical Examiner, Jackson County administration, and Platte County have agreed on an equitable arrangement for the continued funding of a joint medical examiner's office located at the site of the current Jackson County Medical Examiner's facility, which has worked satisfactorily for the past few years; and,

WHEREAS, the recommended agreement calls for the and the execution of a new twelve-month Cooperative Agreement through June 30, 2019, for compensation payable to Jackson County in the amount of $259,038.72; and,

WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of both Jackson and Platte Counties that the counties cooperate in the jo...

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