IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute a Cooperative Agreement for Medical Examiner Services with Cass County, Missouri, for compensation payable to Jackson County for the period July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019, in the amount of $265,533.44.
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RESOLUTION NO. 19839, April 23, 2018
INTRODUCED BY Crystal Williams and Theresa Galvin, County Legislators
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WHEREAS, Cass 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 Cass 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 19462, 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 Cass County's Medical Examiner through June 30, 2018; and,
WHEREAS, the Jackson County Medical Examiner, Jackson County administration, and Cass 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 execution of a new twelve-month Cooperative Agreement through June 30, 2019, for compensation payable to Jackson County in the amount of $265,533.44; 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 oper...
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