IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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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. 20423, May 11, 2020
INTRODUCED BY Charlie Franklin, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, Jackson County, and 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, historically has entered into an annual agreement with the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC), approving the scope of work by Mid-America Regional Council (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 the 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 LEPC and MARC be and hereby is approved; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute the A...
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