IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County's membership in the Mid-America Local Emergency Planning District and the Mid-America Regional Council, at no cost to the County.
Intro
RESOLUTION NO. 20713, July 6, 2021
INTRODUCED BY Jalen Anderson, County Legislator
Body
WHEREAS, previously, Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Ray Counties 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 received an annual grant from the Missouri Emergency Response Commission (MERC) in accordance with Missouri's Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (Sections 292.600 to 292.625, RSMo), which was passed on to the LEPC; and,
WHEREAS, at the request of the MERC, a new Local Emergency Planning District (LEPD) is being formed by Jackson, Cass, Clay, Platte, and Ray Counties to replace the LEPC; and,
WHEREAS, as previously, MERC grant funds will be paid by the State directly to the LEPD, to be used for programs which support the LEPD's hazardous materials planning and training and related activities; and,
WHEREAS, each of the five counties, as a member of the LEPD, will enter into an annual agreement with Mid-America Regional Council (MARC), approving the scope of work by MARC and the LEPD 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 LEPD, 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; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that Jackson County's membership in the new LEPD be and hereby is approved; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to exe...
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