IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION appointing Charlie Franklin to the Kansas City Zoological District Commission.
Intro
RESOLUTION NO. 21131, December 12, 2022
INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater III, County Legislator
Body
WHEREAS, by Ordinance 4334, dated August 8, 2011, the Legislature did submit to the qualified voters of the County at a special election held on November 8, 2011, a question authorizing participation in the Kansas City Zoological District and approving a retail sales tax of one-eighth (1/8) of one cent for the support of zoological activities within the district; and,
WHEREAS, at that election, the voters of Jackson County, as well as those of Clay County, Missouri, approved the question submitted, and thus authorized the creation of the district and the imposition of the sales tax; and,
WHEREAS, section 184.506.1, RSMo, the enabling legislation for the creation of the district, provides that the district be governed by a commission whose membership is to include a member of the governing body of each county which is a part of the district, who shall be appointed by majority vote of such governing body; and,
WHEREAS, by Resolution 20086, dated February 11, 2019, the Legislature did reappoint Legislator Dan Tarwater III to serve as a member of the Kansas City Zoological District Commission, for a term to expire December 31, 2022; and,
WHEREAS, inasmuch as Dan Tarwater III’s term as a County Legislator will end on December 31, 2022, it is now appropriate that the Legislature adopt a Resolution appointing one of its members to the commission as a successor appointee, for a new term to expire December 31, 2026; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that Charlie Franklin be and hereby is appointed to the Kansas City Zoological District Commission for a term to expire December 31, 2026, pursuant to section 184.506.2, RSMo, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the expiration of the term of Dan Tarwater III.
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. 21131 of December 12, 2022, was duly passed on December 12, 2022 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