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Legislator Shawnee Smith introduces ordinance to repeal and replace county complaint retaliation protections

5073978 · March 10, 2025
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Summary

Legislator Shawnee Smith introduced ordinance 5967 to repeal portions of Jackson County Code related to protections against retaliation for complaints and to amend discretionary authority to decline complaints; the measure was assigned to the Intergovernmental Affairs committee.

Legislator Shawnee Smith introduced proposed ordinance 5967, which would repeal subsections of the Jackson County Code related to protections against retaliation for complaints and cooperation with complaint investigations and would replace them with three new subsections addressing the same subject.

Shawnee Smith offered no comment at the time of introduction and the legislature assigned the measure to the Intergovernmental Affairs Committee for review. The clerk read the title into the record as: “Repealing subsection 7,401.2, 7405470.00 406.5, Jackson County Code 1984 relating to protections against retaliation for complaints cooperating with complaint investigations and amending the discretionary authority to decline a complaint and enacting in lieu thereof. 3 new subsections relating to the same subject.”

At introduction the sponsor declined additional comment and the measure was placed on the committee docket; no committee hearing, amendments, or votes occurred during the meeting.

The ordinance remains in the introduction stage pending committee consideration.