The City of Lee's Summit - File #: BILL NO. 22-188

• File #: BILL NO. 22-188
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/8/2022
• In control: City Council - Regular Session
• On agenda: 9/13/2022
• Final action: 9/13/2022
• Title: An Ordinance approving the City of Lee's Summit's participation and membership in the Missouri Fire Fighters Critical Illness Trust and Pool, and authorizing the Mayor to execute such documents as may be necessary for the City's participation therein. (F&BC 9/7/22)
• Sponsors: Fire

Date	Action By	Action	Result
9/13/2022	City Council - Regular Session	advanced to second reading	Pass
9/13/2022	City Council - Regular Session	adopted and numbered	Pass
9/7/2022	Finance and Budget Committee	recommended for approval	Pass

Title
An Ordinance approving the City of Lee's Summit's participation and membership in the Missouri Fire Fighters Critical Illness Trust and Pool, and authorizing the Mayor to execute such documents as may be necessary for the City's participation therein. (F&BC 9/7/22)

Body
Issue/Request:
The State of Missouri authorized the Missouri Fire Fighters Trust and Illness Pool (MFFCIT) allowing for more effective and timely financial support for the member who experiences such a circumstance.

Key Issues:
The purpose of MFFCIP is to put forth a program that equitably ends numerous years of contentious discussion at the legislature-due to conflicting studies on numerous fire operation’s carcinogens in the workplace and their causal relationship to some 17 identified cancers-between labor and management interests over presumption of cancer for firefighters. This program is a nontaxable accident coverage benefit intended to supplement or pay for the out-of-pocket expenses and provide additional compensation for other benefits such as experimental treatment as best determined by the fire fighter.

Proposed Committee Motion:
I move to recommend to the City Council for approval an Ordinance approving the City of Lee's Summit's participation and membership in the Missouri Fire Fighters Critical Illness Trust and Pool, and authorizing the Mayor to execute such documents as may be necessary for the City's participation therein.

Proposed City Council Motion:
FIRST MOTION: I move for second reading of an Ordinance approving the City of Lee's Summit's participation and membership in the Missouri Fire Fighters Critical Illness Trust and Pool, and authorizing the Mayor to execute such documents as may be necessary for the City's participation therein.

SECOND MOTION: I move for adoption of an Ordinance approving the City of Lee's Summit's participation and membership in the Missouri Fire Fighters Critical Illness Trust and Pool, and authorizing the Mayor to execute such docume...