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AT THIS TIME, I WILL CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.
UH, WITH ME TODAY, WE HAVE LEGISLATOR PEYTON, LEGISLATOR LAUER AND LEGISLATOR, MEGAN SMITH.
WE HAVE TWO ORDINANCES IN COMMITTEE AND ONE RESOLUTION.
[ORDINANCES IN COMMITTEE]
FIRST ORDINANCE THAT'S IN COMMITTEE 6 0 5 2, REPEALING SUBSECTIONS 52 93 0.2 OF THE JACKSON COUNTY CODE FROM 1984 RELATED TO THE SUBJECT OF WRECKERS AND TOW SERVICES.AND IN ACTING IN LIEU THEREOF, ONE SUBSECTION RELATING TO THE SAME SUBJECT.
SO THIS IS, UM, COMPLIMENTARY TO THE TOW ORDINANCE THAT WE PASSED, UH, LATE LAST YEAR OR MID, I DON'T KNOW, FALL OF LAST YEAR.
UM, WE HAD AN EFFECTIVE DATE THAT SAID THAT WE WOULD HAVE PERMITTING, UH, AND LICENSURE OF TOW OPERATORS BY JANUARY 1ST.
UH, THE CLERK WASN'T READY, THE LEGAL FORMS WEREN'T READY, ET CETERA.
SO ALL THIS IS DOING IS AMENDING THINGS SO THAT THE NEW DEADLINE IS APRIL 1ST.
THIS WAS ASKED FOR BY OUR CLERK'S OFFICE TO GIVE THEM AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE FORMS ALL SET UP, WHICH I'VE NOW REVIEWED, AND THEY LOOK FINE.
I THINK LEGAL'S HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THEM.
AND, AND THEN WE NEED ALSO SOMETIME IN, AND RIGHT NOW IT IS TWO MONTHS WHERE TOW OPERATORS CAN BE NOTIFIED AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN AND APPLY AND BE COMPLIANT.
SO ALL WE'RE DOING HERE IS CHANGING THE EFFECTIVE DATE SINCE WE DIDN'T ALLOW PEOPLE TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW THAT WE PREVIOUSLY PASSED, JUST BASED ON DEADLINES.
UM, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? CAN WE MOVE FOR A RECOMMENDATION TO, PERFECT.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO PERFECT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR BY SIGN OF AYE.
LEGISLATOR SMITH, IF YOU'RE THERE.
WE'LL RECOMMEND THAT ONE FOR PERFECTION.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE ORDINANCE 6 0 5 3, REPEALING SUBSECTIONS, 91 0 3, 91 0 4, 91, 13 91, 21, 91, 20 0.2 9, 1 25 0.4, 91 25 0.5.
THE JACKSON COUNTY CODE IN 1984 RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION AND ENACTING IN LIEU THERE OF FOUR NEW SECTIONS AND THREE SUBSECTIONS RELATING TO THE SAME SUBJECT WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE PASSED LAST YEAR AND THE NEW COUNTY EXECUTIVE WANTED SOME TIME TO WORK WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE BOE.
UM, UH, WE HAD PUT, UM, A RAISE IN FOR THE BOE AND THEN SOME, SOME NEW STANDARDS AS FAR AS MAKING SURE THAT TAXPAYERS WERE TREATED FAIRLY.
UM, AS WELL AS MAKING IT CLEAR THAT THE BOE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ACT ON MORE THAN ONE CASE AT A TIME.
UM, SORT OF A BROAD SWEEPING AUTHORITY IF THEY SEE, UH, BROAD SYSTEMIC ERRORS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH INDIVIDUAL APPEALS.
UM, ESSENTIALLY ALL THAT CHANGED FROM THE PRIOR VERSION TO THIS VERSION.
AS FAR AS I KNOW, AND MS. MILLER CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M INCORRECT, IS THAT, UM, WE HAD BUMPED THE FULL-TIME MEMBERS, UH, SALARY TO $5,000.
THIS BUMPS 'EM, I THINK, TO 5,500.
UM, THAT WAS AT THE CA REQUEST OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE.
AND THAT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR MONTHS WHEN THEY WORK FULL TIME.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW THEY ARE ENTITLED TO COMPENSATION THAT'S, UH, 3000 A MONTH WHEN THEY'RE WORKING, UH, A HEAVY LOAD AND 1500 A MONTH FOR THE SLOWER MONTHS.
UM, THIS REALLY CHANGES THAT, THAT HEAVY MONTH COMPENSATION.
UM, UH, WHAT WE PASSED BEFORE WAS 5,000.
THAT WAS AFTER SOME DIALOGUE WITH THE BOE.
UM, AND, AND I THINK IT'S FAIR, THE 3000 A MONTH RIGHT NOW, IF THEY'RE WORKING, UM, FULL-TIME ON MEETINGS AND HAVE SOME OTHER TIME TO PREP AND DO OTHER THINGS, UM, WE'RE PAYING 'EM ABOUT MINIMUM WAGE NOW.
UM, AND THEY, UM, FOR THE WORK THEY'RE DOING, I THINK ARE, ARE WELL DESERVING AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING THEIR BEST TO REFORM THE PROCESS AND MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT FOR TAXPAYERS.
UM, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, THOUGHTS? SEEING NONE? UH, I WOULD LOVE IT IF SOMEBODY WOULD, OH, I JUST, ONE QUICK CLARIFICATION.
THE HOURS FOR THE HEARINGS, THAT IS THAT WHAT DICTATES WHAT'S CONSIDERED A HEAVIER MONTH VERSUS THAT'S WHAT'S DRIVING WHATEVER THAT MONTH WOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS? CORRECT.
IT'S SPECIFIED IN CODE THAT, UM, CERTAIN MONTHS, JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER I BELIEVE IS WHEN THEY WOULD EXPECT TO BE HEAVY IF WE HAD A NORMAL CASELOAD.
UM, SO THAT'S THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN IN THE COUNTY CODE TODAY.
THIS DEFINES IT BASED ON THE CAPACITY THAT THEY WORK.
IF THEY EXCEED, I THINK IT'S 21 OR 22 MEETINGS IN A MONTH, THEN THEY'RE PAID THE HIGHER AMOUNT.
UM, THE GOAL HERE WAS TO, UM, REALLY REFLECT THE REALITY THAT WE'VE SEEN, WHICH IS THAT IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THROUGH THE NUMBER OF APPEALS WE'VE HAD IN THOSE THREE MONTHS ONLY.
SO, UM, WE, WE TWEAKED THE METHOD BY WHICH, UM,
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THEY'RE, THEY'RE GETTING THAT HIGHER COMPENSATION BASED ON REALLY BASED UPON THEIR WORKLOAD.AND HAS THE, UM, KNOW THE BOE CAME BEFORE US, UH, SOME MONTHS BACK EX, YOU KNOW, EXPRESSING, UH, THEIR DESIRE FOR THESE NUMBERS TO THESE, UH, COMPENSATION AMOUNTS TO CHANGE.
HAVE THEY HAD A CHANCE TO EITHER WEIGH IN, UM, REALLY KIND OF EITHER WITH CORRESPONDENCE JUST FOR THE RECORD AND THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AS WELL? YES.
UH, BOTH THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND THE CHAIR OF THE BOE AND I MET AND, AND EVERYBODY FELT LIKE THIS WAS SATISFACTORY.
ANYTHING ELSE? SEEING NONE, THE CHAIR WOULD HOPE FOR AN INVITATION TO RECOMMEND PERFECTION BY THE COMMITTEE.
MOVED AND SECONDED TO RECOMMEND PERFECTION OF 6 0 5 3.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR BY SIGN OF AYE.
WE WILL RECOMMEND 6 0 5 3 FOR PERFECTION AT THE LEGISLATURE LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
[RESOLUTIONS IN COMMITTEE]
RESOLUTIONS IN COMMITTEE 2 2 1 4 7 REQUESTING THE MISSOURI STATE AUDITOR CONDUCT A FULL COMPREHENSIVE PERFORMANCE AUDIT TO EXAMINE AND EVALUATE THE MANAGEMENT OF JACKSON COUNTY'S FISCAL, BUDGETARY AND PROCUREMENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES OF THE EXPENDITURE OF ARPA FUNDS.SO THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD TEED UP, UM, BEFORE WE FINISHED OUR GRANT AWARDS AT THE END OF LAST YEAR.
UM, THIS IS NOT INTENDED AS A REVIEW OF THAT PROCESS AS MUCH AS, UM, WHEN THE NEW COUNTY EXECUTIVE CAME INTO OFFICE AND THERE WAS, UM, SOME NEW FOLKS IN THE ADMINISTRATION.
UM, THERE HAD BEEN SOME ARPA MONEY THAT HAD BEEN MOVED AROUND AND USED FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES.
AND, UM, THAT THEY, THEY SAID THEY FELT LIKE AN OUTSIDE AUDIT BY THE STATE AUDITOR OF THAT ACTIVITY WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS WAS INTENDED TO, TO TAKE ON.
UM, I TALKED TO THE STATE AUDITOR 'CAUSE THEY ARE STILL TECHNICALLY WORKING ON, UM, THE, UH, AUDIT OF THE 2023 ASSESSMENT.
UM, STILL, UM, GATHERING, UH, THEY'VE HAD TROUBLE GETTING DATA.
I THINK THEY NOW HAVE ALL THE DATA THEY'RE GONNA GET, UM, FROM OUR ASSESSMENT DEPARTMENT AND ONE OF OUR VENDORS.
SO, UH, MY QUESTION TO THEM WAS REALLY, IS IT OKAY FOR US TO HAVE TWO AUDIT ACTIVITIES GOING WITH THE STATE AUDITOR AT THE SAME TIME? THEY SAID YES.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT IN ONE OF OUR LEGISLATIVE MEETINGS THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE HAD ACTUALLY SUGGESTED AND HE AND I HAD ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, UM, ASKING FOR BY THE STATE AUDITOR.
UM, SO THAT'S EXPLANATION OF THIS ONE.
OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS.
CAN I GET A RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT 2 2 1 4 7 RECOMMEND TO EFFECT, TO ADOPT? TO ADOPT.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO RECOMMEND, UH, ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 2 2 1 4 7.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR BY SIGN OF AYE.
THE COMMITTEE WILL RECOMMEND 2 2 1 4 7 FOR ADOPTION AT THE LEGISLATIVE MEETING THIS AFTERNOON WITH NO OTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE.