* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] THANK YOU THOUGH. UM, WELCOME [1 ROLL CALL] TO THE SECOND REGULAR MEETING OF THE JACKSON COUNTY LEGISLATURE. IT IS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND, 2026 AT 3:00 PM IN THE KANSAS CITY LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY AREA IN KANSAS CITY. UM, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ANDERSON? HERE. PEYTON. HERE. SMITH. PRESENT? HUSKY. PRESENT. FRANKLIN PRESENT. MCGEE LAUER? HERE. SMITH. HERE. ACA, PRESENT? NOT. YOU PRESENT? ONE ABSENT. UM, IS THERE [3 APPROVAL OF THE JOURNAL OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING] A MOTION TO APPROVE THE JOURNAL? SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. I'LL, SORRY. SECOND. SECOND. PLEDGE. WHY? OH, THE PLEDGE. YEAH. I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER. WELCOME TO MY FIRST MEETING, YOU ALL. LET'S DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND I'LL DO IT, I GUESS. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. NOW, THERE WAS A MOTION IN THE SECOND TO APPROVE THE JOURNAL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? APPEARS AYES HAVE IT. THE AYES DO INDEED HAVE IT. UH, WE HAVE NO HEARINGS TODAY. UM, 2, 2 1, 5 6. [11 INTRODUCTION OF PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS AND ASSIGNMENT TO COMMITTEE] WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL, UH, TO ORDER RESOLUTION 2, 2 1 5 6. RECOGNIZING MIND DRIVE FOR ITS CONTRIBUTIONS DURING NATIONAL MENTORING MONTH INTRODUCED BY DONNA PEYTON. THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT? SO MOVE. SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED, BEEN SECONDED. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. ANDERSON. YES. PEYTON? YES. SMITH? YES. HUSKY? YES. FRANKLIN? YES. MCGEE LAUER. YES. SMITH? YES. ABAR? YES. A YES. ONE ABSENT. AND THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM MINE DRIVE. IF YOU COULD COME UP, WANTED IT TO BE, IT IS SUCH AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS. LAST MONTH WAS A NATIONAL MENTORING MONTH, AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANYONE ELSE HERE, BUT I WOULDN'T BE WHERE I AM TODAY IF IT WERE NOT FOR MENTORS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, AND THIS IS OFF SUBJECT, I WAS WATCHING THE NEWS THIS MORNING AND, UM, USHER AND BIG SEAN WERE DOING, UH, OR DOING A FOCUSING ON MENTORING. AND THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW MENTORING IMPACTED THEIR LIVES AS WELL. AND WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES HERE TODAY WHO I'M SURE WILL HAVE A STORY ABOUT MENTORING. SO IT IS SUCH AN HONOR TO PRESENT THIS RESOLUTION. I'M GONNA READ JUST A LITTLE BIT OF IT. THIS IS A RESOLUTION FROM MINE DRIVE, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2010, ORIGINATING AS A CREATIVITY CLASS LED BY STEVE REESE AT DE LA SALE EDUCATION CENTER, AND SOON INVOLVED INTO AN INDEPENDENT NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, CO-FOUNDED BY MR. RES AND LINDA BUCKNER WITH EARLY SUPPORT FROM BRIDGESTONE AMERICA. THANK YOU. UM, MINE DRIVE PROVIDES EVENING OPPORTUNITIES IN WELDING, DRONE RACING, AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN, AND ESPORTS, AND IS LAUNCHING AN AUTO REPAIR PROGRAM THAT EQUIPS STUDENTS WITH FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS AND DIAGNOSTICS, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR, WHICH DIRECTLY BENEFITS LOW INCOME FAMILIES BY IMPROVING TRANSPORTATION ACCESS AND HOUSEHOLD STABILITY. AND UNDOUBTEDLY BY ALLOWING THESE YOUNG PEOPLE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF A DIFFERENT TRAJECTORY THAN WHAT MUCH OF SOCIETY MAY THINK SHOULD HAPPEN. UM, SO BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE COUNTY LEGISLATORS OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND COMMENCE MIND DRIVE FOR ITS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUTH MENTORING AND COMMUNITY IMPACT DURING NATIONAL [00:05:01] MENTORING MONTH, WHICH WAS IN JANUARY. AND WE EXPRESSED OUR GRATITUDE FOR ITS CONTINUED DEDICATION TO EMPOWERING STUDENTS ACROSS THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA. LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND PLEASE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. SAFETY WORK, PLEASE. WELL, WE, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. UH, MIND, I'VE BEEN IN KANSAS CITY FOR 15 YEARS. WE, WE SERVE ABOUT 250 STUDENTS, UM, FROM KANSAS CITY. AND AS WAS MENTIONED, UH, WE'VE LAUNCHED A CAR REPAIR PROGRAM WHERE WE FIX CARS FOR FAMILIES FROM THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S A SMALL PART OF WHAT WE DO. WE'RE MOSTLY KNOWN FOR THE CARS THAT WE BUILD. WE TAKE CLASSIC CARS, CONVERT THEM ELECTRIC. THESE STUDENTS ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A, A 86 K 10 FOR JASON KELSEY THAT WILL BE FULLY ELECTRIC WITH A DIESEL, UM, HYBRID OPTION. UM, TRAVIS KELSEY DROVE A CHAVEE TO THE CHIEF'S GAME, UH, YEAR, YEAR AGO. THAT WAS A CAR THESE KIDS DID. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF OUR STUDENTS WITH US AND A COUPLE OF STAFF MEMBERS. ESME IS THE PRESIDENT OF OUR STUDENT LEADERSHIP COUNCIL. SHE'S FROM CROSSROADS ADONS FROM KIPP LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL. AND JACQUELINE AND DAMON HERE ARE BOTH STAFF. WE HAVE 24 STAFF AT MIND DRIVE. ONLY THREE ARE NOT FORMER STUDENTS. SO A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE COME THROUGH OUR PROGRAM, GONE TO SCHOOL OR COME TO WORK DIRECTLY TO US. OUR OUR ENGINEER IS A STUDENT THAT WAS A MIND DRIVE KID WHO, WHO WENT TO UMKC, GOT HIS COLLEGE PAID FOR, GOT HIS ENGINEERING DEGREE, AND IS NOW OUR ENGINEERS. SO WE'RE REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THIS, THIS HONOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US. THANK YOU. AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE NETTE, IF YOU COULD COME UP. IS THIS GOOD JOB YOU ALL [5 COMMUNICATIONS WITH AND REPORTS OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE] COMMUNICATIONS WITH AND REPORTS OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE. ARE THERE ANY REPORTS FROM THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE? THERE ARE MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE. I'M GETTING USED TO YOUR NEW SEATING ARRANGEMENT. ME TOO. AS PART OF THE JACKSON COUNTY 200 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. I'M GONNA SHARE A LITTLE HISTORY WITH YOU DURING MY REMARKS. EVERY WEEK ON FEBRUARY 2ND, 1940 IN JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI, SENATOR HARRY S TRUMAN CHOSE TO SEEK REELECTION. DESPITE A WIDESPREAD BELIEF, HIS CAREER WAS OPEN AND HE EMERGED FROM THE COLLAPSE OF THE PEN GAS MACHINE AS HIS OWN. MAN, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA LOVE THESE TIDBITS FROM ME EVERY WEEK FROM WHEN WE'LL BE COMING AGAIN NEXT WEEK. UPDATE SOME THINGS BEEN GOING ON IN THE COUNTY THIS PAST WEEKEND AT JACK COUNTY PARKS, THE LONGVIEW LAKE BEACH. WE HAD 800 PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN SPECIAL OLYMPICS POLAR BEAR PLUNGE. THEY RAISED 170, 100 $70,000, 1 8 180 $7,000. UM, EVERY WEEK WE'RE DOING A THING CALLED FRIDAYS OF PHIL. WE'RE TRAVELING ACROSS THE COUNTY, IDENTIFYING AND PRESENTING AND HONORING SOME OF OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEES, OUR AGENCIES. AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE YOU GUYS INVOLVED IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS OF FRIDAYS OF PHIL, WANT TO SHARE AND BE ON THAT. I, KNOWLET HUSKY KEEPS CALLING ME EVERY WEEK. CAN I PLEASE BE ON FRIDAYS OF PHIL? UM, WE WILL YOU. THE NEXT ONE IS THE HUSKY EPISODE AND WE'LL DEFINITELY DEAL WITH THAT. UM, AS FAR AS THIS, UH, ROOM HERE THAT WE'VE GOT SOME TECHNOLOGY ISSUES TODAY IN YOUR PRIOR MEETINGS, UM, WE'VE GOTTEN IN TOUCH WITH THE AGENCIES THAT DO THIS, UH, HAR HAR HARTSFORD HEARTLINE, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S FIXED. UM, TO TAKE THE, THE, UH, ROOM APART AND PUT IT BACK TOGETHER WAS QUITE AN ORDEAL TO WIRE IT. AND WE'VE HAD JUST A COUPLE TECH TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. WE HOPE THAT'S GONNA BE TAKEN CARE OF. UM, AS FAR AS THE, THE RENOVATIONS IN HERE, UH, THIS BODY APPROVED NEW CARPETING FOR THIS AREA. AND SO I WANT TO THANK MY STAFF FOR GETTING YOUR ORDER TO PUT THAT IN HERE AND TAKING UP ALL THE CARPET IN HERE. UH, THEY MOVED EACH OF THESE BENCHES AROUND TO MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE. UM, WE HAD A PROFESSIONAL MEETING DESIGNER. TELL US ABOUT HOW TO DESIGN THIS. IF YOU'LL NOTICE THE, THE BIG TABLE THAT'S GONE FROM THERE. THERE'S A DA ACCESSIBLE TO GO THROUGH THERE. UM, GOT A GOOD SPOT FOR THE CLERK TO BE THERE. A GOOD SPOT FOR SOMEONE WHO TESTIFIED RIGHT ON TOP OF YOU THERE. SO I WANNA THANK THEM FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. UH, IT WAS DIFFICULT TO [00:10:01] DO AND THEY FOUND A LOT OF, UH, ISSUES WE DIDN'T THINK THEY'D FIND WHEN THEY TORE UP THE OLD CARPET AND MOVED THINGS AROUND. SO THANK YOU TO MY STAFF PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. WE HAVE THE DECLARATION FOR PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES. WERE MAILED OUT. EVERYONE'S GONNA GET A POSTCARD THAT YOU HAVE TO EITHER RETURN OR GET ONLINE TO FILE YOUR PERSONAL PROPERTY DECLARATIONS. AND THEY'RE DUE BY MARCH 1ST. IF YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR POSTCARD YET, YOU CAN GO TO JACKSON GOV.ORG. UM, THOSE NEED TO BE FILED BEFORE, UH, MAY 1ST. WHAT THAT IS FOR ANYONE LISTENING IS YOU'LL GET A, A LETTER POSTCARD FROM THE COUNTY THAT SAYS, WE THINK YOU OWN THIS AND OWN THAT. CAN YOU TELL US IF YOU STILL DO OR IF YOU DON'T? 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOUR PROPERTY TAXES, YOUR PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES WILL BE ASSESSED ON. YOU'LL HAVE TO HAVE A PEN THAT'S ON YOUR POSTCARD, BUT DON'T WORRY IF YOU WANT TO DO IT BEFORE YOU GOT YOUR POSTCARD, YOU CAN GET THAT PEN BY CALLING 8 1 6 8 8 1 4 4 5 5. OR YOU CAN EMAIL TO TAX QUESTIONS@JACKSONGOV.ORG AND THERE WILL BE A VIDEO COMING TO HELP YOU. UH, IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW THAT VIDEO ON HOW TO GET YOUR PIN ONLINE AND DO THAT ONLINE. UH, I ALSO HAVE SOME, SOME, UH, TAX BILL QUESTIONS I WANT TO ANSWER. UH, AS OF SATURDAY WAS YOUR LAST DAY TO PAY YOUR PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES WITHOUT PENALTIES AND INTEREST. AS YOU KNOW, WE EXTENDED THAT FOR A MONTH. THE TAX BILLS GOT OUT LATE, PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE 'EM BEFORE, DIDN'T HAVE 30 DAYS TO GET IT. AND SO WE EXTENDED THAT AND THAT CLOSES CLOSED ON SATURDAY AS WE HAD ALL HANDS ON DECK WORKING ON THAT. SOME PEOPLE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT CHECKS. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE ANYONE'S LISTENING AND FOR THIS BODY TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE ASSESS DEPARTMENT. UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS, UH, WHEN WILL ALL THE CHECKS BE DEPOSITED? SO ANYONE THAT'S PAID THEIR CHECKS, THEIR PAYCHECKS, THERE'S SOME PEOPLE, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR TAX BILLS. SOME PEOPLE SAID THEY HA THEY HAVEN'T HIT MY BANK YET, AND WHAT'S GOING ON? DO I NEED TO WORRY ABOUT PAYING AGAIN? I MADE SURE I MAILED IT BEFORE DECEMBER 15, AND I DON'T HAVE THAT. ANY ANYONE THAT HAS MAILED THEIR CHECKS OR DROPPED THEIR CHECKS IN THE DROPBOX BEFORE DECEMBER 31ST, YOU'RE FINE. UH, WE HAVE A SLOWER PROCESS BECAUSE CHECKS SUBMITTED EITHER BY MAIL OR IN PERSON, HAVE TO BE PROCESSED. NOW, AFTER WE GOT EVERYONE'S CHECKS IN, THEY ARE COMING THROUGH THE MAIL. SOME OF 'EM, UM, ANY REMAIN CHECKS NOT RECEIVED WILL BE DEPOSITED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. THAT'S SUBJECT TO ARRIVAL BY THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SYSTEM. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD OF THEM. THEY'RE NOT VERY FAST. UM, THE COLLECTION DIRECTOR ESTIMATES THAT ALL CHECKS BE PROCESS PROCESSED BY FIRST OR MID-MARCH. SO, UH, DO NOT BE ALARMED IF YOU, IT HASN'T POPPED UP IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, BUT IT'S BEEN, UH, TAKEN OUT YET. UH, BUT IT, IT WILL BE AND YOU WILL HAVE NO PENALTIES ON YOU. AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THE PROCESS OF US GETTING BACK ON IT, THE POSTAL SYSTEM NOT GETTING TO US AND US CREDITING IT. UM, ANOTHER QUESTION I HAD, WHEN WILL THE PAYMENTS BE MADE PRIOR TO DECEMBER 31ST? BE CREDITED TO THE PARCEL ACCOUNTS AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE ONLINE. AND RIGHT NOW YOU, YOU'RE NOT SEEING THAT ONLINE. THE ASSESSMENT DEPARTMENT SENDS A WEEKLY LIST OF THE CHARGES IN PROPERTY VALUE AND COLLECTORS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DOWNLOAD THESE UPDATES UNTIL CERTAIN TECHNOLOGY ISSUES ARE RESOLVED. WE'RE CURRENTLY RUNNING A BETA TRIAL OF PROPERTIES TO ASSURE ACCURACY OF OUR TAX INFORMATION. WE ARE TRYING TO CLEAN UP EVERYTHING DOWN THERE. NOW. THE PAYMENTS WILL BE CREDITED AS EARLY AS THE END OF THIS WEEK WHEN TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGES HAVE BEEN RESOLVED. SO BY THIS TIME NEXT WEEK, THE PAYMENTS MADE PRIOR TO DECEMBER 31ST WILL BE CREDITED TO THE PARCEL ACCOUNTS. ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, WHEN WILL APPLICABLE COMMERCIAL PARCEL ACCOUNTS SHOW THE CORRECTED BILL AMOUNT DUE TO THE 15% CAP CORRECTION ISSUED BY THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE? I'LL REMIND YOU, WE MADE SURE WE HAD A CAP ON COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OF 2025 AND WE CAPPED THEM AT 15% FOR THOSE PROPERTIES. COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES UNDER $15 MILLION. AND THE VALUE OF THE CORRECTIONS HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED BY THE ASSESSMENT DEPARTMENT. THE TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGE TO CONVERT THIS INFORMATION TO THE BILLING SIDE SHOULD BE RESOLVED BY THE END OF THIS WEEK. I HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHEN THE WILL THE RECALCULATION OF PARCELS BE COMPLETED IN TYLER AND OMENTUM DATABASE IS DUE TO THE ROLLBACK OF 2023 AND THE ARE IN TYLER. WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING TO FIX THE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER BARRIER BETWEEN TYLER AND OMENTUM. UM, THIS SHOULD BE RESOLVED BY ANOTHER WEEK. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TWO, UH, SOFTWARE SYSTEMS THAT DON'T TALK TO EACH OTHER VERY WELL. AND THAT'S BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM AND HAS CAUSED SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WITH OUR TAX ISSUES. UH, AND WE'RE GOING TO FIX THAT. WE, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE COMPETING SOFTWARE THAT CAN'T TALK EACH OTHER. UH, I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE ABOUT THE TAX QUESTIONS. I THINK IT'S ALL THE THREE PAGES. IF I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. [00:15:01] ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE VICE CHAIR SMITH? SO YOU MENTIONED WITH THE DECLARATION CARDS THAT THEY CAN BE MAILED BACK. UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE REALLY ONLY HAVE AN ONLINE PROCESS, UM, THAT WE'VE BEEN PENALIZING. FOLKS THAT ARE NOT CONNECTED, LET'S JUST SAY, UM, BECAUSE THEY DON'T SEND A DECLARATION BACK. UM, WHAT, WHAT IS THE ALTERNATE? AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER, JUST UH, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE AN ALTERNATE METHOD OF PEOPLE CORRECTING THEIR DECLARATIONS IF THEY, UM, RECEIVE THE POSTCARD AND DON'T HAPPEN TO BE SOMEBODY WHO'S, UM, CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET. I, I MISSPOKE ABOUT, I MISSPOKE ABOUT, ABOUT, UH, THE THAT'S OKAY. I MISSPOKE ABOUT MAILING BACK. YOU CAN'T MAIL IT BACK. YOU HAVE TO GET ONLINE. HERE'S WHAT I FOUND OUT LEGISL SMITH IS THAT IF SOMEONE DIDN'T, UH, GET THEIR, LET'S SAY YOU DIDN'T GET YOUR POSTCARD, SO YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. YOU DIDN'T GET YOUR DECLARATION AND YOU DIDN'T, UH, GET YOUR DECLARATION IN AFTER MAY 1ST. THERE WERE SOME ACCOUNTS BEING CLOSED AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY, THEIR, THEIR PROPERTY TAX DIDN'T SHOW. SO PEOPLE WOULD TRY AND GET ONLINE AND IT DIDN'T SHOW A PROPERTY TAX. RIGHT. THEY STILL OWED IT, BUT THEIR ACCOUNT WAS CLOSED. AND WE HAD A POLICY, I'D SAY WE BEFORE ME, THAT THE PEOPLE HAD TO COME DOWN HERE AND BRING TITLES AND BRING THINGS TO OPEN IT BACK UP TO PAY THEIR TAXES. THAT'S RIDICULOUS. SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA FIX THAT IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE COMMENT. WELL, SO WE USED TO HAVE A LETTER AND YOU COULD JUST CROSS THINGS OFF MAIL THE LETTER BACK. THEN WE WENT TO THIS POSTCARD SYSTEM AND YOU KNOW, I, I'M CONNECTED ALL THE TIME. I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT. BUT HAVING SERVED NOW FOR THREE YEARS AND INTERACTED WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE, UM, MAYBE ON THE LOWER END OF THE INCOME SPECTRUM OR OLDER, OR JUST CHOOSE TO BE NOT CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET. UM, AND WE PROVIDE THEM NO ACCESS. I THINK IT'S A, A, A REALLY A, A DRASTIC, UH, ERROR ON OUR PART TO NOT HAVE UNIVERSALLY ACCESSIBLE SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES THAT DON'T RELY ON TECHNOLOGY. OBVIOUSLY THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO RELY ON TECHNOLOGY IS PRETTY HIGH, BUT WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO SERVE ALL OF OUR TAXPAYERS, INCLUDING THOSE WHO MIGHT NOT BE CONNECTED OR MIGHT CHOOSE TO NOT WANNA PUT THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION ONLINE. WE SHOULD NOT GET AHEAD OF USING TECHNOLOGY AND FORGET THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T USE IT. TECHNOLOGY. I ALWAYS REFER TO MY MOTHER AS ONE OF THOSE, AND YOU'RE CORRECT. THE OLD, OLD TIMES USED TO GET A LETTER AND YOU COULD MARK THROUGH IT AND MAIL IT BACK. SO IF THERE, IF OUR ONLY ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE THE DECLARATIONS ARE, ARE ONLINE, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD DEFINITELY DO. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE? I HAVE A COUPLE. UH, MR. EXECUTIVE, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE CEILING ON THE SECOND FLOOR MURALS? CAN I TALK ABOUT IT? YEAH. CAN YOU TELL US WHY THEY WERE PAINTED OVER? UH, BECAUSE UNDER MY AUTHORITY UNDER THE CHARTER IS I'M THE AGENT AND THE OPERATOR OF THE FACILITY. WAS THERE ANY REASON WHY WE PAINTED OVER THEM? THE REASON WAS HISTORIC RESTORE, HISTORIC, THIS HISTORIC BUILDING TO WAY IT WAS IN FACT THAT I DIDN'T KNOW, I DIDN'T WANNA TALK ABOUT THIS IN OPEN THING. WE CERTAINLY CAN. SORRY. WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT LATER IF YOU'D LIKE. UH, UH, OVER $100,000 WAS SPENT BY A FORMER COUNTY EXECUTIVE PUT HER FACE ON TOP OF THE BUILDING OF SOME CARTOON AVATARS THAT ARE ON THERE. AND COMPLAINTS. MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THAT. UM, MY GOAL IN THIS POSITION IS RESTORE INTEGRITY OUTSIDE THE COURT AS AND INSIDE THE COURTHOUSE. WE ARE RESTORING THE INTEGRITY OF THE HISTORY OF THIS BUILDING AND WE'RE RESTORED BACK TO WHAT LOOKED LIKE IN 1936 AND WE'RE GOING TO HONOR THE INTEGRITY OF THIS COURTHOUSE. OKAY. UM, MY APOLOGIES. I THOUGHT THAT WAS SOMETHING WE WERE GONNA DISCUSS HERE AND THEN GO AND DE FURTHER DISCUSSION BACK THERE, I THINK AND CLOSED. UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE QUESTION. THANKS FOR THAT EXPLANATION. UH, CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT YOUR INTENT FOR, UM, THE NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIP GRANTS AND WHY NONE OF THE LEGISLATURE WAS DIRECTLY INVITED TO THE CHECK PRESENTATIONS? I KNOW WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE WERE AWARE OF IT, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE ALL RECEIVED ANY SPECIFIC INVITATION FOR THAT EFFORT. WE CAN DEFINITELY TALK ABOUT THAT TOO, MR. CHAIRMAN. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT I'M OVER ACROSS THE WAY, UH, EIGHT TO FIVE, FIVE DAYS A WEEK. AND ANY ONE OF THE MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURES CAN CONTACT ME. Y'ALL HAVE A CELL PHONE. ALSO. THE PROCESS, THE WAY THIS WORKS, THE LEGISLATURE PASSES THING AND IT COMES TO ME TO PROCEED AND GO ON WITH WRITING THE CONTRACTS AND FORWARDING THE CHECKS ON. UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE A TERRIBLE PROCESS TO WAIT FOR THESE AGENCIES THAT WE PROMISED TO GET TO THE END OF THE YEAR FOR, UH, THIS BODY TO BE DONE DECEMBER 31ST AND DUMP IT IN MY LAP. AND THE AGENCIES CALL ME, WHERE'S THE MONEY? WHERE'S THE MONEY, WHERE'S THE MONEY? WHICH TAKES A MONTHLY, IF NOT MONTHS, TO GET IT DONE. SO I PULLED MY STAFF OFF A LOT OF OTHER THINGS. WE PULLED 150 DIFFERENT CONTRACTS AND GOT THE CHECKS ALSO WITH THEM AND TRYING TO GET THE MONEY TO THEM AS SOON AS WE COULD. ONE OF THE OPTIONS TO GET THEM WAS TO ACTUALLY HAVE THEM ALL COME TO, UH, ONE CENTRAL LOCATION TO PICK UP CHECKS AND CONTRACTS AT THE [00:20:01] SAME TIME. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY, UH, I DON'T THINK IT'S EVER BEEN DONE BEFORE. AND WE DID IT. UM, I WAS CONTACTED BY SEVERAL LEGISLATORS THAT KNEW ABOUT IT AND THEY KNEW WHEN IT WAS. AND THEY CAME, ACTUALLY, SOME OF THE LEGISLATORS DID COME TO IT. SO I, I'M NOT SURE THE QUESTION OF, OF MY RESPONSE FROM MY END OF THE FLOOR AFTER YOU GUYS GET DONE WHAT YOU WANTED, THIS IS AN OPEN THING. WHAT IF DATA DIDN'T SIT STILL? SOMEONE COULD HAVE CALLED ME AND SAID, BY THE WAY, WE JUST PASSED THIS, WHAT INTELLIGENCE, MR. COUNTY EXECUTIVE, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE I'M THERE WHEN THE CHECK IS PRESENTED TO X, Y, AND Z ORGANIZATION. AND I WOULD WOULD DEFINITELY AGREE TO, I HAD ONE LAST WEEK, UH, ONE OF THE MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATOR SHOWED UP FOR THAT. SO I'M NOT SURE OF THE QUESTION. UM, BUT, UH, NO ONE'S EXCLUDED FROM ANYTHING. AND IT, IT, IT'S GONNA HAVE TO TAKE AN ON ON, ON PEOPLE ON THIS DAAS IF THEY WANNA BE INVOLVED IN SOMETHING THAT'S OUTSIDE OF YOUR PREROGATIVE TO REACH OUT TO ME. I WOULD NEVER NOT INCLUDE ANYONE AT ALL. MR. EXECUTIVE. I DID THOUGH ASK THAT YOU INVITE ALL OF US TO A CHECK PRESENTATION. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, YOU AND I, AND THEN THIS WAS CREATED. SO I JUST, I I WOULD ASK FOR ALL OF US. 'CAUSE I THINK THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL FRUSTRATIONS SHARED AND I'VE SHARED BACK OUR, YOUR MESSAGE NOW THAT YOU ALSO TALKED TO HIM FREELY. BUT I THINK TO CONTINUE GOODWILL FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE BODY THAT WE ALL TO SEEK AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THOSE MOMENTS WITH EVERYONE, UM, WITH AN INVITATION FROM YOUR OFFICE. WE, I DON'T THINK ANYONE WAS FORMALLY INVITED. AND I THINK THAT WAS, WE CLEARLY WE'RE NOT FORMALLY INVITED TO, UH, OPERATION I PUT TOGETHER FROM MY END OF THE HALLWAY, BUT EVERYONE KNEW ABOUT IT. AND YOU'RE WELCOME AND ANYTHING MY OFFICE DOES TO BE INCLUDED, AND I APOLOGIZE IF THERE'S ANY MISCOMMUNICATION ABOUT THAT. BUT NO, I DID NOT SEND A FORMAL INVITATION TO ANYONE. I WAS WORRIED ABOUT GETTING 150 AGENCIES IN THAT DOOR, FINISHING THOSE CONTRACTS OF EACH 10 TO 12 PAGES LONG, GETTING THE CHECKS UP THERE, GET, AND WE HAD PEOPLE COME IN ON THE WEEKENDS TO DO IT. SO I, I DEFINITELY AM ALWAYS HERE TO COLLABORATE. UM, BUT I I, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS ISN'T, UH, PHRASED AS ME NOT INCLUDING THIS LEGISLATURE, ANYTHING. AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN THE FUTURE. UM, UH, I'LL, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT AND WE CAN SHARE OTHER CONVERSATIONS IN THE FUTURE. I DID WANNA ASK ABOUT THE ABATEMENT NEXT DOOR BECAUSE THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT, UH, I WANT TO INFORM OUR COLLEAGUES ABOUT BECAUSE I THINK YOU AND I AND STAFF HAD HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS. THERE'S SEVERAL CONCERNS ABOUT, UM, EXPOSURES FROM THE ABATEMENT OF ASBESTOS IN OUR BUILDING. UM, AND I THINK TRY AND GET SOME ANSWERS THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE AND SO FORTH. UM, UPON, UH, I THINK SOME EXPOSURE OF SEVERAL COLLEAGUES HERE WITH SMELLS OF, UH, MATERIALS THAT WERE SEEPING OVER. WE DID DO VALIDATION. I THINK URL'S OFFICE ALSO DID AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW, UH, AN AIR QUALITY TEST SEPARATELY FROM THE ONE THAT I HAD CALLED IN IMMEDIATELY TO RESPOND. UH, IT, IT TURNS OUT THAT THERE WAS EXPOSURES, AT LEAST FROM OUR DOCUMENT, BUT, UM, THAT THE MATERIAL USED IS NOT, UM, WAS NOT CARCINOGEN, IS WHAT I BELIEVE BOTH REPORTS HAD SHARED. UM, SO I WANTED TO ALLEVIATE FOLKS ON THAT, HAPPY TO SHARE IN BROADER FORM THE, UH, CONCERNS THAT WERE INITIATED, UH, AS WELL AS THE REPORTS THEMSELVES, UM, FOR THAT MATERIAL. UM, BUT I DO, I DO ASK THAT I THINK FROM THE EXECUTIVE SIDE, WE LOOK AT TERM AND SUPPLY CONTRACTORS BECAUSE THERE ARE STILL UNANSWERED QUESTIONS THAT I'VE ASKED ABOUT CERTIFICATIONS OF THOSE PROFESSIONALS THAT WERE THERE. UM, STATUS, UH, SADLY I THINK WAS, THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNICATION ISSUES THAT, UH, WERE DONE WITH THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE ACTUALLY DOING THE ABATEMENT THEMSELVES. AND THERE WAS A CLEAR FAILURE, UH, AND AT LEAST, UH, A PORTION OF THE VENTILATION SYSTEM, UH, THAT WE NEEDED TO ADDRESS. AND SO, I DON'T KNOW WHO EXACTLY AND, AND MAYBE OUR FORMER CHAIRMAN, UM, OUR, UM, OUR EMERITUS CHAIRMAN, I THINK IS WHAT WE'VE CALLED HIM, UH, MAY HAVE MORE DETAILS ON HOW THE EXECUTION OF, UH, THAT PROCESS TOOK PLACE AND, AND THAT CONTRACT. BUT, UH, THERE WERE SOME, THERE WERE SOME MISSTEPS, I THINK. AND SO WANTED TO ALLEVIATE AT LEAST THE CONCERNS OF FOLKS ABOUT THE ABATEMENT, MAKE SURE FOLKS KNEW THAT IT WAS, UM, AND THANKS TO YOU ALL AS WELL AS, UH, THE CALL TO ACTION FOR A QUICK, UH, EMERGENCY RESPONSE FOR THAT ISSUE. BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, I THINK, NEED TO TAKE SERIOUSLY AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO I DUNNO IF YOU WANNA SHARE ANYTHING ABOUT THAT AS WELL. JUST BRIEFLY, MR. CHAIRMAN, UM, THE LEGISLATIVE BODIES OFFICES, HA YOU GUYS HAVE VOTED TO, UH, IMPROVE THEM AND RENOVATE THEM, THEN THAT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY TO GET THAT DONE UNDER MY STAFF. AND THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON PAINTING ON MOVING CUBICLES ON NEW CARPET. AND, UH, SOME OF YOU HAVE ACTUALLY MOVED DOWN TO THE FIRST FLOOR TO GET OUTTA THE WAY. AND THAT'S TAKEN A WHILE. AND THEY'VE ALSO WORKED IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND DOING THE SAME THING. AND, UH, SOME OF THE AGENCIES THAT WERE IN THERE, UH, GOT DEEPER INTO IT AND FOUND WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS ABE ASBESTOS. THEY FOLLOWED THE PROCEDURES OF WHAT THEY SHOULD DO, THE ABATEMENT, THEY, UH, SCREENED OFF ALL THE AREA, UH, AND, UH, THEY WERE WORKING ON IT. UM, AND THEN, UM, I GOT A CALL FROM THE CHAIRMAN AND SAID, HEY, YOU GOTTA SMELL THIS AND CAME DOWN. IT WAS, UH, SOME NOXIOUS FUMES GOING ON. SO, UH, I APPRECIATE MR. CHAIRMAN REACHING OUT TO ME. UH, WE DIRECTED THOSE, UH, OUR STAFF TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. THEY OPENED THE AIR VENTILATORS AND GOT THAT, UH, CLEARED UP. BUT THEN ALSO, UH, THE CHAIRMAN'S CONCERNS THAT THINK HE HAS A, UH, A BACKGROUND IN THIS TYPE ISSUE WAS WHAT WAS IN THE AIR, WHAT WAS THAT? AND SO, UH, WE DID AN OUTSIDE [00:25:01] STUDY TO FIGURE THAT OUT. UM, LUCKILY NO GENICS IN THERE, UM, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WAS A CONCERN TO MYSELF AND TO YOU GUYS FROM BEING THERE. SO I, I THINK WE GOT IT FIGURED OUT. UM, I THINK WE HAVE SOME MORE ANSWERS TO GIVE BACK TO THE CHAIR ABOUT SPECIFICS OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE DOING THE WORK, UM, THEIR CERTIFICATIONS AND MAYBE WHAT WAS IN THE ACTUAL STUDY THAT CAME BACK. UM, BUT I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE GOT IT ALL, UH, WRAPPED UP, FIXED, AND MOVED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT. UH, MR. EXECUTIVE, I THINK YOU WERE MISSED AND REMEMBERING SOME OTHER JACKSON COUNTY HISTORY. UH, ACCORDING TO MY, UH, NEW BOOK, UH, THE HIDDEN AGENDA, IT REFERENCES THAT ON THIS DAY IN 2020, THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS WON THE SUPER BOWL. SO THAT MIGHT BE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORY. YOU ALSO SHOULD ADD, UM, JUST FYI . THANK YOU, MR. TRUE. UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE? ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE DID ASK FOR CLOSED SESSION TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER TOPICS, SO APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO BE A PART OF THAT AS WELL. UM, NOW MOVE ON TO THE PERFECTION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND REPORTS OF COMMITTEE [AN ORDINANCE prohibiting law enforcement officers from concealing their faces or badges during performance of their official duties and establishing penalties and exemptions.] ORDINANCE 60 50 PROHIBITING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FROM CONCEALING THEIR FACES OR BADGES DURING PERFORMANCE OF THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES IN ESTABLISHING PENALTIES AND EXEMPTIONS. ANTI-CRIME COMMITTEE. AND THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT, UM, SUBSTITUTES, TWO DIFFERENT, I THINK THE SECOND SUBSTITUTE IS IT WAS HELD, UM, REPORT FROM COMMITTEE. THE, UH, ORDINANCE 6 0 5 0 IS HELD IN COMMITTEE. UM, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE DISCHARGE THIS SO THAT WE CAN MOVE THIS ALONG. UM, AS A POINT OF REVIEW, I HAVE ALSO ASKED AND, AND WAS ASKED, I THINK, TO DO A PUBLIC HEARING NEXT MONDAY ON THIS TOPIC. UM, SO I'M NOT SURE IF WE WANT TO ADVANCE TO DISCHARGE FROM COMMITTEES SO WE CAN BRING IT BEFORE US, OR IF WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN MOVE THAT ALONG. I THINK, UH, WITHOUT, UH, DISCHARGE EFFORT, THIS WOULD BE DELAYED FOR ANOTHER TWO WEEKS. SO, UM, I'LL SEEK A MOTION. MOVE TO DISCHARGE. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT MOVED. AND SECOND, THIS IS TO DISCHARGE, TO MOVE IT FROM THE ANTI-CRIME COMMITTEE INTO LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE. UM, ACTUALLY WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL. VOTE ON THAT. ANDERSON. YES. PEYTON? YES. SMITH? NO. HUSKY? YES. FRANKLIN OF ABSTAINED MCGEE? YES. LAUER? NO. SMITH, NO. ACA? YES. FIVE. YES. THREE. NO ONE ABSTAINING. THANK YOU. SO IT'S NOW BEING MOVED TO LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE. WHERE TO REMAIN ON THE AGENDA. I'LL ASK COLLEAGUES TO REVIEW THE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE SUGGESTED. UM, I THINK THE LATEST ONE, UH, GENERAL COUNSEL, DO YOU WANNA SPEAK ON THAT JUST TO SHOW THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO SUBSTITUTES? OR IS ONE OF THEM YOURS? SHARON, THE SUBSTITUTE THAT WHITNEY MILLER WITH THE COUNTY COUNSELOR'S OFFICE, THE SUBSTITUTE THAT WAS PRESENTED IN COMMITTEE SHOULD BE IN FRONT OF YOU ON THE DESK. UH, IT WAS PRESENTED BY LEGISLATOR BARCA. IT NARROWS THE SCOPE ONLY TO FEDERAL IMMIGRATION OFFICERS, UH, AND THEN GENERALIZES SOME OF THAT ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE. BUT THE, THE PRIMARY CHANGE IS THAT IT IS FOCUSED PURELY ON FEDERAL IMMIGRATION OFFICERS AS OPPOSED TO ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT. LEGISLATOR SMITH, DID YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT YOURS AS AN ALTERNA? NO. OKAY. UM, SO I'LL LEAVE THAT TO THE PREFERENCE OF THE BODY. IF YOU WANT TO AMEND NOW, OR IF YOU WANT TO HEAR IN THE FUTURE, UM, WHAT THE POSSIBILITIES ARE FOR 60 50. SEEMS LIKE WAITING TILL THE PUBLIC HEARING'S DONE WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA. ALL RIGHT. UM, SO WE'LL SET FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. UH, NEXT MONDAY AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR AGENDA. [AN ORDINANCE repealing subsection 5293.2, of Jackson County Code, 1984, related to the subject of wreckers and tow services and enacting in lieu thereof one new subsection relating to the same subject.] MOVE ON TO 60 52, REPEALING SUBSECTION 5 2 9, 3 0.2 OF THE JACKSON COUNTY CODE 1984 RELATED TO THE SUBJECT OF RECORDS AND TOW SERVICES AND ENACTING LUTHER THEREOF. ONE NEW SUBSECTION RELATING TO THE SAME SUBJECT. INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. REPORT FROM COMMITTEE. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED FOR AFFECTION. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL ADD THAT TO THE CONSENT [AN ORDINANCE repealing sections and subsections 9103., 9104., 9113., 9121., 9120.2., 9125.4., and 9125.5., of Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to the Board of Equalization, and enacting, in lieu thereof, four new sections and three new subsections relating to the same subject, with an effective date.] AGENDA. 60 53. REPEALING SECTIONS AND SUBSECTIONS. 91 0 3, 91 0 4, 91. 13 91, 21, 91, 20 0.2 91. 25.4. 91 25 0.5. JACKSON COUNTY CODE 1984, RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION AND ACTING IN LUTHER OF FOUR NEW SECTIONS WITH THREE NEW SUBSECTIONS RELATING TO THE SAME SUBJECT WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE. INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. [00:30:03] REPORT FOR COMMITTEE. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PERFECTION WITHOUT ANY OBJECTIONS. WE'LL ADD IT TO CONSENT [AN ORDINANCE establishing a third-party monitoring program for Jackson County projects and authorizing access for qualified contracted third parties to conduct site visits.] AGENDA. FINAL [7 FINAL PASSAGE OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES] PASSAGE OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE IS 6 0 4 9. ESTABLISHING A THIRD PARTY MONITORING PROGRAM FOR JACKSON COUNTY PROJECTS. AND AUTHORIZING ACCESS FOR QUALIFIED CONTRACTED THIRD PARTIES TO CONDUCT SITE VISITS PERFECTED COURT FROM COMMITTEE. IT'S PERFECTED. IT'S IN THE LEGISLATION. OH, I'M SORRY. UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION. THIS WILL BE PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR ADOPTION. OBJECTION. THERE'S BEEN AN OBJECTION. IS THERE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR? I WOULD SEEK A MOTION, I GUESS AS THE CHAIR. I WOULD OTHERWISE MAKE THE MOTION TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING, OH, OUTSIDE INSPECTIONS. ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE, UH, IT'LL [8 RESOLUTIONS IN COMMITTEE] BE HELD [A RESOLUTION awarding a twelve-month term and supply contract, with one twelve-month option to extend for the furnishing of disaster recovery services for use countywide to 21st Enterprise, LLC aka ServPro of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, under the terms and conditions of the Junior College District of Metropolitan Kansas City, Missouri (MCC) Contract No. 19-7242-C3R2.] RESOLUTION AND COMMITTEE. 2 2 0 1 4 MORNING, A 12 MONTH TERM SUPPLY CONTRACT WITH ONE 12 MONTH OPTION TO EXTEND FOR THE FURNISHING OF DISASTER RECOVERY SERVICES FOR USE. COUNTYWIDE 21ST ENTERPRISE, L-L-C-A-K-A, SERVPRO OF LEE SUMMIT, MISSOURI. UNDER THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT OR METROPOLITAN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. MCC CONTRACT NUMBER 19 7 2 4 2 C3 R TWO. LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE MOVE TO ADOPT. THERE'S A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. UH, ANY DISCUSSION? UH, WE'VE HELD IT FOR A WHILE. HAVING AN EMERGENCY SERVICES PROVIDER THAT CAN CLEAN UP AFTER AN ACCIDENT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD IDEA. SERVPRO HAS BEEN A LONGSTANDING CUSTOMER OR PROVIDER FOR, FOR, UH, JACKSON COUNTY. UH, JUST NO SPECIFIC TROUBLES WE'RE ATTACHING TO A ANOTHER CONTRACT. UM, SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO HAVE THIS AVAILABLE. I THINK WE EVEN HAD SOME PIPE ISSUES AT THE HISTORIC COURTHOUSE THIS PAST WEEK AND, UH, MIGHT'VE AVAILED OURSELVES OF THEIR SERVICES. HAD WE HAD THE CONTRACT IN PLACE, IT'S THE POINT OF INFORMATION. I THINK THERE WAS A GOAL OF HAVING ADMINISTRATION ATTACH A UP TO FEE SO THAT YOU CAN'T GET A 300, $500,000, UM, BILL ATTACHED TO A TERM AND SUPPLY CONTRACTOR, PARTICULARLY ONE THAT'S NOT BEEN BID OUT FOR ANYONE TO APPLY FOR, UH, PARTICULARLY SMALL BUSINESSES. BUT, UH, IF THE PLEASES THE BODY TO PASS THIS, THAT IS SUBJECT TO AGREEMENT, REMEMBER IT'S ONE 12 MONTH OPTION. SO, UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? UH, ACTUALLY, I THINK IT'S MARY JO. SORRY. ANDERSON 2 2 0 1 4. OH, I'M SO SORRY. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. UH, YES. PEYTON? YES. SMITH? YES. HUSKY? YES. FRANKLIN? YES. MCGEE? YES. LAUER? YES. SMITH? YES. A BARCA? NO. A YES. ONE? NO. [A RESOLUTION requesting the Missouri State Auditor to 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.] UH, RESOLUTION 2 2 1 4 7. REQUESTING THE MISSOURI STATE AUDITOR TO 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. INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. COMMITTEE, RECOMMENDED COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADOPTION. AND I'LL JUST, IF I MAY SPEAK FOR A MOMENT ON THIS. SURE. SO THE, UM, UH, COUNTY EXECUTIVE IN A MEETING LIKE THIS HAD SUGGESTED THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH AN AUDIT. THIS REALLY STARTED, UH, BEFORE WE, UH, FINALIZED THE DISBURSEMENT DECISIONS THAT WE MADE AT THE END OF DECEMBER FOR THESE FUNDS. UM, THIS WAS REALLY, UH, RELATED TO THE FACT THAT, UM, WHEN, UH, THE NEW ADMINISTRATION CAME IN, THEY IDENTIFIED THAT THERE WAS MONEY THAT WAS IDENTIFIED AS, AS ARPA MONEY THAT HAD BEEN MOVED IN AND OUT AT DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS. AND WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY SPENT, ALLOCATED, MOVED AROUND, UM, WAS ALL HANDLED PROPERLY. UM, SO I RECOMMEND ADOPTION AT THIS TIME. AND IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, MR. CHAIR, OPEN IT UP TO SEE IF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE HAD ANY COMMENT. MR. EXECUTIVE. YES, MR. CHAIRMAN. LET JUDGE SMITH AND I TALKED ABOUT THAT. WHAT, WHAT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT IS, UH, HAVING THE STATE AUDITOR COME IN AND, AND TALK ABOUT THE FIRST DOLLAR THAT CAME FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT CAME INTO THIS BUILDING, UH, WHERE IT WENT, WHY IT WENT THERE, AND THEN THAT DOLLAR THAT LEFT, THE LAST DOLLAR THAT LEFT, I THINK IT'S BEEN REPORTED THAT THIS ISSUE IS INVOLVING THE ACTUAL FUNDING PROCESS THAT THIS, UH, BODY VOTED ON. AND THAT'S WASN'T MY ISSUE THAT I, I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT. RIGHT. I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT JUST THE TRACKING, THE ACCOUNTING BECAUSE, UM, NO ONE IN THIS ROOM KNOWS WHERE THE MONEY WENT, WHY IT WENT IN CERTAIN PLACES. AND I'M NOT ACKNOWLEDGED THAT'S ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT, BUT I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON ME AND, AND THIS BODY TO KNOW. AND SO, UH, I'VE TALKED TO THE STATE AUDITOR'S OFFICE AND THE REQUEST HAS TO COME FROM THIS BODY TO ASK THEM TO COME IN AND DO THAT. I THINK IT'S ONLY PRUDENT FOR US TO DO IT. SO I APPRECIATE LET SMITH BRINGING THIS UP. [00:35:01] YEAH. AND THE PROCESS WE'VE GONE THROUGH WITH THE STATE AUDITOR WILL HAVE AN ENGAGEMENT LETTER. WE CAN FURTHER CLARIFY THE TERMS AND SCOPE OF THEIR WORK. UM, BUT THIS IS JUST THE AUTHORIZATION TO KIND OF MOVE FORWARD. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, MR. CHAIRMAN? YES, MR. ANDERSON? THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN TO INQUIRE OF THE VICE CHAIR. YES, SIR. UM, IS THIS, UH, GOING TO COVER, AND I, I MEAN, I APOLOGIZE IS, SO THIS IS GOING BACK TO COVER, UH, ONLY THE ARPA FUNDS NOT THE, UH, FUNDS THAT WERE PUT OUT BY THE FIRST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. IS THAT RIGHT? UH, TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, THAT'S CORRECT. UM, I MEAN, IT'S FEASIBLE THAT WE COULD, UH, NOT ADOPT TODAY AN AMEND IT TO BE ALL COVID RELATED FEDERAL RISK DISBURSEMENTS. BUT MS. MILLER WITH THE MILLER, THE COUNSELOR'S OFFICE, IT'S CURRENTLY DRAFTED TO AUDIT ARPA FUNDS NOT CARES ACT. I SEE. THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. AND I HAPPILY TAKE AN AMENDMENT, UM, UH, REALLY WANNA MOVE FORWARD AND FELT LIKE, UH, THIS WAS SPECIFICALLY IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FROM THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE. SURE. AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS THAT WILL THIS COVER, AND AGAIN, YOU MIGHT'VE SAID IT AND I DIDN'T CATCH IT OR WHATEVER THAT WAS, IS THIS COVERING, UH, THE ARPA FUNDS THAT WERE JUST SENT OUT OR IS THIS NOT COVERING, THIS WAS INTRODUCED BEFORE THAT THIS WASN'T INTENDED TO NECESSARILY DEAL WITH THE MOST RECENT DISBURSEMENTS. 'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON WHAT THOSE WERE. I SEE. THANK YOU. UH, MR. CHAIR, TO INQUIRE LEGISLATIVE SMITH, UH, TO THE, UH, SPONSOR LEGISLATIVE SEAN SMITH, WOULD YOU BE OPEN TO AN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD BROADEN THE SCOPE TO ALL FEDERAL FUNDING? UH, ALL FEDERAL FUNDING WOULD GET PRETTY FAR. IF WE COULD, IF WE COULD LIMIT THE SCOPE OF AN AMENDMENT TO JUST BE THE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WAS COVID RELATED, SUCH AS CARES FUNDS AND ARPA FUNDS, I'D BE OKAY WITH THAT. MS. MILLER, IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD DEAL WITH? I MEAN, MAYBE NOT TODAY. I DON'T MR. EXECUTIVE, DOES IT MATTER IF THIS IS TODAY OR NEXT WEEK? NOT AT ALL. THAT, THAT'S A GIGANTIC ASK TO GET ALL FEDERAL FUNDS, THOUGH. THAT WOULD BE A ONE HECK AUDIT. YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE MY CONCERN. SO IF WE COULD LIMIT IT LEGISLATOR SMITH TO JUST CARES AND ARPA, UM, OR OTHER FUNDS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN DISPERSED AS A RESULT OF THE COVID PANDEMIC, UM, THAT WOULD BE EASIER. I THINK FORWARDED, IS THERE A MOTION THERE? SO MOVED. SO I THINK WE HAD PREVIOUSLY MOVED TO, UH, HAD WE, I TURNED UP NO, NO, NO. I MEANT FOR THE AMENDMENT REPORTED THAT, UH, THE COMMITTEE . SO I THINK WE'D HAVE TO HAVE A WRITTEN AMENDMENT. SO I GUESS JUST HOLD FOR TODAY. AND MS. MILLER AND I COULD WORK ON WHO HEAL. ANY OBJECTION. THE HOLD'S BEING HEALED. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL HOLD THAT UNTIL NEXT WEEK. SO IS THAT SINCE THE COMMITTEE ALREADY MOVED, AH, UH, MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT ITS GOING TO LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE, CORRECT? YES. STAY IN LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE. [A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute a permanent utility easement in favor of Missouri Alliance, LLC, dba Bluebird Fiber across a portion of Fleming Park, for a fee payable to the County.] UH, RESOLUTION 2 2 1 4 8 AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO EXECUTE A PERMANENT UTILITY EASEMENT IN FAVOR OF MISSOURI ALLIANCE LLC DOING BUSINESSES BLUEBIRD FIBER ACROSS A PORTION OF FLEMING PARK FOR A FEE PAYABLE TO THE COUNTY LAND USE COMMITTEE. REPORT FROM COMMITTEE. COMMITTEE. RECOMMENDED ADOPTION. UH, RIGHT. THANK YOU. SEC. GOING TO THE CONSENT? YEAH, GO TO THE CONSENT. SORRY, I HAD TO SWITCH PAGES HERE. [9 CONSENT AGENDA] ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. UH, WE ARE NOW AT THE CONSENT AGENDA AND WE HAVE ORDINANCES 6 0 5 2 6 0 5 3. RESOLUTION 2 2 1 4 8. DID I MISS ANY MADAM CLERK? THAT'S WHAT I HAVE. THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ANDERSON? YES. OH, DID I GET A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT? OH, I'M SORRY. I MOVE TO THANK YOU. ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA. SECOND. IT'S MOVED. AND SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? HEARING NONE NOW, MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU CALL THE ROLE ANDERSON? YES. PEYTON? YES. SMITH? YES. HUSKY? YES. FRANKLIN? YES. MCGEE? YES. LAUER? YES. SMITH? YES. ACA? YES. NINE. YES. INTRODUCTION TO PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND ASSIGNMENT TO COMMITTEE? 6 0 5 4. DEAR CHAIRMAN, I I, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THOSE ON THE CONSENT THOSE WHAT WE NEED BACK MADAM CLERK, THOSE NUMBERS. ORDINANCE NUMBERS 6 0 5 2 6 0 5 3 FOR PERFECTION. AND THEN, UH, RESOLUTION 2, 2, 1, 4 8. THANK YOU. [10 INTRODUCTION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND ASSIGNMENT TO COMMITTEE] [AN ORDINANCE requesting a renewal of a conditional use permit (CUP) in District AG (Agricultural) for continuous operation of a horse boarding facility subject to specified conditions, as to a 48.09± acre tract.] INTRODUCTION TO PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND ASSIGNMENT TO COMMITTEE 6 0 5 4 REQUESTING A RENEWAL OF OR CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS, CUP AND DISTRICT AG AGRICULTURAL FOR A CONTINUOUS OPERATION OF A HORSE BOARDING FACILITY SUBJECT TO SPEC SPECIFIED CONDITIONS AS TO A 48.09 PLUS OR MINUS ACRE TRACK SIGN LAND USE [AN ORDINANCE amending the zoning districts established pursuant to the Unified Development Code by rezoning a certain 19.48± acre tract from District AG (Agricultural) to District RE (Residential Estates).] [00:40:02] 6 0 5 5. AMEND ZONING DISTRICT'S ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE BY REZONING A CERTAIN 19.48 PLUS OR MINUS ACRE TRACK FROM DISTRICT AG AGRICULTURAL TO DISTRICT RE RESIDENTIAL ESTATES. SIGN A LAND USE COMMITTEE. [AN ORDINANCE amending the zoning districts established pursuant to the Unified Development Code by rezoning a certain 20.00± acre tract from District AG (Agricultural) to District RR (Residential Ranchette).] 6 0 5 6 AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT'S ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE BY REZONING A CERTAIN 20.00 PLUS OR MINUS AC TRACT FROM DISTRICT AG AGRICULTURAL TO DISTRICT R OR RESIDENTIAL RANCHETTE SIGN A LAND USE [AN ORDINANCE amending the zoning districts established pursuant to the Unified Development Code by rezoning a certain 70.00± acre tract from District AG (Agricultural) to District RR (Residential Ranchette).] COMMITTEE. 6 0 5 7 AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT'S ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE BY REZONING A CERTAIN 70.00 PLUS OR MINUS AC TRACK FROM DISTRICT AG AGRICULTURE TO DISTRICT R RESIDENTIAL RANCHETTE. ASSIGN A LAND USE [AN ORDINANCE appropriating $636,425.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2026 Park Fund for construction services provided by Hartline Construction of North Kansas City, MO for use by the Parks + Rec Department.] COMMITTEE. 6 0 5 8 APPROPRIATING $636,425 FROM THE UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE OF THE 2026 PARK FUND FOR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES PROVIDED BY HEARTLINE CONSTRUCTION OF NORTH KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, FOR USED BY THE PARKS PLUS REC DEPARTMENT INTRODUCED BY MEGAN L. SMITH. SIGN A PUBLIC WORK COMMITTEE. [AN ORDINANCE submitting to the qualified voters of Jackson County, Missouri, at the general election to be held on April 7, 2026, a question to amend the Jackson County Charter, with an effective date.] 6 0 5 9 SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI AT THE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD APRIL 7TH, 2026. A QUESTION TO AMEND THE JACKSON COUNTY CHARTER WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE INTRODUCED BY SEAN E. SMITH, SIGNED INTERGOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. 6 0 6 0 [AN ORDINANCE appropriating $264,216.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2025 Grant Fund in acceptance of the 2024 JAG Grant awarded to the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.] APPROPRIATING $264,216 FROM THE UN-DESIGNATED FUND BALANCE OF THE 2025 GRANT FUND AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE 2024 JAG GRANT AWARDED TO THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, INTRODUCED BY VANESSA HUSKY, SIGNED JUSTICE AND LAW COMMITTEE. [AN ORDINANCE prohibiting all permit and zoning approvals for non-County or municipal government owned detention facilities.] 6 0 6 1 PROHIBITING ALL PERMIT AND ZONING APPROVALS FOR NON COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OWNED DETENTION FACILITIES INTRODUCED BY MANUEL BARKER IV. UM, LET'S ASSIGN THIS TO LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE AND IF WE COULD ALSO ADD A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS AS WELL. THIS IS IN PERTAINING TO, UH, BANNING POTENTIAL ICE FACILITY IN SOUTH KANSAS CITY. I THINK SINCE THE TOPICS ARE SOMEWHAT ALIGNED, THAT WOULD BE PRUDENT FOR US TO HEAR BOTH OF THOSE TOPICS NEXT WEEK. [AN ORDINANCE waiving the reimbursement of acquisition cost required by section 1139., Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to the transfer of ownership of the Sheriff’s Office’s K-9 unit dog, Spy, to dog handler and companion Deputy Jessica Davidson.] 6 0 6 2 WAIVING THE REIMBURSEMENT OF ACQUISITION COSTS REQUIRED BY SECTION 1 1 3 9 JACKSON COUNTY CODE 1984, RELAYING TO THE TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE'S CANINE UNIT DOG SPY TO DOG HANDLER AND COMPANION DEPUTY JESSICA DAVIDSON. INTRODUCED BY VANESSA HUSKY ASSIGNED JUSTICE AND LAW COMMITTEE TO [AN ORDINANCE rescinding Resolution 22084 dated October 27, 2026 and transferring $818,068.00 within the County Improvement Fund and awarding a contract extension to Strategic Workplace Solutions, Inc. of Belton, MO at an actual cost to the County in the amount of $535,214.00 and JCDC Partners at an actual cost to the County in the amount of $282,854.00 for professional services provided in conjunction with the delivery of the New Jackson County Detention Center and requesting a fee schedule be attached.] COMPLICATED 6 0 6 3 RESENDING RESOLUTION 2 2 0 8 4 DATED OCTOBER 27TH, 2026 AND TRANSFERRING $818,068 WITHIN THE COUNTY IMPROVEMENT FUND AND AWARDING A CONTRACT EXTENSION TO STRATEGIC WORKPLACE SOLUTIONS INC. OF BELTON, MISSOURI AT AN ACTUAL COST TO THE COUNTY IN THE AMOUNT OF $535,214 AND JCDC PARTNERS IN AN ACTUAL COST OF THE COUNTY IN THE AMOUNT OF $282,854 FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROVIDED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DELIVERY OF THE NEW JACKSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER AND REQUESTING A FEE SCHEDULE BE ATTACHED, INTRODUCED BY MANUEL BARKER IV. UM, TO MY COLLEAGUES, I WOULD LIKE TO ADOPT THIS IF POSSIBLE TODAY. THIS IS JUST, IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE ALREADY PASSED, BUT IT ALLOWS FOR THE FEE STRUCTURE TO ACTUALLY PAY THE INDIVIDUALS FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'VE STARTED TO WORK ON. SO I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION IF WE COULD. SO MOVED. I SECOND IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? HAPPY TO PROVIDE MORE CONTEXT, BUT I THINK, SO THIS WAS RELATING TO THE EMAIL I SENT YOU. ALL COMPLIANCE, UM, IS ASKING US TO PASS THIS, THIS IS THE THIRD PARTY COMPLIANCE VENDOR FOR THE JAIL ITSELF. UM, THEY'RE ACTIVELY DOING, UM, THIS WORK NOW, BUT CANNOT BE PAID BECAUSE THERE WAS NO FEE SCHEDULE ATTACHED. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS PERTAINING TO. SO THAT'S, I'M EXPECTING IT TODAY. SO I, TO INQUIRE, I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT SEAN SAID. UH, LEGISLATIVE SMITH, IS THERE ANYONE FROM COMPLIANCE TO PROVIDE CONTEXT? UH, 'CAUSE THE WAY THE THE ORDINANCE IS READING, IT'S, UH, CITING A RESOLUTION THAT WAS DATED OCTOBER 27TH, 2026. IS THAT A TYPO OR HAS TO BE GENERAL? I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR ON WHAT WE'RE BEING ASKED TO DO AND IF THERE'S TYPOS. I MEAN, I THINK THOSE SHOULD BE CLEARED UP BEFORE WE VOTE ON ANYTHING. IT WAS A TYPO, SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE NEED A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THERE. UM, AND AGAIN, THIS WAS THIS ORDINANCE TO ALLOCATE THIS, THESE FUNDS WERE ALREADY DONE. THIS WAS SOMETHING THE PREVIOUS BUDGET CHAIR, UH, LEGISLATOR FRANKLIN AND, UM, CHAIR EMERITUS, UH, MCGEE HAD, UH, SUCCESSFULLY PASSED. THIS IS JUST ASSIGNING THE FEE SCHEDULE TO IT. SO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS THIS IS THE EXACT SAME THING. IT'S JUST ATTACHING THE FEE SCHEDULE. UM, MS. MELINDA, DO YOU WANNA COME AND SHARE ANYTHING WITH US? YOU MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS. MELINDA BOWLING COMPLIANCE REVIEW OFFICE, [00:45:01] UM, EXACTLY WHAT CHAIRMAN BERKA SAID, THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN PASSED, BUT THERE WAS NO FEE SCHEDULED IN THE RESOLUTION. ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT? UH, ONE LEGISLATIVE VICE CHAIR SMITH. SO, UM, CONSTRUCTION ON THE JAIL'S PRETTY MUCH COMPLETE. AND WE GO LIVE IN MARCH, APRIL, I BELIEVE. UM, AND YET WE'RE STILL PAYING THESE FOLKS ALL THE WAY THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2026. CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF THE CONTINUING COMPENSATION, THE CONTINUING WORK AND, AND HOW WE KNOW WHAT THE APPROPRIATE FEES ARE BASED ON THIS TIME SCHEDULE? THE PAYMENTS ARE THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR, MOST LIKELY. EVEN IF THEY GET IN BY APRIL, IT'LL STILL BE PAPERWORK ON THE COMPLIANCE SIDE FOR AT LEAST SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS AFTER THAT. AS FAR AS PREVAILING WAGE AND GOALS GO. SO WE'LL BE ACCORDING TO THIS, PAYING THEM THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2026? YES. EVEN THOUGH THEY MIGHT BE CONCLUDING BEFORE THAT. I GUESS I'M JUST UNCLEAR WHAT THE PAYMENT METRIC ACTUALLY IS. MR. EXECUTIVE, IF I MIGHT, MR. CHAIRMAN? YEP. UH, I'D LIKE TO REVISIT THAT ONCE THE JAIL IS UP AND RUNNING, YOUR CONCERNS ARE VALID. LIKE WHY, IF THEY'RE, THEY'RE IN APRIL, MAY, WHY ARE WE STILL PAYING THEM? SO LET'S, CAN WE GET TO THAT POINT AND THEN REVISIT THIS AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S LEFT ON THE CONTRACT ONCE LEFT FOR THEM TO PAY AND WHY IT WOULD GO TO THE END OF THE YEAR? WOULD THAT BE APPROPRIATE? YEAH, I'M, I'M JUST CONFUSED BY IT. 'CAUSE IT, UM, I MEAN THE CONTRACT'S GONNA GO THROUGH A YEAR, IT'S GONNA COMPLETE AT THE END OF THE YEAR. I THINK THAT THE END OF THE SERVICES NEEDED, IF IT'S APRIL OR MAY, I THINK WE SHOULD REVISIT THAT. I'M OF THE SAME CONCERN OF YOU. WHY WOULD WE BE CONTINUING TO THE END OF THE YEAR IF THEIR WORK WAS DONE IN MAY? SO I GUESS MY RESPONSE WOULD BE CAN WE REVISIT THIS ONCE THE JAIL IS UP AND RUNNING AND FIGURE OUT IF THERE IS ANYTHING ELSE FOR THEM TO BE DOING? UH, AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU'RE NOT PLANNING COMPLIANCE THEN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN AND THEY'RE ALREADY BEHIND TWO MONTHS. YES. SO YOU'RE NOT PAYING YOUR COMPLIANCE THEN THE CONSTRUCTION WILL BE DONE BY THEN, BUT THE PAPERWORK MOST LIKELY WILL NOT BE DONE AND THEY LAG 30 DAYS ALREADY BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT YOU REPORT DIRECT. RIGHT. SO LEGISLATORS, MCGEE OR FRANKLIN, DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THIS FROM THE PAST END? 'CAUSE THIS WAS A CHALLENGE TO EVEN GET PAST, TO BEGIN WITH, I THINK. NO, I DON'T HAVE TO. NO, I DON'T EITHER. I THINK WHAT I WOULD'VE WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE ALL THAT GREAT FOR THIS THING, BUT I THINK THE QUESTION IS DO WE WANNA CONTINUE COMPLIANCE OR NOT? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE 60 DAYS BEHIND ON PAYING THEM. SO IF WE DON'T, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE ON THIS BODY UNDERSTANDS THAT. AND IF YOU STOP AT APRIL, YOU STILL HAVE 30 DAYS BEHIND THAT, THAT YOU'RE NOT DOING COMPLIANCE. SO WE CAN HOLD IT, BUT MELINDA DOESN'T HAVE THE STAFF TO CONTINUE TO DO IT AT ALL, FRANKLY. UM, SO YOU'RE TELLING A THIRD PARTY NOW THAT'S BEEN EMPLOYED FOR 60 DAYS NOT TO BE PAID. SO THEY HAVE AN EXISTING CONTRACT. WE'VE ALREADY EXTENDED IT. WHAT, WHAT DOES THE CONTRACT SAY ABOUT WHAT WORK THEY DO IN ORDER TO GET PAID? WERE THE, WAS THE CONTRACT STRUCTURED ON A MONTHLY FEE BASIS WAS HOW WAS THE CONTRACT STRUCTURED? IT WAS A LUMP SUM. SO THE ALTERNATIVE IS PAYING THEM IN FULL. IT SAID, AND I BELIEVE, I DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, I APOLOGIZE, BUT I BELIEVE IT SAYS TO BE DETERMINED BY THE FEE SCHEDULE AND THERE WAS NO FEE SCHEDULE. THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO COME BACK BECAUSE THERE WAS NO FEE SCHEDULE ATTACHED. YEAH, I JUST PERSONALLY FEEL LIKE THERE'S, IT, THERE'S SOME CONFUSION. I MEAN, FIRST OFF WITH JUST THE DATE THAT'S SIMPLE, BUT THEN KIND OF THE TIMING OF WHEN WE'RE PAYING THEM, WE ALREADY APPROVED AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT TO ADD MORE MONEY WITH MAYBE A LITTLE LACK OF CLARITY. I, I'D JUST LIKE TO GET MORE CLARITY, BUT IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS. THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. I'LL, I'LL BE A NO VOTE FOR THE MOMENT UNLESS WE WANNA WITHDRAW THAT MOTION. YEAH, THERE WAS A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS, BUT I WOULD MOVE TO ADOPT. OKAY. WELL YOU, SO WE GOTTA PERFECT IT FIRST. YEAH. THE FIRST IS TO PERFECT. ARE DO WE WANNA AMEND THAT DATE JUST SO THAT WE HAVE IT? OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONSIDER AN ERROR? IT MAY BE A CORRECTION SINCE IT OKAY, MR. CHAIR TO, TO INQUIRE LEGISLATIVE SMITH OF, UM, COMPLIANCE OR LEGAL OR WHOEVER CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION. UM, I MEAN, IT, IT, I'M NOT SAYING THAT THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO GET DONE. MY CONCERN AND, AND KIND OF PAUSE IS THAT WHEN WE HAVE LEGISLATION COME BEFORE US, CERTAINLY IN THE AMOUNTS THAT WE SEE IN THIS ONE AND WE'RE BEING ASKED TO, UM, APPROVE IT OR VOTE ON IT RATHER SAME DAY, UM, WITHOUT ANY PRIOR CONVERSATION OR, OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE. UH, WITH ALL THESE QUESTIONS THAT ARE COMING UP, UM, WHAT IS THE RISK OF HOLDING THIS UNTIL OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING NEXT [00:50:01] MONDAY? SO THAT, I MEAN, SO COMPLIANCE OR OR WHOEVER CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION. I MEAN, I'M LOOKING AT THE CONTRACT NOW FOR, UM, WHEN IT WAS INITIALLY SIGNED. I MEAN, THERE'S QUESTIONS THERE. I MEAN, WHY, WHY WOULD WE ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH SOMEONE OR WHY WOULD THEY ENTER INTO ONE WITH US WITHOUT A FEE SCHEDULE BEING PRESENTED OF SOME SORT? UM, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT I THINK MAYBE A ANOTHER WEEK SINCE THIS IS BEING INTRODUCED TODAY. UM, AND KNOWING THAT WITH AN ORDINANCE, UH, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, LEGAL, THAT WOULD NEED A UNANIMOUS APPROVAL TO VOTE ON OR TO APPROVE. UM, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT ANOTHER SEVEN DAYS WOULD DO TO GIVE US A DUE DILIGENCE OR TO GIVE US THE ABILITY TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE. UH, I'LL ANSWER THAT. SO I HAVE HAD THREE PHONE CALLS FROM THE COMPLIANCE VENDOR SUGGESTING THAT SHE'S GOING TO QUIT BECAUSE THE COUNTY CONTINUOUSLY DOES THIS TO HER. IF YOU HAVE A COMPLIANCE VENDOR TO QUIT MID-CONSTRUCTION, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE ISSUES. THERE ARE ALREADY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ITSELF. AND I THINK 136 VIOLATIONS THAT WERE SUGGESTED ALREADY OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS. THE REALITY OF STOPPING COMPLIANCE AT THIS POINT MEANS PEOPLE ON THIS BODY WANNA HIDE STUFF IN CONSTRUCTION. I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE INTENT, BUT I THINK THAT'S THE INTENT WE'RE GONNA SEND IF WE CONTINUOUSLY DELAY WHAT WE'VE ALREADY ADOPTED. I THINK ALTERNATIVELY, WE CAN WITHDRAW THIS COMPLETELY AND EXECUTE THE FULL PAYMENT THAT WE'VE ALREADY ADOPTED AS OF LAST YEAR. SO THIS ASSIGNS A FEE SCHEDULE THAT ALLOWS FOR AN UP TO TOTALITY OF THIS AMOUNT. SO I, I ASK THAT FROM THE EMAIL THAT I SENT WEEK AND A HALF AGO, TWO WEEKS TO SAY THIS IS COMING BEFORE YOU TO CONSIDER THAT THE MOMENT FOR WHICH YOU WERE INFORMED THAT THIS WAS COMING. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR EXCUSE EXCUSES TO STOP COMPLIANCE, THAT'S ONE THING. THE DEPARTURE OF A COLLEAGUE ALSO SUGGESTS ANOTHER THING HERE. SO I THINK THAT IS REALITY. WE MUST LIVE WITH ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. I'M FINE SIGNING OFF ON JUST PAYING IN FULL FROM THE PREVIOUS LEGISLATION. IT WILL GO TO THE EXECUTIVE. HE COULD VETO, IT'LL COME BACK TO US. WE MAY LOSE THE COMPLIANCE IN THAT TIMEFRAME. SO WE DO WITH IT WHAT WE WILL, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YES, MR. CHAIR LEGISLATOR SMITH. SO MY QUESTIONS ARE NOT TO LOOK FOR AN EXCUSE EITHER WAY OR THE OTHER. MY QUESTIONS ARE TO PROVIDE CLARITY AS TO WHAT WE'RE BEING ASKED TO DO AND WHAT'S BEFORE US. AND NOW IS TO PROVIDE THAT WE HAVE THE OPTION TO ABIDE BY A FEE SCHEDULE OR PAY IN FULL. WHAT ARE THE PRO AND CONS VERSUS DOING ONE OR THE OTHER? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE ON EITHER END OF THEM? THE THE ALTERNATIVE IS ONE QUITS AND ONE DOESN'T. MY QUESTION WAS WHAT ARE THE PROS AND CONS VERSUS ADHERING TO A PAY SCHEDULE OR PAYING FOR THE FULL AMOUNT? YOU HAVE 12 MONTHS TO AUTHORIZE ONE MONTH AT A TIME, WHICH IS WHAT THE SAME SCHEDULE WE'VE HAD FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS WITH THIS. THE ALTERNATIVE IS YOU PAY COMPLETELY IN FULL AND EXPECT THEM TO WORK THROUGH DECEMBER. WELL, THE EXPECTATION WITH EITHER A SCHEDULE OR PAYING IN FULL IS THAT THEY, THEY WORK THROUGH DECEMBER OR THAT A DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT, UM, IT'S AN UP TO CONTRACT LEGISLATOR. IT'S AN UP TO CONTRACT. YOU PAY IN FULL, YOU DON'T GET UP TO ANYMORE. YOU PAID FOUR. SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE WANT TO TALK THROUGH HERE. WELL, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE AND WHAT OUR WHAT OUR RISK VERSUS, OR WHAT OUR PROS AND CONS WITH EITHER OPTION IS SO THAT WE MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE INTO THE VOTE NOW. SO IF THERE'S ANY OTHER MOTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO HEAR IT. BUT WE'VE ALREADY GOT A MOTION ON THE, ON THE FLOOR TO PERFECT. SO ANY OTHER MOTIONS? ALL RIGHT, ANDERSON. AND THIS IS THE MOTION TO PERFECT. TO PERFECT. I'M SO SORRY TO YES. YES. PEYTON? YES. SMITH. NO. HUSKY. YES. FRANKLIN? YES. MCGEE. LAUER? YES. SMITH? NO. ACA? YES. I'LL TAKE P SIX. YES. TWO. NO ONE ABSENT. IF WE'D LIKE TO ADOPT IT TAKES SIX OF US. IF WE WANNA WAIT, I'M FINE WITH THAT. BUT THE REALITY, AGAIN, EVERY DAY WE DELAY THIS CONTRACTOR'S GETTING WEARY BECAUSE THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS BEEN STOPPED. SADLY, OUR PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION HAD A SIMILAR ISSUE, UM, AND QUESTIONS, BUT THEY DIDN'T FOLLOW UP. I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL DO, BUT JUST SUGGESTING THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD CONSIDER. WE TEETERING. I'M SO SORRY. GO. YES, SIR. MOVE TO ADOPT. IS THERE A SECOND? SO MOVED. IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. UH, MADAM CLERK, TRY NOT TO DO YOUR JOB HERE. ANDERSON? YES. [00:55:01] PEYTON? YES. SMITH? NO. HUSKY? YES. FRANKLIN? YES. MCGEE. LAUER? NO. SMITH? NO. A BARCA? YES. FIVE. YES. THREE. NO ONE ABSENT. FAILS. I WILL LET THAT BE. UH, MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY ADD-ONS? UH, THE VOTE? NO. MR. SHANNON. ALL RIGHT. INTRODUCTION TO PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS TO COMMITTEE. 2, 2, 1 4 9. MAD. MR. MR. MCGEE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO REGISTER YOUR VOTE FOR THE LAST 6 0 6 3? SORRY FOR ADOPTION, YES OR NO FOR 6 6 6 3. YES. SIX THREE. THANK YOU. UM, SO WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT. SO THEN THAT CHANGES TO, THANK YOU, SIR. MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY ADD-ONS? SIX. YES. THREE. NO, NO. ADD-ONS. OKAY. NO ADD ON ORDINANCES. [A RESOLUTION approving the 2026-2027 Jackson County Assessment and Equalization Maintenance Plan.] INTRODUCTION ON PROPOSED RESOLUTION. ASSIGNMENT TO COMMITTEE. 2, 2, 1 4 9 APPROVING THE 20 26, 20 27 JACKSON COUNTY ASSESSMENT AND EQUALIZATION MAINTENANCE PLAN INTRODUCED BY CHARLIE FRANKLIN FINANCE, UH, LET'S, I'M LOOKING FOR, UH, ACTUAL, UM, CONSIDERATION TO LEAVE IT LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE FOR THE SAKE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND THE SAKE OF PROCESS. IS ANYONE OPPOSED TO THAT? OKAY, LET'S LEAVE IT LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE. OKAY. [A RESOLUTION awarding a thirty-month term and supply contract, with three twenty-four-month options to extend, for the furnishing of information technology products and services for use by various County departments to SHI International Corporation, of Somerset, NJ under the terms and conditions of OMNIA Partners Contract Number 2024056-02, an existing competitively bid government contract.] RESOLUTION 2 2 1 5 OH AWARD. A 30 MONTH TERM SUPPLY CONTRACT WITH 3 24 MONTH OPTIONS TO EXTEND FOR THE VERSION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FOR USE BY VARIOUS COUNTY DEPARTMENTS TO SHI, INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION OF SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY. UNDER THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OMNIA PARTNERS, CONTRACT NUMBER 2 2 0 2 4 0 5 6 DASH TWO. AN EXISTING COMPETITIVELY BID GOVERNMENT CONTRACT INTRODUCED BY CHARLIE FRANKLIN. SIGN OF PUBLIC WORKS. [A RESOLUTION honoring the life and legacy of Anita J. Dixon-Brown.] 2, 2, 1 5 1. HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF ANITA J DIXON BROWN. INTRODUCED BY MEGAN L. SMITH, DONNA PEYTON, AND VANESSA HUSKY. ANY MOTION? MOVE TO ADOPT? MOTION TO ADOPT. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY THE SIGN OF AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? OH, DO WE HAVE TO DO FOR, HERE'S THE EYES. HAVE IT, THE AYES DO INDEED HAVE IT. I ASSUME THE PRESENTATION WAS THIS PAST WEEK OR WILL BE PRESENTED? NO, I HAVE IT. I'LL TAKE IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. NO PRESENTATION TODAY. RIGHT. AND ACTUALLY, LEGISLATOR SMITH, THE LEAD SPONSOR WANTS TO PRESENT THAT. ALL RIGHT. [A RESOLUTION honoring Dr. Troy Nash and recognizing his appointment as Director of the Lewis White Real Estate Center.] UH, 2, 2, 1. FIVE TWO. I'VE BEEN AT, OH, GO AHEAD, MADAM, PLEASE HONORING DR. TROY NASH AND RECOGNIZING HIS APPOINTMENT AS DIRECTOR OF THE LEWIS WHITE REAL ESTATE CENTER, INTRODUCED BY DONNA PEYTON. I BELIEVE THAT'S TO BE HELD. JUST LEAVE IT LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE. YES. YEP. OKAY. [A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute an Intergovernmental Cooperative Agreement with the City of Independence, Missouri, for the use of certain County property for a civic event, at no cost to the County.] 2 2, 1 5 3. AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO EXECUTE AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI, FOR USE OF CERTAIN COUNTY PROPERTY FOR A CIVIC EVENT AT NO COST TO THE COUNTY. INTRODUCED BY JAYLEN ANDERSON. ASSIGN INTERGOVERNMENT AFFAIRS [A RESOLUTION authorizing the Prosecuting Attorney to execute a one-year agreement with the City of Grain Valley, with one twelve-month option to extend, to engage in anti-crime, anti-violence, and law enforcement school-based initiatives and purposes, at a cost to the County not to exceed $75,000.00.] 2 2 1 5 4 AUTHORIZING THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY TO EXECUTE A ONE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF GRAIN VALLEY WITH ONE 12 MONTH OPTION TO EXTEND, TO ENGAGE IN ANTI-CRIME, ANTIVIOLENCE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, SCHOOL-BASED INITIATIVES AND PURPOSES. AND IT COST THE COUNTY NOT TO EXCEED $75,000 INTRODUCED BY DONNA PEYTON, UH, SIGN ANTI COUNTY COMMITTEE. SORRY, I WAS WAITING FOR THE CHAIR TO DO THAT. 2 2 1 5 5. [A RESOLUTION honoring the Kansas City Public Schools Mentoring Program in recognition of National Mentoring Month.] HONORING THE KANSAS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL'S MENTORING PROGRAM AND RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL MENTORING MONTH INTRODUCED BY DONNA PEYTON. BELIEVE THE REQUEST IS TO HOLD THAT LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE. CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. 2, 2, 1 5, 6, OH, I'M SORRY, WE'VE ALREADY PASSED THAT EARLIER. 2 2 1 5 7 [A RESOLUTION authorizing the Chair of the Jackson County Drug Task Force to execute a Legal Services Agreement with Williams & Campo, P.C., of Lee’s Summit, MO, to provide legal services for the Task Force, at a cost to the County not to exceed $3,500.00.] AUTHORIZING THE CHAIR OF THE JACKSON COUNTY DRUG TASK FORCE TO EXECUTE A LEGAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH WILLIAMS AND CAMPO PC OF LEE SUMMIT, MISSOURI, TO PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES FOR THE TASK FORCE AT A COST THE COUNTY NOT TO EXCEED $3,500. INTRODUCED BY VANESSA HUSKY, SIGNED ANTI-CRIME COMMITTEE, 2 2 1 5 8. [A RESOLUTION recognizing Raytown Quality Schools during Mentoring Month.] RECOGNIZING RAYTOWN QUALITY SCHOOLS DURING MENTORING MONTH, INTRODUCED BY DONNA PEYTON. UM, ALSO HEARING WE HOLD THAT FOR LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE 2, 2 1 5 9, [A RESOLUTION directing the Clerk of the County Legislature to establish, pursuant to RSMo 115.395 (2), a system of ballot name order by random drawing for candidates filing for County office.] DIRECTING THE CLERK OF THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE TO ESTABLISH PURSUANT TO, TO REVISE STATUTES OF MISSOURI 1 1 5 0.395. PARAGRAPH TWO, A SYSTEM OF BALLOT NAME ORDER BY RANDOM DRAWING FOR CANDIDATES FILING FOR COUNTY OFFICE INTRODUCED BY MANUEL BARKER IV. UH, TO MY COLLEAGUES, I'VE ASKED FOR THIS TO BE DRAFTED UP AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE CURRENT PROCESS. UM, I THINK TO MAJOR OR LEGISLATOR SMITH'S, UM, UH, CREDIT, SHE, I THINK NEARLY SPENT THE ENTIRE NIGHT STANDING [01:00:01] OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCE TO SEEK A POSITION ON THE BALLOT. UM, THIS IS A PROCESS THAT THE STATE, UM, HAS KIND OF ORIENTED THROUGH THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE AND DRAWING NAMES FROM A BOWL OR NOT NAMES, DRAWING NUMBERS TO ASSIGN BALLOT INITIATIVE OR BALLOT, UH, PLACEMENT. UH, IT IS SOMEWHAT SEEMINGLY JUST AS ANONYMOUS, BUT DOESN'T ALLOW FOR PEOPLE TO SLEEP IN THEIR OFFICES TO TRY AND GET THE FRONT OF THE, THE LINE, OR ALSO TO HAVE TO SLEEP OUTSIDE IN THE, GIVEN THE WEATHER. THE CLERK HAS ASKED THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA DO, THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER DOING IT RIGHT NOW. UM, AND I HAD RECOMMENDED WE PUT THIS BEFORE OUR BODY FOR CONSIDERATION, SO I SEEK A MOTION IF THEY, THERE IS THOUGHT HERE THAT THIS IS A BETTER SOLUTION THAN WHAT WE CURRENTLY DO. UH, HAPPY FOR DISCUSSION, HAPPY TO HOLD, BUT I THINK IT REALLY HAMPERS THE CLERK'S ABILITY TO GET THINGS DONE. UM, AS, UH, WHAT THE, THE FIFTH WEEK IN THE YEAR. THIS IS OUR SECOND MEETING LEGISLATIVE BODY. SO UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME TO CONSIDER THIS, BUT THAT'S THE OPTION. SO I'LL SEEK A MOTION AT THIS POINT. MOVE TO IT UP. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. UH, IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION CONVERSATION? JUST TO CLARIFY, I, I THINK THE INTENT IS, UM, ANYBODY THAT GETS HERE, I'LL SAY IN THE FIRST HOUR, HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DRAW A NUMBER. UH, THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE SECRETARY OF STATES. IT'LL BE, IT'LL BE THE ENTIRE FIRST DAY. THE ENTIRE FIRST DAY. YOU PULL A NUMBER AND IF TWO CANDIDATES FILE FOR THE SAME OFFICE, WHICHEVER ONE HAS THE LOWER NUMBER, IS THE ONE WHO WILL APPEAR FIRST ON THE BALLOT. SO THAT'S HOW I UNDERSTAND IT. THAT'S, THAT'S, I I WAS JUST MAKING SURE I WAS CLEAR. SO, MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD ASK THE COUNTY COUNSELOR GIVE US THE AUTHORITY FOR THIS BODY TO DO THAT CHANGE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT, UH, WHAT IS PROCEDURE IS SUPPOSED TO BE IF YOU SHOW UP, YOU GET FIRST IF THAT CHANGE. I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. GENERAL COUNSEL, YOU, YOU ALL SIGNED OFF ON THE LANGUAGE THEN? YES, I'D HAVE TO. YEAH. WE'VE LOOKED UP THE, THE STATUTE THAT IT'S LISTED IN THE ORDINANCE AND IT EXPLAINS IT AS I THINK, UH, LEGISLATOR SMITH HAS EXPLAINED IT. UH, THE CHARTER PROVIDES UNDER ARTICLE TWO, SECTION 12, SECTION SUBSECTION 16 THAT YOU GOT, THAT THE LEGISLATOR HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP THE PROCEDURE FOR THE, UH, PROCESS OF ELECTION. SO THAT'S HOW WE DETERMINED WE THOUGHT IT WAS PROPER MR. CHAIR. YEAH. LEGISLATIVE HOUR. UH, IS THERE AN A, UM, PRO OR CON LIST AS TO DOING IT RIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTION THAT WE HAVE COMING UP NOW, CHANGING THE RULE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I, I ACTUALLY THROW THAT OVER TO OUR CLERK TO SUGGEST, YOU KNOW, SHE'S, SHE'S CREATED ALL THE PROCESSES, PROCEDURES AT THIS POINT, SINCE NO ONE HAS FILED, NO ONE'S, UH, HARMED. YEAH, I, THAT'S WHY I ASKED IT TO BE DONE SOONER THAN LATER. 'CAUSE I WOULD NEED TO PUT SOME, I HAVE THE CURRENT PROCESS OUT ON THE WEBSITE, SO I'D NEED TO CHANGE THAT. AND THEN ALSO, THERE'S LETTERS THAT I SEND OUT, UM, THAT I WOULD GIVE TO ALL OF YOU AND ALSO THE CHAIRS OF THE COMMITTEES TO LET THEM KNOW, UM, IF THEY HAVE CANDIDATES COMING, THAT THIS PROCESS IS NOW CHANGED. AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I'D RATHER IF YOU WERE GONNA VOTE ON IT. BUT THAT'S, THAT'S UP TO YOU ALL. CAN I ASK, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE RUNNING INTO PRETTY SHORT TIMEFRAME HERE. YEAH. THE OPENING DAY IS THE 24TH OF FEBRUARY AND TODAY'S THE SECOND. YEP. MR. SMITH OR VICE CHAIR SMITH. YEAH. SO, SO CURRENTLY THE PROCESS IS WHOEVER'S STANDING CLOSEST TO AN ENTRY DOOR IS PERCEIVED TO BE THE EARLIEST CANDIDATE PEOPLE QUEUE UP. HOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE AND WHAT'S IT MEAN TO YOUR OFFICE AND TO THE FACILITY TO HAVE, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S DOZENS OR HUNDREDS, I DON'T ASSUME IT'S HUNDREDS AT STATE CAPITAL. IT'S HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE QUEUED UP. UM, UH, SO HAS THERE BEEN SOME CHALLENGES IN THE PAST AS FAR AS JUST LOGISTICS? YOU MEAN THE WAY IT'S WORKED? AND I MEAN, I THINK IT'S JUST FOR THE CANDIDATES TO, TO HAVE TO STAND OUTSIDE, BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS AT SEVEN OR WHATEVER, MY, MY STAFF WOULD GO DOWN AND HAND OUT NUMBERS AS THEY ARE LINED UP. OKAY. UM, WHAT'S USUALLY AT THE, UH, WEST DOOR? SO TO JUMP IN HERE, I THINK THERE HAD BEEN, UM, AT LEAST HISTORY IN THE PAST OF CURRENT ELECTED OFFICIALS, UM, SOMEWHAT JUMPING THE LINE THROUGH THEIR PRESENCE AT THE PHYSICAL DOOR OUTSIDE OF THE, THE CLERK'S OFFICE. AND I THINK HONESTLY, THIS WAS AN ATTEMPT TO TRY AND MAKE THIS A LITTLE BIT LESS, UM, CHALLENGING FOR FOLKS, UH, UH, OF ALL ABILITIES TO WITHSTAND A NIGHT IN THE COLD, UH, LEADING UP TO A FEBRUARY FILING DATE. UM, BUT THE OPTION EXISTS FOR US ON THE TABLE. THAT'S WHY IT'S PUT FORWARD NOW. YEAH. I'LL GO AHEAD. SORRY, . UM, SO THE THING THAT I REALLY THINK IS IMPORTANT HERE IS THAT WHETHER SOMEBODY'S, UM, EMPLOYED, WHETHER THEIR EMPLOYMENT'S FLEXIBLE, THEY, THEY HAVE THE SAME AND [01:05:01] EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO BE PRESENT ON THE BALLOT. UM, AND TO THE EXTENT THAT PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT MAYBE BEING FIRST ON THE BALLOT HAS SOME SORT OF STATISTICAL ADVANTAGE, UM, JUST IN THE INTEREST OF FAIRNESS, THIS PROCESS WOULD SEEM TO BE MORE FAIR. UM, SO THAT MAYBE SOMEBODY WORKS AND THEY CAN GET OFF AN HOUR EARLY AND COME AT 4:00 PM AND FILE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT PERSON SHOULD ENJOY THE SAME RANDOM LUCK OF THE DROP OPPORTUNITY TO BE FIRST ON THE BALLOT AS SOMEBODY WHO HAD A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE AND WAS FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO BE HERE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I'M IN FAVOR OF IT, IS I JUST THINK FROM AN OVERALL FAIRNESS PERSPECTIVE, THAT IT IS BENEFICIAL. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME WE'RE CHANGING PROCESS TWO OR THREE WEEKS IN ADVANCE, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN ALL SAY, WELL, GOSH, I WISH WE'D DONE IT SOONER. UH, WE DIDN'T. BUT FAIRNESS TRUMPS UH, SUFFICIENT NOTICE IN THIS CASE, AT LEAST IF, IF THIS WERE THE WEEK BEFORE, I WOULD BE CONCERNED. BUT WITH THREE WEEKS TO GO BEFORE FILING, I DON'T THINK IT'S, UM, TOO MUCH OF A RUSH, UH, LEGISLATIVE PAYMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, IF FAIRNESS IS THE REASON WHY WE WANT TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM, THEN WE NEED TO CHANGE THE PROCESS. UM, AS PEOPLE AND I HAVE BEEN A BOARD SECRETARY AND INCUMBENTS HAVE HAD TO GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS AS ANYONE THAT IS NEW, THAT'S COMING TO THE DOOR. IF WE CAN'T CONTROL THAT, THAT'S ON US. I AGREE WITH LEGISLATOR. LAURA. JEANNIE. LAURA, THANK YOU. THAT, UH, AT THIS POINT WHEN WE DO HAVE SOMETHING PUBLISHED, IT WOULD BE A CHANGE. SO I WOULD SAY WE LOOK AT THE PROCESS AND, UM, FIX THE PROCESS IF SOMEONE IS ALLOWED TO STAY IN THEIR OFFICE AND THEN FILE, THAT IS UNFAIR. I AGREE TO THAT. WELL, THE, THE WAY IT WORKS NOW, THOUGH, YOU HAVE TO BE AT THE WEST STORE TO GET A NUMBER. OKAY. AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE A NUMBER THE FIRST DAY. AND THAT'S THE SAME FOR EVERYONE. AND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS NOT WHAT ANYONE THAT IS RUNNING FOR ELECTION WHO WANTS TO BE A CANDIDATE IS NOT AWARE OF. AND I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE WORK. WHEN I RAN FOR SCHOOL BOARD, I COULDN'T BE THERE THE FIRST, WELL, WHEN I RAN FOR SCHOOL BOARD, RAYTOWN HAS THE LOTTERY SYSTEM AS WELL. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE MOST UNFAIR THING IN THE WORLD. UM, SO, UM, I THINK THAT IF THE PROCESS IS INTACT AND WE'RE JUST THREE WEEKS OUT, AND IF WE WANNA CHANGE LATER, THAT'S FINE. BUT I THINK UNFAIRNESS COMES IF WE ALLOW PEOPLE NOT TO FOLLOW THE PROCESS THAT'S IN PLACE. MR. JIM, UH, ANDERSON, THANK YOU, MR. UM, MARY JO, WOULD THIS, IF THIS GOES INTO EFFECT, DOES THIS ONLY APPLY FOR THE FIRST DAY OR IS IT THE ENTIRE JUST THE FIRST DAY. IT'S THE FIRST DAY. I SEE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALSO, HAPPY TO CHANGE IT FOR FUTURE ELECTIONS NOW, SO THAT YOU'RE PROACTIVELY AWARE WELL BEFORE THE NEXT ELECTION, WHICH WILL BE TWO AND A HALF YEARS FROM NOW, BUT LEGISLATIVE LEVEL, MR. CHAIR, TO, UM, FOLLOW UP ON LEGISLATOR ANDERSON'S. WHY WOULD WE NOT MAKE IT DURING THE WHOLE PERIOD? UM, RATHER THAN JUST THE FIRST DAY? BECAUSE THEN THERE'S USUALLY, THERE'S NOT A LINE, THEN YOU JUST TAKE 'EM AS THEY COME. AND, AND AGAIN, I CHECK WITH SECRETARY OF STATE AND THEY, AGAIN, THEY ONLY DO IT ON THE FIRST DAY. I'M NOT SURE IF RAYTOWN RAYTOWN WOULD ONLY DO RAYTOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD JUST DO THE FIRST DAY TIME. EVERYBODY'S HERE AT 8:00 AM TO TRY TO FIRE MM-HMM . BECAUSE AT THE STATE THEY DO IT ALL THE WHOLE PERIOD. NO, NEVER. ONLY THE FIRST DAY. NO, I TALKED TO, I TALKED TO CHRISTIE PETERS AT THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE, AND IT'S ONLY THE FIRST DAY ON THE FIRST DAY. OKAY. AND MR. CHAIR, IF I, UH, YEAH. LEGISLATIVE, IT ALSO ADDS AN ADDED BURDEN. WELL, I WON'T CALL IT A BURDEN BECAUSE YOU GUYS DO AN AMAZING JOB, BUT IT ALSO, THERE IS A BELIEF THAT IF YOU'RE NOT FIRST ON THE BALLOT, THEN YOU SHOULD BE LAST. SO ON THAT LAST DAY, IT CREATES ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR THERE TO BE A LINE. CORRECT. CAN I JUST, YEAH. LEGISLATIVE VICE. SO KIND OF DIRECTED TO LEGISLATOR PEYTON. UM, I, I THINK YOU WERE CONCERNED, UM, ABOUT A PROCESS WHERE SOMEBODY WOULD DRAW A NUMBER IF THEY COME IN ON THE FIRST DAY, AND IF THEY HAVE THE LOWER NUMBER THAN THEIR OPPONENT ON THE BALLOT WOULD BE LISTED FIRST. UM, AND YOU SEEM TO BE SAYING THAT RAYTOWN DOES IT. AND, AND, UM, YOU UNDERSTAND NOW MAYBE THAT THE STATE DOESN'T, BUT YOU SEEM TO FEEL LIKE THAT WASN'T FAIR. I GUESS I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT WHAT YOU WERE SAYING DIDN'T SEEM FAIR. RIGHT. THE RAYTOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT OR SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES DOES USE THE [01:10:01] LOTTERY SYSTEM, AND IT'S ONLY FOR THAT FIRST DAY. I THINK THAT IT IS, AND THIS IS JUST A PERSONAL OPINION. I'M NOT SAYING IT'S A HORRIBLE SYSTEM. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I'M JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY THAT, THAT WE, I JUST THINK THAT BASED ON, UM, THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, BASED ON THE HISTORY OF HOW IT'S WORKED IN THE PAST AND BASED ON, UM, THE COMMITMENT THAT ONE MAKES WHEN THEY WANT TO BE A CANDIDATE, THAT THE PROCESS THAT'S IN PLACE IS THE CURRENT. AND FOR ME, AND IS MERELY MY OPINION, IS A FAIR PROCESS WHEN YOU HAVE TO GAMBLE TO SEE WHERE YOU ARE ON A BALLOT. I JUST DON'T THINK, I DON'T, AND IT, THIS IS A PERSONAL PREFERENCE. I DON'T LIKE GAMBLING AS A PERSONAL AS TO GET ON A BALLOT AS THE MOST OPPORTUNE OPPORTUNITY. AND I DON'T LIKE WHAT IT CREATES ON THAT LAST DAY EITHER. ONE MORE. SO, SO THE OTHER REASON I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS IS JUST FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, WE'VE HAD ISSUES NEAR THE COURTHOUSE WITH RESPECT TO CRIME MUGGINGS, UH, OTHER RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE. THE, THE IDEA THAT WE'RE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO BE HERE, UH, IN THE DARK BEFORE THE SUN COMES UP, OR EVEN OVERNIGHT TO BE FIRST IN LINE, UM, UNDER THE CURRENT SYSTEM, SEEMS TO ME TO BE, UM, UH, NOT WITHOUT ITS CHALLENGES AND CONCERNS. SO I DON'T KNOW IF TRADITIONALLY HAD THE SHERIFF ADD EXTRA STAFF OR ANYTHING, BUT IT, IT JUST, IT HAVING, I I USED TO RUN TICKETMASTER OUTLETS WHERE WE WOULD SELL, YOU KNOW, VAN HALEN TICKETS AND WE USED TO HAVE PEOPLE LINE UP FOR TWO DAYS. IT CREATED A PUBLIC SAFETY HAZARD. IT CREATED ISSUES WITH PEOPLE BEING INTOXICATED IN LINE. I'M NOT SAYING CANDIDATES WOULD DO THAT, , UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WOULD HAVE TRASH AND REFUSE AND, AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS. UM, WE, WE SEEM TO BE ON A SMALLER SCALE ASKING CANDIDATES WHO ARE THE MOST MOTIVATED, BUT ALSO PHYSICALLY CAPABLE, UM, TO, TO FOLLOW SOMETHING SIMILAR WHERE THEY SHOW UP AND SLEEP IN A SLEEPING BAG OVERNIGHT ON THE COURTHOUSE STEPS. AND, UM, IT JUST SEEMS TO ME THAT AS LONG AS YOU'RE HERE, DAY ONE, EVEN IF YOU HAD TO BE AT WORK, BUT COULD TAKE AN HOUR OFF THAT, THAT HAVING AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO BE FIRST ON THE BALLOT SEEMS LIKE A FAIRER AND SAFER PROCESS THAN WHAT WE FOLLOWED TODAY. LEGISL, SENATOR PAYTON INQUIRE, OH, AND I WILL GO BACK WAY BACK TO WHEN I WAS THE BOARD SECRETARY IN HICKMAN MILLS. AND, UH, YES, THERE IS A CONCERN, OF COURSE, FOR THE SAFETY OF THOSE THAT ARE WAITING. UM, AND YES, SECURITY IS NEEDED. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HAD SECURITY BEFORE. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW SECURITY WOULD WORK HERE. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE DOES WORK WITH US. OH, OKAY. SO IF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS HERE, I JUST, AGAIN, GO BACK TO THE PROCESS THAT'S IN PLACE. I DON'T SEE THAT IT'S BROKEN. I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S NOT WORKING. THERE MAY BE CONCERNS AND WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS, BUT TO SAY WE NEED TO THROW IT OUT IS NOT WHAT I WOULD PREFER DOING TODAY. OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? OH, LEGISLATIVE SMITH LEGISL. YEAH. YES. TO INQUIRE. HAS THERE BEEN ANY INCIDENTS IN THE PAST WITH THE CURRENT SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE, WITH THE CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED WITH SOME OF, UH, MY COLLEAGUES THERE TODAY? CONCERNS IN WHAT WAY? UH, WELL, THERE WERE CONCERNS OF, I HEARD SAFETY AS ONE OF THEM. UM, POTENTIAL FAIRNESS HAS THERE BECAUSE, UH, THIS SYSTEM THAT WE CURRENTLY ARE UNDER, UM, HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR DECADES. SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, ARE THERE, HAS SOMETHING HAPPENED IN THE PAST THAT WOULD, UM, HAVE US CONSIDERING MODIFYING THE, THE SYSTEM? WE HAVE ONE SHERIFF FOR THE PROCEDURE. WHO, I'M SORRY. DID WE HAVE ONE SHERIFF AT ONE POINT WHO LET HIMSELF IN TO SIT ON THE COUCH? UH, WAY BACK WHEN I FIRST CAME, YEAH. THERE WAS AN ISSUE OF, OF, UM, A SHERIFF CANDIDATE SPENDING THE NIGHT IN THE BUILDING. UM, AND THAT'S WHY WE WENT TO, EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE AT THE WEST DOOR AND GET A NUMBER. SO I THINK OKAY. THAT FIXED THAT. SO THE INCIDENT THAT, THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS, I GUESS AN INCUMBENT OR JUST, UH, SOMEONE WHO WAS A PART OF, UH, WHO HAD ACCESS TO THE BUILDING AS A COUNTY, UH, EMPLOYEE CAME IN, UH, SPENT THE NIGHT INSIDE WHO WAS, UM, AND THEN, RIGHT. AND THEN AFTER THAT, UM, [01:15:01] THAT'S WHEN THAT PROCESS CHANGED TO WHERE EVERYONE HAD TO BE OUTSIDE AT THE WEST DOOR, WEST DOORS AND, OKAY. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WERE OUT THERE, GET THEIR SEQUENTIAL NUMBER OUT THERE BEFORE MM-HMM . UP TO THE SECOND FLOOR. OKAY. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT WAS REMEDIED. SO SINCE THEN, HAS THERE BEEN ANY OTHER INCIDENTS WHERE SAFETY WAS A CONCERN OR ANY OTHER CONCERNS WITH THE CURRENT PROCESS? NOT, NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. , NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. OKAY. SO I'M, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE NEXUS FOR THIS, WHAT'S THE PURPOSE FOR THIS? IF SAFETY HASN'T BEEN A CONCERN IN THE PAST, UM, TO THE DEGREE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO DO HERE? I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO HOLD SO WE CAN COMPLETELY HAVE A FULL BOARD CONVERSATION, APPARENTLY ABOUT THIS. SO ARE YOU WITH, I WE JUST VOTED BECAUSE OKAY. UN ADOPTED TODAY, THEN WE'RE NOT ADOPTING IT THIS YEAR. IT'S PROBABLY A WAYS OFF. OKAY. UH, NO OTHER DISCUSSION. MOVING TO A VOTE. I'LL, UH, LET MARY JO DO HER JOB. ANDERSON. WAS THERE AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION? I COULDN'T HEAR? I DON'T KNOW IF THE AUDIO CUT OUT. WE MOVED INTO A VOTE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE ASKED. NO ANSWER TO THE QUESTION. SO I THINK I SPOKE OFF MIKE LEGISLATOR, UH, SMITH. SO I, I SAID THAT I THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULDN'T GO INTO EFFECT THIS YEAR UNLESS WE VOTE ON IT NOW, AND THAT IF WE DON'T PASS IT NOW, WE'LL KEEP THE NORMAL SYSTEM AND WE CAN LOOK TO MAKE A CHANGE ON A MORE TIMELY BASIS IN THE FUTURE. YES. SO WHAT'S THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO ADOPT? WE'RE IN A VOTE. LET'S, MARY JO, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO ADOPT. MOTION. TO ADOPT TO ADOPT. 2, 2 1 5 9. THANK YOU. ANDERSON. NO. PEYTON, NO SMITH, NO. HUSKY, NO FRANKLIN? YES. MCGEE? NO. LAUER, NO. SMITH, YES. ABAR? YES. THREE. YES. SIX. NO. UH, [A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Counselor to execute a Legal Services Agreement with certain lawyers and law firms at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $50,000.00.] RESOLUTION 2 2 1 6 0 AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY COUNCIL TO EXECUTE A LEGAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH CERTAIN LAWYERS AND LAW FIRMS AT AN AGGREGATE COST OF THE COUNTY NOT TO EXCEED $50,000. INTRODUCED BY DERON MCGEE. SIGNED A FINANCE AND AUDIT 2 2 1 6 1 [A RESOLUTION awarding a twelve-month term and supply contract, with three twelve-month options to extend, for the furnishing of body transportation services for use by the Medical Examiner’s Office to First Call, Inc. of Kansas City, MO, under the terms and conditions of Invitation to Bid No. 24-082.] AWARDING A 12 MONTH TERM SUPPLY CONTRACT WITH THREE 12 MONTH OPTIONS TO EXTEND FOR THE FURNISHING OF BODY TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FEES USED BY THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE TO FIRST CALL INC. OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. UNDER THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF INVITATION TO BID NUMBER 24 DASH EIGHT TWO. INTRODUCED BY CHARLIE FRANKLIN SIGNED THE HEALTH ENVIRONMENT, [A RESOLUTION awarding a contract for annual software subscription for use by the Sheriff’s Office and Department of Corrections to Lexipol, LLC, of Frisco, TX, at an actual cost to the County in the amount of $60,169.00, as a sole source purchase.] 2 2 1 6 2 AWARD, A CONTRACT FOR ANNUAL SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTION FOR USE BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO LEXIPOL, LLC OF FRISCO, TEXAS IN AN ACTUAL COST OF THE COUNTY IN THE AMOUNT OF $60,169 AS A SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE INTRODUCED BY VANESSA HUSKY, UH, SIGNED OF JUSTICE AND LAW. 2 2 1 6 3 [A RESOLUTION awarding a contract for the furnishing of items for resale by the Parks + Rec Department to Dunlop Sports of Dallas, TX, as proprietary purchases.] AWARD THE CONTRACT FOR THE FURNISHING OF ITEMS FOR RESALE BY THE PARKS PLUS REC DEPARTMENT TO DUNLOP'S SPORTS OF DALLAS, TEXAS AS PROPRIETARY PURCHASES INTRODUCED BY MEGAN L. SMITH. SIGN A PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. 2 2 1 6 4 [A RESOLUTION awarding a contract for the furnishing of software maintenance for use by the Public Administrator’s Office to SEM Applications, Inc., of Oregon, MO, at an actual cost to the County in the amount of $60,000.00, as a sole source purchase.] AWARDING A CONTRACT FOR THE FURNISHING OF SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE FOR USE BY THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE TO SEM APPLICATIONS INC. OF OREGON. MISSOURI AT ACTUAL COST OF THE COUNTY IN THE AMOUNT OF $60,000 AS A SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE INTRODUCED BY CHARLIE FRANKLIN, SIGNED TO JUSTIN LAW COMMITTEE. 2 2 1 6 5 [A RESOLUTION awarding a twelve-month contract, with three twelve-month options to extend, for the furnishing of independent auditing services for use by the Finance and Purchasing Department to Clifton Larsen Allen, LLP, of Kansas City, MO, under the terms and conditions of Request for Proposals No. 25-053, at a cost to the County for 2026 not to exceed $150,000.00.] AWARD, A 12 MONTH CONTRACT WITH THREE 12 MONTH OPTIONS TO EXTEND FOR THE FURNISHING OF INDEPENDENT AUDITING SERVICES FOR USE BY THE FINANCE AND PURCHASING DEPARTMENT TO CLIFTON LARSON, ALLEN, LOP OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. UNDER THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS NUMBER 25 DASH 0 5 3, THAT COST THE COUNTY FOR 2026 NOT TO EXCEED $150,000. INTRODUCED BY CHARLIE FRANKLIN ASSIGNED A FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE. 2, 2, 1 6 6 [A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Counselor to execute a Legal Services Agreement with a certain law firm at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $120,000.00 as a sole source purchase.] AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY COUNCIL TO EXECUTE A LEGAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH A CERTAIN LAW FIRM AT AN AGGREGATE COST OF THE COUNTY NOT TO EXCEED $120,000 IS A SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE INTRODUCED BY MANUEL BARKER, THE IV. UM, I BELIEVE THERE'S A REQUEST FROM GENERAL COUNSEL'S OFFICE. SORRY, GO AHEAD. YEAH. YES, YOUR HONOR. THANK OR THANK YOU CHAIR, MR. CHAIRMAN. , WHAT A PROMOTION. . UH, YEAH. I, I WOULD APPRECIATE IF THE, UH, THE LEGISLATURE COULD TAKE THIS UP TODAY. UH, THIS IS A, A CASE WHERE IT'S AN EMPLOYMENT CASE. THE COUNSELOR'S OFFICE WILL BE CONFLICTED OUT ON THIS MATTER. UM, AND WE HAVE BEEN SERVED ON IT AS WELL. UH, SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET, UH, OUTSIDE COUNSEL IN PLACE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SINCE THE TIMEFRAME HAS ALREADY STARTED, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION MOVE TO ADOPT. SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? [01:20:01] UH, MADAM CLERK ANDERSON? YEAH. YES. SORRY. OKAY. PEYTON? YES. SMITH? YES. HUSKY? YES. FRANKLIN? YES. MCGEE? YES. LAUER? YES. SMITH? YES. BARCA? YES. NINE. YES. MY APOLOGIES. YOU KNOW, COUNSEL, WASN'T THERE A SECOND ONE THAT YOU WANTED THAT WAS OF EQUAL COMPARISON? YOU ALREADY SIGNED IT TO COMMITTEE. OKAY. ARE YOU GOOD WITH THAT? NO, IT IS. OH, I'M SORRY. IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WAS GONNA BE, UH, IT WASN'T NEEDED. OKAY. IT WAS ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE? YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. 2, 2, 1, 6 7. [A RESOLUTION awarding a contract for the furnishing of developer services for a mixed housing program and a 99-year lease to Pate-Campbell Properties, Inc of Olathe, Kansas, under the terms and conditions of Request for Qualifications No. 25-045.] WE'RE DOING A CONTRACT FOR THE FURNISHING OF DEVELOPER SERVICES FOR A MIXED HOUSING PROGRAM AND A 99 YEAR LEASE TO PAY CAMPBELL PROPERTIES INC. OF OLATHE, KANSAS, UNDER THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS NUMBER 25 DASH FOUR FIVE, INTRODUCED BY DONNA PEYTON AND CHARLIE FRANKLIN. MR. CHAIR? UH, YES, LEGISLATOR. THANK YOU. WE WOULD LIKE TO VOTE THIS ON THIS TODAY, PLEASE. I HAVE THIS ADOPTED TODAY, AND PART OF THE, LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF THE REASONING WHY WE HAVE DISCUSSED AND COMMITTEE THIS PROJECT IN DEPTH. THE, UM, COMMITTEE HAS BEEN PROVIDED INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS AND HOPING TO GET THIS DONE FOR, UM, AT LEAST SINCE JUNE WHEN THE FIRST RFQ WENT OUT. UM, I THINK SEND A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT FOR HELPING US TO WORK THROUGH THIS AND GETTING TO THIS POINT, I THINK, UM, COUNTY EXECUTIVE VODA, CHIEF OF STAFF, THERESA GARZA, AND ALSO STEVE ARVO IN HELPING US WORK THROUGH THE COMPLEX DETAIL THAT IT TOOK TO GET US HERE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I ALSO WANNA THANK OUR COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT. THEY HAVE WORKED WITH, UM, THE PERS THE COMPANY THAT WON THIS AWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS, UM, AN RBO CERTIFICATION, REASONABLE BIDDER ORDER CERTIFICATION SIGNED AND ATTESTED TO BY THAT DEVELOPER. COMPLIANCE HAS ALSO MADE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE THE MISSOURI STATE STATUTE REQUIRES THAT THE COUNTY ENFORCE PREVAILING WAGE LOSS ON ALL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OF $75,000 OR MORE, THAT THEY WILL ENSURE, AS THEY DO WITH EVERY CONTRACT, WILL ENSURE THAT FAIR WAGES ARE PAID TO ALL WORKERS AND COMPANIES ARE COMPLYING WITH THE GUIDELINES OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI. THE DEVELOPER HAS, UM, COMMITTED TO, UM, ADHERING TO ANY ANYTHING SUCH AS M-B-E-W-B-E, PREVAILING WAGE AND RBOI DO WANNA POINT OUT AS WELL THAT THIS IS A RESOLUTION WHICH WILL JUST TAKE US TO THE NEXT STEP, WHICH WILL BE FOR, UM, OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT TO WORK ON A CONTRACT. AND I AM HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS LEGISLATIVE HOUR, UH, YES. UH, TO REQUIRE LEGISLATOR, PEYTON, I, I APPRECIATE YOU WANTING TO GET THIS DONE RIGHT AWAY. I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT DOING IT WITHOUT HAVING A LITTLE BIT MORE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH THE CONTRACTOR UNDER TEST, YOU KNOW, UNDER TESTIMONY AND FIND OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THEM. WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. THIS IS A RESOLUTION, UM, AND NOT AN ORDINANCE. IT IS A RESOLUTION. UM, AND I DO NOT FOR ONE SECOND DOUBT THE EVALUATION TEAM OR OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT AND THE DILIGENT WORK THAT THEY DID TO GET US TO THIS POINT. IT IS NOT UNLIKE ANY CONTRACT. UM, IF WE RES WE RECEIVED A CONTRACT FOR, UM, MAINTENANCE WORK, IT IS NOT UNLIKE THAT CONTRACT. UH, THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT'S NOT UNLIKE THAT THIS IS NOT THE CONTRACT PHASE. NOW, WE CAN, UM, WHEN COMPLIANCE GETS THE CONTRACT, WE CAN ENTERTAIN THOSE QUESTIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT COMPLIANCE LETS US KNOW, OR LETS US REVIEW THAT CONTRACT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THINGS ARE IN IT. WE CAN BRING THE DEVELOPER IN THAT WON THIS AWARD BACK BEFORE THEY SIGNED THE CONTRACT. THIS IS MERELY A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD ALLOW PURCHASING TO PROCEED WITH DEVELOPING A CONTRACT. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . ALLEGED. ANDERSON, UH, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. UM, UH, I HAVE A, UH, UH, FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, OR HOWEVER WE NEED TO WORD THIS TODAY, UM, THAT WOULD ADD IN, UH, THAT ALL, UH, UH, WORK DONE IS PREVAILING WAVES. THE REASON WHY I SAY THIS IS, UM, THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION ALSO CHALLENGES THERE, UH, MOVING [01:25:01] FORWARD. THAT, UH, SOME WAYS WE CAN WIGGLE OUT OF, OF DOING THAT, WHICH I, UH, HAVE A GREAT, UM, WORRY WITH. UM, UH, IF THAT, IF THIS WOULD BE ALL IT DOES AGAIN, IS ADD THE PREVAILING WAGE THAT IT WILL BE PAID PREVAILING WAGE, UM, ALL AROUND, UM, IN THAT WAY. UH, AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION IS THAT, UH, AS LEGISLATOR PAYTON, I THINK THAT THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM IN HOUSING AND GETTING THIS DONE, UH, BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE DONE. UM, MY, MY ONLY URGENCY HERE IS THAT UNDERSTANDING THAT IN THE 99 YEAR LEASE THAT'S PUT FORWARD, THAT, UM, THERE ARE GUARDRAILS FOR, UM, THE LAND NOT TO, UH, END UP BEING SOMETHING THAT WE, UH, DON'T WANT NECESSARILY IT TO BE. UM, I, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, TALKING OR MENTIONING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, I JUST, I ALL FOR THIS, IT JUST IS THAT WE NEED, I BELIEVE, GUARDRAILS IN SOME WAY IN THIS CONTRACT. AND AS YOU MENTIONED, WE CAN TALK TO COMPLIANCE ABOUT THIS. MY ONLY QUESTION IS THAT, UM, WE DON'T GET IT BACK IN FRONT OF US TO VOTE ON THE CONTRACT, IF I'M CORRECT ON THAT. AND SO ONCE THAT'S GONE, THAT'S GONE. UM, SO THAT, THAT'S MY TWO CONCERNS. BUT THIS, THIS HERE IS THE KEY THING THAT I SAW THAT I DON'T WANT US TO GO THROUGH AGAIN. THAT, UM, UM, THAT IT'S NOT PREVAILING WAGE OR IT GETS AROUND US THAT IT'S NOT PREVAILING WAGE. AND I AM VERY AGREEABLE TO THAT. AND I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT WITH THIS, AND I'M LOOKING DIRECTLY AT COMPLIANCE WITH THIS, WE'RE SETTING A PRECEDENCE BECAUSE THIS GOES OUTSIDE OF ANYTHING ELSE WE'VE EVER ASKED FOR, FROM ANYONE WE'VE CONTRACTED WITH. SO WE WILL BE SETTING A PRECEDENCE. SO IF THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO, I'M FINE WITH IT. I AM FINE WITH THE AMENDMENT. SO, UM, I'LL LEAVE IT THERE. MOTION TO OR TO INQUIRE. EXCUSE ME. GO, GO AHEAD. MY APOLOGIES. YOU CAN'T HEAR ME NOW. LEGISLATOR SMITH, MEGAN? YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, AGAIN, MY CONCERNS WITH SOMETHING OF THIS MAGNITUDE IS NOT THE MERIT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. IT'S THAT THIS, UM, I MEAN, IT SAYS EVERY RIGHT IN THE LAST PORTION OF THIS RESOLUTION THAT IT'S AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR, THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND PURCHASING TO AUTHORIZE AND MAKE, UM, OR TO MAKE ALL PAYMENTS, INCLUDING THE FINAL PAYMENT ON THE CONTRACT. SO THIS RESOLUTION IS AUTHORIZING THE $3 MILLION THAT'S LISTED ON THE FISCAL NOTE AND AUTHORIZING ALSO INTO THE ENTERING OF A 99 YEAR LEASE. UM, AGAIN, I'M NOT ARGUING WHETHER THAT'S WORTHY OR NOT. MY CONCERN IS THAT WE'RE BYPASSING THE COMMITTEE PROCESS, UH, ON SOMETHING THAT IS A LARGE SCALE PROJECT WITHOUT EVEN HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, ASK QUESTIONS OF, UM, THE, NOT ONLY JUST THE BIDDING PROCESS, BUT ALSO OF THE CONTRACTOR THAT, OR EXCUSE ME, THE DEVELOPER THAT WAS SELECTED IN THIS PROCESS. UM, I THINK THOSE, THOSE, UM, PROCEDURES ARE IN PLACE BY THE LEGISLATURE FOR A REASON. AND IT GIVES ME A LOT OF PAUSE WHEN WE LIKE TO LEAPFROG OVER THOSE PROCEDURES. AND I WILL SAY THAT, UM, I HAVE NEVER WITNESSED A RESOLUTION IN COMMITTEE DICTATING THAT. UM, WE BYPASS PURCHASING AND ALLOW THEM TO PROVIDE THEIR INPUT. SO ONCE IT GOES TO COMMITTEE, IT WOULD BE OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT THAT COMES AND TALKS WITH US. UH, AND THAT IS JUST THE COMMON PRACTICE THAT WE'VE HAD. NOW WE CAN INVITE THE DEVELOPER AS WELL, BUT THE POINT OF IT BEING IN COMMITTEE IS NOT TO INTERVIEW THE DEVELOPER, BUT TO CONFIRM THE PROCESS THAT PURCHASING HAS DONE. AND WE HAVE, UM, SENT THIS OUT. WE'VE ASKED AND REQUESTED MORE THAN ONCE FOR QUESTIONS. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY UP UNTIL NOW, EXCEPT FOR A COUPLE OF, UH, LEGISLATORS. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT. I APPRECIATE US BEING ABLE TO COLLABORATE AND WORK TOGETHER. NOW, WE HAVE PASSED SEVERAL THINGS TODAY THAT HAVE NOT GONE TO COMMITTEE, AND THAT SEEMS TO HAVE NOT BEEN A BIG ISSUE. UM, SO I AM GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION. I ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT. EXCUSE ME. I ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT. SO, SO WE HAVE TO AS, AS A MATTER OF FACT, LEMME BACK UP, YOU'RE RIGHT, [01:30:01] BECAUSE I DO AGREE WITH YOUR AMENDMENT, BUT I DO WANNA MAKE SURE WE KNOW THAT THAT'S SETTING PRECEDENTS AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE WILLING TO DO, ACCEPT THEIR PRECEDENTS FOR FUTURE RESOLUTIONS AS WELL. I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT. AMENDMENT, UH, TWO. OKAY, SO THIS IS ACCEPTING LEGISLATOR ANDERSON'S AMENDMENT IS WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING? MM-HMM . YEAH. UM, OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. DISCUSSION, UM, ANYONE HAVE DISCUSSION ON ACCEPTING THE AMENDMENT TO THIS EFFORT? UM, UH, LEGISLATOR PEYTON. I, I WOULD ASK IS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY HERE TO ADD IN ANOTHER PROVISION WHERE THE CONTRACT IS TO COME BACK BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE? IT SEEMS LIKE THAT MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A MAJORITY OF THOSE WHO SEEM NOT TO BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS EFFORT TO SEE THIS OPPORTUNITY ONE MORE TIME. AND I'M, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT'S WITHIN OUR LEGAL ABILITIES, UM, OR IF OUR EXECUTIVE IS SUGGESTING THAT AS WELL. BUT I WANNA MAKE THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY MAYBE SINCE WE'RE AMENDING TO CHANGE THAT AND MAYBE GET MORE STAKEHOLDERS ON BOARD. AND I ACTUALLY THINK WE PROBABLY SHOULD DO THAT BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA CHANGE LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURES BY INCLUDING THIS, UM, IN THE, SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD GO BACK AND, AND LOOK AT. BUT I DO WANT TO, UH, SAY I DO WANNA PROCEED WITH THIS. I DO WANNA ACCEPT THIS AMENDMENT. I AM IN AGREEMENT WITH THERE BEING PREVAILING WAGE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS EFFORT. UM, AND I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO, AS YOU JUST DID TO THE COUNSELORS. YEAH. AND, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE MIGHT HAVE AN EXECUTIVE QUESTION AS WELL, SO I WANT TO MAKE THAT TIME AVAILABLE TO YOU IF NEED BE. BUT THERE WAS A QUESTION ASKED, BASICALLY IF WE CAN, IF WE CAN SUGGEST THE CONTRACT COMES BACK THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE FOR ACCEPTANCE IN ITS FINAL FORM AS A WAY TO KIND OF MEDIATE THE DISCUSSION POINTS THAT ARE MADE. I, I'M OPEN TO EITHER OF YOUR WEIGHING IN AS YOUR, ALL THE LAWYERS OVER THERE . SO PREFER MY LAWYER THE CURRENT LANGUAGE, THE LEGISLATION AUTHORIZES THE CONTRACT. SO AS IT STANDS NOW, THERE WOULD BE NO RETURN TO THE LEGISLATURE WITH CONTRACT LANGUAGE THAT COULD BE AMENDED, UM, TO, TO PUT THAT IN. I MEAN, AS I BELIEVE AS IT'S WRITTEN NOW, IT'S AWARDING A CONTRACT AND IT, THE TYPICAL PRACTICE IS NOT TO COME BACK WITH A CONTRACT. TYPICALLY THE CONTRACT WOULD'VE ALREADY BEEN DRAFTED AND ATTACHED. SO THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. WE DON'T HAVE THAT, BUT VICE CHAIR SMITH. SO I SEE THE WORD AND HERE, UM, IN THE INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH. SO IT SAYS THAT WE'RE AWARDING A CONTRACT MM-HMM . FOR DEVELOPER SERVICES AND A 99 YEAR LEASE TO THIS PARTICULAR COMPANY. MM-HMM. SO, UM, WE ARE TO, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, UM, THE WORD AND HERE SAYS THAT THIS IS US APPROVING A 99 YEAR LEASE TO WHAT LOOKS LIKE THE VENDOR WHO GOT THE WORST TOTAL SCORE. AND I GUESS I'D JUST LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT AS WELL. SO THERE WAS ANOTHER VENDOR THAT HAD 92 POINTS, ANOTHER VENDOR THAT HAD 88 POINTS. ALL THE VENDORS ARE LISTED HERE, BUT THE ONE THAT WE SELECTED HAD 75 POINTS. AND I GUESS JUST WAS THE, WAS THE SELECTION COMMITTEE, UM, UH, MADE UP OF INDIVIDUALS SELECTED BY THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE? HOW DID THE SELECTION COMMITTEE I SEE MR. GATTY, UM, IS LISTED AS ON THE SELECTION COMMITTEE. I DON'T SEE HIM HERE. UM, SO I MEAN, OFTENTIMES WHEN WE GO WITH A NOT HIGH SCORING VENDOR, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO ASK QUESTIONS OF THE SELECTION COMMITTEE AND WHY THEY MADE THIS RECOMMENDATION. IF, IF THIS WASN'T HOW THE SCORING CAME OUT. SO THAT, THAT'S NOT GERMANE TO THIS SPECIFIC AMENDMENT, BUT TO THE IDEA OF PASSING THIS TODAY, UM, IT, IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE COMMITTING TO A 99 YEAR LEASE FOR THE LOWEST SCORING VENDOR, WHICH SEEMS VERY STRANGE TO ME. AND I'D LOVE TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT FROM THE SELECTION COMMITTEE. FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE, I WANNA AGREE WITH YOU THAT AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS WITH THIS LANGUAGE, IT IS AUTHORIZING THE LEASE AND THE CONTRACT. SO HYPOTHETICALLY, ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ELECTION COMMITTEE HYPOTHE, THEY, THEY COULD SAY, WELL, WE COULDN'T COME TO CONTRACT TERMS, BUT YOU AGREED TO LEASE US THIS PROPERTY FOR 99 YEARS. NOW WE'RE GONNA GO DO WHAT WE WANT WITH IT, AND WE COULD BE EMBROILED IN A LEGAL BATTLE. I, I GUESS THAT'S, THAT'S JUST HOW I'M READING IT AS THE PERSON IS THAT MR. CHAIRMAN, WE'RE DOING THAT. SO I'M CONCERNED. I WILL THROW IT BACK TO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE. UH, THE ONLY ISSUE, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, UH, VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF THIS INITIATIVE. I, I JUST NOTICED HERE, AND I, THAT'S WHY I TALKED TO MY COUNTY COUNCIL ABOUT THIS [01:35:01] CONTRACT IS TO BE, UH, THIS IS TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT BETWEEN THIS DEVELOPER AND THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND PURCHASING. I'M NOT SURE WHY THAT LANGUAGE IS IN THERE. I THINK ANYTIME YOU'RE PASSING SOMETHING, YOU'RE ASKING FOR THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT. MM-HMM . AND, AND, UH, INSTEAD OF A STAFF, A STAFFER, I GUESS, UM, AND, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AND THAT LANGUAGE COULD BE CHANGED. THAT'S ONE THING I'M, AND SO IF YOU PASS THIS AS IT'S WRITTEN, YOU'RE IN ASKING ANY DIRECTOR FINANCE PURCHASING TO ENTER THIS CONTRACT. I'M, I'M NOT SURE THEY HAVE AUTHORITY TO AGREE TO A NINE, NINE YEAR LEASE AND THAT, SO I WOULD WANT THAT CLEANED UP IS ALL. UM, I THINK THAT COULD BE AMENDMENT YOU COULD DO HERE. I I'M NOT HERE TO SPEAK ON THE PROCESS, BUT THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT I LOOKED AT, UH, THAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE GIVING ME THE AUTHORITY TO. 'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA ASK ME ABOUT IT. UM, INSTEAD OF THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, , ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, MOTIONS ACT LEGISLATIVE PAGE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, AND THANK YOU EVERYONE BECAUSE, UM, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND I KNOW THAT EVERYONE SUPPORTS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. UM, BUT I DO THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE THIS AND WE WANT TO DO IT RIGHT. UM, THIS VENDOR AND, UM, WAS SELECTED BECAUSE ONCE THE SITE WAS SELECTED, THIS WAS THE ONLY VENDOR THAT, UM, CHOSE TO BUILD ON THE SITE ONCE THAT WAS MADE. NOW, BECAUSE THIS WAS AN RFQ THAT WENT OUT, A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS, UM, AND WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, BUT I WILL, UH, FOR THE AMENDMENT, BUT WE CAN POINT OF INFORMATION LEGISLATOR MEGAN SMITH HAS, UH, THE $3 MILLION FOR THIS PROJECT, HAS THAT ALREADY BEEN APPROPRIATED? YES. DOES ANYONE ANSWER? YES. IT IS IN THE BUDGET FOR 2026. AND, OKAY. SO IT'S TO BE USED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PURPOSES. OKAY. SO MY NEXT QUESTION WOULD BE, SO SINCE IT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROPRIATED IN THE BUDGET, UM, A RESOLUTION WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP IN ORDER TO AUTHORIZE THOSE MONIES. UM, AND SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS RESOLUTION IS DOING. SO AGAIN, BACK TO THE CONCERN, AND I STATED WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE PROPER COMMITTEE PROCESS, UM, WE'RE ESSENTIALLY AUTHORIZING THE MONEY THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROPRIATED FOR THIS PURPOSE, FOR THAT TO GO AHEAD AND BE SENT OUT TO THE DEVELOPER WITHOUT THE FULL COMMITTEE OR THE FULL LEGISLATURE HAVING DONE DUE DILIGENCE WITH CHECKS AND BALANCES. WHAT'S THAT? THAT IS ALL DEFER TO THE GENERAL COUNSEL. IF THERE'S ANY CLARIFICATIONS THERE IS THE QUESTION. SO THE MONEY WAS ALREADY APPROPRIATED IN THE BUDGET, AND THIS IS AUTHORIZING THE CONTRACT AND THE EXPENDITURE. DOES THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION? RIGHT. I'M JUST, I'M JUST GOING THROUGH THE STEPS OF FISCALLY, YOU KNOW, ONCE IT'S IN THE BUDGET, IT'S BEEN APPROPRIATED AND THE LEGISLATURE TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS HOW MUCH MONEY IS GOING TO WHICH LINE OF ACCOUNTING, IN THIS CASE, IT'D BE THE $3 MILLION FOR THE PURPOSE OF, UM, AN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT. SO I'M JUST, I'M JUST, I'M JUST SAYING OUT LOUD, THE STEPS OF THE MONEY HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED. UM, THE $3 MILLION HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED. SO THE NEXT STEP IN ORDER TO SPEND THAT MONEY IS TO DRAFT A RESOLUTION AND THEREFORE PASS THAT RESOLUTION. UM, SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT PASSING THIS RESOLUTION WILL THEREFORE AUTHORIZE THAT $3 MILLION THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROPRIATED TO BE SENT WITHOUT THE LEGISLATURE, UM, HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS. UM, SO ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH, UH, THE CONTRACTS AND, AND BEING ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE DEVELOPERS AND ALL THOSE THINGS AFTER THE FACT, UM, I DON'T REALLY THINK THAT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, GONNA PROVIDE US ANY SUBSTANCE BECAUSE IN A SENSE THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN PAID. I'M JUST ASKING THAT WE DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE BEFORE WE SEND MONEY OUT THE DOOR FOR THE PRO. I MEAN, LEGISLATOR, SEAN SMITH ALREADY BROUGHT UP THAT WE HAD THE LOWEST SCORE RECEIVING THE AWARD. I MEAN, I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S RIGHT OR WRONG, I'M JUST SAYING THAT THAT DESERVES, UM, US TO BE ABLE TO LOOK INTO THAT AS A BODY AND HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS. BYPASSING THE COMMITTEE IS JUST, UM, IT GIVES ME CONCERN. OKAY. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. SO THE CHAIR HAS STEPPED AWAY, SO I'M TAKING OVER FOR A MOMENT. UM, RIGHT NOW I BELIEVE WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR [01:40:01] TO ADOPT THE AMENDMENT AS WELL AS SOME OTHER SUGGESTED CORRECTIONS. UM, WOULD WE LIKE TO VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT OR WOULD WE LIKE TO MAYBE MOVE FOR A HOLD? I WAS JUST GONNA GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT. SORRY. OKAY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO HOLD. I DO TOO. THERE'S A MOTION. AND SECOND TO HOLD ALL THOSE IN FAVOR BY SIGN OF AYE. AYE. AYE. I'M GONNA ASK FOR A ROLL CALL. VOTE. OKAY. WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL. VOTE. ADAM, CLERK ANDERSON. ABSTAIN. OKAY. WHAT ARE WE VOTING ON? HOLD? WE'RE VOTING TO HOLD TWO. UM, 2, 2 1. SIX SEVEN ABSTAIN. PEYTON? NO. SMITH? YES. VOTING ABAR. HAKA? YES. OH, HUSKY. YES. FRANKLIN? YES. MCGEE? NO. LAUER? YES. SMITH? YES. AND AGAIN, I REITERATE THIS WAS, THIS IS A MOTION, OR I'M ASKING, THIS WAS A MOTION TO HOLD ON APPROVING THE AMENDMENT, CORRECT? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, IT'S FIVE YES. TWO. NO, NO. FIVE AND ONE ABSTAIN. SIX. YES. TWO. NO ONE ABSTAINING. SO WE HELD ON THE AMENDMENT AND THE CHAIR IS BACK. THANK YOU. SORRY. UM, SO, UH, ANY FURTHER ACTION ON, UH, I THINK WE'RE ACTUALLY IN A VOTE, IF I'M CORRECT. UM, MOVED AND SECONDED. DISCUSSION OF CORRECT, CORRECT. COUNCIL. JUST AMENDMENT. JUST AMENDMENT A. JUST THE AMENDMENT. OKAY. SO THE AMENDMENT'S BEEN HELD, CORRECT? MM-HMM . OKAY. SO WE'RE BACK INTO THE MAIN MOTION OF ADOPTING OR NOT ADOPTING AT THIS POINT. CORRECT. MOVE TO HOLD THE MOTION TO HOLD. NO. SOUNDS LIKE IT'S MOVED AND SECONDED. UH, DISCUSSION ON A HOLD. ALL RIGHT. NONE. UH, MADAM CLERK ANDERSON, ABSTAIN. PEYTON, THIS IS A MOVE TO HOLD THE TO HOLD. 2, 2, 1, 6 7. YES. THE FULL LIFE STATION. SMITH? YES. HUSKY? YES. FRANKLIN? YES. MCGEE? NO. LAUER? YES. SMITH, YES. ACA? YES. SEVEN. YES. ONE. NO ONE ABS STAND. KEEP IT. LEGISLATURE. WE'LL KEEP IT LEGISLATURES. MR. CHAIR A POINT OF PRIVILEGE. YEP. UM, THERE WERE SEVERAL QUESTIONS THAT WERE RAISED TODAY. IF WE COULD HAVE THOSE QUESTIONS AVAILABLE TO US BEFORE WE GO INTO SESSION ON MONDAY, I WOULD TRULY APPRECIATE THAT SO THAT WE CAN GET ANSWERS FROM THE PROPER DEPARTMENTS AND SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDE ALL OF THESE CONCERNS AND ISSUES. I AGREE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT, MOVING [A RESOLUTION authorizing the Jackson County Legislature to hold a closed meeting on Monday, February 2, 2026, for the purpose of conducting privileged and confidential communications under section 610.021(12) of the Revised Statutes of Missouri and closing all records prepared for discussion at said meeting.] ON TO RESOLUTION 2, 2, 1 6 8 AUTHORIZING THE JACKSON COUNTY LEGISLATURE TOLD A CLOSED MEETING ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND, 2026 FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING PRIVILEGE AND CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS UNDER SECTION 6 1 0 0.021. PARAGRAPH 12 WILL REVISED STATUTES IN MISSOURI ENC CLOSING OUR RECORDS. PREPARE FOR DISCUSSION AT SAID MEETING INTRODUCED BY MANUEL BARKA. UH, COLLEAGUES, I'VE ASKED FOR THIS, UM, IN REFERENCE TO, UM, NEGOTIATIONS IS WHAT I'LL SAY. UM, AND I WOULD ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS EFFORT SO WE CAN HEAR ANY PRUDENT UPDATES FOR VERY IMPORTANT MATTERS RELATING TO THINGS THAT WE OWN MOVE TO ADOPT. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY THE SIGN OF AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? OH, OKAY. UH, WE WILL HAVE TO RETURN BECAUSE WE DO HAVE ONE ADD-ON APPARENTLY. UM, OH, GO AHEAD. YEAH, NO, NO, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. YEP. THANK YOU. YEAH, THANK YOU. SORRY, I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING INTO CLOSED SESSION MEETING. DO [AN ORDINANCE appropriating $20,683.00 within the 2026 General Fund and awarding a contract to LCPtracker of Orange, CA, for an additional single software package for use by the Compliance Review Office for non-profit partnership grants, at an actual cost to the County in the amount of $20,683.00, as a sole source purchase.] YOU WANT ME TO READ 2 2 1 6 9? YES, PLEASE. THANK YOU. APPROPRIATING $20,683 WITHIN THE 2026 GENERAL FUND AND AWARDING A CONTRACT. DID YOU WANT THAT? TO LCP TRACKER OF ORANGE. COUNT OF ORANGE, CALIFORNIA FOR AN ADDITIONAL SINGLE SOFTWARE PACKAGE FOR USE BY THE COMPLIANCE REVIEW OFFICE FOR NON-PROFIT PARTNERSHIP GRANTS, AND AN ACTUAL COST OF THE COUNTY IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,683 IS A SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE INTRODUCED BY CHARLIE FRANKLIN. OKAY. UH, I'LL ASK OUR DIRECTOR OF COMPLIANCE TO COME UP AS WELL TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THIS. THIS IS, UM, LEGISLATION THAT WAS NECESSITATED BY, UM, OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIP GRANTS. AND, UH, PER, UM, OUR WONDERFUL COMPLIANCE DIRECTOR, MS. BOWLING, UH, I'LL LET HER TAKE HER OVER FROM THERE. MELINDA BOWLING [01:45:01] COMPLIANCE REVIEW. THE NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIP GRANTS LED TO ABOUT 67 APPLICATIONS THAT INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION, WHICH WE WILL NEED TO TRACK PREVAILING WAGE. UM, WE CURRENTLY USE LCP TRACKER FOR OUR PROJECTS AS WELL AS THE JAIL. AND THE EASIEST WAY TO CONTINUE USING LCP TRACKER TO DO THE PREVAILING WAGE FOR THE NON-PROFIT PARTNERSHIP GRANTS. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MS. BOLAND? VICE CHAIR? WHAT'S, SO WE USE IT TODAY. WHAT'S THE INCREMENTAL COST? ARE WE PLANNING TO ADD ANSWERS TO THE SYSTEM OR IS IT BASED ON YES. NUMBER CONTRACTS? EVERY AGENCY WOULD HAVE TO BE A USER. EACH AGENCY'S A USER AND THAT'S WHAT'S INCURRING THE EXTRA $20,000 IN COST. YES. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT, UH, MS. POLLING, DO YOU WANNA SAY WHY IT'S DIFFERENT FROM WHAT OUR CURRENT PROCESS IS IN TERMS OF SEPARATION OF THESE VERSUS OUR COUNTY PROJECTS? THAT WAS ANOTHER GOAL YOU HAD SUGGESTED. YES. SO THE AGENCIES WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING IN THE PAYROLLS AS WELL AS MONITORING THEM, BUT ON TOP OF THAT, THE COMPLIANCE REVIEW OFFICE ALSO HAS TO MONITOR. OH, WOW. AND THIS WILL BE KEPT SEPARATE FROM OUR PARK PROJECTS OR COUNTY ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. AND SO YOU CAN ISOLATE THESE SPECIFIC GRANT APPLICANTS TO UNDERSTAND THAT. SO YES. SO YES. UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? YES. UH, 10 POINT OF INFORMATION LEGISLATIVE SMITH, WHEN DID WE REALIZE THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD, WE WOULD NEED . SO WHEN WAS IT REALIZE WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW MANY PROJECTS WERE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WE WOULD NEED. UM, LCP DOES CHARGE BY THE AMOUNT THAT YOU, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT YOU ARE USING, THAT YOU ARE TRACKING. SO WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD BE UNTIL AFTER THE RESOLUTION PASSED. WHAT, WHAT AFTER WHICH RESOLUTION PASSED THE FUNDING? SO THE 31ST OF DECEMBER AND MS. BOWLING WANNA SAY, WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T DO THIS? UM, IT IS A MISSOURI STATE LAW THAT WE DO THIS. CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? I CAN, I, I DON'T DUNNO IF THE MIC IS, I'M SORRY. IT'S MISSOURI STATE LAW THAT WE, THAT WE MONITOR THIS PREVAILING WAGE AND WE KNEW DECEMBER 31ST THAT WE WOULD BE ASKED TO, UM, APPROPRIATE TO OUR 2026 BUDGET, AN ADDITIONAL, UH, 20,000 PLUS DOLLARS. WE KNEW THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO IT. WE DID NOT KNOW THE AMOUNT. UM, AFTER THE AWARDS WERE GIVEN IN THAT RESOLUTION, WE THEN HAD TO ASK THE AGENCIES TO READJUST THEIR BUDGETS TO FIT THEIR AWARD AMOUNT. AND THEN THAT TOOK A COUPLE WEEKS TO GET THOSE BACK IN, AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE TOTAL AMOUNT TO, TO ASK LCP FOR A QUOTE UP. OKAY. UM, SO YOU SAID WHEN THE RESOLUTION WAS PASSED, WHAT RESOLUTION, WHAT RESOLUTION ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? I'M TRYING TO JUST FOLLOW THE, THE PAPER TRAIL HERE. SORRY. NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIP GRANTS, WHICH WAS PASSED ON THE 31ST OF DECEMBER. WE THEN ASKED THE AGENCIES TO, UM, REDO THEIR BUDGETS BECAUSE ALMOST, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WAS FULLY FUNDED, SO THEY HAD TO TELL US HOW THEY WANTED TO SPEND THAT MONEY. AND WE DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL AFTER THEY TURNED THOSE IN, WHICH WAS ABOUT TWO WEEKS AFTER THAT, HOW MUCH THE ACTUAL DOLLAR FIGURE THAT WE WOULD BE NEEDING LCP TRACKER FOR. THAT'S HOW THEY CHARGE. OKAY. THAT'S MY QUESTION. SO, OKAY. SO I UNDERSTAND YOU KNEW 31 DECEMBER THAT SOMETHING WOULD BE REQUIRED. WHEN DID THE NUMBER COME? WHEN DID THE AMOUNT COME ABOUT TWO WEEKS AFTER THAT. MAYBE TWO AND, AND A HALF, THREE. YOU GOT THIS NUMBER LAST WEEK THOUGH, DIDN'T YOU? YES, THE, YEAH, WE JUST RECEIVED THE QUOTE BACK FROM LCP TRACKER LAST WEEK. OKAY. SO LAST WEEK IS WHEN YOU WERE MADE AWARE THAT THE 20,000, UH, $683 NEEDED TO BE APPROPRIATED FROM THE GENERAL FUND YES. TO, UH, TO BACKFILL THIS LCP TRACKER. YES. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, THOUGHTS? OKAY. SEEING NONE, MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? OH, FAIR ENOUGH. UH, SEEKING A MOTION TO ADOPT. OH, WE DID HAVE AN, I'M, I'M SORRY. I BELIEVE IT WAS [01:50:01] WE DID NO. OKAY. SORRY. SEEKING A MOTION. MOVE TO ADOPT. THANK YOU. SECOND. WHAT WERE YOU ADOPTING? I'LL SECOND THE MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE $20,000 FOR THE VENDOR THAT WE, FOR PERFECTION. THIS ONE MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE. SO THERE'S A MOTION BY SEAN? YES. SECOND BY ME. YOU HAVE TO GIVE UP THE CHAIR. I SECOND. OH, OKAY. OKAY. UH OH, I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. NO, LESLIE ANDERSON. I, I I I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR, SINCE THIS IS AN ADD-ON IF WE TRY TO ADOPT THIS TODAY, WHAT HAP WHAT DO WE NEED TO COUNSEL? I JUST CHECKED AND IT IS ON THE POSTED ONLINE AGENDA. OH, IT IS? OKAY. WELL THEN WE'RE GUCCI AS A KID SALE. GO AHEAD. THE KIDS, I JUST SAID I UNDERSTAND IN BELOW SIX, SEVEN. I'M NOT SURE I TAKE THAT BACK. IT WAS JUST POSTED PRIOR TO THE PRIOR OH, NON GUCCI. IT WAS POSTED THIS AFTERNOON. YEAH. TOLD ME. SO IT IS NOT AN HOUR. SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE PERFECTING IT. SO IT WILL REQUIRE UNANIMOUS CONSENT OR TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT WEEK. CAN I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION OF OUR, SO IF WE DON'T HAVE THIS TEED UP THIS WEEK, THIS IS MEL. IS IT, IS IT CATASTROPHIC IN TERMS OF YOUR ABILITY TO GET THESE CONTRACTS LINED UP? IF WE, WE ARE TRYING TO GET TRAINING TO THE AGENCIES AS QUICK AS WE CAN. UM, THERE IS A MARCH 1ST DEADLINE TO THE AGENCIES TO HAVE ALL OF THEIR DOCUMENTATION TURNED IN. THAT WAS SET BY, UM, CONTRACTS. UH, YES, THAT'S IT. THAT'S IN THE CONTRACT. UM, SO WE WERE TRYING TO GET THE TRAINING OUT QUICKLY SO THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT. SO I THINK SOME OF THE AGENCIES PROBABLY ARE NOT REALISTIC HOW MUCH WORK THIS IS. OKAY. I WOULD OFFER, EVEN THOUGH NO ONE ASKED, THAT WAS A COUNTY IMPOSED DEADLINE, IF, IF THERE WAS A DESIRE BY THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE LEGISLATURE TO DO SO, WE COULD EXTEND THAT TO MAYBE MARCH 15TH OR SOMETHING SINCE IT IS OUR, UM, WE COULD DEFINITELY REVISIT THAT. IF THAT'S AN ISSUE I WOULD ASK COLLEAGUES TO PERFECT. TODAY WE CAN ADOPT TOMORROW. NO, IT'S, IT'S JUST, IT'S ADOPT. OH, JUST ADOPT SOME MOVE. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE STATE'S. UNANIMOUS. IS THAT WHAT WE DECIDED? YEAH, I WOULD SAY LET'S DON'T DO THAT. BUT YOU CAN WITHDRAW. I'LL WITHDRAW. ALL RIGHT. WE CAN TRY TO GET IT APPROVED NEXT WEEK. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL HOLD AND ANY OBJECTIONS? GREAT. UM, JUST WITHDRAWING MY MOTION IN LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE. YEAH. LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE. I JUST WITHDREW MY MOTION TO ADOPT. IT'S NOT MY LEGISLATION. I CAN'T WITHDRAW. ALL RIGHT. COUNTY EXECUTIVE ORDERS. [12 COUNTY EXECUTIVE ORDERS] [EO 26-02 Appointments-Reappointments CSF] MADAM CLERK ARE THERE IN EXEC COUNTY EXECUTIVE ORDERS? YES. MR. CHAIRMAN, EXECUTIVE ORDER 26 0 2 APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES FUND BOARD OF DIRECTORS. AMY HARRIS IS HEREBY REAPPOINTED TO COMPLETE HER TERM, HER CURRENT TERM AS A DISTRICT ONE DIRECTOR, WHICH IS SET TO EXPIRE ON MARCH 31ST, 2027. HER RESUME IS ATTACHED. BRIAN KLINE IS HEREBY REAPPOINTED TO FINISH HIS CURRENT TERM AS THE DIRECT AS THE DISTRICT DIRECTOR, WHICH IS SET TO EXPIRE ON MARCH 31ST, 2027. HIS RESUME IS ATTACHED. MONICA MEEKS IS HEREBY REAPPOINTED TO A SUCCESSIVE TERM AS THE DISTRICT SIX DIRECTOR, WHICH IS SET TO EXPIRE ON MARCH 31ST, 2029. HER RESUME IS ATTACHED. JUDY MORGAN IS HEREBY REAPPOINTED TO FINISH HER CURRENT TERM AS DISTRICT ONE DIRECTOR, WHICH IS SET TO EXPIRE ON MARCH 31ST, 2028. MS. MORGAN'S RESUME IS ATTACHED. DANIEL NELSON IS HEREBY REAPPOINTED TO A SUCCESSIVE TERM AS DIRECTOR AS DISTRICT DIRECT AS A DISTRICT ONE DIRECTOR, WHICH IS SET TO EXPIRE ON MARCH 31ST, 2029. HIS RESUME IS ATTACHED. JESSICA RAMIREZ IS HEREBY REAPPOINTED TO FINISH HER CURRENT TERM AS THE DISTRICT FIVE DIRECTOR, WHICH IS SET TO EXPIRE ON MARCH 31ST, 2028. HER RESUME IS ATTACHED. RALPH TARRAN IS HEREBY REAPPOINTED TO FINISH HIS CURRENT TERM AS DISTRICT ONE DIRECTOR, WHICH IS SET TO EXPIRE ON MARCH 31ST, 2028. HIS RESUME IS ATTACHED. JUANITA J TEMPLETON IS HEREBY REAPPOINTED TO A NEW TERM AS DISTRICT FOUR DIRECTOR. THIS APPOINTMENT FILLS A PREVIOUSLY VACANT SEAT AND THE TERM IS SET TO EXPIRE ON MARCH 31ST, 2029. HER RESUME IS ATTACHED. SHERAY HONEYCUTT IS HEREBY APPOINTED TO A NEW TERM AS THE DISTRICT TWO DIRECTOR. THIS APPOINTMENT FILLS A PREVIOUSLY VACANCY AND THE TERM IS SET TO EXPIRE IN MARCH, I'M SORRY, ON JANUARY 31ST, 2029. HER RESUME IS ATTACHED. EXECUTIVE [EO 26-03 Frazier Oil] ORDER 26 0 3, EMERGENCY PURCHASE OF GASOLINE. AND THIS IS, UM, FOR [01:55:01] FRAZIER OIL TO PROVIDE GASOLINE, UM, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $90,000 FOR VARIOUS COUNTY DEPARTMENTS. NEXT ONE IS [EO 26-04 Appointment Community Mental Health Fund] 26 0 4. APPOINTMENT TO THE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH FUND, BOARD OF MENTAL HEALTH FUND BOARD. UM, CRYSTAL HART JOHNSON IS HEREBY APPOINTED TO A NEW TERM SET TO EXPIRE JANUARY 31ST, 2029. THE SEAT WAS PREVIOUSLY VACANT. MS. AND, UM, MS. HART JOHNSON'S RESUME IS ATTACHED. UM, CAN I, IN PART THE EXECUTIVE MR. EXECUTIVE, THE EMERGENCY PURPOSE OF GASOLINE IS, THAT IS UNFINISHED BUSINESS AGAIN, UNFINISHED BUSINESS THERE NONE. UM, [14 NEW BUSINESS] WE WILL NOW GO INTO CLOSED MEETING. THERE SHOULD BE NOT BE ANY LEGISLATION NEEDED TO VOTE ON THIS CONCLUSION. WE WILL RETURN TO ADJOURN, UH, IMMEDIATELY AFTER. IF I COULD ACTUALLY, BEFORE WE DO THAT, UH, JUST MAKE ONE QUICK STATEMENT. I HAVE ASKED, UM, MARY JO AND THE CLERK'S OFFICE TO PROVIDE US WITH A AL CHARTER. UM, I ASK YOU ALL TO TRULY GO BACK AND REVIEW THIS CHARTER. UM, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE ARE A VERY POWERFUL BODY THAT WE SHOULD EMPOWER OURSELVES TO BE, UM, AND NOT SUGGEST ENCOUNTER OF ANYTHING, WHAT THE EXECUTIVE IS. I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE , VODA, UH, AND, AND TEAM HERE. UM, BUT I WANT US TO, UM, FEEL THAT, UM, AUTHORITY AND UNDERSTAND THAT OUR, OUR ABILITIES ARE, ARE VERY VAST. AND I THINK THIS LAST ADMINISTRATION PARTICULARLY HAS DIMINISHED OUR LEGISLATIVE POWERS AND MADE US BELIEVE THAT, UM, WE ARE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT. UM, AND WE HAVE SEVERAL 11 IN FACT PAGES IN THIS BOOK THAT I THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO REVIEW AND, UH, WORK COLLABORATIVELY IN THAT WAY. SO WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DELAY, LET'S GO HEAR ABOUT SOME POTENTIAL NEGOTIATIONS. WE WILL ADJOURN UNTIL WE, OKAY. I'M GONNA STAND RIGHT HERE. THAT'S FINE. UH, WE WILL RECALL READ ADJOURN. UM, THE NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED TO BE HELD ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH, 2026, 3:00 PM AT THE EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE. GREAT WEST KANSAS INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI GROUND POOL CHAMBERS. [15 ADJOURNMENT] IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? A A OPPOSED? AYE. WE ARE. THANK. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.