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          WE HAVE, UM, PRESENTATION. 
          SO 
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IT IS 3 0 1. 
          WELCOME TO THE 16TH REGULAR MEETING OF THE JACKSON COUNTY LEGISLATURE. 
          IT'S MONDAY, MAY 18TH, 2026, AND WE ARE IN THE KANSAS CITY LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY AREA. 
          UM, MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ANDERSON? HERE, PEYTON. 
          HERE SMITH. 
          A BARCA. 
          OH, SORRY. 
          HUSKY. 
          PRESENT FRANKLIN. 
          HERE. 
          MCGEE? HERE. 
          LAUER. 
          HERE. 
          SMITH. 
          HERE. 
          A BARCA. 
          PRESENT. 
          UM, LET'S SAY, UM, MR. EXECUTIVE, LAST TIME LEGISLATOR MCGEE, 
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WILL YOU PLEASE, UH, LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF I PLEDGE TO THE 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. 
          ALL RIGHT, IS THERE A 
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MOTION TO APPROVE THE JOURNAL? SO MOVED. 
          MOVED AND SECONDED. 
          UH, ANY OPPOSITION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY THE SIGN OF AYE. 
          AYE. 
          UM, I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, UNFORTUNATELY WE WILL NOT HAVE A MEETING NEXT WEEK DUE TO THE HOLIDAY. 
          UM, BUT WE ARE NEARING THE COMPLETION OF A API MONTH AND WANT TO HONOR AND CELEBRATE THAT AND RECOMMEND TO, TO EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY OPPORTUNITY YOU CAN OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THIS AMAZING COMMUNITY. 
          UM, WITH 
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THAT WE'LL MOVE INTO HEARINGS. 
          THERE IS A PRESENTATION BY ALLISON BERE. 
          I'M SORRY IF I MESSED IT UP. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          BOARD MEMBER OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS BUREAU, AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE. 
          J-C-R-B-A-J-C, HONORING THE JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. 
          ALLISON, PLEASE JOIN US UP HERE. 
          NO, HAVE A SEAT. 
          YOU CAN SIT DOWN THERE AND, UH, MAKE SURE THE GREEN LIGHT IS ON. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          CHAIRMAN BARCA AND MEMBERS OF THE JACKSON COUNTY LEGISLATURE. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO ADDRESS YOU TODAY. 
          MY NAME'S ALLISON BERRY. 
          I'M A BOARD MEMBER WITH THE J-C-R-B-A-J-C, WHICH IS AN ALPHABET SOUP MOUTHFUL. 
          IT STANDS FOR JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS BUREAU AND AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE. 
          THESE ARE TWO NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. 
          SINCE KANSAS CITY IS A SMALLER REGION, WE MERGED THE TWO MISSIONS. 
          UH, HERE ARE THE J-C-R-B-A-J-C STAFF HAS BEEN, UM, AND BOARD HAVE BEEN FOR 80 YEARS SUPPORTING THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, ADVOCATING IN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI FOR COMMUNITY SECURITY. 
          WE WORK WITH TO EDUCATE WITHIN OUR COUNTERPART ORGANIZATIONS AND TO CONNECT AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS IN INTERFAITH AND CIVIC SPACES. 
          EACH MAY JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF JEWISH AMERICANS TO OUR NATION'S HISTORY, CULTURE, AND CIVIC LIFE. 
          BUT THIS MONTH IS NOT ONLY ABOUT CELEBRATING HISTORY, IT'S ALSO ABOUT DEEPENING UNDERSTANDING. 
          JEWISH IDENTITY IS SOMEWHAT UNIQUE IN THAT WE'RE BOTH A RELIGION AND A PEOPLEHOOD, MUCH MORE LIKE AN ETHNICITY THAT'S ROOTED IN SHARED TRADITIONS AND VALUES. 
          CORE VALUES OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY CONTINUE TO GUIDE JEWISH LIFE TODAY. 
          KEY VALUES SUCH AS FOCUS ON EDUCATION, RESPONSIBILITY TO THE COMMUNITY, AND WORKING TO IMPROVE THE WORLD, WHICH IS A HEBREW TERM. 
          TIKUN OLA, SURPRISINGLY TO MANY, WE ARE A SMALL PEOPLE, ONLY 15 MILLION WORLDWIDE COMPARED TO TWO AND A HALF BILLION CHRISTIANS, 2 BILLION MUSLIMS, ET CETERA. 
          SO WE, AT 15 MILLION, WE REPRESENT ONLY 0.2% OF THE GLOBAL POPULATION. 
          AND IN THE UNITED STATES, ABOUT 2% IN KANSAS CITY, I'M SURE UNDER 1%. 
          SO THIS MEANS THAT NOT ONLY DO WE LIVE, OF COURSE, A VERY INTEGRATED LIFE WITH ALL OTHER FAITHS AND BACKGROUNDS, BUT THAT WE ALSO NEED ALLIES MORE THAN EVER, BOTH INTERFAITH AND CIVIC. 
          I WOULD BE REMISS IF I TREATED THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU AS IF IT WERE ANY, ANY OTHER YEAR, PARTICULARLY A YEAR BEFORE 2023. 
          THIS IS TRULY AN UNUSUAL TIME, LIKE NOTHING IN MY GENERATION OR MY PARENTS. 
          I GREW UP IN THE KANSAS CITY AREA AND DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANTISEMITISM. 
          MY KIDS, UNFORTUNATELY, DID NOT HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE. 
          THE RISE IN ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS BEGAN BEFORE OCTOBER 7TH, 2023, BUT TOOK A DRAMATIC TURN AFTER THAT DAY IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. 
          WE ARE ALL FEELING THIS. 
          WE SPEAK OF OCTOBER 7TH AS A TURNING POINT, LIKE BEFORE TEN SEVEN. 
          AFTER TEN SEVEN. 
          THERE'S BEEN AN EXPONENTIAL RISE IN HATE CRIMES OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, HAVING GONE UP ABOUT 400%. 
          ACCORDING TO THE FBI CRIMES AGAINST JEWS COMPRISE 70% OF ALL RELIGION-BASED HATE CRIMES. 
          SO AT 2% OF THE POPULATION IS QUITE DISPROPORTIONATE. 
          IF YOU'LL BEAR WITH ME, I'D LIKE TO SHARE JUST A FEW STATISTICS WITH YOU WITH FROM THE MOST RECENT AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE REPORT ON ANTISEMITISM. 
          91% OF AMERICAN JEWS SAY THEY FEEL LESS SAFE AS A JEWISH PERSON IN THE UNITED STATES DUE TO VIOLENT ATTACKS IN THE PAST YEAR, INCLUDING THE BURNING OF A JEWISH GOVERNOR'S HOME, THE FIREBOMBING OF JEWS IN BOULDER, COLORADO, AND THE MURDERS OF THE CAPITOL AT THE CAPITOL JEWISH MUSEUM, INCLUDING 
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SARAH MILGRAM, WHO GREW UP IN OVERLAND PARK AND WENT TO SHAWNEE MISSION EAST. 
          86% OF AMERICAN JEWS SAY ANTI-SEMITISM IS INCREASED IN THE US SINCE THE HAMAS TERRORIST ATTACKS, ALMOST ONE THIRD OF AMERICAN JEWS HAVE BEEN, SAY THEY'VE BEEN THE PERSONAL TARGET OF ANTISEMITISM IN THE PAST YEAR. 
          AND AMONG OUR YOUTH, 42% OF AMERICAN JEWISH COLLEGE STUDENTS REPORT EXPERIENCING ANTISEMITISM IN THEIR TIME ON CAMPUS. 
          AND ONE IN FOUR SAY THEY'VE BEEN EXCLUDED FROM A GROUP OR AN EVENT ON CAMPUS BECAUSE THEY'RE JEWISH. 
          SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THE WEIGHTINESS OF MY COMMENTS, BUT I'M GRATEFUL TO THIS LEGISLATURE FOR YOUR ONGOING AND VERY GENUINE SUPPORT OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. 
          I BROUGHT ALONG A RESOURCE CARD THAT WAS SHARED WITH YOU, UH, THAT HAS A QR CODE WITH EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, BRIEFINGS, AND PRESENTATIONS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ON COMBATING ANTISEMITISM AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE JEWISH PEOPLE. 
          I'D LIKE TO LEAVE YOU WITH TWO TAKEAWAYS. 
          ONE, PLEASE REACH OUT WITH QUESTIONS EVEN WITH SOMETHING THAT MIGHT FEEL SENSITIVE. 
          THE J-C-R-B-A-J-C IS A RESOURCE. 
          THE TEAM DOES EXCELLENT WORK IN PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING, HELPING TO MANAGE ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS, AND IS THERE TO SUPPORT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BY WORKING WITH YOU ALL. 
          PLEASE. 
          NUMBER TWO, PLEASE SPEAK UP WHEN YOU HEAR SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE A PROBLEM FOR THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. 
          PLEASE TALK TO YOUR KIDS. 
          PLEASE SPEAK UP WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES. 
          THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO PURSUE SOCIAL JUSTICE AS PART OF OUR VALUE OF TIKUN OLAM, REPAIRING THE WORLD FOR ALL MINORITIES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST INCOME DISPARITIES AND STANDING AGAINST ALL FORMS OF HATE. 
          WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS UNDERSTAND, UNDERSTAND THAT MUTUAL ALLYSHIP IS WHAT STRENGTHENS KANSAS CITY AND ENABLES EVERYONE TO BE SAFE AND THRIVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, ALLISON FOR JOINING US TODAY AND GIVING US THIS WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. 
          UM, NEXT WE'LL HAVE UP A, UH, PRESENTATION BY THE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME FOLKS THAT WILL JOIN US HERE. 
          AND, UH, MURRAY, DO YOU WANT TO JOIN HIM AS WELL, JUST TO KIND OF TEE HIM UP AS, UH, SOME BACKGROUND, ANOTHER CHAIR. 
          GRAB A CHAIR IF YOU WOULD. 
          I GUESS IT SEEMS LIKE WE NEED MAYBE ONE MORE. 
          ALRIGHT, YOUR TIME. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          UM, RESOLUTION 2, 2 2 3 5 AUTHORIZES THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY ON BEHALF OF JACKSON COUNTY COMBAT TO EXECUTE AN ANNUAL AGREEMENT WITH THE KANSAS CITY BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS FOR ANTI-DRUG AND ANTI-CRIME LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES. 
          UH, THIS AMOUNT IS NOT TO EXCEED $3,657,651, WHICH REFLECTS THE ESTABLISHED 9.5% ALLOCATION, UH, TO KCPD UNDER THE CURRENT ANTI-CRIME SALES TAX FUNDING STRUCTURE. 
          PAUSE ONE SECOND. 
          DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION TO PUT UP OR, UH, IT'S, IT'S OKAY IF NOT. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T BRING AN ELECTRONIC COPY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GO AHEAD, SORRY. 
          ALRIGHT, NO PROBLEM. 
          UM, THIS FUNDING IS ONGOING. 
          LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, SUPPORTS ONGOING LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS AND, UH, ANTI-CRIME EFFORTS AS PART OF THE COUNTY'S BROADER PUBLIC SAFETY STRATEGY THROUGH COMBAT. 
          UH, I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT THE 2026 ALLOCATION IS A LITTLE LOWER THAN THE 2025 ALLOCATION. 
          UH, THIS IS BECAUSE THE PROJECTED DECREASES IN THE SALES TAX REVENUES FOR 2026. 
          SO LAST YEAR, IF YOU ALL REMEMBER, WE CAME BEFORE YOU FOR 3.9. 
          THIS ONE REPRESENTS THE 3.6. 
          I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THAT DIFFERENCE WHEN WE COME WITH ANOTHER ASK LATER. 
          THIS RESOLUTION DOES NOT CREATE NEW PROGRAMMING. 
          UH, IT CONTINUES EXISTING VOTER SUPPORTED, UH, FUNDING STRUCTURE THAT HAS HISTORICALLY GUIDED COMBAT. 
          AND SO, WITH THAT SAID, AT THE REQUEST OF CHAIRMAN OF BARCA, I'VE ASKED KCPD TO COME JOIN US AND, UH, PRESENT ON THESE FUNDS. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          UH, I'M MAJOR JOSH HYON WITH THE KANSAS CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT'S FISCAL DIVISION. 
          HERE WITH ME TODAY IS, UH, CAPTAIN MARK SLATER FINANCIAL SERVICES UNIT. 
          AND THEN, UM, MAJOR, UH, JIM BUCK OVER THERE WITH, UH, SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION. 
          AND SO, UM, AS YOU'VE SEEN, UM, IN PAST YEARS, A LOT OF THE, THE FUNDING OR A LOT OF THE, THE CATEGORIES THAT THIS FUNDING GOES TO REMAINS MOSTLY UNCHANGED. 
          UM, DUE TO SOME DECREASED FUNDING THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE HAVE NO MONEY ALLOCATED TOWARD EQUIPMENT. 
          IT IS ALL TOWARD PERSONNEL. 
          UM, THIS IS ALL TOWARD OUR PERSONNEL DOING THE JOBS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO, UH, MEET THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF COMBAT. 
          AND SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THE $3,657,651 ALLOCATION. 
          UM, A MAJORITY OF IT GOES TILL PERSONNEL SERVICES, FRINGE BENEFITS OVER TIME, A LITTLE BIT REMAINING GOES TOWARD INVESTIGATIVE EXPENSE, FUEL AND VEHICLE LEASES. 
          WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST FEW YEARS IS REALLY AS AN AGENCY, 
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REINVENTED WHAT COMBAT FUNDS LOOK LIKE FOR KCPD AND OUR RESPONSE, UM, TO THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE. 
          AND SO WE'VE BROADENED THE SCOPE OF IT, UM, TO MEET THOSE OBJECTIVES OF COMBAT. 
          SO IT INCLUDES ALL OF OUR SPECIAL BASE, NOT ALL OF OUR, BUT SOME OF OUR SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION PERSONNEL, SPECIAL OPERATIONS DIVISION PERSONNEL, WHICH INCLUDES, UM, KIND OF OUR SWAT TEAMS AND SOME OF THOSE REACTIVE TEAMS, OUR VIOLENT CRIMES DIVISION. 
          UM, AND I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE 2025 RECAP OF COMBAT THAT, UH, DIRECTOR WOODARD HAD LISTED PREVIOUSLY ABOUT, UM, SOME OF THIS COMBAT FUNDS GOES TOWARD, UM, ANALYSTS, UM, CRIME ANALYSTS WITHIN OUR VIOLENT CRIMES, INDI SPECIFICALLY ONE THAT IS ASSIGNED TO A HOMICIDE SQUAD. 
          AND, UM, CAPTAIN SLATER WILL TALK HERE IN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT PROGRAM FOR YEARS, THEY'VE GONE TO TOWARD, UH, PERSONNEL IN OUR CRIME LAB, AND THEN ALSO PERSONNEL IN OUR COMMUNITY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS DIVISION. 
          UM, COUPLE THINGS WE WANTED TO TOUCH ON THIS TIME AROUND IS HOW THE, THE COMBAT FUNDS THAT ARE BEING USED TOWARD ANALYSTS IN OUR VIOLENT CRIMES DIVISION, UM, SPECIFICALLY OUR HOMICIDE UNITS, HAVE REALLY IMPACTED, POSITIVELY IMPACTED WHAT OUR CLEAR CLEARANCE RATE LOOKS LIKE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, CAPTAIN SLATER WAS PREVIOUSLY A MEMBER OF THE HOMICIDE UNIT FOR YEARS AS A SUPERVISOR, AS A DETECTIVE, AND SO HE CAN SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THAT. 
          YES, THANK YOU. 
          SO THE, UH, THE CRIME ANALYST PROGRAM, UH, WAS ADOPTED OR, OR WE BEGAN TO EMBRACE THE CRIME ANALYST PROGRAM AROUND 2018, BUT REALLY DIDN'T, UM, TAKE OFF AS MANY, UH, INTRINSIC OR INTERNAL PROGRAMS TAKE A LITTLE WHILE TO GET GOING. 
          UM, BUT AS WE, OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE, UH, BEGAN TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM, UH, AND THE IMPACT THAT THESE CRIME ANALYSTS HAVE MADE ARE IMMEASURABLE AND IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO OVERSTATE THEIR VALUE TO, UH, VIOLENT CRIME INVESTIGATIONS, HOMICIDE INVESTIGATIONS. 
          AND JUST TO GIVE YOU, UM, A FEW DIFFERENT, UH, PERCENTAGES. 
          SO WE HAD GENERALLY OPERATED IN KANSAS CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT ON A NATIONAL AVERAGE, AROUND A 60% CLEARANCE RATE IN THE HOMICIDE UNIT. 
          HOWEVER, ONCE WE STARTED BRINGING THESE CRIME ANALYSTS ON, UM, WE STARTED SEEING THOSE RATES INCREASE INTO THE SEVENTIES AND 80 PERCENTILE RANGE OF HOMICIDE CASE CLEARANCES. 
          AND, UM, AS YOU LOOK THROUGH THE DEFINED ROLES, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT DETECTIVES INVESTIGATE VIOLENT CRIMES WITH THE DIRECT SUPPORT FROM CRIME ANALYSTS, UH, WHICH REVIEW SOCIAL MEDIA, CRIME DATA, DIGITAL VIDEO, AND CELLULAR PHONE, CELLULAR PHONE DATA. 
          UH, AS YOU ALL WILL KNOW, THE, THIS IS THE LANDSCAPE IN WHICH PEOPLE OPERATE TODAY. 
          AND SO THE ABILITY TO SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATE THESE SYSTEMS, SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, CELLULAR PHONE DATA, UH, AND THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND IT AND DELIVER IT INTO A DIGESTIBLE FORMAT, IS SIMPLY IRREPLACEABLE AS IT PERTAINS TO HOMICIDE OR, OR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS. 
          UM, THEY, UH, EASILY CAN EQUAL TWO DETECTIVES, UH, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WERE TO, IF YOU WERE TO PUT A PERSONNEL TAG ON 'EM. 
          UH, WHEN I WAS A SERGEANT IN HOMICIDE, THEY VERY PLAINLY ASKED, WOULD YOU LIKE TWO DETECTIVES OR AN ANALYST? AND THAT WAS A VERY EASY DECISION. 
          AN ANALYST EASILY WILL, WILL COVER THE WORKLOAD OF TWO DETECTIVES AS FAR AS, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THESE INVESTIGATIONS ARE CONDUCTED TODAY. 
          AND THEN, UH, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S A BIG IMPACT FROM OUR VIOLENT CRIMES DIVISION. 
          ANOTHER BIG IMPACT SPECIFICALLY THIS FISCAL YEAR THAT WE WANT TO DISCUSS AND MAJOR BUCK WILL TOUCH ON THAT, IS THE SIGNIFICANT INFLUX OF ILLEGAL NARCOTICS WE ARE SEEING. 
          AND AS IT RELATES TO OUR WORLD CUP RESPONSE AS AN AGENCY. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THIS MIC WORKS OKAY, OR YEP, MM-HMM . 
          UM, SO THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT, ABOUT A YEAR OR SO AGO AS WE STARTED TO GEAR UP TOWARDS FIFA, ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE TOLD WAS THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE AN INFLUX, A LOT OF NARCOTICS THAT YOU DON'T, HADN'T TRADITIONALLY SEEN IN THIS AREA IN A WHILE. 
          UM, THE BIGGEST ONE BEING COCAINE. 
          UH, THE COMBAT FUNDED OFFICERS PLAYED A HUGE ROLE IN DEALING WITH THAT INFLUX. 
          UH, WE'VE GOT SEVERAL GOOD CASES. 
          I THINK WE ENDED 25 WITH AN ALMOST 200% INCREASE WITH THE AMOUNT OF COCAINE THAT WE SAW HERE COMPARED TO PRIOR YEARS. 
          AND I THINK WE'RE GETTING CONSIDERABLY MORE THAN THAT THIS YEAR AS WELL. 
          UH, WE'VE EVEN HAD A SEIZURE IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS OF ALMOST 400 POUNDS OF COCAINE THAT WAS HEADING TO THE KANSAS CITY AREA. 
          AND COMBAT FUNDED POSITIONS PLAYED A HUGE ROLE IN GETTING THAT IN. 
          UM, THE OTHER PART WITHIN MY DIVISION THAT THOSE SAME 
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POSITIONS ALSO HELP FUND IS FOCUSED DETERRENCE, I BELIEVE WE'RE DOWN ALMOST 40% GROUP RELATED VIOLENCE HERE IN THE CITY. 
          AND THOSE COMBAT FUNDED POSITIONS PLAYED A BIG ROLE IN THAT AS WELL. 
          UH, OUR GROUP ENFORCEMENT UNIT, I KNOW THERE'S AT LEAST ONE, MAYBE TWO POSITIONS THERE THAT ARE FUNDED THROUGH THIS. 
          AND SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING RESULTS. 
          AND SO FAR HALFWAY INTO THE YEAR THIS YEAR, UH, WE'RE AT LEAST ON A POSITIVE TREND. 
          AND THEN FINALLY ON THE, UM, SUPPORT REHABILITATION ASPECT OF IT, OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DIVISION, UM, DIRECTOR WOODARD TOUCHED ON THIS IN THE KIND OF THE 2025 RECAP THAT A MAJORITY OF THE STRIVE REFERRALS COME FROM OUR SHOOT REVIEW, COME FROM OUR COMMUNITY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DIVISION, UM, OUR SOCIAL WORKERS THAT WE HAVE ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, MANY OF WHICH ARE SUPPORTED THROUGH COMBAT FUNDS. 
          AND SO WITH THAT IN MIND, UM, AGAIN, THIS IS OUR 2026 COMBAT FUND REQUEST, AND, UM, WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE AND APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT QUESTION. 
          UM, ACTUALLY, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GONNA TAKE THIS UP, BUT ANY QUESTIONS, UM, FROM THE BODY AT THIS POINT? UH, LEGISLATOR ANDERSON. 
          THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. 
          THANK YOU GENTLEMEN FOR COMING. 
          UH, I DON'T THINK IT'S LOST ON ANY OF US, UH, THE LARGE AMOUNT OF, UH, UH, SETTLEMENTS THAT THE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS TO GO THROUGH. 
          I KNOW NEARING $11 MILLION IN JUST THIS LAST YEAR. 
          UH, WHAT PROGRAMS ARE BEING PUT FORWARD TO HELP, UH, TEACH DEESCALATION AND TO, UM, CHANGE THESE DIFFERENT OUTCOMES THAT, UH, THE DEPARTMENT HAS SEEN IN THE LAST YEAR? UM, SINCE CHIEF GRAVES HAS STARTED, UM, AS CHIEF CHIEF OF POLICE, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS ON THE DEPARTMENT, UM, TO TRY TO MITIGATE ANY RISK, ANY EXPOSURE, UNDUE EXPOSURE TO THE DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, ONE OF THOSE LAWSUITS THAT YOU REFERENCE IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S PREDATES PRETTY MUCH ANYBODY ON THIS DEPARTMENT NOW, AND THAT'S THE BIGGEST ONE WE'VE SETTLED REALLY EVER. 
          UM, AND SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, PREDATES THE CURRENT LANDSCAPE, THE CURRENT, UM, CAREER OF ANYBODY ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW. 
          AND SO UNFORTUNATELY WE STILL HAVE TO ENDURE THE COSTS OF SOME OF THOSE DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE SOME 30, 40 YEARS AGO. 
          BUT SINCE SHE HAS BECOME CHIEF, WE'VE IMPLEMENT IMPLEMENTED PROGRAMS LIKE, UM, ICAT LIKE CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING. 
          UM, WE HAVE BROUGHT IN ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS TO RUN OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION FOR ANY INTERNAL EMPLOYMENT ISSUES, TRY TO MITIGATE ANY OF THOSE THAT WE MAY SEE OR COME UP. 
          UM, WE HAVE DONE EXTENSIVE TRAINING. 
          ALL OF OUR OFFICERS ARE CIT TRAINED COMING OUTTA THE ACADEMY NOW. 
          UH, WE HAVE DONE EXTENSIVE, EXTENSIVE DEESCALATION TRAINING IN THE ACADEMY BEFORE THEY COME OUT. 
          UM, AND THEN WE'VE EVEN DONE A COMMUNITY SURVEY SOFTWARE WHERE WE PUT OUT THERE TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY ON DIFFERENT CALLS THAT THE OFFICERS GO ON. 
          AND THEN ONCE WE EVALUATE THAT SOFTWARE, WE HAVE A THIRD PARTY COMPANY THAT CAME IN AND ACTUALLY DID A STUDY WITH A STUDY GROUP OF OFFICERS TO THEN SEE, UM, WHAT SOME OF THE, THE UNDERLYING POSSIBLE COMPLAINTS WERE FROM A COMMUNITY SERVICE STANDPOINT, AND THEN GO BACK OUT THERE AND RETRAIN AND TRY TO CORRECT THAT. 
          SO WE'VE DONE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF STUFF TO TRY TO MITIGATE THAT BECAUSE WE FULLY UNDERSTAND HOW ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY US AS AN ORGANIZATION HAS TO PAY OUT IN THE FORM OF A LAWSUIT, UM, TAKES MONEY AWAY FROM, FROM PERSONNEL, FROM OPERATIONS, FROM, FROM THE STUFF THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO AS AN ORGANIZATION TO, UM, MITIGATE, YOU KNOW, CRIME AND, AND UM, PUBLIC SAFETY IN THIS COMMUNITY. 
          AND I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND, UH, OF COURSE THE LARGE PAYOUT IS ABOUT $4.5 MILLION, UM, WHICH OF COURSE LEAVES, UH, JUST ABOUT $6 MILLION OR SO LEFT. 
          AND, UH, AS THIS BEING TAXPAYER MONEY, OF COURSE WE HAVE TO HAVE OVERSIGHT OF THIS, BUT IT JUST, IT GIVES ME GREAT PAUSE AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THERE'S NEW PROGRAMS, BUT THERE'S STILL $6 MILLION OF SETTLEMENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN ON TAKEN PLACE AFTER MS, UH, THE NEW CHIEF AND THESE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN TAKEN PLACE. 
          BUT I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THERE ARE SOME CHANGES, UH, HAPPENING SO FAR. 
          THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS? UM, QUESTIONS JUST IN TERMS OF YOUR BUDGET, LOOKS LIKE ON THE LAST PAGE HERE, AND I THINK, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE DON HAS A COPY, SO WE'LL HAVE THAT ATTACHED TO, UH, THE LEGISLATION AS WELL FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE STRATEGY, AND THIS MAY BE JUST A FISCAL POLICY THAT, THAT YOU CAN GET BACK TO US IF YOU DON'T KNOW NOW, THE OVERTIME COMPONENTS, $170,000 FOR OVERTIME, IS THAT A, A GENERIC PERCENTAGE THAT YOU JUST INPUT AS A FINANCIAL FIGURE OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED, WHY NOT HIRE MORE PEOPLE, UM, INSTEAD OF DOING OVERTIME? CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          UM, A LOT OF THAT OVERTIME IS RELATED TO OUR SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION. 
          A LOT OF WHAT THEY DO, UM, THE, THE FLUCTUATION 
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OF RESPONSE TO, LET'S SAY, AN ACTIVE CASE WHERE THERE'S A WARRANT OR MAYBE, YOU KNOW, SUBJECT THEY'RE FOLLOWING, THAT'S MOVING A LARGE AMOUNT IN THEIR CAR NARCOTICS, THEY DON'T ALWAYS DO IT NECESSARILY ON A, YOU KNOW, EIGHT TO FIVE BASIS. 
          AND SO WE KNOW THAT MOST OF THESE MEMBERS ARE ON CALL AND, UM, THEY HAVE TO RESPOND WHEN THEY'RE NEEDED TO RESPOND. 
          AND SO LOOKING BACK AT PREVIOUS FISCAL YEARS WITH THESE FUNDS, WE ESTIMATE A NUMBER BASED ON WHAT OVERTIME COSTS WERE FOR THOSE PREVIOUS YEARS. 
          UM, AND THAT'S HOW WE PLUG THAT NUMBER IN THERE. 
          NOW, THERE IS SOME BUDGET ADJUSTMENT IF, IF NECESSARY THROUGHOUT THE FISCAL YEAR THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE, MAYBE OVERTIME GOES UP OR MAYBE, UM, ANOTHER CATEGORY GOES DOWN BASED ON AN AGREEMENT FOR LEASE CARS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          THEN WE TRY TO MAKE BUDGETARY ADJUSTMENTS AS NEEDED. 
          BUT, UM, WE DO VERY MUCH STAY WITHIN THE BUDGET, UM, OVERALL BUDGET AS PROVIDED. 
          THANKS FOR THAT. 
          UM, AND, AND I'M, I, I HAVE TO TELL YOU AND APPLAUD THE EFFORT OF THIS CHIEF. 
          UM, THE FACT THAT EVERY OFFICER COMING OUTTA THE ACADEMY IS A CIT TRAINED OFFICER, THAT'S INCREDIBLE. 
          UM, I'D SPECIFICALLY ASKED A FORMER CHIEF WHY ALL THE OFFICERS DIDN'T DO THIS. 
          AND, UH, THAT PERSON SAID, BECAUSE NOT OF THEM TAKE IT SERIOUSLY FOR WHICH MY RESPONSE WAS THEN WHY ARE THEY POLICE OFFICERS? SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, I THINK, UH, THAT SHOWS THE DEESCALATION TACTICS OF, OF OUR OFFICERS. 
          UM, AND THAT'S INCREDIBLE THAT WE HAVE IN THERE. 
          SO KUDOS TO YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, I DO HAVE A BROADER QUESTION. 
          UM, WHAT HAPPENS IF COMBAT IS NOT RENEWED TO THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS? UM, IT'S, I MEAN, IT, IT'S REALLY GOING TO IMPACT BOTH THE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY, JACKSON COUNTY AS A WHOLE. 
          UM, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE STATISTICS THAT WE LISTED THERE, UM, IN THAT PRESENTATION. 
          THOSE ARE COMBAT GENERATED STATISTICS. 
          AND SO WE AS AN ORGANIZATION WOULD STILL WORK TO GENERATE THE SAME NUMBERS, GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF DRUGS OFF THE STREET, THE SAME AMOUNT OF GUNS OFF THE STREET, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO TRY TO FIND SOME SPACE WITHIN OUR BUDGET TO DO THAT AND WOULD BE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT. 
          UM, OUR BUDGET IS NOT SET OUT THAT WAY. 
          SO WE REALLY RELY ON COMBAT, BOTH FROM AN INVESTIGATIVE SIDE FOR VIOLENT CRIMES, FROM A COMMUNITY INTERACTION SIDE WITH OUR SOCIAL WORKERS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DIVISION, AND THEN AS WELL AS OUR, UM, NARCOTICS ENFORCEMENT SIDE. 
          IT IS, UH, A VERY, VERY MEANINGFUL SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR THE ORGANIZATION, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC WHO'S LISTENING. 
          AND SINCE WE DON'T HAVE THIS UP HERE, UM, CAN YOU READ THROUGH THAT COMMUNITY BENEFITS COMPONENT? BECAUSE I THINK THESE NUMBERS ARE VERY IMPORTANT AS FOLKS THINK ABOUT WHAT THE IMPACT IS, UM, FOR JUST THIS ONE PORTION, RIGHT. 
          'CAUSE MR. WOODARD, THIS IS ALSO ONE AGENCY THAT WE HAVE MANY OTHER MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS ACCOMPLISHING. 
          SO THIS IS ONE OF OUR LARGER MUNICIPALITIES, BUT STILL, I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING TO READ OFF FOR THE SAKE OF THE PUBLIC. 
          YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          UM, AND SO THIS IS LIKE, UH, 2025 A YEAR IN REFLECTION, SO TO SPEAK. 
          'CAUSE THIS IS THE 2026 BUDGET. 
          UM, WE HAD 5,250 ASSIGNED CRIMINAL CASES THAT RELATED TO, UM, COMBAT FUNDED PERSONNEL. 
          UH, 297 FIREARMS RECOVERED. 
          7,212 POUNDS OF NARCOTICS SEIZED, 3,863 FORENSIC CASES WORKED. 
          AND THOSE ARE JUST THE CASES BY COMBAT FUNDED PERSONNEL. 
          UM, 55 INMATE REENTRY VISITS AND 121 INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN CASES ASSIGNED 7 85 TACTICAL SUPPORT RESPONSES, 497 TACTICAL SUPPORT ARRESTS, 13,150 POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE VISITS, AND 1,450 COMMUNITY MEETINGS ATTENDED. 
          THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. 
          I THINK THAT FOR THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING ONLINE, I THINK THAT IS A POWERFUL STATEMENT. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, OR THOUGHTS BEFORE, UH, WE'LL TAKE THIS EFFORT UP HERE ON THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. 
          AWESOME. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SEEING NONE. 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
          UM, WE'LL MOVE ON WITH OUR AGENDA THEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THIS INCLUDES OUR HEARINGS FOR TODAY. 
          UH, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL UP, UH, THE ADD-ON RESOLUTION 2 2 2 7 4, RECOGNIZING OLDER AMERICANS MONTH AND HONORING RANDALL RANDY RHODES, INTRODUCED BY DONNA PEYTON. 
          IS THERE A MOTION MOVE TO MOVE? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          IT'S BEEN MOVED IN. 
          SECONDED. 
          UH, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ANDERSON? YES. 
          PEYTON? YES. 
          MEGAN SMITH. 
          A OH, SORRY. 
          HUSKY. 
          YES. 
          FRANKLIN, YES. 
          MCGEE? YES. 
          LAUER? YES. 
          SMITH, YES. 
          ABAR? YES. 
          UH, LEGISLATOR PAYTON FOR THE PRESENTATION? I THINK WE'RE INVITING SOME FOLKS UP MAYBE. 
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THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          . 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 
          YOU'RE SO BUSY. 
          . 
          I'M SO BUSY. 
          . 
          I HAVE A MEETING AFTER THIS AND, UH, OH MY GOODNESS. 
          . 
          SO WHEREAS OLDER AMERICANS MONTH CELEBRATES THE LEADERSHIP, RESILIENCE AND ONGOING CONTRIBUTIONS OF OLDER ADULTS WHO STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          AND WHEREAS RANDALL RANDY ROSE HAS LONG CHAMPIONED THE WELLBEING, DIGNITY, AND INCLUSION OF OLDER ADULTS IN JACKSON COUNTY, DEMONSTRATING THROUGH HIS ACTIONS THE VERY QUALITIES THIS MONTH SEEKS TO HONOR. 
          AND WHEREAS THROUGHOUT HIS YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE, AS A MEMBER OF THE ORIGINAL CHARTER COMMISSION, A LONG TIME CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, AND LATER AS MAYOR OF LEE SUMMIT, MR. RHODES CONSISTENTLY SUPPORTED COMMUNITY PRIORITIES THAT ENHANCED SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR AGING RESIDENTS. 
          AND WHEREAS MR. ROSE HAS CONTINUED TO ADVANCE THE WELLBEING OF OLDER ADULTS THROUGH EXTENSIVE VOLUNTEER WORK, INCLUDING WITH JOHN KNOX VILLAGE FOUNDATION, ST. 
          LUKE'S EAST HOSPITAL, THE TRUMAN HEARTLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AND SPARK, WHERE HE HAS SUPPORTED LIFELONG LEARNING AND ENGAGEMENT FOR ADULTS OVER AGE 55. 
          AND WHEREAS MR. RHODE STUDY LEADERSHIP, GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT AND COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY HAVE MADE HIM A TRUSTED ADVOCATE FOR OLDER ADULTS. 
          AND I AM ONE THAT'S VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT AND A MODEL OF HOW OLDER AMERICANS CONTINUE TO LEAD, CONTRIBUTE, INSPIRE NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT WE PROUDLY RECOGNIZE RANDALL RANDY ROSE FOR HIS OUTSTANDING DEDICATION TO OLDER ADULTS IN JACKSON COUNTY. 
          AND WE HONOR HIM AS PART OF OUR CELEBRATION OF OLDER AMERICANS MONTHS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? THERE'S NOT MANY BENEFITS TO GETTING OLDER. 
          THAT MAY COME AS A SURPRISE TO SOME OF YOU, BUT BRACE YOURSELF . 
          BUT THIS RECOGNITION IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MAYOR RHODES IS VERY IN, IN IMPLEMENT IN INVOLVED IN THE CRIMES TIPS HOTLINE THAT IS REALLY DOING A LOT OF WORK SOLVING CRIMES. 
          SO WE APPRECIATE THAT TOO. 
          MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, MOVING ON 
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TO COMMUNICATIONS. 
          UH, WITH THE REPORTS FROM THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, MR. MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE. 
          WE HAD A 30 MINUTE MEETING LAST WEEK, IF YOU REMEMBER . 
          SO I THOUGHT I'D TALK A LONG TIME TODAY. 
          I WANNA BRIEFLY ADDRESS THE RECENT MEDIA ATTENTION SURROUNDING THE INTERNATIONAL HAVANA HANTA VIRUS OUTBREAK CONNECTED CRUISE SHIP TRAVEL, AND REASSURE BOTH THIS LEGISLATURE TO THE PUBLIC. 
          THERE'S NO CAUSE FOR ALARM HERE IN JACKSON COUNTY. 
          THE LEGISLATURE BROUGHT THIS UP IN ONE OF THE MEETINGS. 
          THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH IS ACTIVELY MONITORING THE SITUATION IN COORDINATION WITH THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES, CDC, LOCAL HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND REGIONAL PARTNERS. 
          AT THIS TIME, THE OVERALL RISK TO JACKSON COUNTY RESIDENTS REMAINS VERY LOW. 
          THIS VIRUS IS NOT BEHAVING LIKE COVID-19 OR OTHER TRANSMISSIBLE RESPIRATORY DISEASES. 
          PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE NOT SEEKING OR SEEING ANY EVIDENCE OF WIDESPREAD OR CASUAL TRANSMISSION. 
          AND THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO CONFIRMED LOCAL CASES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS OUTBREAK IN OUR JURISDICTION. 
          AND THEN COMMUNICATION WITH OUR PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT REGARDING THE SITUATION, I'LL CONTINUE KEEPING THE LEGISLATURE UPDATED. 
          SHOULD THERE BE ANY SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS OUR PUBLIC HEALTH TEAM IS DOING EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. 
          STAYING INFORMED MONITORING DEVELOPMENTS, COORDINATING WITH HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, AND ENSURING THE PUBLIC RECEIVES ACCURATE SCIENCE-BASED INFORMATION RATHER THAN FEAR OR MISINFORMATION. 
          THERE ARE NO RECOMMENDATIONS TO CANCEL TRAVEL, AVOID PUBLIC EVENTS, OR CHANGE NORMAL DAILY ACTIVITIES. 
          RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE GOING ABOUT THE ROUTINES WITH CONFIDENCE. 
          I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE ANYONE WITH QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS TO RELY ON INFORMATION COMING DIRECTLY FROM THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH OR OUR PUBLIC HEALTH PARTNERS. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE SHARING ACCURATE SCIENCE-BASED INFORMATION 
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AND AVOID UNNECESSARY SPECULATION OR MISINFORMATION THAT CAN CREATE CONFUSION IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH HAS A STRONG PREPAREDNESS AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS IN PLACE. 
          WE'LL CONTINUE MONITORING THE SITUATION CLOSELY. 
          IF CONDITIONS CHANGE, THE PUBLIC WILL BE INFORMED PROPERLY AND TRANSPARENTLY. 
          AND I WANNA THANK OUR PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND HEALTHCARE PARTNERS FOR THEIR STEADY WORK AND CONTINUED VIGILANCE IN PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU, MR. EXECUTIVE. 
          ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS AND THOUGHTS FOR THAT? I'M ASSUMING YOU HAVE ANOTHER THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT. 
          I KNOW THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS COMING UP QUICKLY AS WE WERE MONITORING IT, SO THANKS FOR THAT UPDATE, MR. EXECUTIVE. 
          ONE OF THE ISSUES I FIRST FACED WHEN I TOOK OFFICE WAS THE ISSUE OF RELEASING ARPA FUNDS. 
          AS YOU ALL KNOW, GETTING THIS MONEY OUT THE DOOR HAS BEEN PROBLEMATIC FOR MANY YEARS. 
           THIS BODY TRIED AND TRIED AND TRIED, BUT IT TOOK SOME COLLABORATION WITH THE NEW EXECUTIVE AND THIS LEGISLATURE TO GET THE $35 MILLION OUT THE DOOR TO COMMUNITY AGENCY TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF JACKSON COUNTY. 
          SO THE QUESTION HAS ALWAYS BEEN WHAT IS LEFT THAT SHOULD LEAVE US WITH MORE MONEY TO GET OUT. 
          I WANNA TAKE A FEW MINUTES TODAY TO DISCUSS JACKSON COUNTY'S ARPA FUNDING THE AUDITS RELATED TO THOSE DOLLARS AND WHERE THINGS CURRENTLY STAND WITH THESE FUNDS. 
          AS YOU KNOW, OVER THE COURSE OF 2021, IN 2022, JACKSON COUNTY RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY $136.5 MILLION IN FEDERAL ARPA FUNDING TO SUPPORT RECOVERY EFFORTS FOLLOWING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. 
          THOSE FUNDS WERE REQUIRED TO BE FULLY OBLIGATED BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2024, AND TO BE FULLY EXPENDED BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2026. 
          BETWEEN 2021 AND DECEMBER, 2024, THE COUNTY OBLIGATED AND EXPENDED APPROXIMATELY 66.1 MILLION THROUGH ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS APPROVED OVER SEVERAL YEARS. 
          THE REMAINING 70.4 MILLION WAS OBLIGATED THROUGH YOUR ORDINANCE 5 9 5 5 IN DECEMBER OF 2024 IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, THAT LEG LEGISLATION ALSO ANTICIPATED THAT FUTURE RECOUPED ARPA RELATED BALANCES COULD SUPPORT DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AND COUNTY INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS IN THOSE TWO BUCKETS. 
          I TOOK OFFICE IN LATE OCTOBER AND IN DECEMBER 31ST, 2025. 
          RESOLUTIONS 2 2 1 4 4 THROUGH 2 2 1 4 6 AUTHORIZED $35 MILLION IN COUNTY FUNDING FOR OUTSIDE SERVICE AGENCIES AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS, FULFILLING THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT TO DIRECT SUBSTANTIAL SUPPORT TOWARD DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES. 
          SO LEMME BACK UP. 
          SINCE RECEIVING THESE FEDERAL FUNDS, JACKSON COUNTY HAS CONSISTENTLY REPORTED, RECONCILED AND INDEPENDENTLY AUDITED ALL ARPA RELATED EXPENDITURES ALONG WITH CARE ACTS AND EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE FUNDING FEDERAL SINGLE AUDITS FOR FISCAL YEARS 20 22, 20 23 AND 2024 HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. 
          AND THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 AUDIT IS ALREADY SCHEDULED FOR LATER THIS YEAR. 
          IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW THESE ARPA RELATED BALANCES WERE CREATED AND WHY MUCH OF THE ANTICIPATED FLEXIBILITY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING HAS DIMINISHED THE HEALTH FUND HAS BEEN THE ISSUE. 
          ORDINANCE 5 9 5 5 DIRECTED APPROXIMATELY 40.8 MILLION IN ELIGIBLE HEALTH FUND EXPENSES TO BE CHARGED TO ARPA. 
          WHILE THAT EFFECTIVELY FREED UP DOLLARS WITHIN THE HEALTH FUND, RISING OPERATIONAL COSTS HAVING CONTINUED TO DEPLETE DEPLETE THOSE BALANCES RAPIDLY COUNTY SUPPORT FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT INCREASED FROM $500,000 IN FISCAL YEAR 2023 TO 4 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 2026. 
          ALSO, INMATE HEALTHCARE AND MENTAL HEALTH COSTS AT THE DETENTION FACILITY HAVE ALSO RISEN SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, EXCUSE ME, INCREASING FROM APPROXIMATELY 650,000 IN 2022 TO APPROXIMATELY 2 MILLION IN 2025. 
          I WANNA STOP THERE AND, AND KIND OF MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT IN 2022, THE INMATE HEALTHCARE MENTAL HEALTH COSTS WERE $650,000. 
          LAST YEAR WAS 2 MILLION. 
          AND ONE OF THE REASONS WERE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO GO IN THAT FACILITY, THE DEPLORABLE SITUATION IT WAS. 
          AND SO WE HAD ONE AGENCY THAT WAS GOING TO DO THAT. 
          SO I LOOKED TO LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. 
          IN OUR NEW FACILITY, WE'RE GONNA REDUCE THOSE COSTS, BUT AS A RESULT, WHAT IS ONCE EXPECTED TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY FOR FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS HAS BEEN STEADILY REDUCED BY GROWING HEALTHCARE AND OPERATIONAL DEMANDS WITHIN THE HEALTH FUND. 
          IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE HEALTH FUND CURRENTLY REFLECTS A POSITIVE BALANCE, LARGELY BECAUSE ARPA DOLLARS AND OPIOID SETTLEMENT REVENUES ARE TEMPORARILY OFFSETTING EXPENDITURES. 
          AND BOTH OF THOSE REVENUE SOURCES ARE TEMPORARY. 
          SO EVEN WITH THOSE FINANCIAL PRESSURES ARE REMAIN COMMITTED TO IDENTIFYING RESPONSIBLE FUNDING FORCES, SOURCES FOR COURTHOUSE IMPROVEMENTS, PARK INVESTMENTS IN OTHER COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE PRIORITIES. 
          STAFF CONTINUES TO EVALUATE FUNDING OPTIONS WHILE RECOGNIZING THAT MANY OF THESE OPTIONS RELY ON 
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RESERVE BALANCES NOT ORIGINALLY BUDGETED FOR THESE PURPOSES, I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU GUYS. 
          AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS ABOUT TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF TAX DOLLARS. 
          I'LL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE AUDIT RECORDS, FINANCIAL UPDATES, AND CLEAR INFORMATION TO THE LEGISLATURE AND THE PUBLIC AS WE BALANCE OPERATION REALITIES WITH THE LONG-TERM NEEDS OF JACKSON COUNTY. 
          THOSE SINGLE FEDERAL AUDITS THAT ARE, THAT I TALKED ABOUT ARE AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW BY ANY MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE OR THE PUBLIC AT ANY TIME. 
          SO I'M PROPOSING THAT WE SPEND APPROXIMATELY $15 MILLION OF THE PREVIOUS ARPA FUNDS, OR I CALL 'EM NPA, NOT ARPA FUNDS FOR ISSUES HERE IN JACKSON COUNTY AND FOR OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. 
          IN THE PAST, THE 35 MILLION FOR OUTSIDE AGENCIES WAS A LEGISLATIVE LED PROJECT, AND 35 MILLION INFRASTRUCTURE WAS AN EXECUTIVE LED PROJECT. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO SCHEDULE SOME TIME WITH EACH OF YOU THIS WEEK TO DISCUSS THE FUNDS AND OVERALL PLAN TO DISPERSE THIS $15 MILLION TO SEE IF WE CAN GET MONEY OUT THE DOOR AND THESE FUNDS GOING TO HELP US HERE IN JACKSON COUNTY FOR OUR OWN NEEDS. 
          AND ALSO TO ASSIST OUR MUNICIPALITIES IN INFRASTRUCTURES ISSUES AND GET THEM OUT THE DOOR. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? UH, QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS OF THE EXECUTIVE? IT? UM, THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE, AND I THINK, UM, MR. AUDITOR, IF YOU REMEMBER AND RECALL THE NUMBERS, YOU MAY NOT. 
          I, I GET THAT. 
          UM, PRIOR TO YOUR, UM, PRESENCE WITH US, MR. EXECUTIVE, WE HAD DIRECTED THE FORMER EXECUTIVE TO ALLOCATE THESE FUNDS INTO TWO POTS AND FUNDS WITHIN OUR BUDGET. 
          THAT OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T HAPPEN. 
          UM, BUT, UM, ANY, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? I MEAN, THAT WAS AN ORDINANCE THAT I THINK WE PASSED AND OVERRODE THE EX, THE FORMER EXECUTIVE ON WHAT HAPPENS, AND MAYBE THIS IS THE EXECUTIVE, OR I'M SORRY, THE, UH, GENERAL COUNSEL AS WELL. 
          BECAUSE THAT MONEY SEEMINGLY WAS PUT INTO A PLACE THAT IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO GO ORIGINALLY. 
          THAT THAT'S THE WHOLE HEALTH FUND ISSUE. 
          THAT'S THE PROBLEM. 
          WOUND A HEALTH FUND AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WAS USING IT. 
          UM, OUR INMATE SERVICES WERE DEPLETING IT. 
          ALSO, WE HAVE OPIOID FUNDS THAT WERE COMING IN, GOING TO THE HEALTH FUND. 
          THEY DON'T NEED TO GO TO THE HEALTH FUND AND WE CAN MOVE THOSE AROUND TOO. 
          SO, UH, I I CAN'T TELL YOU WHETHER IT WAS, UH, UH, RECKLESS OR NEGLIGENT OF HOW THEY PUT THOSE FUNDS AND, AND DESIGNATED THE MONEY INTO THOSE FUNDS OR NOT. 
          BUT WE ARE FINDING OUT WHERE THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY WENT AND WHY THEY'RE THERE. 
          AND WE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE SOME, UH, DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS WITH THE, OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT ABOUT THEIR BUDGETING AND THEIR MONEY. 
          THAT WAS INCREASED EVERY YEAR. 
          AND COVID IS GOING DOWN AND THEIR BUDGETS WERE GOING UP. 
          BUT, UH, WE HAVE TO, TO FIGURE THAT OUT. 
          BUT WE DO KNOW WHERE THE MONEY WENT AND, UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET SOME MONEY OUT THE DOOR AND THEN DEAL WITH THE REMAINING, UH, BUDGET SURPLUS LATER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, THOUGHTS, UM, INTERESTING AS WELL ABOUT OPIOID FUNDS. 
          'CAUSE I THOUGHT WE WERE DIRECTED THAT WE COULDN'T SPEND ANY OF THOSE DOLLARS. 
          SO WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT RECONCILED SOMEWHERE IN OUR PROCESSES. 
          OPIOIDS DIFFERENT THAN THE MARIJUANA FUNDS. 
          THE MARIJUANA FUNDS CAME IN AND THEN THERE WAS A, A LAWSUIT ABOUT THAT, THAT WE COULDN'T AND WE HAD TO RETURN THOSE. 
          THE OPIOID FUNDS ARE THE SETTLEMENTS THAT CONTINUE TO, TO COME IN AND WE'LL CONTINUE IN THE FUTURE FOR SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. 
          I I THINK WE'D LOVE TO SEE A REPORT ON THAT IN THE FUTURE. 
          OBVIOUSLY NOT NOW, BUT I THINK PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS HAS SUGGESTED THAT WAS FUNDS THAT ALSO COULD NOT BE EXPENDED ON ANYTHING. 
          SO LOVE TO HEAR THAT. 
          UM, BUT DEFINITELY WANNA UNDERSTAND THE OTHER COMPONENT. 
          UH, THERE'S ALSO BEEN SOME SPECULATION AS, AS TO, UM, ABSORBENT AMOUNTS OF OVERSPENDING FROM BUDGETS THAT, UH, TO ME CAN, SEEMS COMPLETELY ERRONEOUS. 
          AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANNA ADDRESS THOSE IN THE FUTURE. 
          ABOUT A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS OVERSPENDING OUR BUDGET BUDGET THAT JUST SIMPLY WASN'T THERE. 
          UM, UNDERSTANDING WE HAD NEW FUNDS THAT WERE CREATED THAT ADDED MONEY INTO OUR POT THAT THEN REASSIGNED SOME THINGS. 
          BUT MAYBE AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE FUTURE FOR US TO ADDRESS THAT, UH, TO THE PUBLIC, UH, AND REASSURE THEM THAT THAT'S NOT HAPPENING. 
          UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE FUNDS OR ANYTHING ELSE, MR. EXECUTIVE FROM YOUR END, GO FOR IT. 
          ONE MORE AND, AND I'LL TRY AND BE BRIEF. 
          I WANT TO TALK TO US ABOUT THIS LEGISLATURE, ABOUT OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO HEALTHCARE. 
          UM, BEAR WITH ME. 
          IT'S A LITTLE HEALTH LITTLE HISTORY LESSON. 
          JACKSON COUNTY COUNTY SHOULD RECOGNIZE THEIR 155 YEAR PLUS COMMITMENT TO CARING FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED CITIZENS. 
          IN THE EARLY DAYS OF JACKSON COUNTY COURT, THE FORERUNNER TO TODAY'S COUNTY LEGISLATURE, THE LEGISLATURE BOARDED OUT BY ALLOTTING FUNDS TO PROVIDE PRIVATE PARTIES TO PROVIDE ROOM AND BOARD FOR THOSE WHO NO LONGER COULD CARE FOR THEMSELVES. 
          FIGURED THAT IT COULD BE MORE EFFICIENT TO ADMINISTER ONE INSTITUTION THAN DOING RESOURCES, THEN DOLING OUT RESOURCE TO INDIVIDUAL CARETAKERS. 
          THE COUNTY COURT BOUGHT FOR $1,000 160 ACRE FARM FROM HENRY WASHINGTON YOUNGER, THE FATHER OF THE INFAMOUS COAL YOUNGER IN RURAL JACKSON COUNTY. 
          THIS BECAME JACKSON COUNTY'S POOR FARM, WHICH TECHNICALLY WAS AN ALMS HOUSE OR POOR HOUSE WITH A LARGE WORKING FARM CONNECTED TO OPERATIONS. 
          THE SITE WAS ON HIGH GROUND AND BLUE HILLS COUNTRYSIDE OVERLOOKING THE SCENIC VALLEY OF THE LITTLE BLUE RIVER. 
          EVENTUALLY THE 
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PROPERTY EXPANDED TO MORE THAN 300 ACRES WITH SEVERAL INSTITUTIONAL BUILDINGS. 
          THE FIRST APPOINTMENTS FOR A SUPERINTENDENT PHYSICIAN WERE FILED IN MARCH OF 1852. 
          BY JULY, 1908, THE CORNERSTONE STONE OF A NEW BUILDING CHANGED THE NAME OF THE INSTITUTION TO THE JACKSON COUNTY HOME. 
          THE BUILDING BECAME AND IS STILL OPERATED TODAY AS A LONG-TERM FACILITY FOR INDIGENT ELDERLY. 
          AND BY THE 1930S, THE INSTITUTION WAS REFERRED TO AS THE JACKS COUNTY HOME FOR THE AGED AND SOMETIMES THE JACKS COUNTY HOME FOR THE AGED AND INFIRM. 
          A SEPARATE NURSING HOME WAS LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS. 
          ANYBODY KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT YET? RE SMITH. 
          YOU GET TO GUESS JEOPARDY. 
          IT'S WHERE WE HAD TRUMAN EAST OR UNIVERSITY HEALTH. 
          LAKEWOOD UNIVERSITY HEALTH. 
          TRUMAN MEDICAL CENTER THAT'S ON THAT SIDE. 
          IN 1926, HARRY S TRUMAN, AS RESIDING JUDGE OF THE JACKSON COUNTY COURT, CAMPAIGNED FOR AND SAW PASSAGE OF A BOND ISSUE LEADING TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE THREE NORTH FACING WINGS. 
          BESIDES JACKSON COUNTY HOME, THE EAST AND WEST WINGS WERE THREE STORIES HIGH. 
          AND THE CENTER WAS FOUR STORIES. 
          THE FOURTH FLOOR CONSTRUCTED FOR HOSPITAL PURPOSES AND THE MID 1970S ADDITION WAS CONNECTED TO THE TWO BUILDINGS. 
          A FEW YEARS LATER, TRUMAN'S INTEREST IN A NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM ANCHORED HIM AS ONE OF THE FIRST NATIONAL LEADERS TO MAKE HEALTHCARE FUNDING A PRIORITY. 
          I'M ALMOST DONE. 
          IN THE MIDST OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION, THE RURAL JACKSON COUNTY EMERGENCY HOSPITAL IN 1937 PROVIDED 24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICES LIKE THE COUNTY HOME FOR ELDERLY RESIDENTS. 
          THE HOSPITAL'S 21 MEDICAL AND AND 21 SURGICAL BEDS. 
          AND FOUR MATERNITY BEDS WERE OCCUPIED WITH RESIDENTS WHO WERE WITHOUT FUNDS. 
          AND BY EMERGENCY CASES FOR AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS ON RURAL HIGHWAYS. 
          IN THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED CONDITIONS, DETERIORATED OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF THE HOSPITAL, EVENTUALLY WAS RELINQUISHED TO THE KANSAS CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION, A NONPROFIT CORPORATION. 
          IN 1976, THE JACKSON COUNTY LEGISLATURE OFFICIALLY CHANGED THE NAME OF THE JACKSON COUNTY HOSPITAL AND COUNTY HOME TO TRUMAN MEDICAL CENTER. 
          TODAY THE EXPANSIVELY BEAUTIFUL FORESTED PROPERTY AT LEE SUMMIT ROAD AND GREGOR BOULEVARD STILL IS OWNED BY JACKSON COUNTY. 
          AND BUT TRUMAN MEDICAL CENTER NOW UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY HEALTH MANAGES THE MEDICAL OPERATIONS UNDER CONTRACT AS PART OF THE TRUMAN MEDICAL CENTER'S STRATEGIC VISION. 
          IN 2021, THE TWO HOSPITALS ADOPTED NEW NAMES. 
          TMC HOSPITAL HILL LOCATED NEAR CROWN CENTER AND TMC LAKEWOOD. 
          THE SIDE OF THE FORMER POOR HOME WORK BEGAN 20 2003 AT LAKEWOOD TO REDESIGN, ENLARGE AND RECONSTRUCT THE 8 19 82 FAMILY CLINIC TO BETTER ACCOMMODATE A HOST OF VITAL SERVICES, INPATIENT SURGICAL UNITS, MEDICAL OFFICES. 
          AND THE $36 MILLION SPENT BACK THEN WAS A HOSPITAL EXPANSION THAT INCLUDED A NEWLY DESIGNED DISTINCTIVE ENTRYWAY, NOW IS REBRANDED AS UNIVERSITY HEALTH. 
          BOTH OF THESE HOSPITALS ARE JACKSON COUNTY HOSPITALS. 
          BOTH THESE HOSPITALS ARE OUR RESPONSIBILITY. 
          THE COUNTY HAS IGNORED THEM FOR QUITE A WHILE. 
          I TOOK A A, A TOUR OF, OF THE ACTUAL 1908 FACILITY OUT AT UNIVERSITY HEALTH, WHICH I'M GONNA ALWAYS CALL IT TRUMAN MEDICAL CENTER 'CAUSE I'M A HARRY TRUMAN GUY. 
          UH, AND IT'S IN, IT'S, IT'S IN TERRIBLE SHAPE. 
          THE, UH, BUSINESS OFFICES WHERE THEY, UH, HAVE A HALLWAY OR ALL THE OFFICES, THEY HAVE, UH, FANS IN THE HALLWAYS GETTING RID OF, OF THE, THE AIR HAVE TERRIBLE AIR. 
          SOME OF THE PEOPLE ARE WEARING MASKS A LOT OF THE TIME. 
          SO IT'S BEEN IGNORED BY ACTUALLY PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION MORE THAN THIS BODY. 
          AND IT'S SOMETHING WE CANNOT KEEP IGNORING. 
          SO I'VE HAD MY TEAM LOOK AT OUR BONDING CAPABILITIES. 
          WE HAVE SOME BONDS THAT ARE BEING, BEING, UH, RETIRED RELATING TO UNIVERSITY HEALTH THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO PUT BACK IN. 
          SO I WANNA COME BACK TO THIS BODY IN WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH AND SHOW YOU FIGURES AND NUMBERS OF HOW WE CAN SPEND SOME MONEY UNDER BONDING WITH, WITH NOT NO NEW TAXPAYER DOLLARS. 
          AND WE CAN HELP OUR RESPONSIBILITIES OF UNIVERSITY HEALTH IN AT, IN LEE SUMMIT AND IN KANSAS CITY. 
          QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR THOUGHTS? ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, ANY OTHER BROAD QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS TO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE? UH, THE ONLY ONE THAT I HAVE IS I THINK TO PROBABLY THE EXECUTIVE AND, UH, GENERAL COUNSEL SIDE. 
          WHAT IS OUR TIMING FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE OUTSIDE AGENCY CONTRACTS? I THINK FOR THIS YEAR WE'VE GOTTEN SOME STAGNATION AND JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE PRESSING AND DRIVING THOSE HOME SO WE CAN GET THEM. 
          WELL, THERE'S TWO, THERE'S TWO ISSUES. 
          AND I'LL, I'LL LET MS. MILLER SPEAK TO IT TOO. 
          JUST RECENTLY, YOU JUST PASSED AND THEY JUST GOT TO MY DESK AND JUST SIGNED, UH, THE CONTRACTS WENT OUT. 
          THE AGENCY HAS SIGNED THEM. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND I HAD SIGNED THEM. 
          I THINK THEY GO TO MARY JO NOW. 
          IT WAS THE LAST THING AND THEN THAT'S OUT. 
          SO IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MOST RECENT ONE THAT THIS BODY JUST PASSED WITHIN THE LAST MONTH. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, WE'RE AHEAD OF THE GAME. 
          THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING QUITE A BIT. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOING, I WOULD SAY, AHEAD OF SCHEDULE OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN IN THE PAST. 
          I KNOW THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE BAR WE WE WANT TO SET, BUT WE ARE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS. 
          I'VE SIGNED ALL OF THEM. 
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THE REST ARE AT, UM, VARYING STAGES BETWEEN EITHER FINANCE THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OR THE CLERK'S OFFICE. 
          AND WE KIND OF HANDLE THESE IN BATCHES. 
          'CAUSE THE FIRST STEP IS TO SEND THEM TO THE AGENCIES TO SIGN. 
          SO AS THEY COME BACK, WE PROCESS THEM. 
          SO, UM, IT'S NOT LIKE OTHER CONTRACTS THAT START WITH US WHERE WE DO THEM ALL AT ONCE. 
          UM, BUT EVERYTHING HAS MADE IT BACK TO US. 
          EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SIGNED BY ME. 
          I THINK WE'VE GOT ABOUT 20 OR 30 MAYBE WAITING TO BE ATTESTED AT THE CLERK'S OFFICE. 
          AND THEN THE REST ARE ALL KIND OF IN BETWEEN, EITHER IN FINANCE AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY IN YOUR OFFICE RIGHT NOW. 
          SO, UH, THE REST ARE EITHER AT THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT OR AT, UM, THE CLERK'S OFFICE. 
          DO YOU HAVE A, I MEAN, I WOULD SAY, I KNOW THE, OUR CLERK IS ON VACATION AND I DON'T WANT TO ADD ANY, UM, SPEAK. 
          I'LL LET YOU SPEAK TO YOUR SIDE OF IT. 
          UM, I THINK THEY WILL, THE, THE REMAINING ONES WOULD BE AT THE CLERK'S OFFICE PROBABLY BY THE END OF THIS WEEK. 
          AND THEN WE'D NEED TO GIVE THEM SOME TIME TO GET CAUGHT UP FOR SURE. 
          'CAUSE IT IS A SIGNIFICANT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S OVER A HUNDRED OF 'EM, I THINK. 
          YEAH, I THINK MR. EXECUTIVE, WE'VE GOT FOLKS THAT ARE SAYING WITH THE, THE RAPIDNESS AND RESPONSE OF THE NPA GRANTS GOING OUT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          I THINK YOU HAVE SET A BAR HIGHER THAN WHAT WE ARE NORMALLY USED TO. 
          SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE THAT. 
          'CAUSE I THINK SEVERAL OF THEM ARE OPERATING NOW WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO REIMBURSE THEMSELVES. 
          SO THAT'S SURE. 
          AND IF THERE ARE CERTAIN ONES THAT YOU'D LIKE ME TO CHECK ON SURE. 
          SHOOT ME AN EMAIL AND WE'LL, WE KEEP A SPREADSHEET OF WHERE THEY ALL ARE IN THE PROCESS. 
          SURE. 
          SO, UM, IF ANYONE HAS A CERTAIN ORGANIZATION THAT REACHES OUT AND WANTS TO KNOW WHERE THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND CHECK AND PROVIDE THEM WITH AN UPDATE. 
          BUT THANK YOU. 
          IT IS MOVING ALONG QUICKLY, I THINK THERE IS THE ABILITY BY MYERS ONCE THEY GO, IF THIS BODY WANTS TO HAVE THE CHECKS HERE AND PRESENT 'EM AT LEGISLATIVE MEETINGS INSTEAD OF PUTTING THE MAIL, I MEAN, WE CAN ALWAYS THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO THAT MOVES THINGS FASTER TOO. 
          SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING ANYONE INTERESTED IN DOING, 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOW AT THE STAGE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SIGNED BY THE AGENCY, THEY'RE SIGNED BY US, AND THEY'LL LEAVE THEIR BY OUR, OUR, OUR HANDS AND GO TO FINANCE, WHICH THEY CUT A CHECK, IT GETS IN LINE WITH EVERYONE ELSE AND IT GOES OUT IN THE MAIL. 
          SO, UH, WE'RE DEFINITELY A AGREEABLE TO DO, TO WORK THAT WAY. 
          I'M SURE THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT EVERYONE WOULD LOVE TO DO TO, TO JUST GET THINGS MOVING. 
          SO, WE'LL, I'LL WORK WITH YOU TO A COURTNEY. 
          HOW WE DO THAT. 
          ONE THING TO REMEMBER FOR THIS MONEY IS IT'S REIMBURSEMENT. 
          SURE. 
          SO THE ADDED STEP IS WE HAVE TO THEN GET, UM, DOCUMENTATION FROM THE AGENCY, YOU KNOW, BUT YEAH, I, I, YES, I WAS GONNA SEE IF MELINDA OR SOMEBODY FROM COMPLIANCE WAS HERE, BUT THAT'S OKAY. 
          UM, PERFECT. 
          WELL THANKS FOR THAT UPDATE. 
          SURE. 
          ANY MORE FROM MARK? ONE MORE? YES, GO FOR IT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, I WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT TAX CREDITS, PLEASE. 
          YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH POLICY IMPLEMENTED TO GIVE JACKSON COUNTY TAXPAYERS SOME TAX RELIEF BY GIVING THEM BACK THEIR OVERAGE. 
          THEY PAID IN 23 AND 24 AS TAX CREDITS IN THE FUTURE IN 25, 26, 27. 
          THIS IS NOT REAL MONEY BACK IN THEIR POCKET, BUT IT IS REAL MONEY THEY WILL NOT HAVE TO PAY IN THE FUTURE. 
          AS EVERYONE KNOWS, 23 ASSESSMENT PROCESS CREATED FRUSTRATION, CONFUSION, AND FINANCIAL STRAIN FOR MANY JACKSON COUNTY TAXPAYERS RESIDENTS EXPECTED FAIRNESS, CONSISTENCY, AND TOO MANY PEOPLE FELT LIKE THEY DID NOT RECEIVE IT FROM THE BEGINNING. 
          I MADE A COMMITMENT WE WOULD PURSUE MEANINGFUL TAX RELIEF WHILE ALSO PROTECTING THE FINANCIAL STABILITY OF OUR SCHOOLS, CITIES, AND LOCAL SERVICES. 
          THESE TAX CREDITS DO THAT. 
          BUT SINCE I'M NOT SURE WHO WILL BE IN MY SEAT AND IN YOURS, I'M PROPOSING WE TAKE ON LEGISLATION THAT WILL CODIFY THIS POLICY. 
          SO THESE CREDITS CANNOT BE TAKEN AWAY IN THE FUTURE. 
          SO I'M COMING TO YOU TO COLLABORATE WITH ME TO DO THAT. 
          THIS ORDINANCE I'LL PROPO PROPOSE FORMALLY CODIFIES THE RESIDENTIAL TAX RELIEF PLAN ANNOUNCED LAST YEAR. 
          UNDER THIS PLAN, QUALIFYING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY VALUES FROM 23 AND 24 ARE CAPPED AT NO MORE THAN 15% INCREASE OVER THE 2022 ASSESSED VALUE, EXCLUDING NEW CONSTRUCTION OR IMPROVEMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MISSOURI STATE TAX COMMISSION ORDER FOR TAXPAYERS WHO EXPERIENCE ERRORS IN THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS. 
          THIS PLAN PROVIDES A PATHWAY TO RELIEF THROUGH TAX CREDITS DISTRIBUTED OVER THREE YEARS, 25, 26, AND 27, WHILE ALSO PROTECTING THE FINANCIAL STABILITY OF OUR SCHOOLS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. 
          WE COULD JUST ASK FOR THAT MONEY BACK FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OTHERS, BUT THAT WOULD NOT BE FAIR. 
          THAT MONEY WAS ALREADY SPENT YEARS AGO. 
          THESE CREDITS ARE THE COMPROMISE FOR ALL INVOLVED. 
          SIMPLY PUT, THIS ORDINANCE PUTS TAXPAYERS FIRST WHILE HANDLING THE CORRECTION RESPONSIBLE. 
          I KNOW THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN DIFFICULT FOR MANY FAMILIES, AND I WANT RESIDENTS TO KNOW THAT I AND ALL OF YOU REMAIN COMMITTED TO FAIRNESS, TRANSPARENCY, AND CONTINUE TO PURSUE SOLUTIONS THAT PROVIDE TAX RELIEF FOR THE PEOPLE OF JACKSON COUNTY. 
          I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT UP TO YOU AND TELL YOU THE PEOPLE OF JACKSON COUNTY, I'D LIKE TO BE TAKEN TALKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND GETTING THIS PASSED IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS SO THEY CAN HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THEIR TAX RELIEF IS COMING REGARDLESS OF WHO IS HERE IN THE FUTURE. 
          WE'LL GET IT DRAFT. 
          I'LL GET THAT DRAFTED. 
          OKAY. 
          QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS? LOVE TO HELP. 
          OBVIOUSLY WE WILL COLLABORATE ON THAT TO GET MY FINAL VERY SHORT THING IS YES, ANYBODY KNOWS ABOUT THE MCCUNE SCHOOL FOR BOYS OUT IN FORTI, SAGE AREA. 
          IT IS A MESS. 
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, I TOURED IT, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN BE SAVED IN THAT AREA. 
          SO, UM, I'M GONNA PLAN, I'D LIKE ANY OR ALL OF YOU WANT TO ATTEND TO HAVE A, UH, A TOWN HALL MEETING AT FORDO SAGE ON JUNE 2ND AT FIVE 30 TO SIX 30. 
          I WANNA HEAR FROM EVERYBODY OUT THERE, BUT I THINK THEY'RE GONNA FIND, AND YOU'RE GONNA FIND, UH, WE NEED TO DEMOLISH IT. 
          IT'S A, A LIABILITY. 
          IT'S A TERRIBLE PLACE WHERE, UH, PEOPLE GO TO DO DRUGS AND COMMIT CRIME. 
          IT IS, UH, IT IS A PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN IGNORED FOR QUITE A WHILE TO THAT PART OF OUR TOWN. 
          UM, FLORIDA SAGE DISTRICT TRIED TO GO OUT THERE ABOUT NINE YEARS AGO, SAID MAYBE THEY'D TAKE IT OVER. 
          THEY, I'M NOT TOUCHING IT, SO I DON'T, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BEFORE WE MAKE DECISIONS LIKE THIS FROM MY OFFICE OR YOURS THAT WE HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC. 
          SO, UH, THERE'S GOING TO BE A TOWN HALL MEETING AT THE, THE PRAIRIE UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 
          THAT'S AT 24 8 10 US HIGHWAY, 24 THURSDAY, JUNE 2ND, 5:30 PM TO JUST TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF, OF THAT PROPERTY AND GET SOME, UH, PUBLIC INPUT. 
          PERFECT. 
          UM, UH, MR. EXECUTIVE, I WOULD ALSO, UH, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, SEVERAL MUNICIPALITIES HAD TALKED ABOUT MAYBE A FAIRGROUND OPPORTUNITY. 
          SO SOMETHING TO CONSIDER AS WELL. 
          UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT, UM, I THINK SANTA GAN DAYS CONSTANTLY TRIES TO FIND A WAY TO MOVE AROUND. 
          PERHAPS THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE AS WELL. 
          SO, FROM PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS AT LEAST, UM, SECOND, WHAT WAS THAT DATE AGAIN? IT IS JUNE THE SECOND, FIVE 30 TO SIX 30 AT THE PRAIRIE UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT 24 8. 
          10 US HIGHWAY 24. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND, UH, MR. EXECUTIVE, I, I THINK WE'RE GONNA GO LOOK AND UNDERSTAND OUR BOAT SITUATION A LITTLE BIT BEFORE OUR TOWN HALL MAYBE, OR, OR MAYBE DIRECTLY RIGHT AFTER IT. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY. 
          UH, FOR THOSE, UM, THAT MAY RECALL. 
          WE HAVE THE UPCOMING, UH, THURSDAY, MAY 21ST 6:00 PM UH, LISTENING SESSION ABOUT THE LAKE TACOMA HORSEPOWER. 
          UH, I THINK THE EXECUTIVE, I HAD TALKED ABOUT ACTUALLY GOING TO SEE THE NEW BOATS. 
          I BELIEVE WE HAD PURCHASED THE LAST COUPLE, UH, LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS, UH, AND, AND REALLY UNDERSTANDING THE ISSUE THERE. 
          AND SO, UM, TRYING TO SEE WHAT EXACTLY THIS IS LIKE FIRSTHAND, UH, FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT HAVE BEEN OUT TO JACUMA LATELY AND SEEING HOW THINGS ARE OPERATED. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE WE'LL WORK ON TO GET YOU AS, AS QUICKLY AS WE KNOW IT. 
          UM, BUT WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT AS WELL. 
          UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FOR THE ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE? ALL RIGHT. 
          HEARING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE PERFECTION 
          [6 PERFECTION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND REPORTS OF COMMITTEE]
AND PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND REPORTS TO COMMITTEE 6 0 5 0 
          [6050 AN ORDINANCE prohibiting law enforcement officers from concealing their faces or badges during performance of their official duties and establishing penalties and exemptions.]
PROHIBITING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FROM CONCEALING THEIR FACES OR BADGES DURING PERFORMANCE OF THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES AND ESTABLISHING PENALTIES AND EXEMPTIONS LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE. 
          WE'LL HOLD THAT. 
          ONE. 
          6 0 7 4, 
          [6074 AN ORDINANCE implementing a 120-day moratorium on the processing of data center land use applications and Battery Energy Storage System land use applications by Jackson County for the purpose of developing a long-term policy and accompanying County Code provisions related to such applications, including the direction of regulatory standards and enhanced public notification requirements.]
MY APOLOGIES. 
          YOUR JOB IMPLEMENTING A 120 DAY MORATORIUM ON THE PROCESSING OF DATA CENTER LAND USE APPLICATIONS AND BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM, LAND USE, USE APPLICATIONS BY JACKSON COUNTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING A LONG-TERM POLICY AND ACCOMPANYING COUNTY CODE PROVISIONS RELATED TO SUCH APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING THE DIRECTION OF REGULATORY STANDARDS AND ENHANCED PUBLIC NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. 
          LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE. 
          UM, I HAVE ASKED, UH, BEEN ASKED BY SEVERAL DIFFERENT, UH, ELEMENTS OF THIS, THESE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT DOING A FORMAL PUBLIC HEARING. 
          UM, SO I HAVE ASKED THE CLERK TO PUT ON JUNE 1ST A PUBLIC HEARING FOR, UH, THIS ORDINANCE 6 0 7 4, UM, TO DISCUSS THIS ISSUE A LITTLE FURTHER. 
          SO I'D, UH, ASK THAT WE HOLD THIS UNTIL THAT TIME, UH, THIRD TIME, UM, 3:00 PM JUST, JUST AT THE NORMAL LEGISLATIVE MEETING. 
          UH, YES. 
          LEGISLATIVE, UH, IS THAT FOR DATA CENTERS OR IS THAT FOR THE BATTERY EXCHANGE STORAGE SYSTEM? 'CAUSE THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          UH, YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD POINT. 
          I I THINK THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO KIND OF BLEND SOME OF THOSE TOGETHER. 
          'CAUSE SOME OF THOSE ISSUES ARE, UM, SIMILAR. 
          SO I'M FINE WITH SETTING TWO SEPARATE ONES IF WE WANT TO ON THAT SAME DAY OR DRIVE THE MOTIVATION TO JUST, I THINK SOME OF THOSE FOLKS, THE ORDINANCE COVERS BOTH. 
          I KNOW THE ORDINANCE COVERS BOTH, BUT THE ISSUES ARE, MIGHT BE SIMILAR, BUT THEY'RE DIFFERENT TOO. 
          WE CAN SET TWO IN THE SAME DAY. 
          SO HAPPY TO DO BOTH. 
          I THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          MOVING ON TO 
          [6075 AN ORDINANCE amending the zoning districts established pursuant to the Unified Development Code by rezoning a certain 126± acre tract from District AG (Agricultural) to District RE (Residential Estates).]
6 0 7 5. 
          AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT'S ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE BY REZONING A CERTAIN 1 26 PLUS OR MINUS ACRE TRACK FROM DISTRICT AG AGRICULTURAL TO DISTRICT RE RESIDENTIAL ESTATES LAND USE COMMITTEE. 
          UH, IS THERE A REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE? LAND USE COMMITTEE SENDS THAT THE LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          I BELIEVE THERE ARE SOME FOLKS HERE THAT WE'RE GOING TO SHARE, UH, AS I HAVE ASKED OUR COMMITTEE CHAIR TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE PERSPECTIVE AS WE CONSIDER WHAT TO DO WITH THIS OPTION. 
          UM, WANT TO GIVE ANY COLLEAGUE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK FOLKS TO COME UP, UH, SINCE IT'S NOT A NORMAL PUBLIC HEARING IN THIS SENSE. 
          SOMEBODY HAS TO ALLOW THEM TO COME AND SPEAK. 
          MR. CHAIRMAN? UH, YES. 
          LEGISLATIVE ANDERSON. 
          I WOULD GLAD TO INVITE FOLKS WHO TESTIFIED TODAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          TO COME AND SPEAK TO US JUST FOR, UH, IF YOU DO US A FAVOR AND, AND TELL US YOUR NAME, UM, AND, UH, GIVE US WHATEVER INFORMATION YOU ARE FOR THE RECORD, THAT'D BE HELPFUL. 
          AND THEN JOIN US UP HERE FOR IT. 
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THIS IS THE 6 0 7 6 0 7 5 IS THE OTHER PERSON. 
          I WAS GONNA SAY, I THINK THAT I HAD ASKED FOR PERSPECTIVES OF WHOMEVER FOR AGAINST, AND I THINK RANDY AS WELL. 
          YEP. 
          RANDY, DO YOU WANNA COME ON UP? YES. 
          AND ANYBODY THAT'S, WE HAVE A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PEOPLE ARE OPPOSED. 
          AND MR. CHAIRMAN? YES, SIR. 
          I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALLOW MS. MILLER TO EXPLAIN, UH, WHAT HAD HAPPENED WITH THE, UH, UH, COLLECTION OF SIGNATURES AND, UM, THAT'S PERFECT. 
          WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO START WITH THAT? UH, SURE. 
          THAT'D BE GREAT. 
          WHITNEY MILLER WITH THE COUNTY COUNSELOR'S OFFICE, UH, WITH THIS REQUEST, AND THIS WAS EXPLAINED IN COMMITTEE AS WELL, THERE WAS A PETITION THAT WAS PROVIDED THAT HAD SIGNATURES, UM, ADEQUATE ENOUGH SUCH THAT IT INSTIGATED A PROVISION OF THE CODE THAT WOULD REQUIRE TWO THIRDS MAJORITY OF THE BODY TO APPROVE THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE. 
          SO IT WILL REQUIRE SIX VOTES TO APPROVE. 
          SO THAT'S ONE OF, THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY I THINK THE COMMITTEE PROBABLY CHOSE TO SEND IT HERE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          US TO HAVE SOME MORE DISCUSSIONS BRIEFLY HERE, AND IF WE WANNA SET ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING, HAPPY TO DO THAT. 
          UM, BUT I THINK FOR THE SAKE OF YOU FOLKS BEING HERE EARLIER, I WANTED TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE US AT LEAST A, A TIDBIT OF INFORMATION NOW. 
          SO, UH, RANDY, IF YOU WANT TO OR WHOMEVER START YEAH. 
          SO THE COIN, UH, TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A BACKGROUND ON IT, THIS PROJECT WAS YARD. 
          YEP. 
          OH, SORRY. 
          THIS PROJECT WAS SUBMITTED BACK IN TWO. 
          TELL US THE YARD NAME. 
          OH, SORRY GUYS. 
          DAVE HALPIN. 
          UM, SO I WANTED TO TRY TO GIVE YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT WHAT MY CLIENT'S DONE TO TRY TO WORK WITH THE PEOPLE OUT THERE. 
          SO BACK IN 2023, UH, THIS PROJECT WAS SUBMITTED TO THEM, TO THE, UH, PLANNING ZONING, OR PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          AND THEY REQUESTED THAT, UH, AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY WITHDREW FROM THE, UH, THE APPLICATION WAS WITHDRAWN BECAUSE THEY WANTED, UH, LARGER LOTS. 
          UM, SO MY CLIENT WENT AND PURCHASED ADDITIONAL LI UM, ALSO DE DECREASED THE NUMBER OF LOTS THAT THEY WERE GONNA PUT IN THE PLOT. 
          UM, THERE WAS ISSUES ABOUT RUNOFF WATER. 
          WE HAD TWO DETENTION PONDS ENGINEERED IN THE PLOT. 
          UM, THEN IT WAS ALL RESUBMITTED. 
          UH, WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE CITIZENS OR OR THE PEOPLE AROUND THE AREA, AUGUST, 2025. 
          UM, THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE HOMES, UH, UNDERGROUND UTILITIES, HARD SURFACE DRIVES, CURB, GUTTER, FIRE, HYDRANTS, OUTBUILDINGS. 
          AND SO WE'VE ADDRESSED ALL OF THOSE ISSUES WITH THEM. 
          UM, THE, WE ALSO PROVIDED A MAP. 
          DID YOU GUYS ALL HAVE A COPY OF THIS MAP? I'VE SEEN IT. 
          I, I, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING YOU MAYBE SUPPLY WITH US OR HAVE RANDY FORWARD IT TO US, BUT, UH, HAPPY TO, TO SHARE IT. 
          I WANNA MAKE SURE AND GIVE JUST SOME BROADER PERSPECTIVE SO THAT YOU FOLKS UNDERSTAND THE BROADER ISSUE. 
          I THINK WE'RE GONNA HOLD THIS IF YOU ALL RECOMMEND THAT, BUT YOU GUYS SHOULD HAVE COPIES OF, WE BROUGHT THERE, THERE WAS ONE, BUT IT'S VERY FAINT. 
          THAT WAS IN THE PACKETS. 
          UM, I THINK WE'VE GOT A BETTER, WE CAN WORK ON PROVIDING THAT, I THINK FOR FOLKS IF WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT IS THE A HUNDRED AND, UH, YES. 
          LEGISLATIVE. 
          BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR INTO THIS, I WANNA CLARIFY WHAT I THINK I HEARD HIM SAY THAT YOU HAD RESOLVED ALL THE ISSUES WITH YEAH, SO LIKE IN THE DEED RESTRICTIONS, WE JUST KIND OF GOING OVER WHAT WE AGREED TO DO WAS WE'RE GONNA PUT IN, WELL, BEFORE YOU DO ALL THAT YET, THERE WERE SOME CITIZENS WHO CAME HERE TODAY WITH ISSUES. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, UH, AND THOSE WERE NOT RESOLVED. 
          SO ONE OF THE ISSUES THEY HAD TO, UH, WAS USING, UH, LAGOONS FOR SEWER. 
          AND SO WE'RE NOT PUTTING IN, NOBODY'S ALLOWED TO HAVE A SERIAL UNIT. 
          IT'S, IS IT CALLED LOW, LOW PRESSURE OR, UH, DRIP. 
          DRIP SYSTEMS IS WHAT WE'RE USING. 
          SO THERE'S POND FOR THE, FOR THE SEWER SYSTEMS AT ALL. 
          SO THAT'S, EVERYTHING WILL BE UNDERGROUND SO THAT, THAT ISSUE IS RESOLVED. 
          SO THAT WAS D RESTRICTIONS. 
          RIGHT? SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT UP. 
          THE, UH, THE XR IS WHERE THEY PUT, SO IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE LOOKING, GO AHEAD, SIR. 
          SO WE WERE DOING A CURBING GUT, A ROAD, WHICH IS GOING TO DEAL WITH THE RUNOFF. 
          THE OTHER THING HE ISSUE THE GENTLEMAN HAD WAS THE, UH, UH, RUNOFF OF THE WATER, WHETHER WE ENGINEERED THE DEPEN DETENTION 
          [01:00:01]
PONDS TO TAKE CARE OF THAT ISSUE. 
          SO, UM, THOSE WERE THE TWO MAIN THINGS THAT I HEARD FROM HIM WAS THE RUNOFF AND THE SEWERS. 
          OKAY. 
          ON THE OTHER ISSUES THAT, THAT WE KIND OF DID AT OUR MEETING, UH, WE AGREED TO WE'RE, WE'RE THERE'S GONNA BE FIRE HYDRANTS, UH, FIRST FLOOR, 2200 SQUARE FEET. 
          UM, THEY WANTED TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THE HOME FACADE AND THE OUTBUILDING FACADE MATCHED. 
          THEY AGREED TO DO THAT. 
          UM, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU CAN THINK OF THAT WE DID? A HOUSE HAS TO BE BUILT BEFORE AN OUT BUILDING. 
          YEAH. 
          SO WE DIDN'T WANT AN ISSUE WITH SOMEBODY PUTTING UP A BARN, ALUMINUM. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE THEY BUILT THE HOUSE FIRST AND THEN BUILT THE BARN. 
          SO ON THE MAP THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE EVERYTHING WITH AN X, EVERYTHING WITH AN X IS WHAT IS IN THE PLOT. 
          AND SO IF YOU'LL LOOK, THIS IS A MAP OF THE AREA. 
          SO THERE'S 43 LOTS UNDER THREE ACRES. 
          THERE'S 34 LOTS AT THREE ACRES, AND THEN THERE'S 43 LOTS BETWEEN 5, 4, 5 AND SIX ACRES. 
          SO THIS, THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY IS THE LAST PROPERTY TO BE DEVELOPED, AND IT'S SURROUNDED BY THREE ACRE, TWO ACRE, FOUR ACRE TRACKS. 
          SO WHAT HE'S PROPOSING TO DO FITS WITHIN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          UM, IT'S NOT ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN EVERYBODY ELSE HASN'T DONE. 
          THEY'VE JUST, EVERYBODY'S JUST, UH, BUILT UP AROUND HIM. 
          SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT, 'CAUSE I THINK IT GIVES A TRUE KIND OF SUMMARY OF WHAT THE, WHAT THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD LOOKS LIKE. 
          IS THERE ANYTHING YOU, YOU GUYS WANNA ADD? IS THERE ANYTHING FROM RANDY OR PUBLIC WORKS THAT YOU WANT TO ADD INTO THIS AS WELL? NO, HE IS CORRECT. 
          SO, UM, WATER'S PROVIDED, THERE'S A LETTER FROM BOTH WATER DISTRICTS, UM, A LETTER FROM THE CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT REGARDING FIRE HYDRANTS AND WATER FLOW. 
          THE, THE ROAD WILL BE AN ENGINEERED CONSTRUCTED ROAD. 
          IT'S JUST NOT GONNA BE A GRAVEL PATH. 
          SO IT WILL BE BUILT TO COUNTY STANDARDS. 
          WHETHER IT FUNCTIONS AS A PUBLIC OR A PRIVATE ROAD, IT HAS TO MEET THAT CRITERIA. 
          UM, THERE'S A WATERWAY THAT'S GONNA HAVE A SETBACK, UM, THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE CLEAN WATER ACT. 
          SO THERE'S 150 FOOT SETBACK FROM THE WATER. 
          UH, THE CREEK THAT RUNS THROUGH THERE. 
          THEY WILL HAVE TO GET, UH, LAND DISTURBANCE PERMITS, NOT ONLY FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, BUT PROBABLY FROM THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS AS WELL, IS GONNA REQUIRE THAT PRIOR TO US, PRIOR TO PUBLIC WORKS ISSUING THE CONSTRUCTION PERMIT TO START THAT PROJECT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, ANY OPPOSITION HERE? PRESIDENT WANTS TO TALK JUST BRIEFLY, UM, MR. CHAIR? UH, YES, I, UH, JUST WANTED TO SUGGEST THAT MR. DI TELLS US THE ZONING COMMISSIONS. 
          WHAT DID THE ZONING ARE, WHAT DID THE ZONING COMMISSION SAY, ARE THEY RECOMMENDING? SO THE PLAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDED SIX TO TWO FOR TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR ACTIONS? I, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T TAKE THIS HOLD IT, MOVE IT, STOP IT WITHOUT THIS KIND OF PERSPECTIVE. 
          LEGISLATIVE MCGEE. 
          UH, I WAS JUST GONNA MOVE TO, UH, VOTE ON THIS. 
          YOU WANNA MOVE TO VOTE? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          I SECOND IT. 
          CHAIRMAN, GONNA MOVE TO HOLD NOW. 
          CAN MOVED IN. 
          SECONDED. 
          LET'S, LET'S HOLD ON ONE SECOND. 
          UM, SO WHY DON'T WE TAKE DISCUSSION AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO TAKE YOUR HOLD HERE REAL QUICK. 
          UH, LEGISLATOR, I THINK, UH, VICE CHAIR SMITH YOU HAD FOR FIRST, UH, MY RATIONALE FOR HOLDING IS SIMPLE. 
          I TRIED TO DIAL INTO THE LAND USE, UH, COMMITTEE EARLIER, UM, TO LISTEN IN TO WHAT THE COMMENTS WERE AND I COULDN'T. 
          SO I JUST WANNA BE ABLE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES, BE ABLE TO REVIEW THE RECORDING TO HEAR BOTH SIDES SINCE WE'RE KIND OF IN AN UNUSUAL SITUATION WHERE, UM, THE, UH, PEOPLE WHO OBJECT HERE EARLIER, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD WHAT THEY SAID YET. 
          I, I GENERALLY THINK I'M SUPPORTIVE. 
          I JUST DON'T WANNA, UM, MISS SOMETHING BECAUSE I WASN'T ABLE TO LISTEN INTO, UH, THE HEARING ON TEAMS EARLIER TODAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, LEGISLATOR, PEYTON, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE PETITION THAT THE RESIDENT SIGNED, UM, YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, I JUST WANT YOU TO REPEAT WHAT YOU MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT THE VOTE IN REGARDS TO THAT. 
          YES, THANK YOU. 
          UNDER THE CODE, IT WILL REQUIRE TWO THIRDS, MAJORITY OF, UH, TWO CIR, TWO THIRDS, MAJORITY OF THE BODY, TWO PASS THE ORDINANCE. 
          SO 6, 6, 6. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THAT'S OF THE BODY, NOT THOSE PRESENT. 
          CORRECT. 
          YEP. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, SO THERE'S A MOTION LEGISLATIVE, UM, YES. 
          GO, GO FOR IT. 
          LEGISL ANDERSON. 
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, UH, RANDY, UM, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, UH, THERE WERE, I BELIEVE 28 HOUSEHOLDS AND THERE WAS 28 PROPERTIES WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION RING, CORRECT? OUT OF THE ONLY TWO. 
          DID NOT SIGN THE PETITION OUT OF THE 28TH, SO THERE WAS 26 TOTAL. 
          OKAY. 
          I JUST WANTED MY COLLEAGUES TO BE AWARE OF THAT. 
          SURE. 
          UH, SO LEGISL ANDERSON, YOU HAD A MOTION TO HOLD, I THINK THAT, OH, OKAY. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          LEGISLATOR. 
          VICE CHAIR SMITH. 
          YOU HAD A MOTION TO HOLD? IS THERE A SECOND? NO, SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I GUESS WE'LL MOVE INTO VOTING AT THIS POINT IN TIME. 
          UM, SO, UM, MADAM CLERK, I THINK IN THIS SITUATION I'LL, WE'LL DO ROLL CALL, VOTE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THIS WILL BE TO PERFECT. 
          TO ANDERSON? NO. 
          PEYTON? YES. 
          SMITH. 
          HUSKY. 
          YES. 
          FRANKLIN? YES. 
          MCGEE? YES. 
          LAUER? YES. 
          SMITH. 
          EPSTEIN. 
          A BARCA? YES. 
          THAT'S SIX. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO WE WILL, UM, IS THERE ANY FURTHER ACTION? I THINK WE'VE GOT A WEEK, THEN WE WILL, UM, HAVE THIS ON FOR THE NEXT. 
          UM, YOU CAN IF YOU'D LIKE. 
          THAT'S WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO DO. 
          I MOVE FOR THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S BEEN A MOTION TO THAT SECOND. 
          STILL MOVE. 
          SECOND IT, THERE'S AN OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION STILL. 
          SO IT'LL TAKE SIX VOTES. 
          SIX VOTES TO DO. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, UM, AT THIS POINT IT WOULD TAKE SIX VOTES TO DO THAT. 
          UM, SO ANY DISCUSSION ON, FOR THE ADOPTION? UM, I'LL JUST SAY THAT I'M REALLY CONCERNED NOW THAT WE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING AND WE SENT THE PUBLIC HOME AND NOW WE'VE HEARD FROM ONE SIDE AND NOT THE OTHER SIDE. 
          UH, SO I'LL, LIKE I SAID, GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE IDEA THAT THE DEVELOPMENT SEEMS GOOD AND YET RUSHING IT THROUGH WITH THE SAME DAY PERFECTION AND ADOPTION, UH, DOES NOT LOOK, UM, VERY FAIR TO THE CITIZENS WHO HAD OBJECTIONS WERE PRESENT. 
          BUT IT WAS A SUBCOMMITTEE AND AT LEAST FOR ME, I HAD TECHNICAL ISSUES 'CAUSE I WANTED TO HEAR FROM 'EM. 
          UM, SO JUST FOR ISSUES OF BASIC FAIRNESS, UH, I SURE HOPE WE DON'T ADOPT IT TODAY. 
          I THINK WE COULD GET OURSELVES IN TROUBLE, I GUESS. 
          IS THAT SOMETHING THE COUNTY COUNCIL? WOULD WE NOT I CONCUR WITH WHAT HE SAYS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND DID WE NOT ALL GET TRANSCRIPTS OF THE MEETING? THE MEETING THAT TOOK PLACE? WE DID ALL THE TRANSCRIPTS OF THE MEETING. 
          SHOULD HAVE GOT THE TRANSCRIPTS FROM THE BLANK. 
          OH, NO, NOT THE ONE. 
          YEAH, HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE ONE EARLIER TODAY. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          SO JUST A POINT OF INFORMATION. 
          CAN YOU TELL US WHAT HAPPENS IF WE ACHIEVE SIX VOTES VERSUS WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DO NOT? OKAY, SO IF IT DOES NOT PASS CORRECT, THEN THE APPLICANT CANNOT COME BACK FOR A WHOLE YEAR WITH A NEW PLAN OR SAME PLAN OR WHATEVER. 
          THEY CANNOT MAKE APPLICATION FOR A WHOLE YEAR. 
          IF THIS DOES NOT PASS FROM A VOTE'S PERSPECTIVE NEXT WEEK, IT WILL REQUIRE, UM, SIX VOTES STILL RIGHT TO ADOPT. 
          UM, THIS WEEK IT WILL TAKE SIX VOTES TO ADOPT THE SAME, SAME EFFORT BECAUSE OF THE PETITION. 
          TYPICALLY IT WOULD TAKE FIVE VOTES NEXT WEEK, BUT BECAUSE OF THE PETITION, IT WILL STILL TAKE SIX VOTES TO INQUIRE OF YOU ALL. 
          UM, THERE'S BEEN MOTIONS SEVERAL TIMES TO HOLD IN THIS SCENARIO. 
          ARE YOU IN ANY, UM, ANY INTEREST OF FOR THE SAKE OF POTENTIALLY BEING BARRED FOR A YEAR, YEAR, TWO YEARS? YEAR, YEAR, UH, YEAR? UM, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO A HOLD THAT WOULD GIVE YOU TWO WEEKS TO THEN BRING IT FORWARD? I, I, I'M JUST ASKING BECAUSE I THINK FOLKS ARE ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS ISSUE AND I DON'T WANNA FORCE ANY TYPE OF VOTE THAT YOU ALL COULD POTENTIALLY BE BARRED FOR A YEAR IF TWO WEEKS IS NOT GONNA COST YOU ANY. 
          YEAH, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY OBJECT. 
          WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH 2023 , UM, AND I THINK THERE MAY BE SOME QUESTIONS THAT THEY WANT TO GET ANSWERED AND I'M HAPPY TO TALK WITH YOU AS WELL IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES. 
          SO GIVE YOU TIME TO DO THAT. 
          THAT'S FINE WITH ME. 
          OKAY. 
          QUESTION. 
          THANK COUNTY COUNSELOR. 
          YEAH. 
          SO FOR THE COUNTY COUNSELOR, UM, SINCE WE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING MM-HMM . 
          AND THEN, UM, WE'RE NOW HEARING FROM ONE SIDE OF THIS NOW WITHOUT IT BEING NOTICED AS A PUBLIC HEARING, DO WE, DO WE RISK EXPOSURE FROM A, FROM A SUNSHINE LITIGATION PERSPECTIVE? IT JUST, LIKE I SAID, IT SEEMS TO ME WHEN WE INVITE THE PUBLIC IN AND THEN WE ALLOW THEM TO TALK AND THEN WE SAY, OKAY, EVERYBODY GO HOME AND THEN WE LET ONE SIDE CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION. 
          [01:10:01]
YEAH, WE DID INVITE, I DID IGNORE THE OTHER SIDE. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 
          I THINK BECAUSE IT'S NOTICED STUFF THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING THIS AND THEY COULD HAVE COME. 
          LEGALLY SPEAKING, I DON'T SEE AN ISSUE, BUT I CERTAINLY SEE YOUR FAIRNESS ISSUE THAT IT MAKES MOST SENSE TO, UM, GIVE EVERYONE A CHANCE TO LISTEN TO THAT HEARING THAT OCCURRED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. EXECUTIVE, I WANNA MAKE SURE I GOT MY HEAD AROUND THIS . 
          SO THERE'S A DEVELOPER THAT'S PUT IN A SUBDIVISION IN GRAIN VALLEY AND HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS, WENT THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, GOT APPROVAL OF PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          THERE ARE NEIGHBORS AROUND THERE NOT INVOLVED, AND TELL ME IF I'M WRONG, NOT INVOLVED IN THE ACTUAL SUBDIVISION ITSELF, BUT NEIGHBORS AROUND THERE THAT THEY'VE COMPLAINED THEY DON'T WANT A NEW SUBDIVISION BECAUSE THEY LIVE OUT IN THE COUNTRY OR FOR SOME OTHER REASON, THERE HAS BEEN A PUBLIC HEARING. 
          THOSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HEARD. 
          IT DID PASS THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND NOW IT'S BEFORE THIS BODY. 
          IS THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? AM I RIGHT ABOUT THE FACTS OF THE CASE? CORRECT. 
          IN ADDITION TO THIS IS PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF SAID LAND, NOT ANY ADDITIONAL TRANSFER. 
          OKAY. 
          THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO CLEAR IT UP FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE LISTENING? ABSOLUTELY. 
          THERE'S NOTHING FUNKY GOING ON HERE. 
          IT'S GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          WE HAS REVIEWED THIS AND THEY'VE APPROVED IT AND THAT'S GONE ON THE LEGISLATURE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CORRECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I THINK I HAD LEGISLATOR ANDERSON AND THEN I THINK THERE'S SOME OVER HERE. 
          I DUNNO WHY WE'RE HOLDING OTHERS. 
          OKAY, LET'S JUST FOLLOW. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO, UH, ANY OTHER MOTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE TO A VOTE? ALL RIGHT. 
          IS THERE A MOTION TO HOLD ON THE FLOOR? THERE WASN'T ONE YET. 
          SO VOTE. 
          THIS WOULD BE A VOTE TO ADOPT. 
          SO MAKING SURE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          ANDERSON. 
          NO. 
          PEYTON? YES. 
          SMITH. 
          HUSKY? YES. 
          FRANKLIN? YES. 
          MCGEE. 
          MCGEE? YES. 
          LAUER? YES. 
          SMITH. 
          EPSTEIN BARCA? YES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SIX. 
          UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO 6 0 7 7. 
          [6077 AN ORDINANCE enacting section 6004., of the Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to standards for care and treatment in Jackson County residential facilities with a severability clause.]
THANK YOU. 
          WHICH ONE YOU SAY? 6 7 6 0 7 7. 
          ENACTING SECTION 6 0 0 4 OF THE JACKSON COUNTY CODE 1984. 
          RELATING TO STANDARDS FOR CARE AND TREATMENT IN JACKSON COUNTY RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES WITH THE SEVERABILITY CLAUSE LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE. 
          HOLD THAT 6 0 8 1 
          [6081 AN ORDINANCE amending the zoning districts established pursuant to the Unified Development Code by rezoning a certain 5.00± acre tract from District AG (Agricultural) to District RE (Residential Estates).]
AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT'S ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE BY REZONING A CERTAIN 5.00 PLUS OR MINUS ACRE TRACK FROM DISTRICT AG AGRICULTURAL TO DISTRICT RE RESIDENTIAL ESTATES LAND USE COMMITTEE REPORT FROM COMMITTEE. 
          WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THIS HELD FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AT TWO 15 ON THE 22ND OF JUNE. 
          ALRIGHT, WE WILL HOLD THAT. 
          UH, 6 0 8 2. 
          [6082 AN ORDINANCE enacting section 5511., of the Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to prohibiting the open burning of household waste within Jackson County, Missouri, in accordance with state air quality laws, and establishing penalties for violations.]
AND I BELIEVE THIS IS ONE THAT HAS AN AMENDMENT THAT'S COMING FROM THE COMMITTEE. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          WHAT ENACTING SECTION 5 5 1 1 OF THE JACKSON COUNTY CODE 1984 RELATED TO PRO PROHIBITING THE OPEN BURNING OF HOUSEHOLD WASTE WITHIN JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE AIR QUALITY LAWS AND ESTABLISHING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS INTRODUCED BY JAYLEN ANDERSON. 
          UH, REPORT FROM COMMITTEE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS PERFECTION AS ADOPTED, AS AMENDED. 
          AS AMENDED. 
          UM, THIS IS PROHIBITED. 
          ALL RIGHT, MR. CHAIRMAN? YES. 
          LEGISLATOR ANDERSON. 
          MR. CHAIRMAN. 
          UM, AFTER DISCUSSION IN THE LAND USE COMMITTEE, UH, UH, AND, UH, THE CONCERNS OF LEGISLATOR PEYTON, UH, WE ADDED, UH, AT, UM, THE BOTTOM OF PAGE THREE, UH, 5, 5 1, 1 9, UH, WHICH, UH, SHALL BE, UH, THIS SECTION SHALL BE FIVE, FIVE. 
          ONE ONE SHALL BE ONLY BE ENFORCEABLE AND APPLICABLE AND UNINCORPORATED JACKSON COUNTY. 
          SO THIS WON AFFECT ANY OF THE MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN JACKSON COUNTY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT THE AMENDMENT IS FOR. 
          AND I WOULD MOVE TO ADOPT THE AMENDMENT. 
          UM, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE, UH, ORDINANCE AS AMENDED. 
          I'M SORRY, WHO WAS THE SECOND? DON'T WE HAVE TO, OH, I'M SORRY. 
          UM, TO ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT, MY APOLOGIES. 
          AS AMENDED, WE HAVE TO ACCEPT DERON WAS THE SECOND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PERFECT. 
          ALSO. 
          OKAY, SO THERE'S A MOTION. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, MADAM CLERK 
          [01:15:01]
ANDERSON? YES. 
          PEYTON? YES. 
          SMITH? UH, HUSKY? YES. 
          FRANKLIN? YES. 
          MCGEE? YES. 
          LAUER? YES. 
          SMITH? YES. 
          A BARCA? YES. 
          MR. CHAIRMAN? UH, YES SIR. 
          LEGISLATIVE ANDERSON. 
          MR. CHAIRMAN? UH, THIS, UH, ORDINANCE, UM, ONLY THIS WILL LEAVE OUT AGRICULTURE, UH, FOR OUR FARMERS, UH, AND TAKES FOCUS ON WHAT EVERY OTHER, UM, LIKE ST. 
          LOUIS COUNTY, ST. 
          CHARLES COUNTY HAS DONE OVER THAT SIDE OF THE STATE, UM, DEALING WITH EVERYTHING THAT IS NOT AGRICULTURE WITH BURNING. 
          UM, SO WITH, UH, THE AMENDMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO PERFECT. 
          AS AMENDED. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S BEEN A MOTION TO PERFECT. 
          THERE'S A SECOND. 
          UM, DISCUSSION. 
          UH, LEGISL ANDERSON. 
          UH, HAVE WE TALKED TO FIRE DISTRICTS OR SHERIFF? WHO, WHO DOES THE ENFORCEMENT ACTION? UH, THIS WOULD BE THE, UH, THIS WOULD BE, UM, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          HAVE, HAVE WE GOTTEN WITH HIM OR JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT HIS APPROVAL TO DO THIS PART? I, I'VE HAD NO OBJECTION FROM THE SHERIFF, BUT WE HAVE TALKED TO HIM. 
          THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSION. 
          JUST MAKING SURE FROM EVERYONE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, DO WE NEED IT, DO WE NEED TO DO A PUBLIC HEARING ABOUT THIS OR DID WE DO THAT IN COMMITTEE? MY APOLOGIES FOR NOT ASKING THAT AS WELL. 
          NO. 
          HAVE ONE. 
          DO WE NEED ONE? WHITNEY MILLER. 
          WHITNEY MILLER WITH THE COUNTY COUNSELOR'S OFFICE? I DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO. 
          YOU'RE CERTAINLY ABLE TO, IF, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET PUBLIC INPUT. 
          I'M NOT FOR BURNING TRASH. 
          JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE NOT CHECKING ANY BOXES HERE THAT WE, UH, DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, MADAM CLERK? AND THIS IS FOR PERFECTION. 
          PERFECTION AS AMENDED, CORRECT. 
          ANDERSON? YES. 
          PEYTON? YES. 
          SMITH. 
          HUSKY. 
          YES. 
          FRANKLIN? YES. 
          MCGEE? YEAH. 
          LAUER. 
          YES. 
          SMITH? YES. 
          ABAR? YES. 
          ANDERSON. 
          THANKS FOR PROTECTING THE CLEAN AIR ACT. 
          MR. CHAIRMAN, LEGISLATIVE ANDERSON. 
          MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO ADOPT, UH, THE AME, THE, UH, ORDINANCE AS AMENDED MOTION. 
          SECOND. 
          IS THERE A SECOND MOVE? AND SECONDED. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. 
          HEARING NONE. 
          MADAM CLERK ANDERSON. 
          YES. 
          PEYTON? YES. 
          SMITH? UH, UH, HUSKY? YES. 
          FRANKLIN? YES. 
          MCGEE? YES. 
          LAUER? YES. 
          SMITH? YES. 
          ABAR? YES. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          6 0 8 3. 
          [6083 AN ORDINANCE appropriating an additional $34,970.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2026 Anti-Crime Sales Tax Grant Fund, in acceptance of the 2024 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant awarded to the Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Force.]
APPROPRIATING AN ADDITIONAL $34,970 FROM THE UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE OF THE 2026 ANTI-CRIME SALES TAX FUND AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE 2024 EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT AWARDED TO THE MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL DRUG TASK FORCE JUSTICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE. 
          UH, THE COMMITTEE DID NOT MEET, UH, DO WE HAVE A NOTICE OF WHO ACTUALLY SPONSORED THIS? I THINK THERE WAS A REQUEST FROM OUR COMBAT DIRECTOR TO DISCHARGE IF WE COULD. 
          ANYONE? UH, UH, AND I THINK WE HAVE REQUESTS FROM THE CLERK'S OFFICE. 
          WE'RE WORKING WITH GRANICUS TO SEE IF WE CAN ADD THE SPONSOR OF THE LEGISLATION AS A PART OF THIS SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW. 
          SO WORKING ON THAT, THAT THROUGH GRANICUS, I BELIEVE CAN HOLD IT. 
          HOLD. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S BEEN HOLDING IT UP. 
          IT'S BEEN A MOTION TO HOLD. 
          IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO HOLDING? NO, HE, THERE'S A MOTION TO HOLD. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? WAIT A MINUTE. 
          HOLD ON. 
          DOES THE COMBAT DEPARTMENT NEED THIS? I WILL WELCOME BY MR. WOODARD TO, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER, AM I THE SPONSOR? ? PROBABLY. 
          AM I THE SPONSOR WHILE, AND I'LL FIND OUT THAT HIS SPONSOR, PROBABLY ME COMBAT DIRECTOR, NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THIS. 
          THIS IS, IS WHY I'M ASKING THE WHOLE OKAY. 
          WE'LL HOLD. 
          JUST MAKING SURE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          IT ME? YEAH. 
          NO, JUST IT IS ME THEN. 
          WITHOUT OBJECTION. 
          WE'LL HOLD, UH, MOVING ON TO FINAL PASS TO 
          [7 FINAL PASSAGE OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES]
          [6049 AN ORDINANCE establishing a third-party monitoring program for Jackson County projects and authorizing access for qualified contracted third parties to conduct site visits.]
PROPOSED ORDINANCES. 
          6 0 4 9. 
          THANK YOU MR. WOODER. 
          ESTABLISHING A THIRD PARTY MONITORING PROGRAM FOR JACKSON COUNTY PROJECTS AND AUTHORIZING ACCESS FOR QUALIFIED CONTRACTED THIRD PARTIES TO CONDUCT SITE VISITS PERFECTED. 
          WELL THAT OBJECTION. 
          THIS WILL BE PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR ADOPTION. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THERE'S AN OBJECTION. 
          IS THERE A MOTION? ANY MOTION TO MOVE THIS FORWARD? I'LL MOVE TO HOLD, MOVE TO HOLD SECOND. 
          IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO HOLD. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE, UH, ANY OBJECTION TO HOLDING? ALL RIGHT. 
          HEARING NOW WE'LL MOVE ON. 
          RESOLUTIONS AND COMMITTEE 
          [8 RESOLUTIONS IN COMMITTEE]
          [22235 A RESOLUTION authorizing the Prosecuting Attorney to execute an agreement with the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners for anti-drug and anti-crime law enforcement activities and programs at a cost to the County not to exceed $3,657,651.00.]
2, 2, 2, 3 5. 
          AUTHORIZING THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE KANSAS CITY BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS FOR ANTI-DRUG AND ANTI-CRIME LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES AND 
          [01:20:01]
PROGRAMS AT A COST TO THE COUNTY NOT TO EXCEED $3,657,651. 
          LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE. 
          UH, ANY MOTION HERE? MOVE TO THE TOP. 
          BEEN A MOTION. 
          SECOND. 
          BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. 
          HEARING NOW, MADAM CLERK ANDERSON. 
          YES. 
          PEYTON? YES. 
          SMITH. 
          HUSKY. 
          YES. 
          FRANKLIN? YES. 
          MCGEE? YES. 
          LAUER? YES. 
          SMITH? YES. 
          OBAR? YES. 
          A YES. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, 2 2 2 5 2 
          [22252 A RESOLUTION awarding a twelve month term and supply contract, with two (2) twelve month options to extend, for the furnishing of end user computing, peripherals, device lifecycle management solutions and associated services at discounted rates for use by various County departments to Dell Marketing, LP of Round Rock, TX under the terms and conditions of Midwestern Higher Education Compact Contract No. MHEC-04152022 an existing competitively bid government contract.]
OH. 
          BAD. 
          AWARDING A 12 MONTH TERM AND SUPPLY CONTRACT FOR TWO 12 MONTH OPTIONS TO EXTEND FOR THE FURNISHING OF END USER COMPUTING, PERIPHERALS, DEVICE LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS AND ASSOCIATED SERVICES AT DISCOUNTED RATES FOR USE BY VARIOUS COUNTY DEPARTMENTS TO DELL MARKETING LP OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS UNDER THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF MIDWESTERN HIGHER EDUCATION COMPACT. 
          CONTRACT NUMBER MHEC 0 4 1 5 2 0 2 2. 
          AN EXISTING COMPETITIVELY BID, GOVERNMENT CONTRACT, FINANCE AND AUDIT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, COMMITTEE DID NOT MEET, SO WE'LL HOLD THIS. 
          2, 2, 2, 5 9. 
          [22259 A RESOLUTION recognizing personnel that attended Professional Development Training.]
RECOGNIZING PERSONNEL THAT ATTENDED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE. 
          UH, SEEK A MOTION TO ADOPT. 
          IS THERE A MOTION? OKAY. 
          I, I MOVED. 
          IS THERE, IT'S BEEN MOVED. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? YES. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          HEARING NONE, MADAM CLERK ANDERSON? NO. 
          PEYTON, NO. 
          SMITH. 
          HUSKY. 
          YES. 
          FRANKLIN? YES. 
          MCGEE ABSTAIN. 
          LAUER? NO. 
          SMITH? NO. 
          AB BARCA? YES. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          MOVING ON TO 2 2 2 6 0 
          [22260 A RESOLUTION regarding Proposed Ordinance 6050, as amended by Proposed Ordinance 6050A, known as the Renee Nicole Macklin Good Transparency and Accountability Ordinance (the “Good Ordinance”).]
REGARDING PROPOSED ORDINANCE 6 60 50 AS AMENDED BY PROPOSED ORDINANCE 60 50 A KNOWN AS THE RENEE NICOLE MACKLIN. 
          GOOD TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE. 
          THE GOOD ORDINANCE LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SEEKING A MOTION TO ADOPT. 
          MOVE TO ADOPT. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. 
          ANY DISCUSSION HEARING NOT MADAM CLERK CRAZY ANDERSON? YES. 
          PEYTON? YES. 
          SMITH. 
          HUSKY. 
          YES. 
          FRANKLIN? YES. 
          MCGEE? YES. 
          LAUER? YES. 
          SMITH? NO. 
          A BAR CUT? YES. 
          UH, 
          [22265 A RESOLUTION awarding a contract for the purchase of an 8900A Precision Cut Large Reel Mower for use by the Parks + Rec Department to John Deere & Company of Cary, NC under the terms and conditions of Sourcewell Contract No. 112624-DAC, an existing, competitively bid government contract, at an actual cost to the County in the amount of $100,610.00, and declaring certain existing equipment as surplus personal property and authorizing its disposal by way of trade-in.]
RESOLUTION 2, 2 2 6 5. 
          WHAT MOVED WAIVE THE READING. 
          IT'S BEEN A MOTION TO RAISE THE READING. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND. 
          ANY OBJECTION TO WAIVING THE READING? ALL RIGHT. 
          HEARING NONE, UH, THE REPORT FROM COMMITTEE HELD. 
          ALRIGHT. 
           2 2 2 6 6 
          [22266 A RESOLUTION awarding a thirty-six-month contract, with two (2) twelve-month options to extend, for the furnishing of inmate commissary services and kiosks for use by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office Department of Corrections to TurnKey Corrections of Kansas City, MO, under the terms and conditions of Request for Proposals No. 26-002.]
AWARDING A 36 MONTH CONTRACT WITH TWO 12 MONTH OPTIONS TO EXTEND FOR THE FURNISHING OF INMATE COMMISSARY SERVICES AND KIOSK FOR USE BY THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO TURNKEY CORRECTIONS OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. 
          UNDER THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS NUMBER 26 DASH ZERO TWO, JUSTICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          UM, THE COMMITTEE DID NOT MEET, BUT MR. EXECUTIVE, DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATE ON THIS? I, WE HAVE HEARD SOME MURMURINGS AROUND THIS HOLDING UP COMMISSARY WITHIN OUR NEW DETENTION FACILITY. 
          I, I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE TRANSITION BEYOND WHAT YOU TOLD US, BUT, UH, IT'S A TRANSITION SPECIFICALLY TO THIS. 
          THIS IS A, A CONTRACT THAT WENT THROUGH THE REQUEST PROPOSALS LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO, TO GET THESE KIOSKS AND THE COMMISSARY SERVICES GOING. 
          UH, IT'S BEEN THROUGH ALL THE PROCESS THAT NEEDS TO GO TO, FOR THIS BODY TO AWARD THIS CONTRACT TO GET IT UP AND GOING. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THIS HAS HAD, HAS BEEN ANY OF THE PROBLEMS. I I'M UNDER THE, UH, OPINION THAT ANY ISSUE HAS BEEN GOING. 
          IT'S JUST BEEN THE TRANSITION OF NEWNESS TO THE FACILITY. 
          AND NOT THIS SPECIFICALLY, BUT THIS, THIS ONE, THIS IS READY TO GO AND IS, WILL BE AFFECTING THE ABILITY TO RUN THE OPERATIONS THERE. 
          SO DO WE HAVE A CURRENT PROCESS? DO WE, I MEAN, IS THIS EXPIRED? IS, I MEAN, SO THIS IS THE CHALLENGE, I THINK WITH WHY I REQUESTED THE SHERIFF TO APPROACH AND TALK TO US ABOUT THIS. 
          UM, I, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE CURRENT RATE OF THE CONTRACT IS. 
          THERE'S NO DEPUTY HERE TO TALK TO US ABOUT THIS. 
          UM, THIS IS WHY WE ASK FOR THIS STUFF. 
          SO UNLESS THERE'S AN OBJECTION, WE'LL JUST HOLD IT AND I'LL MEET NEXT WEEK AND INVITE THE SHERIFF TO, TO COME IN AND GIVE US AN UPDATE. 
          UH, 
          [01:25:01]
2 2 2 6 7 
          [22267 A RESOLUTION awarding a thirty-six-month term and supply contract for the furnishing of testing, inspections, and monitoring of the fire detection and notification systems for use by the Public Works Department, to Siemens Industry, Inc. of Alpharetta, GA, under the terms and conditions set forth in Sourcewell Contract No. 30910, an existing competitively bid government contract.]
AWARDING A 36 MONTH TERM AND SUPPLY CONTRACT FOR THE FURNISHING OF TESTING INSPECTIONS AND MONITORING OF, OF THE FIRE DETECTION AND NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS FOR USE BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO SIEMENS INDUSTRY INC. 
          OF ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA. 
          UNDER THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN SOURCE, WELL CONTRACT NUMBER 3 0 9 1 0, AN EXISTING COMPETITIVELY, COMPETITIVELY BID GOVERNMENT CONTRACT, FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE. 
          I BELIEVE WE WERE ASKED TO HOLD THIS ONE FOR THE SAKE OF AN ERROR THAT WE NEED TO CORRECT FOR NEXT LEGISLATIVE MEETING. 
          SO WE'LL HOLD WITHOUT OBJECTION. 
          UM, MADAM CLERK, UH, CAN YOU GIVE US THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE, MR. CHAIRMAN, WHILE SHE LOOKS AT THAT? SURE. 
          A LITTLE HOUSEKEEPING ON THE AGENDA UP TO NOW. 
          EVERY ONE OF THESE PIECES OF LEGISLATION, UH, DOES NOT LIST WHO THE SPONSOR IS. 
          AND, AND SEVERAL WEEKS HAVE GONE BY AND WE'VE KIND OF GO, WHO'S THE SPONSOR? WHO'S SPONSOR, I'M NOT SURE WHO PUTS IT TOGETHER ON THE, ON THE LEFT. 
          WHEN YOU GET READY TO GO INTO YOUR INTRODUCTION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE, IT HAS THE SPONSOR. 
          SO IS ANYTHING WE CAN ADD THE SPONSOR TO THIS SO WE IT'S EASILY TO, TO LOOK AT? YEAH, SO I, I HAD BROUGHT THIS UP A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. 
          SO WE HAD A CONVERSATION, I THINK AFTER YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS, UM, FROM THE CLERK. 
          THIS IS A GRANICUS FUNCTION, SO IT IS NOT AN, IN FACT A A METRIC THAT IS EASILY CHANGEABLE. 
          NOT LIKE A WORD DOCUMENT THAT WE JUST KEEP IT, IT'S A, A BOX I GUESS THAT'S BEING WORKED ON TO CHANGE IN GRANICUS. 
          SO THAT REQUEST HAS BEEN MADE. 
          AND SO AS SOON AS GRANICUS FIGURES OUT HOW TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN WITH THE ADDITIONAL ASSIGNMENTS OF COMMITTEE, I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE GOAL IS. 
          SO, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT SUGGESTION AND, AND BRINGING IT UP NOW. 
          THERE IS NO CONSENT AGENDA. 
          OKAY. 
          PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MOVING ON. 
          INTRODUCTION TO PROPOSED ORDINANCES 
          [10 INTRODUCTION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND ASSIGNMENT TO COMMITTEE]
          [6084 AN ORDINANCE rescinding Ordinance 6000 dated August 25, 2025, and requesting a conditional use permit (CUP) in District AG (Agricultural) for continuous operation of a short-term rental subject to specified conditions, as to a 9.56± acre tract.]
AND ASSIGNMENTS TO COMMITTEES 6 0 8 4 RESCINDING ORDINANCE 6,000 DATED AUGUST 25TH, 2025, AND REQUESTING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT CUP IN DISTRICT AG AGRICULTURAL FOR CONTINUOUS OPERATION OF A SHORT TERM RENTAL SUBJECT TO SPECIFIED CONDITIONS AS A 9.56 PLUS OR MINUS ACRE TRACT, UH, SIGN OF LAND USE 
          [6085 AN ORDINANCE rescinding Ordinance 6054 dated March 3, 2026, and 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.]
6 0 8 5 RESCINDING ORDINANCE 6 0 5 4 DATED MARCH 3RD, 2026, AND REQUESTING A RENEWAL OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT CUP IN DISTRICT AG AGRICULTURAL FOR CONTINUOUS OPERATION OF A HORSE SPORTING FACILITY SUBJECT TO SPECIFIED CONDITIONS AS TO A 48.09 PLUS OR MINUS ACRE TRACK ASSIGNED LAND USE 6 0 8 6 
          [6086 AN ORDINANCE transferring $2,180,329.00 within the Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund and appropriating $553,987.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2026 Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund and authorizing the Prosecuting Attorney to execute agreements with certain outside agencies which are engaged in anti-crime, anti-violence, drug prevention and treatment activities, and law enforcement school-based initiatives and purposes, at a cost to the County not to exceed $13,839,340.00.]
TRANSFERRING $2,180,329 WITHIN THE ANTI-CRIME SALES TAX FUND AND APPROPRIATING $553,987 FROM THE UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE OF THE 2026 ANTI-CRIME SALES TAX FUND AND AUTHORIZING THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY TO EXECUTE AGREEMENTS WITH CERTAIN OUTSIDE AGENCIES WHICH ARE ENGAGED IN ANTI-CRIME, ANTI-VIOLENCE, DRUG PREVENTION AND TREATMENT ACTIVITIES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT SCHOOL-BASED INITIATIVES AND PURPOSES AT A COST TO THE COUNTY NOT TO EXCEED $13,839,340 INTRODUCED BY VANESSA HUSKY, ASSIGNED TO LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE. 
          AND I BELIEVE THERE IS A EFFORT HERE TO TAKE AN ACTION. 
          SO IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED THERE. 
          MOVE TO PERFECT. 
          HERE. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. 
          UH, DISCUSSION. 
          MR. WATERER, DO YOU WANNA COME UP AND GIVE US THE DISCUSSION POINT ON THIS ONE REAL QUICK? ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, LEGISLATURE. 
          UM, THIS ORDINANCE TODAY AUTHORIZES THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS WITHIN THE ANTI-CRIME SALES TAX, UH, FUND. 
          UH, I WANNA SAY IT DOES NOT REQUIRE US TO UTILIZE ANY GENERAL FUND DOLLARS. 
          YOU ALL APPROVE TWO YEAR, UH, AWARDS FOR 2025 AND 2026. 
          UH, HOWEVER, WE STILL NEED TO COME BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE AND HAVE THOSE FUNDS APPROPRIATED. 
          I MENTIONED WHEN I CAME FORTH EARLIER THAT THE ANTI-CRIME SALES TAX REVENUES ARE DOWN THIS YEAR. 
          UH, ABOUT $2 MILLION IS WHAT THE PROJECTION, UH, PROJECTED SHORTFALL IS. 
          SO IN ORDER TO MEET OUR CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS, WHICH WE, UH, CONTRACTED WITH EACH OF OUR AGENCIES LAST YEAR, WE ARE ASKING TO MOVE THESE FUNDS AROUND WITHIN OUR, UH, ANTI-CRIME FUND IN ORDER TO MEET THAT NEED. 
          UH, I WILL SAY THANK YOU TO, UH, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE COUNTY COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT THAT'S WORKED WITH US AS WELL AS THESE AGENCIES TO MAKE SURE WE CAN BRING FORTH THIS TODAY. 
          UH, OUT OF THE 107 AGENCIES THAT WE DO FUND 106 ARE REPRESENTED WITH THIS. 
          TODAY WE ONLY HAVE ONE THAT HAS NOT CLEARED COMPLIANCE YET. 
          UH, THESE AGENCIES HAVE BEEN WAITING, AS YOU ALL KNOW, FOR THIS MONEY FOR SOME TIME. 
          AND SO I ASK THAT YOU ALL PLEASE, UH, APPROVE THIS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THESE AGENCIES WHOLE. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MR. WOODARD? UH, YES, GENERAL COUNSEL. 
          JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS CAN BE PERFECTED TODAY, BUT IT WILL REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE IT CAN BE PASSED. 
          'CAUSE IT'S APPROPRIATING FUNDS. 
          UH, THERE'S A MOTION TO PERFECT. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. 
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IT'S BEEN MOVED. 
          AND SECOND. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE PERFECTION? HEARING NONE. 
          MADAM CLERK ANDERSON? YES. 
          PEYTON? YES. 
          SMITH. 
          HUSKY? YES. 
          FRANKLIN? YES. 
          MCGEE? YES. 
          LAUER? YES. 
          SMITH? YES. 
          ACA? YES. 
          UM, JUST TO CLARIFY, DID WE DO THE PUBLIC HEARING COMPONENT OF THIS AS A PORTION OF THE INITIAL ADOPTION OF THE TWO YEAR CONTRACTS? NO, BECAUSE THAT, I MEAN, THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS ONLY FOR THE 2025 BUDGET, SO THERE WILL STILL HAVE TO BE A 2026 BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING. 
          MR. WHAT NOW? I DO HAVE A QUESTION. 
          UH, JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. 
          THE PUBLIC HEARING YOU ALL SAY IS FOR THE 2025. 
          UH, WE CONTRACTED WITH THESE AGENCIES FOR 2025 AND 2026. 
          SO EACH OF THEM HAVE CONTRACTS THAT STIPULATE WE WILL BE FUNDING THEM IN WITH THE SAME AMOUNT THIS YEAR. 
          SO I JUST WANNA PUT THAT OUT THERE. 
          AND MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN WAITING SINCE JANUARY TO RECEIVE THESE FUNDS. 
          SO IT IS STILL SUBJECT, THE TERMS ARE STILL SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION. 
          SO IT'S STILL BEFORE IT'S A VALID CONTRACT FOR 2026. 
          IT HAS TO BE APPROPRIATED. 
          AND IN ORDER TO DO THE APPROPRIATION, YOU HAVE TO DO THE PUBLIC HEARING, DISCUSS. 
          REALLY DISAGREE WITH ME. 
          FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          LET LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR CONCURS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, DISCUSSION POINTS BEYOND THAT, I'M HAPPY TO CALL A MEETING AT THE END OF THIS IF WE NEED TO, TO JUST DO A 24 HOUR QUICK ONE AGENDA ITEM THING, IF THAT'S WHAT FOLKS WANNA DO BEFORE THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. 
          AS A REMINDER, WE DO NOT GATHER AGAIN UNTIL JUNE 1ST, SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS WE CONSIDER THE REQUEST OF, OF OUR, UH, COMBAT DIRECTOR HERE. 
          SO, UM, REMIND ME, WE'RE AT THE MIDDLE OF PERFECTION. 
          READY TO VOTE ON THE PERFECTION DIRECT? WE ALREADY DID. 
          OKAY. 
          WE VOTED. 
          WE ALREADY DID PERFECTED. 
          SO, UM, WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ACTIONS AT THIS POINT, WE CAN TAKE THAT UP AT THE END OF THE AGENDA IF WE CHOOSE TO ADD ANOTHER MEETING HERE. 
          ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO INTRODUCTION. 
          PROPOSED. 
          OH, I'M SORRY, MADAM CLERK. 
          ARE THERE ANY ADD-ONS? OH, SHOOT, ? YEAH, TURN ON THE FOR, UH, ORDINANCES. 
          NO, MR. CHAIR. 
          OKAY, SORRY. 
          INTRODUCTION, PROPOSED 
          [11 INTRODUCTION OF PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS AND ASSIGNMENT TO COMMITTEE]
          [22269 A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute a Participation Agreement with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services related to its Summer Food Service program, with costs to be reimbursed to the County.]
RESOLUTIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS TO COMMITTEE 2 2 2 6 9 AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO EXECUTE A PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT WITH THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES RELATED TO ITS SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM WILL COST TO BE REIMBURSED TO THE COUNTY INTRODUCED BY JAYLEN ANDERSON. 
          ALL RIGHT, WELL SIGNED A 
          [22270 A RESOLUTION awarding an eleven-month term and supply contract, with four (4) twelve-month options to extend, for the furnishing of prisoner transportation services for use by the Sheriff’s Office to Security Transport Services, Inc., of Topeka, KS, under the terms and conditions of Johnson County, Kansas Contract No. 2026-014, an existing, competitively bid government contract.]
HEALTH ENVIRONMENT. 
          2 2 2 7 0. 
          AWARDING AN 11TH MONTH TERM AND SUPPLY CONTRACT WITH FOUR 12 MONTH OPTIONS TO EXTEND FOR THE FURNISHING OF PRISONER TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR USE BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO SECURITY TRANSPORT SERVICES INC. 
          OF TOPEKA, KANSAS UNDER THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, KANSAS. 
          CONTRACT NUMBER 2 0 2 6 DASH FOUR AN EXISTING COMPETITIVELY BIG GOVERNMENT CONTRACT INTRODUCED BY DONNA PEYTON ASSIGNED A JUSTICE AND 
          [22271 A RESOLUTION awarding a twelve-month term and supply contract, with three (3) twelve-month options to extend, for the furnishing of park site furnishings for use by the Parks + Rec Department to Playscape Recreation, LLC of Yates Center, KS, under the terms and conditions of Invitation to Bid No. 26-008.]
LAW 2 2 2 7 1 AWARDING A 12 MONTH TERM AND SUPPLY CONTRACT WITH THREE 12 MONTH OPTIONS TO EXTEND FOR THE FURNISHING OF PARK SITE FURNISHINGS FOR USE BY THE PARKS PLUS REC DEPARTMENT TO PLAY SCAPE RECREATION LLC OF YATES CENTER, KANSAS UNDER THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF INVITATION TO BID NUMBER 26 DASH EIGHT INTRODUCED BY CHARLIE FRANKLIN, SIGN OF PUBLIC 
          [22272 A RESOLUTION awarding a contract for the purchase of three (3) trailers for use by the Parks + Rec Department to Rockland Cargo Equipment of Conyers, GA under the terms and conditions of Invitation to Bid No. 26-017, at an actual cost to the County in the amount of $40,506.00.]
WORKS 2 2 2 7 2 AWARDING A CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF THREE TRAILERS FOR USE BY THE PARKS PLUS REC DEPARTMENT TO ROCKLAND CARGO EQUIPMENT OF CONYERS, GEORGIA UNDER THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF INVITATION TO BID NUMBER 26 DASH 0 1 7 AT AN ACTUAL COST TO THE COUNTY IN THE AMOUNT OF $40,506. 
          INTRODUCED BY CHARLIE FRANKLIN. 
          SIGN OF PUBLIC WORKS. 
          UH, 2 2 2 7 3. 
          [22273 A RESOLUTION awarding a twelve-month term and supply contract, with two (2) twelve-month options to extend, for the furnishing of services to post notice for use by the Jackson County Collection Department to Friend in the Business, LLC of Kansas City, MO, under the terms and conditions of Request for Proposals No. 26-014.]
AWARDING A 12 MONTH TERM AND SUPPLY CONTRACT WITH TWO 12 MONTH OPTIONS TO EXTEND FOR THE FURNISHING OF SERVICES. 
          SERVICES TO POST NOTICE FOR USE BY THE JACKSON COUNTY COLLECTION DEPARTMENT TO FRIEND IN THE BUSINESS LLC OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. 
          UNDER THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS NUMBER 26 DASH ZERO FOUR INTRODUCED BY DONNA PEYTON, UH, SIGN A FINANCE AND AUDIT. 
          MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY ADD-ONS? YES, MR. CHAIR. 
          ALRIGHT, WHAT DO WE HAVE? WE HAVE 2, 2 2 7 5 
          [22275 A RESOLUTION authorizing the Department of Finance and Purchasing to issue a check in the amount of $15,000.00 for the 2026 Celebration at the Station event dated for May 24, 2026, celebrating men and women who have served in the military in Jackson County.]
AUTHORIZING DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND PURCHASING TO ISSUE A CHECK IN THE AMOUNT OF 15,000 FOR THE 2026 CELEBRATION AT THE STATION EVENT DATED FOR MAY 24TH, 2026, CELEBRATING MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE MILITARY IN JACKSON COUNTY, INTRODUCED BY MANUEL BARKER, IV, DONNA PEYTON, VANESSA HUSKY, CHARLIE FRANKLIN, AND RO FIVE PEOPLE, CORRECT? UM, MR. CHAIRMAN? YES. 
          LEGISLATOR ANDERSON, WOULD IT BE I'D LIKE TO REQUEST TO BE ADDED AS A SPONSOR, PLEASE. 
          OKAY. 
          I WOULD. 
          MR. CHAIRMAN. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ANY OBJECTION TO ALL? NO. 
          UH, MR. MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO TRY TO GET THIS APPROVED TODAY. 
          THE EVENT IS THIS SUNDAY AND SO CELEBRATION MEMORIAL DAY, IT CELEBRATES OUR MEN AND WOMEN WHO'VE SERVED AT UNION STATION. 
          SO IF WE COULD APPROVE THIS 
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TODAY, I'D APPRECIATE IT. 
          LOOKING FORWARD. 
          MOTION TO ADOPT? I'LL SECOND BY UNANIMOUS, THAT WOULD, YEAH, THAT'S FINE. 
          THAT'S SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          WE MOVED AND SECONDED. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE MADAM CLERK. 
          SORRY. 
          SO, I'M SORRY. 
          LEGISLATOR MCGEE, YOU MOVED. 
          WHO WAS THE SECOND? OKAY. 
          ANDERSON. 
          ANDERSON. 
          YES. 
          PEYTON? YES. 
          SMITH HUSKY? YES. 
          FRANKLIN MCGEE? YES. 
          LAUER? YES. 
          SMITH? YES. 
          A BAR CUT? YES. 
          UM, OTHER ADD-ONS? NO. 
          MR. CHAIR. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, COUNTY EXECUTIVE ORDERS. 
          [12 COUNTY EXECUTIVE ORDERS]
          [26-19 I hereby make the following appointments/reappointments to the Ethics, Human Relations & Citizen Complaints Commission (EHRCC):
John R. Humphrey is hereby appointed to a new term set to expire 12/31/2030.]
ARE THERE ANY COUNTY EXECUTIVE ORDERS? THERE ARE APPOINTMENTS TO THE ETHICS, HUMAN RELATIONS AND CITIZENS COMPLAINTS COMMISSION EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER 26 19. 
          I HEREBY MAKE THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE ETHICS, HUMAN RELATIONS AND CITIZEN COMPLAINTS COMMISSION. 
          E-H-R-C-C. 
          JOHN R. HUMPHREY IS HERE BY APPOINTED TO A NEW TERM SET TO EXPIRE. 
          12 31 20 30. 
          UH, AND WE HAVE HIS RESUME AND ATTACHED. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          PERFECT. 
          ALRIGHT, MR. CHAIRMAN? UH, YES. 
          LEGISLATOR ANDERSON. 
          I WANTED TO INQUIRE OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, UM, WITH THIS APPOINTMENT, AND I KNOW THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS WITH, UH, THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE A-H-R-C-C. 
          UM, IS THIS STILL MOVING FORWARD? OR WHAT'S, WHAT IS YOUR THOUGHTS WITH THIS? BECAUSE I, I WAS MR. HUMPHREY'S CHOSEN BY A GROUP OF, WELL, THERE'S A, A, A WEIRD TIMEFRAME THAT EXISTS IN COUNTY GOVERNMENT WHERE WHEN I DO SOMETHING, IF IT DOESN'T MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF WHEN IT'S ACCEPTED SOMEWHERE, IT DOESN'T GO. 
          SO I'VE APPOINTED A NOMINATING COMMITTEE FOR THE E-H-R-C-C AND THAT IS IN THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. 
          IT DID NOT GET THERE UNDER THEIR TIMEFRAME TO BE ABLE TO GET IN FRONT OF THIS BODY TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO THAT WILL BE HEARD ON JUNE 1ST UNDER THE CHARTER APPOINTMENTS TO THE ETHICS, HUMAN RELATIONS CITIZEN COMPLAINTS COMMISSION, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE APPOINTS A THREE MEMBER NOMINATING COMMISSION. 
          THOSE THREE MEMBERS THEN SUBMIT A NAME. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT WILL BE MY, MY MOVING FORWARD WILL BE THAT MR. HUMPHREY WILL BE, UH, THE RECEIPT OF THE, THAT COMMISSION OF THAT NOMINEE SO THAT THIS WILL BE HELD TILL THAT'S HEARD ON JUNE 1ST. 
          BUT HOW IS IT HELD? WELL, WE CAN MOVE ON WITH IT FORWARD TOO IF WE WANT TO TOO. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT YOUR PREROGATIVE WAS. 
          WELL, NO, I'M JUST ASKING HOW DO YOU HOLD AN EXECUTIVE ORDER SAY YES. 
          IF IF THE, THE, THE THE THIS BODY WANTS ME TO HOLD IT, I'LL HOLD IT. 
          WELL, I MEAN, HE WASN'T CHOSEN BY A THREE PERSON GROUP, WAS HE? RIGHT. 
          THAT'S WHY I WOULD HOLD IT TO HAVE THE NOMINATED COMMISSION BE APPOINTED ON JUNE 1ST. 
          THE EXECUTIVE ORDER WILL COME BEFORE THIS BODY. 
          THAT'S WHY I'LL HOLD THIS ONE, BUT IT DOESN'T, I DON'T HOW DOES, HOW DOES ONE EXECUTIVE ORDER HOLD ANOTHER ONE NOT HOLDING THE OTHER ONE? THE OTHER ONE IS THERE EXIST. 
          I WISH WE COULD HAVE GOT IT HERE BEFORE TO GET THE NOMINATED COMMITTEE IN FRONT OF THIS BODY, BUT UNDER OUR TIMEFRAME AND NOT HAVING A MEETING NEXT WEEK, IT'LL BE HEARD ON THE EXECUTIVE ORDER TO BE HEARD BY THIS BODY ON JUNE 1ST. 
          WELL, I, I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING IS, IS THAT IT WAS JUST STATED THAT MR. HUMPHREYS WITH APPOINTED, SO HOW CAN HE BE APPOINTED IF WE, IF HE DIDN'T, WASN'T CHOSEN BY IT'S UNDER, IT'S UNDER YOUR PREROGATIVE LEGISLATIVE ANDERSON. 
          DO ANYTHING YOU WANT WITH EXECUTIVE ORDERS. 
          THAT'S WHY THIS BODY'S HERE. 
          IF YOU, IF YOU FEEL IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE. 
          MR. LADA, I UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          WHAT I WAS ASKING IS SINCE YOU PUT OUT THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER, IT WOULD SEEM YOU WOULD RESCIND THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER. 
          I WILL NOT RESCIND THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER. 
          I THINK JOHN HUMPHREY IS AN AMAZING ETHICAL ATTORNEY THAT'S BEEN THERE AND I I I WANT HIM TO BE ON THIS BOARD. 
          AND IF YOUR POSITION IS THAT HE CAN'T SERVE ON THAT BOARD BEFORE THE NOMINATING COMMISSION IS FELT, THAT'S YOUR PREROGATIVE TO DO THAT. 
          IT'S THE RULES OF THE CHARTER. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          EXACTLY. 
          I'M NOT HERE TO DEBATE WITH YOU. 
          IT'S YOUR POSITION. 
          HERE'S HOW IT WORKS. 
          IT'S NOT MY POSITION. 
          NO, NO, NO, NO. 
          IT IS THE RULES OF THE CHARTER. 
          NO, NO. 
          THE RULES ARE I APPOINT AND YOU GET TO, YOU GET TO REVIEW IT IF YOU, IF YOU BELIEVE THE RULES, THE RULES DON'T APPLY OF THE CHARTER. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL REIGN THIS IN FOR A SECOND. 
          DO YOU WANT TO HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THERE'S NO REIGN IN CHAIRMAN, HERE'S THE DEAL. 
          THIS BODY GETS TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS. 
          THAT'S HOW WE ARE. 
          AND, AND, AND LEGISLA ANDERSON HAS HIS PREROGATIVE TO VOTE IT DOWN THERE. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. 
          MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M NOT, I I'M, I DON'T NEED TO BE CHAIRMAN, UH, TOLD BY THE EXEC, THE, THE COUNTY COUNSELOR OR ANYONE WHAT THE RULES ARE. 
          I, I ISSUED EXECUTIVE ORDER AND THIS BODY GETS TO VOTE IT UP OR DOWN AND, AND I I HAVE TAKEN WHAT LEGISLATOR ANDERSON'S POINTS ARE, AND I IT IT'S UNDER THE CHARTER. 
          HE'S CORRECT. 
          THAT'S WHY I HAVE NOW ENTERED EXECUTIVE ORDER OF THE NOMINATED COMMITTEE. 
          BUT I, I DON'T, I DON'T NEED TO DEBATE WHAT'S RIGHT OR WRONG ABOUT IT. 
          I JUST ISSUE EXECUTIVE ORDER AND THIS BODY GETS VOTED 
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UP OR DOWN. 
          UNDERSTANDABLE. 
          GENERAL COUNSEL ACTIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS AT THIS POINT? I, I UNDERSTAND BOTH PERSPECTIVES HERE. 
          I DON'T WANNA GO TO TOO MUCH OF A BACK AND FORTH. 
          I JUST WANT UNDERSTANDING WHAT ARE THE RULES SAY AND THE CHARTER. 
          YEAH, THE CHARTER DOES SAY TO PUT THE COMMITTEE TOGETHER. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE'S PREROGATIVE WAS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS COUNTY EXECUTIVE ORDER. 
          CAN OKAY. 
          LEGISLATOR, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I'M MISSING SOMETHING. 
          AND THIS IS REALLY TO INQUIRE OF LEGISLATOR ANDERSON. 
          UNDERSTAND, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. 
          SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT BASICALLY THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE SORT OF PUT THE CART FOR THE HORSE? HE NOMINATES SOMEONE WITHOUT THIS PANEL? YES. 
          IS THAT YOUR ISSUE? THAT'S WHAT I WONDER. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          AND LEGISLATOR SMITH AND VICE CHAIR, MY APOLOGIES. 
          UH, UH, WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THAT THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE ARE SUPPOSED TO PRESENT THREE OPTIONS TO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE WHO THEN SELECTS AN OPTION, PRESENTS THAT OPTION TO US. 
          SO IF THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE DIDN'T PRESENT HIM THREE OPTIONS, THEN THIS PERSON WHO HE'S NOMINATED IS NOT LAWFULLY NOMINATED. 
          SO OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REJECT ANY NOMINEE THAT WOULD SEEM TO, I'LL SAY, REFLECT POORLY ON THE NOMINEE WHO MIGHT BE HIGHLY QUALIFIED. 
          UM, BUT, BUT, BUT INSTEAD WE'RE FACED WITH A POSSIBILITY THAT WE REJECT THIS NOMINEE BECAUSE HE'S NOT LAWFULLY NOMINATED. 
          IS IS THAT A FAIR CHARACTERIZATION MR. ANDERSON? YES. 
          AND THAT'S MY RESPONSE TOO. 
          IT'S A VERY FAIR CHARACTERIZATION. 
          EXACTLY. 
          THAT'S FAIR CHARACTERIZATION. 
          LIKE, AND I DON'T WANNA IMPUGN THE GUY'S CHARACTER, BUT I ALSO WANT US TO FOLLOW THE RULES. 
          SO, UM, I THAT'S CORRECT. 
          NO, I AGREE WITH YOU. 
          AND WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT TODAY. 
          WE HAVE 15 DAYS TO REJECT SOMEBODY, RIGHT? CORRECT. 
          WELL, WE WAS APPOINTED, UH, APPOINTED ON I'M, I'M, I'M JUST, I'M JUST SAYING HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TODAY. 
          GET ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM THE CHAIR. 
          MR. CHAIRMAN ANDERSON. 
          I OBJECT TO THE, UH, TO THE EXECUTIVE ORDER. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, IS THERE A, I ASSUME A SECOND AND THEN WE GO INTO A VOTE IF THAT'S HOW WE PROCEED WITH THIS. 
          OKAY. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          MOTION. 
          IT'S A MOTION TO DISAPPROVE. 
          IT'S TO VOTE. 
          DIS DISAPPROVE. 
          I'M MOVE TO DISAPPROVE. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT. 
          UH, MADAM CLERK ANDERSON. 
          YES. 
          PEYTON? YES. 
          SMITH, HUSKY AND SPAIN. 
          FRANKLIN? YES. 
          MCGEE? YES. 
          LAUER? YES. 
          SMITH? YES. 
          ABAR? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY FURTHER? COUNTY EXECUTIVE ORDERS. 
          . 
          THAT'S, THAT'S IT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UNFI. 
          UNFINISHED BUSINESS. 
          UM, MR. OH, GO AHEAD. 
          YEP. 
          UH, I WAS JUST GONNA, UH, I NEED TO, I'D LIKE TO CHANGE MY VOTE ON THE LEGISLATION. 
          UH, FOR THE RECORD, MADAM CLERK, I'D LIKE TO OH SEVEN FIVE. 
          SO AN ABSTENTION, WHICH WOULD, THAT WOULD MEAN THAT THE ORDINANCE FAILED. 
          CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          WE NEED TO MAKE SURE SOMEONE NOTIFIES. 
          YES. 
          AND FOR CLARITY, UM, TO RECALL THAT WHAT WOULD OCCUR TO RECONSIDER IT? RECONSIDER IT TO MOVE, TO RECONSIDER SOMEONE IN THE PREVAILING SIDE. 
          SO SOMEONE WHO VOTED NO WOULD NEED TO MOVE TO RECONSIDER AT THE NEXT MEETING, IN ONE MEETING. 
          AND IT WOULD HA IT WOULD STILL REQUIRE SIX VOTES. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THAT'S JUST PUBLIC INFORMATION. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, WE 
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ARE STILL IN UNFINISHED BUSINESS. 
          UM, THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR, UH, CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATOR MARSHALL TO BE EXCUSED, UH, FOR WHICH I WILL TAKE, I WILL ASK YOU ALL AGAIN, UM, TO PLEASE NOTIFY US AT LEAST ONE BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE EXCUSED ABSENCE SO THAT THE CLERK AND ALL CAN KEEP TRACK OF THOSE, UM, FOR QUORUMS SAKE, AS WELL AS MAKING SURE, UM, THAT YOU SHARE, UM, THAT INFORMATION WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE AS WELL AS OUR, UM, SHARE AND VICE CHAIR'S STAFF. 
          UM, ANY NEW BUSINESS. 
          DID, DID WE, UM, STATE THAT LEGISLATOR OTHER SMITH WAS, UM, ABSENT AN EXCUSE TODAY? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS. 
          THAT'S, YEP, THAT'S WHAT, JUST, YEP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU USED A LOT OF WORDS. 
          I WAS JUST MAKING SURE I, YEAH. 
          UNDERSTOOD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S WHAT HE WAS SAYING. 
          UM, ANY NEW BUSINESS? 
          [14 NEW BUSINESS]
UM, ACTUALLY I'M GONNA GIVE THIS TO YOU. 
          UM, MR. CHAIR. 
          YES. 
          LEGISLATIVE QUESTION. 
          . 
          UM, SO I HAVE A COUPLE PIECES OF THE LEGISLATION HERE THAT I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UM, AND ASSIGNED, UM, TO LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE. 
          UM, MADAM CLERK, YOU WANT ME TO READ 'EM AND GIVE 'EM TO YOU? AND YOU ASSIGN A NUMBER. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE'LL JUST GIVE 'EM TO YOU THIS WAY. 
          AND I BELIEVE WE'VE GOT DIFFERENT SETS HERE 
          [01:45:08]
WHILE THEY'RE BEING PASSED OUT. 
          WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN? SURE. 
          LET, I'LL LET HER READ THE TITLE FIRST SO I KNOW WHICH ONE. 
          START EXPLAINING FROM AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON NEW DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT WITHIN JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI, AND ESTABLISHING REQUIREMENTS FOR FUTURE DATA CENTER PROJECT REVIEW. 
          IT WOULD BE ORDINANCE 6 0 8 7. 
          UH, MR. CHAIR, ASK THAT THIS BE ASSIGNED TO LEGISLATURE A WHOLE AND BE A PART OF THE, UM, PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS THAT WE HAVE SET FOR JUNE 1ST, WE'LL ASSIGN THIS TO THE LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE AND WE'LL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ORDINANCE ON JUNE 1ST AT 3:00 PM SIX OR EIGHT WHAT? SIX OR EIGHT? SEVEN. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          SHE'S GOT THE NEXT ONES. 
          WAS THERE A TIME FOR YOUR PUBLIC HEARING? 3:00 PM 3:00 PM SORRY. 
          LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE MEETING. 
          OKAY. 
          GOT YEP. 
          SORRY. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU GOING TO THIS PROM? UH, PRESUMPTIVELY . 
          IT'S YOUR UTE. 
          YOU'RE READY? YEAH. 
          AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND PURCHASING TO ISSUE A CHECKING IN THE AMOUNT OF $6,000 FOR THE PURCHASE OF A SPONSORSHIP FOR THE 2026 PALESTINE SENIOR CITIZENS ACTIVITY CENTER'S PROM, HOSTED BY LINK. 
          UM, I'D JUST, MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. BY EMMANUEL BARKER. 
          FOURTH, LIKE TO, UH, THIS LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE FOR CONSIDERATION OF SPONSORSHIP. 
          SO BE IT. 
          WE'LL ASSIGN THAT TO LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE. 
          I, I, I COULD, YES. 
          MR. CHAIR. 
          I'D LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A SPONSOR, PLEASE. 
          DO YOU WANT THAT DONE? THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          PASS. 
          I THINK THERE'S ONE MORE. 
          HE'S WAITING FOR YOU TO SIGN. 
          YEP. 
          ARE YOU READY? YEP. 
          OH, DID YOU GIVE THE NUMBER? 2 2 2. 
          SEVEN. 
          SEVEN CONDEMNING CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING INTRODUCED BY MANUEL PARKER IV. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THIS IN LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE FOR CONSIDERATION. 
          I DON'T HAVE THAT. 
          WE WILL ADD THAT TO LEGISLATURE'S WHOLE FOR CONSIDERATION ON JUNE 1ST AT OUR NEXT MEETING. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ANY, SORRY? ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS? UM, ALRIGHT, TO INQUIRE? YES. 
          UH, VICE CHAIR. 
          SO WHY WERE THOSE ADDED UNDER NEW BUSINESS AND NOT GONE THROUGH THE RLA PROCESS? I THINK TIMING WAS THE CHALLENGE THERE. 
          SO THE GOAL FOR INTRODUCTION IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE OUT FOR TWO WEEKS. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU. 
          THE GOAL WAS NOT TO PASS THEM TODAY'S, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE'S NO TIME TO CONSIDER THEM FOR WHAT INFORMATION WE HAVE ON 'EM. 
          SO THAT'S TO GET 'EM ON THE AGENDA SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT 'EM IN THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE MEETING. 
          WILL THEY BE REVIEWED? WILL THEY BE REVIEWED? WILL THEY BE REVIEWED BY LEGAL BEFORE JUNE 1ST OR HAVE THEY BEEN, UH, THAT THEY'RE SENT THEIR WAY AT THIS POINT? SO I BELIEVE THEY'RE SUBMITTED TO GRANICUS AS WELL, I BELIEVE. 
          ARE THEY IN GRANICUS? THEY'LL BE, YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE WILL NEED OLAS TO REVIEW THEM. 
          UM, BUT AS SOON AS WE GET THOSE THROUGH, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AND WE'LL PRIORITIZE DOING IT BY JUNE 1ST. 
          SO THERE'S ALSO BEEN A REQUEST NOW WITH, UH, THE COMBAT FUNDS NEEDING A PUBLIC HEARING, UM, THAT WE GATHER WITH A REGULAR MEETING ON THURSDAY AT 2:00 PM I THINK I'VE KIND OF GAUGED THAT EVERY COLLEAGUE HERE SO FAR. 
          UM, SO IF THAT IS, UH, WHAT WE NEED FOR COMBAT, I THINK WE CAN GET SOME FOLKS, UH, THE FUNDS THEY'VE BEEN REQUESTED. 
          WE CAN SET A PUBLIC HEARING FOR 3:00 PM I'M SORRY, 2:00 PM ON THURSDAY, UM, FOR A NORMAL MEETING SO THAT WE CAN, UM, MOVE THIS ALONG. 
          YOU HAVEN'T CHECKED WITH ME JUST FOR THE RECORD. 
          I, I JUST DID. 
          OH, I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING TO HIM. 
          YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO CHIME IN RIGHT NOW. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          WE DO HAVE THE, THE, UH, JUCO HORSEPOWER MEETING THAT NIGHT. 
          I'M SORRY, THURSDAY. 
          YES. 
          YES. 
          WHEN YOU JUST SEND IT OUT. 
          CORRECT. 
          SO WE'LL BE DONE IN TIME. 
          UH, 
          [01:50:01]
I THINK IT'S JUST A NORMAL AGENDA, JUST FOR COMBAT, BASICALLY. 
          BUT THIS IS THE ONE NIGHT AGENDA. 
          SO OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A, A MEETING THAT COUNTS FOR OUR LEGISLATIVE PROCESS, BUT ALSO TO ACCOMPLISH, I'M HAPPY TO HOLD, UH, WHATEVER ELSE WE NEED TO UNLESS THERE'S OTHER EFFORTS THAT NEED TO BE MOVED FORWARD AT THAT TIME. 
          SO, UM, THAT MEANS FOR OUR ADJOURNMENT. 
          UM, IS THERE A, GO AHEAD. 
          ARE YOU GONNA, ARE YOU GONNA VOTE ON THE MEETING? OH, SURE. 
          IS THERE A MOTION TO CREATE A MEETING ON THURSDAY AT 2:00 PM IN THE DOWNTOWN COURTHOUSE? SO MOVED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, MADAM CLERK ANDERSON? YES. 
          PEYTON? YES. 
          SMITH HUSKY. 
          YES. 
          FRANKLIN? YES. 
          MCGEE LAUER? YES. 
          SMITH OBAR? YES. 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
          UM, SO AS THERE, UM, I GUESS LOOKS LIKE NOT DUE TO THE MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY, UH, WE WILL BE MEETING THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE MEETING IS SCHEDULED TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY. 
          GIMME A DATE PLEASE. 
          MAY 21ST. 
          MAY 21ST. 
          TWO O'CLOCK. 
          UH, AT THE JACKSON COUNTY LEGISLATIVE COURTHOUSE AT FOUR 15 EAST 12TH STREET, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. 
          SECOND FLOOR LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY AREA. 
          IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? IS 
          [15 ADJOURNMENT]
THERE A SECOND? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. 
          WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED. 
          I NEED.
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