Jun 29, 2026 Budget Committee

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GOOD AFTERNOON.

THE TIME IS 1:00 PM AND I AM CALLING TO ORDER THE BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING WE HAVE WITH US THIS MORNING, LEGISLATOR JAYLEN ANDERSON.

OOH, WHO BETTER BE CAREFUL AND LEGISLATOR.

UM, VANESSA HUSKY LEONARDA.

WE DO NEED A COPY OF THE FISCAL POLICIES FROM THE BUDGET BOOK.

WE

[THERE WILL BE A DISCUSSION ON FISCAL POLICIES AND THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET RESOLUTIONS]

WE HAVE, UM, A DISCUSSION.

AND THIS DISCUSSION IS TO COVER THE FISCAL POLICIES THAT ARE IN THE FRONT OF OUR BUDGET BOOK AND THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET RESOLUTIONS.

UH, I'M GONNA BEGIN WITH WHILE, UH, LINETTE IS GETTING THOSE COPIES WITH THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET RESOLUTIONS.

AND LET ME GIVE THIS TO YOU GUYS.

YOU HONORABLES.

THIS WILL BE A FIRST FOR OUR COMMITTEE.

USUALLY IN THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE RECEIVE THE BUDGET AND WE GO FROM THERE, MAKE ANY CHANGES, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ADMINISTRATION KNOWS OF ANY THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE BUDGET FOR 2027.

SO BASED ON THE RESPONSES THAT I RECEIVED FROM THE LEGISLATORS, THIS RESOLUTION WILL EXPRESS THE INTENT OF THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE, LEGISLATURE TO INCREASE OUTSIDE AGENCY FUNDING TO A TOTAL OF $7 MILLION TO PROVIDE FUNDING.

F OH, I'M SO SORRY.

I HAVE A COPY HERE, WHITNEY, I'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER ONE.

CAN YOU SHARE THIS WITH MR. LAVOLTA? I'M SORRY.

UM, IN THE COUNTY TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE 27 INAUGURAL AND INDUCTION CEREMONY TO PROVIDE FOR CONSTRUCTION OPERATION OF TWO ADDITIONAL HOUSING PODS AT THE JACKSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER TO REDUCE THE PRODUCED DRAMATIC INCREASE TO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE $3 MILLION FOR HOUSING INITIATIVES AND TO ESTABLISH AN INTEGRATED AGREEMENT COLLECTIONS AND APPRAISAL SYSTEM IN EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY AND TO RED REDDE RE-DESIGNATE THE FACILITY LOCATED AT 1300 WASHINGTON STREET AS A CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY FACILITY.

SO HAVING HEARD BACK FROM, UH, LEGISLATORS OF BARCA AND LEGISLATOR SEAN SMITH, UM, THESE ARE THE CONSIDERATIONS THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALONG WITH ME IN, IN A RESOLUTION.

AGAIN, WE HAVE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE.

UH, IT IS NOT WITHOUT VALID FOUNDATION.

THE STATE, WHEN THEY DO THEIR BUDGET, THE STATE DOES HAVE A RESOLUTION FROM THE LEGISLATURE THAT THEY CONSIDER WHEN IT COMES TO BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS.

SO WE JUST WANT OUR VOICE TO BE HEARD AS, UM, LEGIS AS LEGISLATORS WHEN COUNTY EXECUTIVE VODA, UH, WORKS WITH ADMINISTRATION AND THEY WORK TO DEVELOP THE BUDGET BOOK.

AND THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THIS.

I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND HOLD THIS ANOTHER UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING SO THAT WE CAN GET MORE INPUT BECAUSE I THINK BECAUSE IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT THERE, UH, MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AN UNDERSTANDING OR I HAVE NOT, I DID NOT MAKE A CLEAR, UH, WHAT OUR INTENT AND I THINK THAT OUR INTENT TO, UH, ACTUALLY BE PROACTIVE IN PARTICIPATING IN THE BUDGET FOR 2027 IS INTEGRAL TO GETTING WHAT WE AS A LEGISLATURE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

YES.

LEGISLATOR ANDERSON, COULD I JUST MAKE A, A REQUEST OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE IF I COULD PLEASE, PLEASE.

THANK YOU.

UM, UH, WOULD YOU PLEASE, UH, I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN THIS YET BEFORE.

OKAY.

UM, I BEFORE AND I APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE GONNA TALK WITH, UH, MANNY AND, UM, LEGISLATOR ABAR AND LEGISLATOR SMITH.

UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE, UM, I THINK BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD ON ANYTHING, UNDERSTANDING WHERE, UH, THE FUNDING IS CURRENTLY, UH, IN JACKSON COUNTY, THE EXTRA FUNDS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE THERE, UH, ESPECIALLY THOSE BEING ONE-TIME FUNDS.

AND IF THIS IS, UH, FEASIBLE IN THE DISCUSSION OF THE BUDGET, UM, I THINK THAT'S CRUCIAL AS WE MOVE.

I'M NOT SAYING I'M AGAINST ANYTHING RIGHT NOW, OR THIS IS BRAND NEW.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW.

IT'S

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IT'S FOR DISCUSSION.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW REALLY WHERE WE ARE, UM, BEFORE WE KIND OF GET INTO THE IDEA THAT WE WANT TO DO THIS WHEN WE DON'T KNOW IF IT CAN BE DONE.

UH, SO THAT JUST MIGHT REQUEST TO YOU KINDA EXECUTIVE IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.

PLEASURE, ANDERSON, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, WE ARE ACTUALLY COMPILING, UH, A STATE OF THE BUDGET FOR MID-YEAR TO PRESENT TO THE LEGISLATURE THEN IN MID-JULY.

SO I THINK A LOT OF THOSE QUESTIONS WOULD BE ANSWERED THEN, UH, WHEN WE GIVE YOU THAT PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.

THANK YOU.

UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WE WILL REVISIT THIS.

SO, UH, LEGISLATOR ANDERSON, I DO APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT AND LEGISLATOR HUSKY.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW OF ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN HERE IN THE FUTURE.

AND, UM, COUNTY EXECUTIVE VOTA, UH, I AM HAPPY TO DISCUSS THIS WITH YOU FURTHER.

OKAY.

UM, WE WANTED TO DISCUSS, AND WE DON'T HAVE COPIES, UH, MY AID IS GETTING THOSE COPIES, THE FISCAL, UM, REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF THE BUDGET BOOK.

I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INPUT ON THOSE FROM ANY OF THE LEGISLATORS.

SO WHAT I WILL DO, COUNTY EXECUTIVE VODA IS WORK WITH YOU ON ANY CHANGES THAT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE AND, UH, YOU AND, UH, MR. ABO.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND YES, LEGISLATOR ANDERSON.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, I, I DON'T, I, I, UH, HAVING BEEN HERE AND AND SEEN, UM, TWO COUNTY EXECUTIVES NOW AND ONE MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE PROCESS, THE REASON WHY I DIDN'T SEND IN ANYTHING, I THINK OUR PROCESS IS VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT.

MM-HMM .

UH, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN, UH, OUR COUNTY, UH, AUDITOR WHO'S BEEN HERE AND HE'S BEEN THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND ALSO HAVING A NEW COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND SOMEONE WHO, UH, UH, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR WHO UNDERSTANDS MORE OF THE LOCALIZED ASPECT MM-HMM .

AND HAVING A SMALLER BUDGET MM-HMM .

AND TRYING TO WORK WITHIN THINGS.

UH, I THINK THE WHOLE ISSUE IS, IS THAT, UH, THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE TWO ENDS OF THE HALLWAY HAVE BEEN THE GREATEST CHALLENGE, UH, IN MY JUDGMENT OVER THE PAST SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS.

I THINK THAT'S BEEN THE BIGGEST HANGUP.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE PROCESS ITSELF IS FLAWED.

I'M ALWAYS OPEN TO CHANGING IT.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT IS WHY I DID NOT SEND IN ANYTHING, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WHEN WE, UM, DON'T HAVE TO BE FIGURING OUT WHAT'S GONNA BE POSTED BY THE END OF THE DAY ABOUT US OR SOMETHING, I THINK WE CAN ACTUALLY ACT IN GOOD FAITH.

BUT I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ANY CHANGES YOU HAVE, MADAM CHAIR AND I HAVE FULL FAITH IN WHAT, UH, YOUR PROCESS WILL BE.

I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT AND I ECHO EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

I THINK IT IS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR TO BE ABLE TO, THERE ONCE WAS A TIME WHEN I WOULD NOT HAVE EVEN BROACHED SUCH AN IDEA.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, WE WILL GO

[RESOLUTIONS IN COMMITTEE]

[22314 A RESOLUTION authorizing a thirty-six-month term and supply contract for the furnishing of Workday timeclock hardware, software, and support services for use by the 16th Circuit Court and various Jackson County departments to Accu-Time Systems of Windsor, CT, as a sole source purchase.]

UM, IN REGARDS TO THIS RESOLUTION, I DO WANNA POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS.

THERE IS, UH, WHEREAS CLAUSE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST PLA PAGE, WHEREAS THIS AWARD IS MADE ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS AND DOES NOT OBLIGATE JACKSON COUNTY TO PAY ANY AMOUNT WITH THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR SPECIFIC PURCHASES REMAINING SUBJECT TO ANNUAL APPROPRIATION WITH $45,000 OF ESTIMATED ANNUAL SPENDING.

WE DO NOT HAVE A FISCAL NOTE THAT HAS BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO US THAT, UM, WOULD ADDRESS, UM, HOW WE ARRIVED AT THE $45,000 ESTIMATED ANNUAL SPENDING IN SPENDING.

WE ALSO DON'T HAVE, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, UM, LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR, WE ALSO DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT SPECIFICALLY INDICATES THIS IS ACTUALLY A SOLE SOURCE.

YOU YES, PLEASE.

NO, IT'S, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A OKAY.

BASED ON ESTIMATE.

THANK YOU.

COUNTY EXECUTIVE LAVOLTA, YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR US ON THIS? I DO.

UM, THIS WORKDAY SOFTWARE IS AN AMAZING SOFTWARE EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD EXCEPT JACKSON COUNTY .

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AND I'VE HEARD FROM THE LEGISLATURE, FROM THE CLERK OF THE LEGISLATURE ALSO THAT IT SURE COULD DO SOME THINGS.

WE KNEW WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SO, UH, WE HAVE ONE, ONE OF OUR ANALYSTS WORKING ON THIS, PUTTING TOGETHER A, A REPORT AND A STUDY AND WORKING ON TRAINING FOR WORKDAY.

'CAUSE BY ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, IT IS A GOOD PROGRAM.

THE CITY OF KANSAS CITY WORK USES IT.

UH, A LOT OF OTHER CITIES USE IT AND IT, IT CAN WORK.

BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE FOUND THE FRUSTRATION WITH IT THAT I FOUND FROM STAFF TOO, IS ESSENTIALLY THERE WERE, THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE THAT WERE TRAINED IN IT AND THEY, THEY DID NOT SHARE THAT TRAINING.

SO THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO REACH OUT DIRECTLY TO THE WORKDAY PEOPLE AND THEY WOULD HELP US, BUT THEY WOULD CHARGE US PER HOUR.

SO WE'VE GOTTA GET OUR HANDS AROUND THE FACT THAT WE'RE PAYING A LOT OF MONEY FOR THIS PROGRAM THAT SHOULD WORK, THAT WE'RE JUST NOT IMPLEMENTING IT CORRECTLY.

SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE WORKDAY PEOPLE THAT'S OPEN TO EVERY MEMBER OF THIS COURTHOUSE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE THIS PROGRAM THAT'S UTILIZED SO WELL IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS EXCEPT FOR OURS.

BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO MOVE ON.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I'LL MOVE TO ADOPT.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

UM, AYE.

ALL OPPOSED, RESOLUTION 2, 2 3 1 4 WILL BE SENT TO LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE FOR ADOPTION BY THIS COMMITTEE.

WE ALSO HAVE

[22315 A RESOLUTION awarding a twelve-month term and supply contract, with one (1) twelve-month option to extend, for the furnishing of Workday professional services for use by the Information Technology Department to Remy Corporation of Denver, CO, under the terms and conditions of State of Oklahoma contract No. SW1025, as an acquisition from another governmental entity.]

CONTRACT NUMBER SW 1 0 2 5 AS AN ACQUISITION FROM ANOTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, COUNTY EXECUTIVE.

YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS? YES.

MADAM CHAIR.

THIS IS THE OTHER FIRST WAS THE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOR THE WORKDAY PROGRAM.

THIS IS FOR THE ACTUAL SERVICES AND THIS IS THE ONE THAT I HAVE MY EYE ON THAT I, I'M HOPING THAT THIS BODY WILL PASS THIS RESOLUTION AWARD IN THE CONTRACT, BUT I'M GONNA SIT ON THE CONTRACT OF ACTUALLY SIGNING IT UNTIL THEY COME AND THEY TRAIN US AND WE MAKE SURE WE'RE HAPPY WITH IT.

SO, TO, TO GET THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE OF WARDING THE CONTRACT, I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT I, I, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA KNOW WHAT WE'RE GETTING WITH THE SERVICES AND THEY'RE GONNA PROVIDE US WITH THE, THE TRAINING CALENDAR SCHEDULE OR WHATEVER, UH, BEFORE, BEFORE I WOULD ACTUALLY SIGN THAT CONTRACT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND WE SHOW THAT THE ESTIMATED USAGE OF $650,000, BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH REMY CORPORATION THAT DOES NOT INDICATE ANY AMOUNT.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE CONTRACT SAYS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT IS ZERO.

UH, I'M GONNA DEFER TO OUR COUNTY AUDITOR FOR THE SERVICES THAT THEY, WE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE YOU REPEAT ALL THAT IN THE MIC.

, I SAID YOUR LIGHT ON .

I SAID WHAT, WHAT I GAVE, UH, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE IS A CONTRACT, PURPORTEDLY A CONTRACT ANYWAY, BUT IT HAS NO UNIT PRICE, NO COST WHATSOEVER.

AND IN FACT, THEY INDICATE THE COST WOULD BE ZERO TO US.

I, I, I'M, I'M REALLY COMFORTABLE WITH THE CONTRACT THAT SAYS THEY WANT ZERO MONEY FROM THE COUNTY .

I AM TOO.

WE NEED TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION FROM THAT 650,000 THOUGH.

DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO PROCEED WITH, UH, RESOLUTION 2, 2, 3, 1 5? I THINK THIS, I I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO THAT UNTIL WE GET I'M SORRY.

GO AHEAD.

I, I'LL I'M SORRY.

OR WE COULDN'T HEAR YOU.

SHE COULDN'T HEAR YOU.

SAY THAT AGAIN PLEASE.

OH, I'M SORRY.

I THOUGHT IT WAS ON.

I SAID RIGHT UNTIL WE GET TO PRICING.

WE SHOULD NOT, YOU SHOULD NOT PROCEED FOR THAT MATTER BECAUSE OKAY.

THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO HOLD SECOND.

I NEED THE MOTION TO HOLD.

OH SEC.

MOVE TO HOLD.

SORRY.

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WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO HOLD RESOLUTION 2, 2, 3, 1, 5.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED THE AYES HAVE IT.

WE WILL HOLD RESOLUTION 2 2 3 1 5.

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[22320 A RESOLUTION awarding a contract for stage, sound, and lighting services for the 2026 Christmas in the Sky event for use by the Parks + Rec Department to Sound Check Enterprises of Kansas City, MO, under the terms and conditions of invitation to Bid No. 26-025 at a cost to the County not to exceed $25,760.00.]

AWARDING A CONTRACT FOR STAGE SOUND AND LIGHTING SERVICES FOR THE 2026 CHRISTMAS IN THE SKY EVENT FOR USE BY PARKS PLUS REC DEPARTMENT TO SOUND CHECK ENTERPRISES OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI UNDER THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF INVITATION TO BID 2 6 0 2 5 AT A COST TO THE COUNTY NOT TO EXCEED $25,760 COUNTY EXECUTIVES.

IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH US IN REGARDS TO THIS RESOLUTION? YEAH, MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS, UH, A JACKSON COUNTY TRADITION CHRISTMAS IN THE SKY THAT STARTS OFF OUR EVENT BY THE PARKS AND REC TO DO THE LONGVIEW LIGHTS.

UM, WE HAVE SO MANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT COME OUT AND DO A FIREWORK SHOW, AND THIS IS FOR THE, THE, UH, SOUND CHECK ENTERPRISES FOR THE STAGE, THE SOUND, THE LIGHTING, CONTINUE TO, TO DEAL WITH THEM OVER THE YEARS.

UH, WE'RE ALSO GONNA UTILIZE THIS AS THE BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION TOO, BECAUSE OUR ACTUAL BICENTENNIAL IN JACKSON COUNTY IS IN DECEMBER.

THAT'S WHEN DECEMBER, 2020, EXCUSE ME.

DECEMBER OF 1826 IS WHEN THE COUNTY WAS FOUNDED.

SO THAT'S, THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING EVERY YEAR FOR DECADES.

ANY DISCUSSION BEFORE WE GO ON TO A MOTION? THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, SORRY.

SO MOTION THE CHAIR.

THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

SO MOVED AND I'LL SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2 2 3 2 0.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT.

THIS COMMITTEE WOULD RECOMMEND RESOLUTION 2 2 3 2 0 4 ADOPTION.

IF THERE IS NO OTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, WE WILL ADJOURN AT 1:16 PM THANK YOU EVERYONE.

THANK YOU.