* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] [1 ROLL CALL] WELCOME TO THE 27TH REGULAR MEETING WITH THE JACKSON COUNTY LEGISLATURE. WEDNESDAY, JULY 15TH, 2026 AT 3:00 PM AT THE JACKSON COUNTY LEGISLATOR, SORRY, THE KANSAS CITY LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY AREA, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ANDERSON PEYTON SMITH, HUSKY, PRESENT FRANKLIN. HERE. MCGEE LAUER SMITH, ABCA. PRESENT THREE, PRESENT SIX. ABSENT YOU, ALL MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ORCHESTRATED TO NOT BE PRESENT TO CALL QUORUM TODAY. LET THAT LAND WHERE IT LANDS. THAT AIN'T RIGHT. THAT AIN'T RIGHT. THE REALITY OF THIS BODY IS WE ARE ELECTED TO SERVE HERE AS YOUR REPRESENTATIVES. WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING AS IS WE'LL MOVE FORWARD ON OUR AGENDA WITHOUT ACTION. BUT THAT IS THE NATURE OF THIS. WE HAVE LEGISLATOR ANDERSON. WE ARE STILL AT FOUR AND WE DO NOT HAVE QUORUM. WE WILL MOVE FORWARD ON THE FORUM ITSELF. WE WILL HEAR TESTIMONY. IF YOU HAVE NOT SIGNED UP, SIGN UP HERE, SIGN UP THERE. BUT THIS WAS A DOOR, A DESIGNED AND ORCHESTRATED EFFORT TO AVOID YOU, THE PLEDGE. SO NOW IF ONE MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE SHOWS UP, WE WILL HAVE QUORUM AND TAKE ON THE AGENDA. BUT WE WILL MOVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS AS IS BECAUSE THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CALLED IN DUE FORM, IN DUE PROCESS. THIS WAS ACTIVELY VOTED ON THIS PAST MONDAY AS AN ADD-ON WITH ALL PARTIES DISCUSSED AND FOCUSED ON AND ENGAGED TO PICK THE DATE, THE TIME I HAVE ALLOWED OR DISALLOWED FOR ANYONE TO RECEIVE AN EXCUSED ABSENCE. BECAUSE THE REALITY OF THIS SITUATION IS THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO NOT BE HERE. SO THANK YOU LEGISLATOR ANDERSON FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU, LEGISLATOR FRANKLIN AND LEGISLATOR HUSKY WHO'S COMING BACK. 'CAUSE I THINK SHE'S GETTING YOU WATER . BUT WE ARE HERE TO HEAR YOUR TESTIMONY. WE ARE HERE TO TAKE ON THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AS MUCH AS WE CAN, BUT, UM, THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT THIS MOMENT. SO, [2 THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] WITH THAT SAID, UH, I'LL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. SO PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THE FLAG OF THE UNITED, UNITED, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TWO REPUBLIC NATION UNDER, UNDER IN INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. FOR ALL. FOR ALL. AMEN TO THAT. OKAY. YEAH, IT'S ON THE SIDE THERE. ALL RIGHT, SO FOLKS, HOW THIS IS GONNA OPERATE, WE WILL ASK YOU TO JOIN US UP HERE. UM, IF YOU CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE GREEN LIGHT IS ON, ON THE MICROPHONE, WE WILL HEAR YOUR TESTIMONY. UM, AND WE WILL BE, WE WILL HEAR IT. SO NEVERTHELESS, UH, WE WILL WORK THROUGH THIS PUBLIC HEARING SIGN IN SHEET, AND GO FROM THERE. SO FIRST [4 HEARINGS] UP, WE HAVE, UM, LAKEISHA MARTIN, IF YOU'LL JOIN US RIGHT HERE, INTRODUCE YOURSELF. AND TESTIMONY IS YOURS. OH, RIGHT THERE. YEP. SORRY. BEING FIRST. YOU GOTTA TEST IT OUT. . GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS LAKEISHA MARTIN. I AM DISTRICT DIRECTOR FOR HEART OF AMERICA, COUNCIL SCOUTING AMERICA. AND I OVERSEE SCOUT, REACH AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS WITHIN THE INNER CITY AND PARTNER WITH THE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI SCHOOL DISTRICT. I LIKE TO DESCRIBE OUR PROGRAM AS A SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THE NORM FOR INNER CITY YOUTH. WE HAVE PROGRAMS, WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS THAT COME OUT IN THE EVENINGS AFTER SCHOOL IN THE SUMMERTIME, IN THE MORNINGS, IN THE EVENINGS. THERE HAVE EVEN BEEN TIMES LATER IN THE EVENING WHEN KIDS HAVE REACHED OUT TO TRUSTED LEADERS. SO THE FUNDING THAT WE GET FROM DIRECTLY FROM COMBAT DIRECTLY IMPACTS THOSE PROGRAMS. WHEN WE SAY THIS IS SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THEIR NORM, IT IS ABSOLUTELY OUTSIDE OF THEIR NORM. IT IS DETRIMENTAL TO SOME FAMILIES TO LOSE SOME OF THOSE RESOURCES THAT THEY GET FROM OUR PROGRAMS. UM, IT'S NOT JUST CAMPING, IT'S CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, IT'S LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. IT'S HAVING A POSITIVE ROLE MODEL, AND SOMETIMES IT'S HAVING A MEAL. SO WHEN WE TELL FAMILIES THAT WE'RE HERE, AND WHEN WE SAY WE'RE PARTNERING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, WITH COMMUNITY CENTERS, [00:05:01] WITH SCHOOLS, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO, TO GIVE THESE KIDS SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THEIR NORM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. . AND I BELIEVE THING ALL THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON. UH, WE WERE TO TALK ABOUT COMBAT AND PASS THE COMBAT, UH, SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION CAMPAIGN TO RENEW POTENTIALLY OUR COMBAT FEE. AND SO, MS. MARTIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, UM, TO TESTIFY. WE ARE ACTUALLY GONNA CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING NEXT MONDAY TO ALLOW FOR ALL THE AGENCIES TO NOT ONLY BE HERE, BUT TO SPEAK, UH, AS MS. MARTIN DID. I WAS REMISSED IN MY, UH, FRUSTRATION OR PASSION YOU PICK, UM, THAT I DID NOT READ THE PUBLIC HEARING TITLE. THANK YOU, MR. EXECUTIVE. UM, BUT THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI, AND FEDERAL AGENCIES SUCH AS THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, DHS, AND IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT ICE CLERK. PLEASE ADMINISTER THE OATH TO THOSE WHO WISH TO TESTIFY. SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND. I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU WERE GONE. IF YOU HAVE SIGNED UP TO TESTIFY AND SPEAK, PLEASE STAND AND YOU WILL BE SWORN IN UNDER OATH TO GIVE US YOUR TESTIMONY AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE SIGNED IN AS WELL, SO THAT WE KNOW. UM, SO MS. MARTIN, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO STAND BECAUSE YOU ARE HERE FOR COMBAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, IF YOU ARE HERE FOR COMBAT AND TO SUPPORT, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE IN SUPPORT. UM, BUT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO TESTIFY. THIS IS JUST FOR THOSE, UH, INDIVIDUALS WHO PLAN TO SPEAK ABOUT JACKSON COUNTY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES LIKE ICE AND DHS. SO, UH, TO THAT MATTER, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. MADAM CLERK, DO YOU SWEAR UNDER THE PENALTY OF PERJURY THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE AT THE MATTER AND ISSUE WILL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? I, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL. NOW I WILL TRY AND MANAGE THIS THE BEST I CAN. UM, FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, IF YOU CAN DO YOUR BEST TO REIGN WITHIN THREE MINUTES EACH, I WILL SET A, A, A TIMER, UM, AND MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE ARE HOLDING EVERYONE TO ACCOUNT. IT LOOKS LIKE NOW WE'RE WORKING ON A PODIUM HERE INSTEAD OF OVER HERE. AND IF WE GET THE MICROPHONE WORKING HERE REAL QUICK, WE'LL TEST, TEST. ASK EACH YOU TO STAND UP HERE AND TESTIFY, UM, TOWARDS THE RELATIONSHIP WITH JACKSON COUNTY, WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES LIKE ICE AND DHS. AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE NOT SET UP ATI, IF YOU'RE NOT SIGNED UP, THAT'S WHERE YOU DO IT. THANK YOU. LEGISLATOR ANDERSON. UM, MR. ANDERSON. I'M A CONFIDENT GUY, . SO, WITH THAT SAID, UM, WE WILL INVITE KYLE MEAD, UH, LOOKS LIKE COMBAT. I WOULD REFER TO THE COMBAT. OKAY, NO WORRIES. HENRY WASH, I THINK THAT IS ALSO FOR COMBAT. VICTOR CABALLERO. YES. SIGN. YOU HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. FLOOR IS YOURS, SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON, MIC CHECK. . HI, MY NAME IS VICTOR, UH, CAVALERO. I AM, UH, ALSO KNOWN AS SLICK VIC. UH, SLICK VIC. SLICK VIC. THAT'S A LIKE CASE. ANYWAY, AND, UM, JUST KIDDING. I'M, UH, RESIDENT OF JACKSON COUNTY, UH, FOR ABOUT 32 YEARS. UH, BUSINESS OWNER OF HANDYMAN TO THE RESCUE, L-L-C-C-E-O OF HANDYMAN RECORDS, UH, ACTIVIST AS WELL. UH, BASICALLY BEEN A MEMBER OF NORTHEAST FOR, UH, SINCE 1993. AND, UH, JUST CAME HERE TODAY WITH THE CONCERNS THAT'S GOING ON NATIONWIDE WITH THE INJUSTICES, UH, AND REQUESTING, UH, TRANSPARENCY FROM JACKSON COUNTY ON WHAT INFORMATION IS BEING SHARED, WHAT RESOURCES ARE BEING USED, AND, UH, WHAT POLICIES ARE IN PLACE TO PROTECT THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF EVERY RESIDENT OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, JACKSON COUNTY. AND PRETTY MUCH, UH, ALL RIGHT, IN A NUTSHELL. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. CABALLERO. YOU HAVE GIVEN US BACK TWO WHOLE MINUTES. THESE, THERE WE GO. THANK YOU, . WE HAVE UP, UH, NEXT, UH, GWEN IRVIN. AND THEN AFTER THAT WE HAVE KEEGAN TAYLOR TO BE ON DECK. HELLO, I'M, I'M GWEN IRVIN, AND I'VE LIVED IN THIS AREA FOR OVER 40 YEARS IN JACKSON COUNTY, I WOULD SAY EIGHT OF THOSE YEARS. UM, I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYONE OF THIS BANNER THAT SAYS, ONE WORLD ALL HEART, CASEY, WE ARE NOT LIVING THIS, THIS IS NOT OUR REALITY RIGHT NOW. [00:10:02] AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ON JACKSON COUNTY TO STAND UP FOR YOUR CITIZENS. I CANNOT SPEAK THAT THIS IS A FACT, BUT IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFFS ARE ACCOMPANYING ICE. WHY DON'T WE MAKE IT A, UH, WHATEVER YOU DO. SO IT'S NOT A LAW, BUT IT'S A REQUIREMENT THAT OUR SHERIFFS AND OUR POLICE IN JACKSON COUNTY ARE NOT TO BE THE BACKUP FOR ICE. AND WHY DO WE ALLOW OFFICERS IN OUR COUNTY TO WEAR SHIRTS THAT SAY POLICE REALLY LARGE, AND THEN ICE JUST A LITTLE BELOW IT? I AM ALSO INCENSED FOR ALL OF MY MEXICAN AMERICAN FRIENDS AND PEOPLE OF MEXICO, THAT THERE'S AN OFFICER WHO WALKS AROUND WITH A HAT, WITH A MEXICAN MEXICAN FLAG ON IT. HE'S NOT MEXICAN AMERICAN. IT IS AN INSULT. THERE IS SOMEONE, I DO KNOW THIS FOR A FACT, AND I THINK THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ADDRESS AS A COUNTY AND SAY, NO, NO, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THIS HERE. WE ARE ACTUALLY HAVING ICE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DOXED, IF YOU WILL, IDENTIFIED ESPECIALLY THE MAN IN THE MEXICAN HEAD. EVERYONE KNOWS WHO THAT IS. NOW, UM, THERE'S SOMEONE HERE NOW WHO HAS A COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST HIM IN MAINE. WHY IS HE HERE WORKING IN KANSAS CITY? IF YOU HAVE A COMPLAINT AS AN OFFICER, THE POLICE DON'T PUT YOU RIGHT BACK ON THE STREET. SO WHY SHOULD THIS ARMED PERSON, AND, AND I DON'T WANNA MISSPEAK, BUT IT'S ONE OF TWO COMPLAINTS. IT'S EITHER THE SHOOTING OR IT'S THE MAN THAT GOT SLAMMED. AND IT MIGHT NOT BE MAINE, BUT MAINE FOR SURE IS A COMPLAINT. AND THE MAN WHOSE HEAD WAS SLAMMED INTO THE, TO THE SIDEWALK SO THAT IT, HE HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. WHY DON'T WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT PROTECTS OUR CITIZENS FROM THIS BRUTALITY? WHY DO WE ALLOW THESE PEOPLE WHO I NOW THINK OF AS GENUINE NAZIS TO RUN FREE AND TO FRIGHTEN AND SCARE AND FOLLOW CITIZENS? OH, THAT'S MY TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, WE HAVE KEEGAN TAYLOR AND SUSAN THOMPSON. ALRIGHT. AS A TAXPAYER AND CONSTITUENT IN DISTRICT TWO, IT'S MY VISION FOR JACKSON COUNTY THAT WE OPPOSE THE SEPARATION OF FAMILIES. WE OPPOSE ICE KIDNAPPINGS. WE KNOW THAT MILITARY FORCES IN OUR STREETS ENDANGER OUR COMMUNITIES, AND IN A RESULT ON PEACE AND JUSTICE, THE TRUMP REGIME IS DEPLOYING A MODERN DAY GESTAPO AGAINST IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. HERE IN THE US, ICE AGENTS ARE RUNNING PEOPLE OFF THE ROAD AND HAULING THEM FROM THEIR CARS. THEY'RE ABDUCTING CHILDREN FROM THEIR CLASSROOMS. MY BLACK AND BROWN LOVED ONES ARE LIVING IN FEAR OF RACIAL PROFILING. THIS HAS NO PLACE HERE IN KANSAS CITY, AND WE URGE YOU TO ASSESS YOUR COMPLICITY AND PREVENT FURTHER ATROCITIES BY NOT PARTNERING WITH ICE HERE IN JACKSON COUNTY. THANK YOU SUSAN THOMPSON AND BENJAMIN . MY APOLOGIES IF I MISSED SOME LETTERS THERE. . FIRST OF ALL, FOR THE RECORD, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT CHARLIE FRANKLIN, DARREN MCGEE, DONNA PEYTON, SEAN SMITH, JEANIE LAWYER, MEGAN SMITH JUST DECIDED NOT TO SHOW UP HERE. CHARLIE'S HERE. OKAY, SORRY. CHARLIE . SORRY, CHARLIE. UM, THAT'S DISGUSTING. FIRST OF ALL, WE ALL CAME HERE, WASTED OUR TIME, TOOK TIME OUT OF OUR DAY TO COME HERE. AND, AND THEY DON'T WANNA LISTEN. JUST A REMINDER TO ALL OF YOU, BECAUSE WILL THEY READ THIS OR HEAR THIS? YOU WORK FOR US. YOU WORK FOR US. UM, SO I'M HERE BECAUSE I'M P****D. I'M P****D. I HAVE PERSONALLY SEEN AGENTS RIP PEOPLE OUT OF CARS. I HAVE SEEN THINGS WITH MY OWN EYES BECAUSE I SPEND MY TIME DRIVING AROUND MAKING SURE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN OR HELPING IN ANY WAY I COULD. AND IT'S NOT OKAY. WE JUST GAVE ICE ANOTHER $39 BILLION. DO YOU KNOW THAT MOST EXPERTS SAY IT WOULD ONLY COST 25 BILLION TO FEED EVERY SINGLE HOMELESS PERSON? I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT IS WRONG WITH US? WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? I, [00:15:01] I, IT'S, IT'S NOT GOOD. AND IN THE CITY, WE JUST PUT THE RATES BACK ON, ON THE BUSES. WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING. IT SEEMS TO HURT THE WORKING CLASS PEOPLE, UM, ARE IMMIGRANT FRIENDS AND IT'S NOT OKAY. I, WE REFUSE THE WORD, USE THE WORD ILLEGAL BECAUSE HUMANS ARE AN ILLEGAL, THEY'RE UNDOCUMENTED. PEOPLE ARE GETTING KILLED AND SHOT IN THE STREETS FOR SOMETHING WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY A MISDEMEANOR. IT'S A MISDEMEANOR. AND WE ARE NOT MAD ENOUGH. WE ARE NOT ANGRY ENOUGH. AND I TRULY, TRULY BELIEVE THAT IF THINGS DON'T CHANGE, THE PEOPLE ARE GONNA CHANGE 'EM. AND SO BE IT. IF THAT'S THE WAY IT IS. FRIDAY, UM, AT RIVER MARKET PARK, SIX O'CLOCK, WE'LL HAVE A RALLY THERE. I'M A PROUD MEMBER OF THE PARTY OF SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION AND WE ARE FOR THE WORKING CLASS PEOPLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NICE SHIRT. BENJAMIN, UH, AS AND JOHN FIERRO. MY NAME IS BENJAMIN ASAD AND MY DAD AND MY MOM ARE IMMIGRANTS. THEY CAME TO THIS COUNTRY TO PROVIDE A BETTER WORLD FOR US, A FREE FROM POVERTY, FROM FAMINE, FROM THE PAIN THAT IS TO LIVE OVER THERE. AND I'M SURE THAT'S A STORY THAT HAS BEEN TOLD MANY TIMES BEFORE. THIS NATION WAS CREATED IN THE NAME OF LIBERTY. EVEN THE FIRST PEOPLE WHO CAME HERE 10,000 YEARS AGO, THEY CAME HERE LOOKING FOR NEW LANDS TO LIVE ON. THE PILGRIMS CAME BECAUSE THEY WERE ESCAPING PERSECUTION. WHITE SKIN ON FOLKS ARE IMMIGRANTS AND THEY WERE RUNNING FROM SOMETHING, THEY WERE RUNNING THE SAME WAY THAT WE WERE RUNNING FROM SOMETHING NOT FAIR. AND I'M SURE EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM CAN MOSTLY AGREE ON THAT. AND WE ARE ALL EQUALLY TIRED, TIRED OF SEEING THIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THE IRISH IMMIGRANTS DEAL WITH THE SAME EXACT THING. THEY LITERALLY ENSLAVED PEOPLE FROM AFRICA AND BROUGHT UP OVER HERE. AND IT WAS THE WORST FORM OF ENSLAVEMENT IN THE HISTORY OF HUMANITY. WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING TIME AND TIME AGAIN AS MINORITIES, WE HAVE BEEN DEMONIZED BY THE MEDIA. AND ALL WE WANT IS A CHANCE TO LIVE AND LOOK AROUND THIS ROOM. LOOK WHO CAME FOR US. IT'S OUR PEOPLE. BUT WE CAN'T COUNT ON THE REST OF THESE INDIVIDUALS TO SHOW UP FOR US. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO, IF WE ARE GOING TO SAVE OUR PEOPLE, IF WE'RE GOING TO STOP THIS CYCLE OF PAIN, IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE BY UNITING HAND IN HAND AND STOPPING IT OURSELVES. 'CAUSE WE CANNOT TRUST A CORRUPT SYSTEM TO CHANGE ITSELF. WE MUST BE THAT CHANGE. SO WHAT I WANT TO ASK THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM IS TO, REGARDLESS OF YOUR POLITICAL AFFILIATION, REGARDLESS OF YOUR ETHNICITY, REGARDLESS OF YOUR SKIN COLOR, ANYTHING THAT COULD TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE ONE NEAR. YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON. THAT WE ALL WANT TO LIVE A LIFE. WE ALL WANT THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. IT WAS LITERALLY PROMISED TO US. WE HAVE A STATUTE, LIBERTY COMMEMORATING IT. AND I WANT MY MEXICAN BROTHERS TO STAND UP TO FIGHT BACK BECAUSE IF WE DON'T, THEY JUST KIND OF KEEP KILLING US. AND IT'S NOT LIKE THIS RUN, THIS COUNTRY CAN RUN WITH WITHOUT US. A SINGLE WEEK WITHOUT A MEXICAN WOULD LEAD TO A FULL ECONOMIC COLLAPSE. YOU WOULD HAVE NO FOOD IN YOUR GROCERY STORES. YOU WOULD HAVE NOBODY RUNNING THE CONSTRUCTION SITES. NOBODY WOULD BE, UH, WORKING THE RESTAURANTS BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE NO, NO COOKS, NO DISHWASHERS. [00:20:03] WE MAKE AMERICA GREAT. AND IT'S TIME WE REALIZE THAT. THANK YOU. MY STAFF IS LOOKING FOR KLEENEX. JUST F YI. SO I HAVE ASKED THEM TO BRING IT OUT. 'CAUSE UH, OBVIOUSLY THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF EMOTIONAL APPEALS IN THIS MOMENT. SO THAT'S WHY YOU SAW MS. MANN GET UP TO GO LOOK FOR SOME IS 'CAUSE I ASKED HER TO. SO, UH, WITH THAT, MR. FIERRO AND THEN OSCAR GARCIA, CHAIRMAN OF BARCA AND MEMBERS OF THE LEAD LEGISLATOR, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND YOUR SUPPORT. I KNOW CHAIRMAN OF BARCA, YOU HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN BEING AN ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF IMMIGRANTS. WE APPRECIATE THAT AND YOUR COLLEAGUES AS WELL. OSCAR GARCIA IS GONNA TALK, UH, ON BEHALF OF MATTI ROAD CENTER. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATOR. MY NAME IS OSCAR GARCIA. I AM THE STRATEGY AND INNOVATION COORDINATOR AT THE MATTI ROAD CENTER. WE'VE BEEN SERVING KANSAS CITY'S LATINO AND HISPANIC COMMUNITIES FOR OVER 130 YEARS. I'M JOINED TODAY BY OUR CEO JOHN FIERRO, AS WELL AS OUR SCHOOL SERVICES COORDINATOR AT EAST HIGH SCHOOL, DNH CHAVEZ. BEFORE I BEGIN, I'D LIKE TO AGAIN, THANK UH, EVERYONE GATHERED HERE TODAY TO SPEAK UPON THIS ISSUE. AND ADDITIONALLY, I'D LIKE TO THANK LEGISLATOR BARCA FOR BEING ONE OF THE ONLY ELECTED OFFICIALS TO SPEAK PUBLIC PUBLICLY DURING THIS TIME AND FOR GOING DIRECTLY INTO OUR COMMUNITY, FOLLOWING A RECENT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT OPERATION. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP. TODAY, I'M ASKING FOR THAT SAME LEADERSHIP FROM EVERYONE ELSE ACROSS JACKSON COUNTY. WE ARE WITNESSING AN UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL OF IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. FAMILIES ARE SEEING PEOPLE DETAINED AT GAS STATIONS, GROCERY STORES, WORKPLACES, WORK VEHICLES, AND IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS. REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU STAND ON FEDERAL IMMIGRATION POLICY, WE CANNOT IGNORE THE FEAR THAT THESE OPERATIONS HAVE CREATED IN OUR COMMUNITIES. PARENTS ARE AFRAID TO TAKE THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL. WORKERS CANNOT GO TO WORK. FAMILIES ARE AFRAID THAT AN ORDINARY TRIP TO THE GROCERY STORE COULD ALTER THEIR LIVES FOREVER. THIS IS NOT AN IMMIGRATION ISSUE. IT IS A COMMUNITY ISSUE. WHEN PEOPLE ARE TOO AFRAID TO REPORT CRIMES, SEEK MEDICAL CARE, SEND THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL, ENGAGE WITH PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, OR EVEN ENGAGE IN THE COMMUNITY ITSELF, THE WHOLE COMMUNITY SUFFERS. I'M ASKING THIS LEGISLATOR TO PLEASE STAND WITH THE CITY OF KANSAS CITY. EVERY MUNICIPALITY IN JACKSON COUNTY, OUR STATE LEADERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, ANYBODY THAT IS WILLING TO LEND A HAND TO SPEAK WITH ONE UNIFIED VOICE, DEMAND TRANSPARENCY, DEFEND DUE PROCESS, SHOW OUR COMMUNITIES THAT LOCAL LEADERS WILL NOT REMAIN SILENT WHILE FAMILIES LIVE IN FEAR. OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF JACKSON COUNTY AND AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THIS CITY, AND THEY DESERVE TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE. LEADERSHIP IS MEASURED IN MOMENTS LIKE THIS, AND I ASK THAT WE STAND TOGETHER AND SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT JACKSON COUNTY STANDS FOR. THEIR TRANSPARENCY, DIGNITY, AND RULE OF LAW. THANK YOU. KURT WEBER AND THEN DANIEL GARCIA. IT HAS BEEN DOCU. MY NAME IS KURT WEBER. IT HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED THAT THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS ASSISTING ICE AT THE FONTELLA FOOD WAREHOUSE LAST WEEK. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. THERE ARE MORE OF US THAN THERE ARE OF THEM. KANSAS SITAN ARE GANGING UP ON ICE, SHOWING UP WHEN THEY SHOW UP AND WHEN WE SHOW UP, THEY LEAVE. AND WE WANT TO PLEASE, THAT'S NOT YOURS. SORRY. THAT'S MY MY FAULT. I HAVE LEFT A ICE SIDING HOTLINE HERE. PLEASE JOIN AIR AND LET'S GANG UP ON ICE. THANK YOU. UH, WE HAVE DANIEL GARCIA AND BENJAMIN, UH, ROSLER. IS HE JUST, YEAH. OH, OKAY. JUST A KNOW. I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU THOUGHT WE OKAY? YEP. OKAY. OKAY. HI EVERYONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR SHOWING UP. MY NAME IS DANIEL GARCIA, AND THANK YOU FOR THOSE HERE THAT, UM, SHOWED UP TODAY WHO ARE HERE TO REPRESENT US. UM, I'M A RESIDENT IN THE NORTHEAST, UM, HERE WITH MY FAMILY SINCE 2001. UM, AND SHOWING UP FOR HERE IS, UM, SHOWING UP FOR MY FAMILY AND MY COMMUNITY. UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S PARALYZING THE FEAR. UM, IT'S, IT'S REALLY HIDDEN AND IN A, IN A SOULFUL WAY WHERE, YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE TO, UM, PRAY ON IT, NOT JUST FOR MY FAMILY, BUT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. [00:25:01] AND, UM, YEAH, I JUST WANNA VOICE, HOW CAN WE COME BACK TO A PLACE OF LOVING THY NEIGHBOR? UM, NOT TO BRING LIKE, RELIGION IN IT, BUT I THINK THAT'S JUST A, A, A, A BASIC HUMAN VALUE, UM, TO LEND A HAND. AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY CALL TO ACTION, UM, FOR EVERYONE TO NOT GIVE INTO FEAR. WE'RE STRONGER AS A COMMUNITY WITH, WITH UNITY. UM, AND AS THE HISTORY OF, OF THE AMERICAS THAT OF IMMIGRANTS AND PEOPLE, UM, BEING RESILIENT. UM, MY CONCERN IS THAT THE PEOPLE WILL RISE UP. THEY'RE GONNA BE RESILIENT, UM, ONCE THE SCHOOL SEASON ROLLS IN. AND IF THINGS KIND OF CONTINUE WHERE THEY'RE GOING. UM, I JUST PRAY TO GOD THAT WE'RE GONNA BE SAFE AND, UM, ANY LIVES LOST, UM, FRANKLY WILL COME BACK TO WHAT IS NOT BEING DONE, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT SHOWING UP. AND SO, UM, I I, I'M INTERESTED IN WHAT IS THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN NOT JUST KCPD, IT'S ALREADY VERY DAMNING HOW, UM, KANSAS CITY AS A WHOLE DOESN'T HAVE A, UM, DOESN'T GET TO VOICE AND KIND OF REGULATE OR POLICE FORCE. UM, BUT I'M CURIOUS, LIKE WHAT CAN WE DO, UM, IN TERMS OF CREATING POLICIES THAT, UM, WE CAN MAKE THIS A SAFE SPACE THE BEST WE CAN, UM, AND REGULATE DHS AND, AND THOSE ICE AGENTS. I REMEMBER SHOWING UP, I THINK IN THE NEW YEAR, MANNY, ABOUT, UM, THE MANDATE OR YOU, YOU PROPOSED THAT MANDATE WITH THE MASS AND STILL ON THE AGENDA RIGHT HERE ON THE AGENDA. I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING. SO, UH, I, I, I THANK THOSE INITIATIVES, BUT LIKE IT'S, MAN, IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THEY WERE, THEY WERE HERE RIGHT NOW. SO, UM, I, I BELIEVE THAT'S MY TIME. SO I THANK YOU ALL FOR SHOWING UP AND LET'S CONTINUE SHOWING UP WHILE BENJAMIN ROSLER, UM, IS COMING UP. LOOKS LIKE BRETT HAMILTON NEXT, I WILL SAY LITERALLY THE FIRST THING, WHEN WE GO THROUGH THIS AGENDA FOR ACTIONS, ITEMS WE CAN'T SPEAK ON, I THINK THE QUESTION IS ANSWERED WHEN I SAY THAT FOUR PEOPLE ARE CURRENTLY HERE, AND IT TAKES FIVE PEOPLE TO ACT. SO WHEN YOU ASK WHAT THE STATUS OF THE MASK MANDATE IS, I THINK YOU VISUALLY SEE YOUR ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION RIGHT NOW. YEP. THE REALITY THOUGH, IS I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO MR. ROSLIN. WILL THIS BE SCHEDULED AGAIN ANOTHER TIME? SO I'LL, I'LL GET TO THAT HERE IN A FEW. YES. MR. RASTA. UH, THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN AND LEGISLATORS PRESENT TODAY. UH, MY NAME'S BENJAMIN WRESTLER. I LIVE IN NORTHEAST KANSAS CITY ON PROSPECT AVENUE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD CALLED PENDLETON HEIGHTS. I'VE LIVED THERE FOR EIGHT YEARS. I WAS PRESENT IN THIS VERY BODY WHEN THERE WAS A PUBLIC HEARING ABOUT A BAN ON LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM CONCEALING THEIR IDENTITIES BECAUSE LEGITIMATE LAW ENFORCEMENT DOING LEGITIMATE OPERATIONS DO NOT CONCEAL THEIR IDENTITIES. THAT IS WHAT THE SECRET POLICE DO. ANOTHER THING THAT LEGITIMATE LAW ENFORCEMENT DO IS PRESENT A JUDICIAL WARRANT SIGNED BY A JUDGE FOR A CRIME WITH A CRIMINAL'S NAME ON IT. I WAS ALSO PRESENT AT THE RAID ON LAF FONTELLA FOODS. AND THAT IS NOT WHAT OCCURRED THAT DAY. WE REPEATEDLY ASKED THOSE PEOPLE FOR A WARRANT. THEY REFUSED TO SHOW IT. THEY REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE IDENTITIES OF THE PEOPLE THAT THEY HAD IN DETENTION OR ANY LEGAL BASIS FOR THAT DETENTION. I HAVE NOW ALSO SEEN THE STATEMENT FROM THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, IN WHICH THEY SAID THAT THIS RAID WAS NOT AN ENFORCEMENT OPERATION, BUT SERVING A CRIMINAL SEARCH WARRANT FOR A SEX OFFENDER. THAT STATEMENT IS NONSENSE. IF THAT IS THE CASE, THE SHERIFF SHOULD PRODUCE THAT WARRANT AND THE NAME OF THAT PERSON FOR THE SAFETY OF THIS COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS THE NAMES OF ALL THE PEOPLE DETAINED THAT DAY AND A WARRANT WITH THEIR NAMES ON IT. CALLING THESE OPERATIONS LAW ENFORCEMENT IS A FARCE. THEY ARE WILDLY ILLEGAL IN THE WAY THAT THEY OPERATE AND THE MANDATES GIVEN TO THEM, THEY ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE LAW IN ANY WAY. AND I MEAN, IN ALL PHASES OF THAT PROCESS. AND IF IT IS THE CASE THAT THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF IS LYING TO CONCEAL THE CRIMES, THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY COVERING UP THE TRUTH TO CONCEAL THE CRIMES OF A FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT [00:30:01] AGENCY, THAT IS ALSO A CRIME. AND THE SHERIFF SHOULD THINK ABOUT THAT BEFORE ISSUING ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS OF THAT NATURE. AND I'M HERE TO INSIST THAT THIS BODY HOLD THE SHERIFF ACCOUNTABLE AND TAKE A STAND AS FAR AS WHAT WE WILL ACCEPT OR WHAT WE WILL NOT ACCEPT HERE IN JACKSON COUNTY. THANK YOU. RIGHT. BRETT HAMILTON, AND I THINK LAST CALL, ANDREW, IF YOU'D STOP RIGHT THERE REAL QUICK. UH, IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO TESTIFY, WE'D HAVE TO SWEAR YOU IN, UM, TO DO IT. BUT ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO TESTIFY BEFORE WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? ALL RIGHT, ANDREW, I'LL TAKE THAT LIST THEN. UH, HELLO. MY NAME IS BRETT HAMILTON. I'M A JACKSON COUNTY RESIDENT. UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, EVERYBODY WHO IS HERE, AND SHAME ON THOSE WHO DIDN'T HAVE THE COURAGE TO SHOW UP. UM, ON THURSDAY, JULY 9TH, I ARRIVED TO THE ALDI ON POEO IN THE NORTHEAST, UH, AND PARKED MY CAR AT 10:29 AM UH, THROUGH, UH, NETWORKS IN THE COMMUNITY. WE HAD KNOWN THAT THERE WAS A RAID AT LA FONTELLA THAT HAD STARTED MINUTES EARLIER TO MY ARRIVAL. UM, I PARKED DIRECTLY NEXT TO A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY VEHICLE AND APPROACHED THE VEHICLE. UH, THE DEPUTY ROLLED HIS WINDOW DOWN. I ASKED HIM WHAT WAS HE DOING IN THE PARKING LOT IF HE WAS ON DUTY. UM, AND THE DEPUTY ROLLED HIS WINDOW DOWN AND TOLD ME THAT HE WAS WAITING FOR HIS WIFE. UH, HE ROLLED HIS WINDOW BACK UP, AND BEFORE I, I, I STOOD OUTSIDE THE WINDOW AND CONTINUED TO ASK FOR HIS NAME AND BADGE NUMBER TO, FOR MORE CLARITY ON IF HE WAS ON CALL OR IF HE WAS ON DUTY. AND HE, THE OFFICER REFUSED TO IDENTIFY. I NEVER ONCE GOT A BADGE NUMBER FROM THIS GUY. UH, HIS LAST NAME WAS BRIGGS, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S, UH, HE, HE, HE CONCEALED HIS IDENTITY. RIGHT. UM, I THINK THAT THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW WHEN THE SHERIFF WAS INFORMED BY DHS OR ICE ABOUT THIS RAID. UM, I THINK THE PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT OUR LAW, WHAT OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE DOING, AND WHO IS DOING IT IN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS, THIS, THIS, THIS FAILURE TO IDENTIFY, TO ME IS DEEPLY TROUBLING, ESPECIALLY IN A MOMENT WHERE, UH, ICE IS FAILING TO IDENTIFY. WE HAVE NO ACCOUNTABILITY OVER ANY OF THESE, UH, ANY OF THESE FORCES. UH, AND THEN O OVER AN HOUR LATER, THE SHERIFF'S DEPUTY WOULD SPEND THE REST OF THAT TIME IN THE PARKING LOT UNTIL DHS WAS CALLED OVER TO THE RAID. UM, AS WE WERE CONSTITUTIONALLY OBSERVING THE RAID, UH, WE SAW JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY, THE SAME EXACT DEPUTY PULL UP TO THE RAID, AND, UH, DETAIN WHAT WE ASSUMED TO BE A US CITIZEN THAT WAS HANDED OVER DIRECTLY BY, UH, ICE TO THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. I, I, UH, WE HAVE A COPY OF THE, THE FIRST PAGE OF THE WARRANT THAT WAS HANDED TO THE BUSINESS, UH, FOR THIS RAID. NOWHERE ON THIS WARRANT DOES IT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT CRIMINAL. NOWHERE IN THIS WARRANT DOES IT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE SEIZURE OF PEOPLE. UM, THIS, THIS, THIS REPORT BY THE SHERIFF, UH, IS DUBIOUS AT BEST, AND I WOULD REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE SOME EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THIS CLAIM THAT HE'S MAKING. UM, BECAUSE WE, AGAIN, WE HAVE A COPY OF THE SEARCH WARRANT, AND IT'S EXACTLY THAT. IT'S A SEARCH WARRANT FOR, FOR DOCUMENTS AND SUPPORTING EVIDENCE, UH, IN A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. IT IS NOT AN ARREST WARRANT. UM, AND YET, ICE CAME TO THIS FACILITY AND LEFT WITH SIX INDIVIDUALS IN, IN DETENTION. OKAY? THIS IS THE SAME EXACT, UH, SCENARIO THAT HAPPENED IN AT ELTORO LOCO LAST YEAR, WHERE THEY SHOWED UP WITH A SEARCH WARRANT FOR DOCUMENTS AND LEFT WITH 11 PEOPLE. IT'S THE SAME THING THAT HAPPENED AT EL POTRO, UH, ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, WHERE ICE IS USING, UH, JUDICIAL SEARCH WARRANTS TO EXECUTE MASS DRAGNETS OF ANYBODY WHO'S NOT WHITE IN THE BUILDING. AND WE NEED TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THIS. THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT THIS IS. WE ARE LIVING UNDER A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT HAS AN IDEA OF AMERICA THAT THE WIDER IT IS, THE BETTER IT IS, AND THEY'RE EXECUTING A ETHNIC CLEANSING, HUNTING PEOPLE DOWN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS FOR THEIR SKIN COLOR AND THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY SPEAK. AND THAT SHOULD BE APPALLING TO ANYONE WHO LIVES IN THIS COUNTRY. CORRECT? UM, I, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE ACTION TAKEN, DISCIPLINARY ACTION TAKEN AGAINST THIS DEPUTY BRIGGS. UM, AGAIN, I UNFORTUNATELY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF HIS INFORMATION BECAUSE HE REFUSED TO IDENTIFY, UH, FOR ME. UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE MORE KNOW YOUR RIGHTS INFORMATION DISTRIBUTED BY THE COUNTY. I THINK, UH, POWER OF ATTORNEY CLINICS FOR IMMIGRANTS AND, AND, AND LETTING PEOPLE KNOW OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS THAT, THAT WE HAVE THEIR BACK IF THEY DO NOT OPEN THEIR DOOR TO AN ILLEGAL SEARCH [00:35:01] FROM ICE. UH, IT, IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW AND, AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, HARD INFLUENCES HERE WORKING IN THIS RED STATE. UM, BUT WE NEED BRAVERY IN THIS MOMENT, AND WE NEED IT. THE, THE FIGHT, IT IS NOT AVOIDABLE. WE HAVE TO PICK A FIGHT BECAUSE THE FIGHT IS COMING TO US AND PEOPLE ARE BEING DISAPPEARED OFF OUR STREETS EVERY SINGLE DAY. THANK YOU. I AM SUPPOSED TO REIGN YOU IN OUT OF ORDER FOR DOING THAT, BUT I'M THE CHAIR, SORRY. ELIAS GARCIA. AND THEN CHARLES DELEONE IS THE LAST PERSON WHO'S SCHEDULED. UM, AND YEAH, UH, HELLO. MY NAME IS ALIYA GARCIA. I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF JACKSON COUNTY. I LIVE IN OLD WESTPORT THESE DAYS. MY FAMILY HAS BEEN IN THIS REGION FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS. I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE MADI RHODES, UH, REPRESENTATIVES THAT CAME THROUGH TODAY. MADI RHODES IS PLACED ACROSS THE STREET FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW PRIMITIVO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WHEN I SAY MY FAMILY HAS BEEN IN THIS REGION FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS, WHAT I MEAN IS THAT SCHOOL ACROSS THE STREET. PRIMITIVO GARCIA ELEMENTARY IS NAMED AFTER MY GREAT UNCLE. MY GREAT UNCLE WAS A MEXICAN IMMIGRANT. HE WAS NOW A US CITIZEN WHEN HE DIED, PROTECTING HIS PREGNANT ESL TEACHER AT WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL. I THINK ABOUT AT THIS POINT, 60 YEARS AGO IN THE 1960S, SHE WAS CONFRONTED BY A GROUP OF MEN. THEY WERE MUGGING HER, AND HE TOLD HER TO RUN AWAY WITH HIS TWO YOUNGER BROTHERS BEFORE HE BOXED THEM. HE WAS DASHING, HE WAS DARING, AND HE CONSIDERED HIMSELF A, AN AMATEUR BOXER. AND UNFORTUNATELY, HE WAS SHOT. HE WOULD DIE. A WEEK LATER, HE BECAME A CITIZEN OF MISSOURI BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE. THERE WAS ACTUALLY A HOLIDAY IN KANSAS CITY FOR PRIMO MOTIVA GARCIA IN DECEMBER. THAT WAS A MEXICAN I IMMIGRANT. WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK TODAY, OF COURSE, IS ABOUT THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND ICE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THE IMMIGRANT, UH, COMMUNITY OF THIS ENTIRE CITY IS UNDER ATTACK UNDER THIS ENTIRE, IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY IS UNDER ATTACK. UM, I WANNA GIVE A FURTHER SHOUT OUT TO, UH, TO BRETT WHO JUST SPOKE A MOMENT AGO. I WAS ALSO AT THE LAFA FOOD RATE, AND I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE SPECIFICS OF THAT RATE. WHY IS IT THAT OUR JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS TALKING ABOUT THAT THERE WAS NO ONGOING IMMIGRATION OPERATION, THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A SEX, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME KIND OF UNREGISTERED SEX CRIMINAL WHEN IN REALITY, I HAVE MULTIPLE RECORDED TESTIMONIES OF EMPLOYEES FROM THAT BUSINESS FROM THAT DAY SAYING THAT THEY DID SHOW UP WITH A WARRANT, BUT IT WAS ONLY A SEARCH WARRANT FOR DOCUMENTS, AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ARRESTING ANY INDIVIDUALS ON THE PREMISES. I HAVE THOSE RECORDED. THOSE ARE EMPLOYEES WHO DIRECTLY SPOKE TO ICE AS THEY WERE HELD UP, AND THEN RACIALLY PROFILED AND HAD THEIR INFORMATION RAN THROUGH SYSTEMS BEFORE THEY WERE LET GO. WHY IS IT THAT I THEN HAVE A COPY OF THE SEARCH WARRANT THAT WE WERE TOLD WASN'T A THING THAT THIS WAS LOOKING FOR A NON-REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER FOR THE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT? WHY IS IT THAT OUR JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS DOING PR FOR A FEDERAL AGENCY AT A WHIM OF THEIR OWN VOLITION? THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED TODAY. I WANNA CLARIFY A FEW OTHER THINGS. I WANNA GIVE MY THANKS TO THE MEMBERS OF LEGISLATURE WHO ARE HERE TODAY TO GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THESE ISSUES, RIGHT? BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW IS A CRISIS OF SECRET POLICE IN AN ONGOING CAMPAIGN OF ETHNIC CLEANSING UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE ADMINISTRATION THAT CLAIMS THAT ONE THIRD OF THE US, THE UNITED STATES POPULATION, 100 MILLION AMERICANS, ARE ACTUALLY SECRETLY ILLEGAL. THE NEWS JUST DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT THAT. I WANT TO FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE DARREN MCGEE, DAN, DONNA PAYON, SEAN SMITH, JEAN LAUER, MEGAN SMITH. THEY'RE NOT PRESENT, AND THEY HAVE, UH, FAILED TO ALLOW LEGISLATIVE QUORUM TO OCCUR TO HERE TODAY FOR THEIR OWN REPRESENTATIVES IN AN OTHERWISE PACKED ROOM. THE ONLY PART OF THIS ROOM THAT DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IS THE BOARD. I GREW UP CLEANING HOUSES WITH ELA, SOMETHING I DID ALL THE WAY THROUGH COLLEGE UNTIL SHE FINALLY GOT HER SECOND KNEE REPLACED. MANY OF THE FAMILIES WE WORKED FOR WERE THE SAME FAMILIES THAT WELCOMED MY FAMILY INTO KANSAS CITY, AT LEAST THE THIRD TIME WE CAME THROUGH. UH, ALONG WITH, UH, AND, AND WHAT I MEAN BY WALKING US INTO KANSAS CITY, WHAT I MEAN IS THAT THEY GOT US INTO THE CITY AT A TIME WHEN REDLINING PREVENTED LATINOS ALONG WITH BLACK AMERICANS FROM OWNING PROPERTY IN THE BEST PARTS OF TOWN. THOSE MANY OF THOSE FAMILIES WERE JEWISH. AND I LEARNED EARLY ON IN MY LIFE ABOUT THE SHOWA AND THE MEANING OF NEVER AGAIN. IN 1933, THE NATIONAL SOCIALIST PARTY OF GERMANY HAD AROUND 200,000 INDIVIDUALS RUNNING THROUGH THE NASCENT SYSTEM OF CAMPS. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW THAT ALREADY TODAY, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT OVER 400,000 INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN PROCESSED THROUGH OUR SYSTEM OF CONCENTRATION CAMPS THAT ARE INCREASINGLY SPREAD OUT THROUGH THIS ENTIRE COUNTRY. AND NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO BUILD THEM ABROAD AS WELL. IF YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT YOU WOULD BE DOING UNDER THE RISE OF NAZI GERMANY, YOU ARE IN FACT LIVING IT TODAY. WE HAVE MORE [00:40:01] PEOPLE PROCESSED THROUGH OUR SYSTEM OF CAMPS THAN NAZI GERMANY HAD IN 1933 WHEN ADOLF HITLER TOOK POWER, AND IT ALL TOOK A YEAR AND A HALF. I'M WITH THE KANSAS CITY DSA, I'M SPECIFICALLY WITH THE KANSAS CITY ICE FREE CAMPAIGN. I WELCOME YOU ALL TO GET INVOLVED WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZING, RIGHT? MANY OF THE PEOPLE I SEE HERE ARE IN THE COMMUNITY DEFENSE NETWORK. YOU CAN JOIN WHENEVER YOU WANT. LOOK UP KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY DEFENSE. YOU'LL FIND THE LINK TREE ONLINE. IF YOU WANNA GET MORE INVOLVED, YOU CAN JOIN ME OVER IN A KKC ICE FREE CAMPAIGN. THE REASON WHY, APOLOGIES THAT I AM LIKE IN A T-SHIRT AND CUTOFF SHORTS, WAS BECAUSE I WAS CANVASSING RIGHT BEFORE I CAME HERE. , I WAS CANVASSING BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE WILLING TO TAKE A STANCE AGAINST ICE. WE NEED TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS. WE NEED TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE. IF WE DON'T DO IT NOW, IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN. IN LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES THAT HAD RIGHT WING DICTATORSHIPS, THERE'S THIS TERM CALLED RIOS THAT DISAPPEARED. WE ARE IN A COUNTRY THAT DISAPPEARS. PEOPLE, WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE INTERNALIZED THAT OR NOT, WE HAVE MASS MEN WHO DO NOT IDENTIFY THEMSELVES, WHO RIP FAMILIES OUT OF CARS AT THE CRACK OF DAWN. AND WE DON'T SEE THEM OR HEAR FROM THEM UNTIL THEIR NAMES COME OUT IN A LIST BECAUSE THEY DIE FROM ME. MEDICAL, UH, MEDICAL ABUSE IN A CAMP THAT IS HAPPENING TODAY. THESE ARE FACTS. THREE MEN HAVE BEEN KILLED BY ICE IN THE LAST WEEK. TWO OF THEM WERE SHOT. ONE OF THEM WAS WITH THEIR DAUGHTER, WHO WAS THREE YEARS OLD IN HER BLUEY PAJAMAS. THE OTHER WAS ON HIS WAY TO WORK WHERE HE BUILT THE HOUSES WE LIVE IN. THE OTHER ONE WAS BEING CHASED BEFORE HE WAS HIT BY A TRACTOR IN ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THESE ARE FACTS. THESE ARE NOT SPECULATIONS. AND WE REFUSE TO SEE WHAT IS IN THE ROOM WITH US TODAY. ACT DO SOMETHING. WE'RE MAKING LISTS OF THOSE WHO HAVE DISAPPEARED, BUT IF IT'S HASN'T CLICKED IN YET, WE'RE ALSO TAKING LISTS OF THOSE WHO DID NOTHING, WHO SAID NOTHING. NOW IS THE TIME. THANK YOU. I DIDN'T HEAR THAT. CHARLES DE LEON. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS CHARLES DE LEON. I AM A GENERAL PRACTICE, UH, PUBLIC INTEREST ATTORNEY, UH, HERE IN THE CITY OF KANSAS CITY. UM, I'VE HEARD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT JACKSON COUNTY IS DOING AND WHAT THEY'RE NOT DOING. UM, JUST TO JOG PEOPLE'S MEMORIES. UM, THIS WAS THE SAME PLACE WHERE IN 2019, UH, ICE OFFICERS BROKE THE WINDOW OF AN IMMIGRANT TO ARREST HIM AND LATER DEPORT HIM. UH, THIS WAS HERE LOCALLY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL REMEMBER. CITY COUNCIL GOT SOME PUBLIC FLACK FOR THAT. UH, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY KCPD THAT GAVE ICE THE TOOL THAT THEY USED TO BREAK THE WINDOW. THAT'S RIGHT. RIGHT? YEP. OH MY GOD. AND, UM, I'M ACTUALLY USING THIS PLATFORM TO TALK TO ALL OF YOU. I I DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THE LEGISLATURE AND WHATNOT. UH, THEY DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER TO SHOW UP. MY INTEREST IS IN TALKING TO YOU ALL. UH, WE ALSO HAVE A JACKSON COUNTY PROSECUTOR HERE, MS. MELISSA JOHNSON, UH, HER RIGHT HAND MAN, RIGHT HERE, UH, SITTING RIGHT NOW, UH, NEXT TO THEM, UM, IN MY EXPERIENCE HELPING OUT IMMIGRANTS IN THE JACKSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER, IS THAT JACKSON COUNTY PROSECUTORS FOLLOWING ORDERS. BY THE WAY, THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS RIGHT HERE ARE THE ONES THAT GIVE THOSE ORDERS, BUT I, I, I RESPECT THEM AS PEOPLE THAT I GO UP AGAINST IN COURT. I HAVEN'T GONE UP AGAINST THEM INDIVIDUALLY, BUT I'VE GONE AGAINST THE PROSECUTORS THAT WORK UNDER THEM, FOLLOW THEIR ORDERS, AND THEY DO INSANE BONDS. AND WHEN I TRY TO CHALLENGE THESE BONDS, THEY SAY, SORRY, THESE ARE ORDERS FROM ABOVE, ABOVE BEING THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS RIGHT HERE. UM, AND, AND WHAT HAP WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT, SORRY, GO AHEAD. JUST MAKING SURE YOU'RE STAYING ON POINT OF THE ICE DHS COLLABORATIONS HERE. OH, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING ABOUT THAT IS THAT IT'S INTERTWINED. UM, THEIR BONDS ARE INSANE, BUT THEN THEY ALSO HAVE AN ICE HOLD. UM, AND THIS ICE HOLD BASICALLY PREVENTS THEM FROM EVER GETTING OUT OF DETENTION. IT MEANS THAT THEIR FAMILIES WILL PUT UP THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN BOND JUST TO GET THEM RELEASED FROM JACKSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER. AND THEN THEY HAVE A DETENTION HOLD FROM ICE THAT FORCIBLY HOLDS THEM FOR 48 HOURS. NOW, YOU MIGHT THINK JACKSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER IS GOING [00:45:01] TO RESPECT THOSE 48 HOUR RULE, WHICH IS A FEDERAL RULE, BY THE WAY, WHERE WE DON'T TECHNICALLY NEED TO COOPERATE WITH THEM. THERE IS NO LAW THAT SAYS WE NEED TO LOCALLY COOPERATE WITH THEM. THERE, THERE JUST ISN'T. BUT THERE'S THIS 48 HOUR RULE THAT'S KIND OF LIKE, HEY, WE'LL BE NICE. WE'LL HOLD THEM FOR YOU FOR 48 HOURS AND THEN WE'LL RELEASE THEM. I HAD A CLIENT, I'M NOT GONNA SHARE HIS NAME TO PROTECT THEM. UM, HE HAD BEEN A VICTIM OF A CRIME. HE CALLED KCPD FOR HELP. KCPD SHOWS UP. HE STARTS GIVING HIS REPORT TO THEM, AND THEN THE CAR THAT HAD BEEN STOLEN APPEARS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM. HE'S LIKE, HEY, THAT'S MY CAR. KCPD FOLLOWS. THE GUY CATCHES THE GUY CAR IS COMPLETELY TOTALED. THEY SAY, HEY MAN, SORRY WE DIDN'T GET YOUR REPORT. COME INTO THE STATION TOMORROW SO YOU CAN FINISH YOUR REPORT. HE SHOWS UP TO KCPD STATION THE NEXT DAY TO FILL OUT HIS REPORT. HE'S A VICTIM OF A CRIME. HE GOT HIS CAR JACKED AND IT GOT TOTALED. AND THEN AFTER FILLING OUT HIS REPORT, AN ICE PERSON THAT HAD BEEN NOTIFIED BY KCPD SHOWS UP, ARRESTS HIM, TAKES HIM TO THE JACKSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER WHERE HE IS HELD. AND I DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT HIM UNTIL HE HAD ALREADY BEEN IN JAIL FOR SEVEN DAYS. THEY RIGHT FIVE DAYS AFTER THE 48 HOUR RULE. THEY'RE COLLABORATING. SO, SO IF YOUR QUESTION IS, HOW DEEPLY IS JACKSON COUNTY OR KCPD COLLABORATING WITH ICE COMPLETELY, A HUNDRED PERCENT FULLY, DO NOT TAKE ANY LIP SERVICE FROM THESE PEOPLE UP HERE THAT HAVE THE POWER TO PREVENT THIS. I HOPE THAT JACKSON COUNTY PROSECUTORS MAYBE LOWER BONDS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE IMMIGRANTS ON NONVIOLENT CHARGES. UM, AND I HOPE THAT THEY TAKE, UH, THEY MAKE JACKSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER ALSO ACCOUNTABLE FOR NOT FOLLOWING THESE 48 HOUR RULES OR MAYBE PASSING SOME LEGISLATION THAT TELLS OUR JUDGES, HEY, THAT LAWYER THAT JUST MOTIONED TO IGNORE THE ICE DETENTION HOLD, WE'RE NOT GONNA OPPOSE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. AS WAS SO ELOQUENTLY SAID, YOU ALL ARE HERE AND THEY ALL ARE NOT. UM, I HAVE, UH, THROUGH THE, THE VIRTUE OF THE POWERS INVESTED IN ME AS THE CHAIR OF THE LEGISLATURE, HAD OUR CLERK SEND THIS MESSAGE TO EACH OF THE AUTHORITIES. I'VE ASKED TO TESTIFY HERE, CHAIRMAN A BARCA HAS ASKED ME TO INVITE YOU TO THE PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 15TH, 2026 AT 3:00 PM DURING THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE IN THE KANSAS CITY LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY AREA. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS REGARDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI, AND FEDERAL ICE. UH, I'M, THAT'S IN MY HEAD. FEDERAL AGENCIES SUCH AS THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, DHS AND IMMIGRATION AND ICE, UH, IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT, UH, ICE. KINDLY CONFIRM YOUR ATTENDANCE. THANK YOU. THIS WAS SENT AT 8:04 PM BY MARY JO ESPINO. THANK YOU FOR WORKING SO HARD, MARY JO. AND THIS WAS RESPONDED TO ME BY DARRELL FORTE AT 8 49. COPYING COUNTY EXECUTIVE VODA, MELISSA JOHNSON, UH, MY CHIEF OF STAFF FROM THE SHERIFF DIRECTLY. GOOD EVENING. RESPECTFULLY, I WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN ATTENTION SEEKING ACTIVITIES, ESPECIALLY ON SUCH NORDIC NOTICE. MY SCHEDULE IS USUALLY FULL WEEKS OUT. IF YOU CHECK ONE OF MY FACEBOOK POSTS EARLY THIS MORNING, I INFORMED A CONCERNED CITIZEN OF MY AVAILABILITY ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. I HAD A ONE HOUR WINDOW OPEN. I PREFER NOT TO BE IN THE PRESENCE OF A LIAR. AND ANYONE WHO HAS PROUDLY DEMONSTRATED PUBLIC DISDAIN FOR WOMEN, BULLIES SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED POWER. I'VE BUILT A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH FEDERAL PARTNERS OVER THE YEARS AND WILL NOT RISK THE RELATIONSHIPS BASED ON THE WHIMS OF AN UNHINGED ATTENTION SEEKING NARCISSIST. SHERIFF FORTE, MADAM CLERK, I'D LIKE TO SUBMIT THIS LETTER AS A PART OF THE RECORD, TO BE ATTACHED TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING, AS WELL AS THE FACEBOOK POST SHARED BY THE SHERIFF ON HIS OFFICIAL FACEBOOK PAGE FOR MENTIONED HERE. THIS WAS ALSO SUGGESTED AS AN INVITATION TO OUR COUNTY EXECUTIVE, AS WELL AS TO OUR PROSECUTOR WHO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY NOW TO SAY ANYTHING AS A PART OF THIS PROCESS IF THEY WOULD LIKE. OTHERWISE, UH, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE REMAINDER OF OUR AGENDA. FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. LEMME GO FIRST, MY, UH, RESPONSE. I'M JACKSON COUNTY EXECUTIVE, PHIL LA PEOPLE LISTENING, UH, TO RESPOND TO THE REQUEST TO BE HERE TODAY. UM, I SHARE THE PASSION WITH THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM OF WHAT THEY DEAL WITH, UH, WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES. AND, UM, I SYMPATHIZE WITH THEM. I, I, I WILL NOT THOUGH FOR THE RECORD, NOT RESPOND TO THE LAST SPEAKER [00:50:01] QUESTION, THE INTEGRITY OF THE JACKSON COUNTY PROSECUTOR, THE JACKSON COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE. UM, THIS PERSON WHO SPOKE THAT SAYS A MEMBER OF THE BAR CLEARLY UNDERSTANDS THAT BONDS ARE NOT A CERTAIN SPECIFIC THING THAT THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE DEALS WITH. THEY CERTAINLY EVALUATE THE VIOLENCE OF A CRIME, REQUEST A BOND, BUT IT ENDS UP WITH THE JUDGE WHO MAKES THAT DECISION. I COME FROM 10 YEARS AS A PROSECUTOR. I TAKE OFFENSE AT THAT, THAT THERE'S SOME SORT OF COLLABORATION WITH THIS OFFICE. I'VE WATCHED THIS PROSECUTOR AND THEIR STAFF ARE PROFESSIONALS. THERE'S NOTHING FUNNY ABOUT IT. THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT OF OUTSTANDING THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. FOLKS, I, AND I'M NOT RULE YOU OUT OF ORDER AND ASK YOU TO BE REMOVED, UNFORTUNATELY. LET'S GIVE SOME RESPECT AS IT WAS GIVEN TO YOU ALL. MR. I'M NOT DISMISSING ANY OF ANYONE TESTIFYING WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH IN THIS COMMUNITY WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES, BUT TO DISPARAGE THE OFFICE OF THE JACKSON COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE IS BEYOND REPROACH. THERE ARE A LOT OF JUDGE HERE THAT MAKES SOME BAD DECISIONS. THE 48 HOUR HOLD IS BASED ON A JUDICIAL THING. AND I'VE SEEN THESE PROSECUTORS GO TO BAT FOR DEFENDANTS, AND THEY TAKE THE OATH OF MAKING SURE THEY'RE CHARGING CRIMES THAT THEY CAN PROVE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT. AND I KNOW FROM MY EXPERIENCE, THE PROSECUTOR AND THESE PROSECUTORS HERE UNDERSTAND TOO, IF THERE'S ENOUGH EVIDENCE, THEY DON'T CHARGE THE CRIME. THE POWER OF THE PROSECUTOR TO PUT, TO TAKE ON SOME LIBERTY IS IMPORTANT. AND I KNOW THE PROFESSIONALS IN THIS OFFICE TAKE THAT SO STRONGLY. SO MY RESPONSE IS TO THAT LAST SPEAKER. IT'S NOT TO ANYONE ELSE, NO CHUCKLES. I RESPECT YOUR ABILITY TO BE HERE TODAY AND RESPECT YOUR PASSION AND RESPECT YOUR ABILITY TO RESPOND TO WHAT YOU BELIEVE ARE AND WHAT ARE SOME TERRIBLE THINGS HAPPENING, SOME FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES. SO MY OWN RESPONSE FROM MY POSITION, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF LEGISLATURE AND PEOPLE HERE THAT WAS WRONG. SPEAK TO WHAT YOU DO, SPEAK TO WHAT YOU KNOW, BUT THIS IS NOT A COLLABORATION OF ANYONE, BUT RESPECT THE PEOPLE AT THE JACKSON STATE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE DOING THE JOB. MADAM PROSECUTOR, IF I CAN GO BEFORE YOU GO, THERE'S GOTTA BE MUTUAL RESPECT IN THIS CONVERSATION. YOU CAN DISAGREE WITH US INDIVIDUALLY. YOU CAN DISAGREE WITH OUR PRESENCE. YOU CAN DISAGREE WITH OUR POLICIES, BUT DO IT RESPECTFULLY, BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOUR VOICE IS DISCOUNTED, NOT YOUR CAUSE. YOUR VOICE, THE REALITIES THAT WERE JUST MENTIONED BY OUR COUNTY EXECUTIVE. I TOO STAND WITH OUR PROSECUTOR BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SITUATIONS FOR WHICH SOME OF YOU IN THIS ROOM KNOW, BECAUSE I HAVE WORKED WITH YOU ALL TO IDENTIFY AND SPEAK ON BEHALF OF IMMIGRANTS, UNDOCUMENTED FOLKS THAT THIS PROSECUTOR HELPED RESOLVE. THE REALITY IS WE WANT TO WORK WITH YOU. THAT'S WHY WE ARE ALL HERE. THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS COULD HAVE GOT UP AND LEFT AT ANY POINT WHEN THEY KNEW THAT WE WERE NOT GONNA HAVE QUORUM. THEY ARE HERE. YOU CAN DISAGREE WITH THEM, BUT YOU GOTTA RESPECT THE FACT THAT THEY'RE SITTING IN THESE SEATS HEARING YOU OUT WHEN THEY COULD HAVE BEEN JUST AS ABSENT AS THESE ONES. MADAM PROSECUTOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. CHAIRMAN, AND THANK YOU, MR. EXECUTIVE FOR YOUR REMARKS. UM, I DON'T WANNA REHASH A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID, UM, BUT I'LL ADD THAT NOT ONLY DO WE TAKE OUR JOB SERIOUSLY AND ADMINISTERING JUSTICE FAIRLY, AND ALSO OUR WITNESSES AND OUR VICTIMS WHO ARE UNDOCUMENTED AS WELL. MANY PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW THAT AS PROSECUTORS, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SIGN WHAT ARE CALLED I NINE LEASES, WHICH ALLOW PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN VICTIMIZED BY CRIME OR THAT HAD WITNESS CRIMES COOPERATIVE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT TO REMAIN IN THIS COUNTRY. DURING THE DEPENDENCY OF THE CRIMINAL PROSECUTION PROCESS, I PROUDLY SIGNED THOSE DOCUMENTS. I PROUDLY SIGNED THOSE DOCUMENTS ON AN EXTREMELY FREQUENT BASIS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, I'M A PROUD MEMBER OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS A NATIONAL COALITION OF PROSECUTORS CALLED THE FIGHT AGAINST FEDERAL OVERREACH, ALSO KNOWN AS FAFO, WHERE WE MEET BIWEEKLY TO STRATEGIZE TO WORKSHOP. WHAT WAS THAT, THAT ACRONYM, FAFO. IT'S CALLED THE FIGHT AGAINST FEDERAL OVERREACH. IT WAS STARTED BY D LARRY KRASNER OUT OF PHILADELPHIA. WE MEET BIWEEKLY TO DISCUSS HOW WE AS PROSECUTORS CAN ENSURE THAT FEDERAL AGENCIES DO NOT OVERSTEP, DO NOT OVERREACH AND RESPECT THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF CITIZENS ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY. IN FACT, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON ELECTION PROTECTION ISSUES TO ENSURE THAT FEDERAL AGENCIES RESPECT THE ELECTORAL PROCESS AND INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE CASTING THEIR RIGHTFUL BALLOTS AND MAKING THEIR VOICES HEARD IN THIS COUNTRY. AND SO, MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT, THE JACKSON COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE IS HAPPY TO BE HERE. WE ARE HAPPY FOR THE STEPS THAT WE HAVE TAKEN TO ENSURE EVERY SINGLE RESIDENT IN JACKSON COUNTY, WHETHER DOCUMENTED OR NOT, IS ABLE TO LIVE, [00:55:01] THRIVE, AND BE SAFE FROM CRIMES. THANK YOU, MADAM PROSECUTOR. UM, I WILL SPEAK, UM, ON THE REALITY OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE HERE, AND I'LL ALLOW THEM TO SPEAK IF THEY WANT TO SAY ANYTHING. UM, JUST THIS PAST FRIDAY, UM, I HAD AT THE REQUEST OF MYSELF AS CHAIR INVITED MEMBERS OF CLAY COUNTY, JACKSON COUNTY, WYANDOT COUNTY, JOHNSON COUNTY PRINCIPAL LEADERS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, TO PARTICIPATE IN A DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE RESPOND COLLECTIVELY TO THE ISSUES THAT ICE ARE CREATING WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES, THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE BEING DISPARAGED, AND THE IMPACT THAT CAN BE DONE IN A COLLECTIVE VERSUS INDIVIDUALLY ADDRESSING IT. THANK YOU MADAM PROSECUTOR FOR BEING THERE. I UPDATED THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT DISCUSSION. IN OUR WEEKLY MEETINGS. HE SUGGESTED THAT WE CREATE AN OFFICE HERE FOR WHICH LEGISLATION WAS SUBMITTED THIS PAST MONDAY TO EXECUTE LEGISLATIVELY THAT WOULD BOTH OPERATE AS A CLEARINGHOUSE FOR YOU ALL TO SUBMIT THE VIDEOS, THE TESTIMONIES OF WHAT YOU'RE WITNESSING IN THE PUBLIC TO US THAT THE PROSECUTOR WOULD REVIEW FOR POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES. SUBSEQUENTLY. ALSO, THE EXECUTIVE SUGGESTED THROUGH OUR DISCUSSION THAT THIS BODY OF GOVERNMENT DOES NOT HAVE TO REACT WITHIN AN IMMEDIACY AS IT HAS IN OTHER WAYS TO ICE OR ANY OTHER FEDERAL AUTHORITY THAT SAYS, GIVE ME X, Y, Z. NOW, THAT WASN'T A COMMITMENT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, AND THE LEGISLATION WAS INTRODUCED MONDAY. I WILL STAND UP FOR THE FOLKS WHO ARE SITTING RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW AND ARE ONLINE BECAUSE THE COURAGE IT TAKES TO STAND UP AGAINST CLEARLY A SUPER MAJORITY OF COLLEAGUES THAT CHOSE TO NOT BE HERE FROM A MEETING THAT THEY CHOSE THE DATE AND THE TIME TO PICK ON MONDAY FOR THIS MEETING, FOR A MYRIAD OF ISSUES IMPACTING COMBAT, IMPACTING PROPERTY TAX REFORM, IMPACTING THIS TOPIC THAT WAS A CHOICE THAT THEY POLITICALLY AND TACTFULLY EXECUTED, LED BY TWO MEMBERS, INCLUDING MY VICE CHAIR. THIS BODY IS SEVEN DEMOCRATS AND TWO REPUBLICANS. THE REALITY THOUGH, IS WE SIT IN THESE CHAIRS AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO GOVERN, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, IT TAKES FIVE VOTES TO PASS ANYTHING HERE. IF YOU CAN COUNT TO FIVE WITH THIS BODY RIGHT NOW, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. WE'D START THE MEETING. THIS ISN'T PERFORMATIVE, FOLKS. IF THERE WERE FIVE PEOPLE WHO WERE WILLING TO VOTE, SIX PEOPLE TO CONFIRM IT, IT WOULD BE DONE. SOMEBODY ASKED ABOUT THE MASK ORDINANCE, DO YOU COUNT TO FIVE? THAT'S THE REALITY OF THIS SITUATION. I ASK YOU TO EMPOWER YOURSELVES TO HOLD THESE FOLKS ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE THESE FOLKS ARE SITTING IN THIS BODY RIGHT NOW. YOU WANT SOMETHING DONE? TALK TO THEM. THEY'RE HERE. I CAN'T ADDRESS ANYTHING ELSE, UNFORTUNATELY. OTHERWISE, WE COULD TALK AFTER, NEED RESPOND. YOU CANNOT AT ALL. UNFORTUNATELY. THE REALITY OF THIS THOUGH, IS THAT WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD IN SOME WAY AND COLLECTIVELY WORK TOGETHER. FOLKS, IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN GOVERNMENT, WHY ARE YOU SITTING HERE? THAT'S WHAT UNFORTUNATE REALITY. YOU DON'T THINK WE SHOULD EXIST? FINE STEP OUTSIDE OF THE CHAMBERS BECAUSE WE'RE EXISTING. I NEED YOU ALL. I'M BEGGING YOU ALL. STOP DISMANTLING A GOVERNMENT FOR FOLKS WHO ARE SITTING HERE WILLING TO CHANGE IT. FOLKS ON THE LEGISLATURE. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THE PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? LEGISLATOR ANDERSON. UH, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, THERE'S NOTHING TOO THAT CAN BE SAID TO FIX WHAT, UM, THE PAIN THAT EVERYONE'S FEELING. AND THE ONLY WAY TO FIX THIS IS THROUGH ACTION AND THROUGH ELECTION AND THROUGH SO MANY OTHER PATHWAYS. BUT I WILL SAY THIS, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE ANGER THAT'S IN THIS ROOM TODAY. BECAUSE WHEN YOU ELECT PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY'RE GONNA CHANGE SOMETHING, AND THEN THEY DON'T SHOW UP TO ACTUALLY CHANGE ANYTHING, AND YOU KEEP BEING FETED LIES AFTER LIES, AFTER LIES. UM, AS A PERSON OF COLOR, REALIZING THAT, UH, EVEN AS A DEMOCRAT HERE, UH, THAT MY OWN PARTY FAILS ALL THE TIME, UNDERSTANDING THAT IS A TOUGH THING, BUT IT'S TOUGHER FOR EVERYBODY WHO HAS TO KEEP FIGHTING. LISTEN, I I TAKE CARE OF MY MOM FULL TIME. I'M HER CAREGIVER. AND SEEING THE PAIN THAT SHE GOES THROUGH AS SOMEBODY WITH A PERSON WITH DISABILITIES WHO CAN'T EVEN GET OUTTA BED BY HERSELF AND HAVING GOVERNMENT CONTINUE TO FAIL HER BREAKS MY HEART. BUT IT ALSO BREAKS EVERYBODY WHO HAS THAT SAME [01:00:01] ISSUE. WHAT WE'RE FACING WITH ICE RIGHT NOW, AS WHAT MY FRIEND FROM, UH, THE DSA MENTIONED, WE HAVE MORE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CAPTURED. THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT BEING HELD. THEY'RE CAPTURED AND BEING HELD HOSTAGE BY UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING. AND A MARCH AND A STATEMENT OF SUPPORT AND SAYING THIS IS WRONG IS NOT ENOUGH. AND SO I WANNA SAY, I WISH THIS LEGISLATURE HAD MORE POWER, BUT I KNOW FROM THE CHAIRMAN AND MYSELF AND OTHERS, WE SURE AS HECK WILL FIND WHAT WE CAN DO. TO WHAT EXTENT AND THE POWERS THAT ARE VESTED IN US BY OUR CHARTER AND THE STATE CONSTITUTION. AND AS SOMEBODY MENTIONED, WE'RE IN A RED STATE, THEY'LL PROBABLY FIGURE OUT SOME WAY TO DEFUND US. BUT I THINK WE'VE SAID IT ON THIS D BEFORE. GO AHEAD. FINE, DEFUND, IF YOU WANNA GO AND DEFUND US, FINE. BUT THAT MEANS PROTECTING KIDS, PROTECTING OUR NEIGHBORS, PROTECTING THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE HUMAN BEINGS. THIS IDEA THAT SOMEONE AS AS, AS AS, UH, UH, UH, WAS MENTIONED BEFORE, NO ONE IS ILLEGAL. HUMAN BEINGS ARE HUMAN BEINGS. WE'VE CREATED THESE LINES FOR WHAT REASON? NO REASON AT ALL. CAPITALISTIC IDEAS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE REALIZE THAT THEY ARE LESSER THAN. AND I KNOW MY WORDS, MANY OF YOU'RE PROBABLY SITTING THERE, WELL, HE'S JUST TALKING RIGHT NOW. BUT I, I'VE, I SAY THIS AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN HERE FOR EIGHT YEARS, IT MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO BE SEEN, BUT CHANGE IS SLOW AND IT TAKES A LONG TIME AND AN ELECTION'S COMING, AND PEOPLE NEED TO REALIZE THAT. SO I'M ASKING YOU NOT ONLY TO THE FOLKS THAT ARE HERE, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT YOU MAY DISAGREE WITH OR THE PEOPLE THAT AREN'T HERE TODAY. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, I CAN SIT HERE AND TELL MY COLLEAGUES HOW I FEEL. I CAN SAY HOW IT'S AFFECTED MY LIFE. I CAN SAY IT'S AFFECTED FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS, BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE I'M NOT THE CONSTITUENT. SO WHEN YOU CALL AND YOU SEND THOSE EMAILS, PLEASE PUSH THEM. PLEASE TELL THEM HOW MAD YOU ARE. PLEASE TELL THEM HOW YOU'RE GONNA HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE. BECAUSE THERE SHOULD BE NINE HERE AND THERE'S NOT NINE HERE. BUT IT TAKES YOU. AND IF THEY DON'T DO IT, SHOW UP TO A MEETING. AND IF YOU WANNA TALK, EMAIL THE CHAIRMAN, HE'LL ALLOW YOU TIME TO SPEAK. HE'S ONE OF THE ONLY CHAIRS THAT WE'VE HAD IN MY TIME HERE THAT LETS PEOPLE ACTUALLY SPEAK AT THINGS. SO I ASK YOU, PLEASE DON'T GIVE UP ON THE FIGHT. DON'T THINK THAT THIS ENDS RIGHT NOW. BUT PLEASE, PLEASE TAKE THE PASSION THAT YOU HAVE TODAY. AND I KNOW YOU DO BECAUSE THAT PAIN DOESN'T GO. BUT KEEP PUSHING ALL OF US AND MAKE US LISTEN. MAKE US LISTEN. DR. HUSKY, I AM AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. YOU MAY NOT HAVE ELECTED ME, BUT I REPRESENT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. IT BREAKS MY HEART THAT MY COLLEAGUES ARE NOT HERE, WHETHER PRESENT AT THE DAAS OR ONLINE WITH CHARLIE. YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO SPEAK YOU. AND IT WAS PEACEFUL. HOWEVER, I CAN'T DO ANYTHING. JUST LIKE MANNY SAID, IT IS FOUR OF US AND WE NEED AT LEAST FIVE. SO I APOLOGIZE FOR MY COLLEAGUES THAT MAYBE YOU DID VOTE FOR OR MAYBE YOU DIDN'T. HOWEVER, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHATEVER IS GOING ON IN THIS COUNTY. AT LEAST YOU SHOULD HAVE A VOTE. I MEAN, A VOICE, I APOLOGIZE. A VOICE. 'CAUSE WE REP ALL OF US. AND RON MCGEE, HE TOLD ME HE WOULDN'T. CHARLIE, YOUR YOUR, YOUR VOICE IS ON. IF YOU WANNA CHIME IN. OH, I WAS JUST SAYING. I'M, I'M GOOD. OKAY. SO I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE IT BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES THE FACT THAT THE MAJORITY OF US WERE NOT HERE TO LISTEN TO YOU BECAUSE IT WAS PEACEFUL. IT WAS ACTUALLY PEACEFUL. AND WE GOT HAVE GIVEN YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WHETHER WE DO ANYTHING OR NOT. YOU HAD THAT RIGHT TO, TO SPEAK. SO THERE, THAT, THAT'S WHERE I AM WITH THIS. AND, UM, I HAD TEARS. I REALLY TRIED MY BEST TO KEEP 'EM CRYING OUT LOUD. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS WITH US. UM, [01:05:02] UH, UNFORTUNATELY WE CANNOT TAKE ANY MORE PUBLIC TESTIMONY AT THIS TIME FOR THE RESPECT OF THE FOLKS WHO HAVE SAT HERE FOR THE AGENDA. I WILL COMMIT TO ANOTHER CONVERSATION TO INVITE FOLKS TO COME BACK. YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO STAY. YOU CAN TALK TO US, BUT I'VE GOTTA KEEP THE MEETING, MOVING SO WE CAN, CAN CLOSE IT OUT. AND I DON'T WANT TO CREATE A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT OF A CALL AND RESPONSE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT EFFECTIVE IN ANY WAY. SO, UH, WE, WE, WE WILL CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION. I CAN'T HAVE YOU SPEAK FROM THERE, UNFORTUNATELY. YOU CAN ASK STAFF WHO'S RIGHT HERE. STAFF, RAISE YOUR HAND PLEASE. AND SO, SO IF YOU GOT QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, THOUGHTS, TALK TO STAFF, WE WILL NOT GO ANYWHERE. BUT I GOTTA KEEP THE MEETING MOVING. IT AIN'T GONNA LAST VERY LONG 'CAUSE WE CAN'T DO MUCH. SO [5 COMMUNICATIONS WITH AND REPORTS OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE] WITH THAT, UH, WE WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, MR. EXECUTIVE, UH, FOR YOUR TIME AS A COMMUNICATIONS REPORT WITH THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE. MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBER LEGISLATURE, LONGVIEW LAKE BEACH WILL OPEN TODAY AT 1:00 PM . THANK YOU. BEACH WAS TEMPORARILY CLOSED YESTERDAY AFTER ROUTINE WATER QUALITY TESTING INDICATED ELEVATED LEVELS OF E COLI. WE HAVE SINCE RECEIVED CONFIRMATION FROM THE TESTING LABORATORY. THE INITIAL RESULT WAS DUE TO BAD WATER. SIMPLE FOLLOW-UP TESTING, CONFIRMED THAT WATER IS WELL WITHIN ACCEPTABLE RANGE FOR SWIMMING AND THE BEACH IS SAFE TO REOPEN. OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY VISITORS IS ALWAYS OUR TOP PRIORITY. WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S PATIENCE AND UNDERSTAND WHY WE VERIFY THE WATER QUALITY. AND FINALLY, I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS BODY MEETING ON MONDAY, JULY 20TH. WE GOT SOME VERY IMPORTANT ISSUES TO DEAL WITH, WITH COMBAT ISSUES. THE ARPA FUNDS THAT NEED TO GET OUT TO OUR JURISDICTIONS. WE GOT SOME LITIGATION ISSUES AND SOME 9 1 1 FUNDS. SO, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A FULL MEMBERSHIP HERE. PAUSE ONE SECOND, MR. EXECUTIVE. LET LET FOLKS, IF YOU ARE GONNA HAVE CONVERSATIONS, PLEASE TAKE IT OUTSIDE THE CHAMBERS AND MAKE SURE THE DOOR'S CLOSED. SO WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. WE JUST GOT A MEETING TO FINISH UP HERE. THAT IS NOT GONNA BE VERY LONG, UNFORTUNATELY. HAPPY TO MEET WITH FOLKS AFTERWARDS. HAPPY TO CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS AND, UH, HAPPY TO CALL ON FINANCING AND AUDIT COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE SOME OF THE SUGGESTIONS, MR. EXECUTIVE. SORRY TO, OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE HEARING? NONE. UH, [6 PERFECTION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND REPORTS OF COMMITTEE] [6050 AN ORDINANCE prohibiting law enforcement officers from concealing their faces or badges during performance of their official duties and establishing penalties and exemptions.] PERFECTION PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND REPORTS OF ON COMMITTEE? UH, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, MADAM CLERK, WE CANNOT ACT ON ANY BUSINESS, UM, AT THIS POINT BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF QUORUM. UM, [6104 AN ORDINANCE appropriating $1,000,000.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2026 Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund to create the Public Safety Education Cost Center Fund and authorizing the County Executive to execute a consulting agreement with TJP Strategies, LLC, of Kansas City, MO, at a cost to the County not to exceed $1,000,000.00.] I BELIEVE MADAM PROSECUTOR, IF, DO YOU WANT TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON 6 1 0 4? I BELIEVE THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF DISCUSSION THERE. WILL WAIT FOR THEM TO CLOSE THE DOORS HERE. THAT MY STAFF'S OUT THERE. JEN'S GONNA CLOSE THE DOORS. WE CAN'T VOTE ON ANYTHING. THANK YOU. YES. NOW, MR. CHAIRMAN, VERY BRIEFLY, WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE. UM, WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT, UM, BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE ON THAT ORDINANCE THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO ADDRESSING ON MONDAY DURING THE LEGISLATIVE MEETING. OKAY, UH, WE WILL ADD A PUBLIC HEARING. MADAM PROSECUTOR, FOR THE FOLKS WHO WANNA MAYBE COME AND TESTIFY ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF COMBAT, UM, FOR MONDAY'S MEETING, UH, ANY OTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS? I LOOK AT GENERAL COUNSEL. IF THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITY. UMS, SEEING NONE, WE, WE CANNOT TAKE ANY ACTION. UH, FINAL PATCH IS THE PROPOSED ORDINANCES. WE CANNOT TAKE ANY ACTION RESOLUTIONS AND COMMITTEE. WE CANNOT TAKE ANY ACTION. UM, THAT'S A FUN AGENDA. CONSENT [9 CONSENT AGENDA] AGENDA. WE CANNOT TAKE ANY [10 INTRODUCTION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND ASSIGNMENT TO COMMITTEE] ACTION. INTRODUCTION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND ASSIGNMENTS COMMITTEE. WE CANNOT TAKE ANY ACTION. [11 INTRODUCTION OF PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS AND ASSIGNMENT TO COMMITTEE] INTRODUCING THE PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS TO COMMITTEE, WE CANNOT TAKE ANY ACTION. UM, [22353 A RESOLUTION authorizing the Jackson County Legislature to hold a closed meeting on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, for the purpose of conducting privileged and confidential communications between itself and the Jackson County Counselor under section 610.021(1) of the Revised Statutes of Missouri and closing all records prepared for discussion at said meeting.] AS 2 2 3, 5 3 WAS SET TO DETERMINE AN ISSUE RELATING TO PROPERTY TAX REFORM AND SOLUTION. SADLY, MY COLLEAGUES FAILED TO APPEAR TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF PROPERTY TAX REFORM AS THEY FAIL TO ADDRESS AND HEAR FROM YOU ALL WHO WERE HERE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. THAT REALITY MEANS THEY'RE WILLING TO PUT PROPERTY TAX REFORM AS WELL AS ISSUES DEALING WITH FEDERAL AUTHORITIES AGAINST SHOWING UP TO SERVE THEIR, THEIR COMMUNITY. [12 COUNTY EXECUTIVE ORDERS] MOVING ON TO COUNTY EXECUTIVE ORDERS. ARE THERE ANY COUNTY EXECUTIVE ORDERS? MADAM CLERK, MR. [13 UNFINISHED BUSINESS] CHAIRMAN, ANY UN UNFINISHED BUSINESS? [14 NEW BUSINESS] ANY NEW BUSINESS? INTRODUCTION OF ANY ORDINANCES? MADAM CLERK. INTRODUCTION TO ANY NEW CAN WE DO INTRODUCTION TO NEW WHITNEY MILLER WITH THE COUNTY COUNSELOR'S OFFICE? WE WILL ADD THE ORDINANCES TO THE PACKET, I BELIEVE IS THE PLAN. SO THAT CAN, CAN FOR THE, FOR THE, OR FOR THE OR AMENDMENT YOU ARE REFERRING TO SO THAT MEMBERS HAVE ACCESS TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW THAT. BUT AS FAR AS THE NEW RESOLUTION ON THE AGENDA, WE WON'T, WE'LL WAIT UNTIL MONDAY. CAN WE READ THE TITLE OF THE ORDINANCE? THAT'S TO BE INTRODUCED ON [01:10:01] THE NEXT AGENDA MONDAY. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE AMENDMENT? NO, THE ORDINANCE. 2 6 2 6 0 COOPERATIONS WITH ICE. I JUST DID IT. OH, THERE YOU GO. I GUESS I DON'T HAVE, SO FYI, WE WILL ADD THAT TO THE AGENDA FOR MONDAY TO BE READ IN AS A PART OF THAT AGENDA. UH, ORDINANCE 2 6 2 6 0, I GUESS COOPERATIONS WITH ICE. I'M GUESSING THE RLA PROCESS WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU IN REGARDS TO THAT AS IT WILL, UH, MOST LIKELY BE ASSIGNED TO THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE THAT HAS SUBPOENA POWER. SO [15 ADJOURNMENT] I WOULD SAY WE'D ADJOURN, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE VOTES TO ADJOURN. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC TESTIMONY. THE NON-WETTING IS NOW ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.