Aug 24, 2026 Budget Committee

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UH, GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

MY NAME IS JALEN ANDERSON.

I'M THE CHAIR OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.

UH, TODAY I'M JOINED BY LEGISLATOR FRANKLIN AND I WILL ASK LEGISLATOR LAUER TO SIT IN FOR US, IF YOU WON'T MIND.

YES.

THANK YOU.

UH, WE HAVE NO ORDINANCES IN COMMITTEE.

UM, AND, UM, WE HAVE TWO RESOLUTIONS.

[RESOLUTIONS IN COMMITTEE]

[22357 A RESOLUTION establishing the Jackson County Housing Trust Fund to support the development, preservation, rehabilitation, and accessibility of affordable housing throughout Jackson County, Missouri, and requesting the County Administration to develop policies governing the use of the Fund.]

AND THIS LEGISLATOR, UH, BARCA'S, UH, LEGISLATION, HE IS NOT HERE.

SO WE WILL JUST HOLD THIS, SET IT.

UM, OKAY.

THANK YOU.

WE'LL JUST HOLD THAT AND THEN WE'LL MOVE BACK TO

[22373 A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute an amendment to the 2022 ARPA Agreement with Swope Health Services for the purchase of real estate, at no cost to the County.]

UH, THIS IS A, AN AMENDMENT TO AN ORIGINAL 2022 ARP AGREEMENT WITH SWOPE HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT NO COST TO THE COUNTY.

UM, RESOLUTION 21 0 9 2 PASSED ON NOVEMBER 14TH, AUTHORIZED THE ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE EXECUTE AGREEMENT WITH SWOPE HEALTH FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN 18 ROOM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES BUILDING.

DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE CONSTRUCTION WILL NOT BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE CONTRACT, PERIOD, 12 31 26.

SO IN ORDER TO LEVERAGE THIS ONE-TIME MONEY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT, SWOPE HEALTH HAS IDENTIFIED AN APARTMENT BUILDING FOR SALE.

THIS APARTMENT BUILDING WILL ALLOW FOR 24 UNITS AND IS LESS THAN FOUR MILES FROM THE MAIN CAMPUS.

THE PURCHASE OF THE 24 UNIT BUILDING FURTHER SWOOPED HEALTH MISSION TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF THE COMMUNITY BY DELIVERING ACCESSIBLE QUALITY COMPREHENSIVE PATIENT CARE UNDER THE AMENDED AGREEMENT, WHICH WILL BE DRAFTED UPON APPROVAL BY THE LEGISLATURE, THE FUNDING WILL BE USED TO PURCHASE A 24 UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THIS CONTINUED CARE TO THE COMMUNITY.

UM, ESSENCE MONTGOMERY'S, THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF SWOPE, AND SHE'S HERE IF THE COMMITTEE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, BUT THAT IS THE ESSENCE OF THE, UH, ISSUE IN FRONT OF YOU TOO.

SO I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT AND, AND I KNOW THAT, UH, MS. MONTGOMERY WILL TOO.

OKAY.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, GOOD AFTERNOON LEGISLATORS AND CHAIR PEYTON.

UM, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO COME AND, AND SHARE TODAY.

SO THE ARPA DOLLARS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY, UM, ALLOCATED TO SWOPE HEALTH SERVICES RELATED TO SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.

UM, WERE DESIGNATED FOR OUR SWOPE HEALTH VILLAGE, UM, DEVELOPMENT AT 5,900 SWOPE PARKWAY.

AND ORIGINALLY THE FIRST PHASE, UM, WOULD BRING 18 UNITS OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR, UM, INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY, OF COURSE SUFFERING FROM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHALLENGES.

AS WE CONTINUE WORKING THROUGH, UM, THE SALE AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WILL BRING ALL THERE, THERE ARE FIVE PARCELS AT THAT PROPERTY, FOUR OF WHICH WE ALREADY OWN, AND ONE THAT'S OWNED BY THE CITY THAT WE ARE WORKING TO FINISH PURCHASING THAT ONE, UM, PARCEL AND, AND GET IT REPLANTED.

UM, THE TIME CONSTRAINTS ARE SUCH THAT THAT WON'T ALL HAPPEN, UM, BY THE END OF THE YEAR AND WITHIN THE TIMING THAT WE ORIGINALLY PLANNED.

SO WE ARE ASKING BASICALLY TO PIVOT AND EXPAND THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT, UM, OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THAT WE WOULD HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY BY BUYING A PROPERTY AT 34 57 HOMES THAT HAS 24 UNITS, UM, OF HOUSING AVAILABLE FOR, UH, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

SO ESSENTIALLY IT'S AN EXPANSION OF THIS FIRST PHASE, UM, OF SWOPE HEALTH VILLAGE IN TERMS OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.

AND I DO HAVE SOME, UM, JUST SOME INFORMATION, JUST A PRESENTATION THEN THAT IS THERE THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, PROVIDES, DO YOU MIND PASSING? YES.

OH, OKAY.

OF COURSE.

HARD.

SO THERE'S, THERE, GIVE SOME INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO, UM, OUR REQUEST FOR, TO PIVOT AND THE JUSTIFICATION FOR SUCH.

AND THEN THE PRESENTATION DOES GIVE, UM, QUITE A FEW HIGH LEVEL DETAILS ABOUT THE PROPERTY AT 34 57 HOMES, YOU KNOW, IS, UM, VERY AMENABLE TO US PROVIDING WRAPAROUND SERVICES FOR, UH, FOR OUR CLIENTS.

AND OVERALL WE'LL MEET THAT NEED FOR ADDITIONAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNITS IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO THERE'S QUITE A BIT THERE, BUT WE WANTED YOU TO HAVE THAT.

THANK YOU.

UM,

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SO THIS IS A MODEL BY WHICH, UM, WE ENSURE THAT BE CLIENTS WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHALLENGES, UM, ARE CONNECTED WITH PRIMARY CARE THROUGH OUR SWOPE HEALTH SERVICES MAIN CAMPUS AND OTHER CAMPUSES THROUGHOUT THE, OR OTHER SITES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

AND THAT THEY ALSO HAVE ALL OF THE OTHER WRAPAROUND SERVICES.

SO IT'S A CASE MANAGEMENT MODEL BY WHICH EACH OF THE CLIENTS HAS A CASE MANAGER ASSIGNED TO, TO MEET THEIR NEEDS.

SO IT WILL ONLY BE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLIENTS, UM, AT THE PROPERTY ONCE IT'S ALL PURCHASED.

AND, UM, THE CLIENT, THE, THERE WERE SOME CURRENT TENANTS IN THE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE WORKING ON TRANSITIONING THROUGH, THROUGH, UM, OUR ACQUISITION.

SO IT IS, IT IS ALL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FOCUS.

YES, SIR.

AND WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE BUILDING? SO WHERE THEY HAVE LEASES IS THOSE LEASES TERM.

OKAY.

THE LEASE.

OKAY.

SIR.

THEY'RE GONNA STAY THERE THOUGH UNTIL THEIR LEASES? YES, SIR.

THAT'S CORRECT.

AND THERE ARE ALREADY SOME UNITS THAT ARE, UM, VACANT MM-HMM .

THAT WE'RE WORKING TO.

UM, AND WHEN WOULD YOU ALL PLAN TO BUY THIS PROPERTY? UM, NOW WE HAVE SOME DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING UHHUH, UM, AS WELL.

AND WE'VE ALREADY GONE BEFORE THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT A MENTAL HEALTH FOR APPROVAL.

'CAUSE THAT FUNDING WAS ALSO DE DESIGNATED FOR SWOPE HEALTH VILLAGE.

AND THEY HAVE APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF THIS PROPERTY AS WELL? THE STATE DID? YES, SIR.

OKAY.

MM-HMM .

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MR. CHAIR? MAY LEGISLATIVE HOUR? YES.

UH, SO THE TENANTS WILL ALL BE SERVICED BY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.

ALL OF THE TENANTS WILL BE SCREENED SO THAT THEY ARE BE ABLE HEALTH PATIENTS? YES, MA'AM.

OKAY.

AND, UM, AND SO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WILL GO TO THEM? YES.

THE CASE MAY THROUGH THEIR CASE MANAGEMENT MODEL, THE CASE, YES.

MM-HMM .

OKAY.

AND, UM, THE SCREENING PROCESS WILL THEN, UM, WORK WITH THEM WHEN THEY ARE, APPLY FOR TO LIVE IN THE, IN THE FACILITY? THAT, THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY.

MM-HMM .

THANK YOU.

MM-HMM.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, LEGISLATOR SMITH, WHAT'S, WHAT'S NEARBY? IS IT OTHER HOUSING OR IS IT OTHER COMMERCIAL USE DESIGNATIONS? MM-HMM .

MM-HMM .

I JUST, AND, AND HAS THE CITY APPROVED A ZONING CHANGE? IS IS ONE NECESSARY? SO FOR THIS PROPERTY PURCHASE, THERE IS NO ZONING, UM, REZONING, UM, REQUIRED.

AND SO ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS, AND IT'S IN THIS SLIDE THAT I DON'T HAVE THE PAGES NUMBER, BUT I THINK IT'S ABOUT PAGE FIVE.

YES.

THAT IS, UM, REALLY AMENABLE TO OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLIENTS, IS THAT IT HAS A PUBLIC TRANS TRANSIT RIGHT THERE.

SO IT'S ON THE KC STREET CAR, THERE'S A STREET CAR STOP, LIKE RIGHT AT THE CORNER, RIGHT AT ARMOR AND MAIN.

AND THEN OF COURSE THERE'S ALSO THE PUBLIC BUSING.

THE, THERE'S ALSO AN, UM, A AMENITY GOING UP, I SHOULDN'T SAY AMENITY, ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT GOING UP RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET THAT HAS AMENITIES SUCH AS, UH, FITNESS AND EXERCISE ROOMS AND A LOT OF THINGS THAT WILL BE, UM, VERY BENEFICIAL, UH, TO OUR CLIENTS.

IT'S IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO, UM, GILLUM PARK.

UM, IT'S, IT'S REALLY A, A GOOD ONE OF THE BEST, I WOULD SAY, UM, OPTIONS RIGHT NOW FOR A PURCHASE THAT WOULD BE, WOULD BE AMENABLE TO OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLIENTS.

AND, UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THE AVERAGE RENT IS ON THE UNITS THAT ARE THERE TODAY? SO WE'VE GOTTEN RENT ROLLS ON THE UNITS.

THEY'RE TODAY, BUT OF COURSE THEY'RE NOT BASED ON AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING MODEL, UM, OR ANYTHING OF THE, LIKE, I THINK THEY'RE PAYING BETWEEN A THOUSAND AND $1,200 IN SOME OF THOSE UNITS.

OKAY.

SO IT WILL DEFINITELY BE A, A, YOU KNOW, A DIFFERENT MODEL THAN JUST A COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE.

OKAY.

I, I, UM, I WAS JUST LOOKING, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S RESIDENCES RIGHT NEAR THERE.

I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANY.

UM, I'LL, I'LL I'LL SAY COMMUNITY INPUT , FOR LACK OF A BETTER WAY TO, TO PUT IT MM-HMM .

IN NEIGHBORS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN CONCERNED, THAT KIND OF THING.

SO THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING ABOUT ZONING.

IT'S JUST 'CAUSE IT IS, YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY LOOKS LIKE RESIDENTIAL ABUTMENT, RIGHT? MM-HMM.

SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

UM, AND OBVIOUSLY THE APARTMENT'S ALREADY THERE, SO IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE NOT USED TO HAVING A MULTI-TENANT.

I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS GONNA BE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN, YOU KNOW, HOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD KIND OF ADAPT TO, TO THE DIFFERENT USE.

SO, UM, ANY INPUT FROM THE NEIGHBORS HAVE, HAVE THEY BEEN NOTIFIED OR THEY REQUIRED TO BE NOTIFIED, LIKE A ZONING CHANGE WOULD BE RIGHT.

WE HAVE NOT HAD DIRECT INPUT FROM THE NEIGHBORS, BUT WHAT I'LL SHARE, AND THIS CAME UP IN ANOTHER QUESTION, SO TRADITIONAL SCREENING WHERE, UM, IF IF SOMEONE HAS AN OFFENSE, IF YOU WILL,

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OKAY.

IF THAT KIND OF HELPS ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.

IT, IT'S PART PARTIALLY SO.

SURE.

I UNDERSTAND.

AND THEN, UM, SOME OF THE NEWS THAT'S BEEN RECENTLY ABOUT SWOPE HEALTH'S CEO, UM, IS, IS THERE, AND I GUESS HE'S PROBABLY YOUR BOSS, SO MAYBE YOU CAN'T ANSWER THIS TACTFULLY, BUT, UM, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT ALLEGATIONS, UM, THAT COULD UM, CAUSE PEOPLE TO PAUSE ABOUT PROVIDING FUNDING GIVEN SOME OF WHAT'S BEEN CLAIMED ABOUT HIS EXCESSIVE SPENDING.

UM, ANY, ANY INPUT ON THAT? IS THERE ANY IDEA IF THE BOARD'S APPROVING THIS, ARE THEY, ARE THEY LOOKING AT THOSE CONCERNS? UM, OR MAYBE YOU DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S BEYOND YOUR PURVIEW.

YEAH, SO THAT IS BEYOND ANYTHING THAT I CAN CAN SHARE AT THIS POINT.

WHAT I CAN SHARE IS THAT THE BOARD HAS REVIEWED THIS PARTICULAR PURCHASE AND THE USE, USE OF, UM, THE FUNDING FOR THIS.

AND THEY HAVE APPROVED AND AS I SHARED ALONG WITH THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH.

OKAY.

THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.

THANK YOU.

UM, I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT THIS IS NOT A MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY.

UM, SO THERE'S, IT'S NOT LIKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS GETTING A MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY.

IT IS.

AND I IF I'M WRONG, MS. S ESSENCE, PLEASE.

YOU ARE TOTALLY CORRECT.

CORRECT.

THIS IS SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

IT IS, UM, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.

MM-HMM .

UM, THAT, AND IT ALLOWS FOR THEM TO HAVE THE ASSISTANCE THAT THEY NEED TO FUNCTION IN THE APARTMENT AND THEY HAVE THEIR CASE MANAGERS AND WHAT HAVE YOU, BUT IT IS NOT A MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY.

ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ANY OTHER QUESTION, LEGISLATOR? UH, OH MY GOD, I FORGOT YOUR LAST NAME.

LAUER .

THANK YOU.

UM, TO INQUIRE THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, UH, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS UH, A LITTLE BIT PRIOR TO THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

WOULD YOU, UH, CLARIFY HOW THIS, UH, IMPACTS ARPA FUNDS THAT WE USED TO, TO PURCHASE THIS INITIALLY? YES.

LEGISLA ALLOW, THIS WAS INITIAL, THE INITIAL ARPA, OFFICIAL ARPA MONEY THAT THIS LEGISLATURE APPROVED, UH, TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, IT DOES HAVE, I, I WANNA CALL IT A SUNSET CLAUSE.

AND, AND IT HAS TO BE SPENT BEFORE 2026.

SO THIS AMOUNT WAS ALLOTTED TO SWOPE.

UM, IT WAS APPROVED.

THIS MONEY WAS SET ASIDE FOR THEM.

THEY HAVE NOT USED IT.

UM, WE ARE PRETTY CONFIDENT FROM THE COUNTY COUNCIL'S OFFICE THAT THE CHANGE FROM WHAT THEY WERE DOING OF CONSTRUCTION TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY IS LEGAL AND IS FINE TO DO.

UM, THE MONEY WAS A LOTTED THEM TO DO THEIR SERVICE PROVIDER FOR THEIR ORGANIZATION.

AND THERE, THE ONLY CAVEAT WOULD THAT WE FIND IS THIS MONEY NEEDS TO BE SPENT BEFORE THE END OF 2026.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU.

AND DO YOU HAVE EVERY HOPE TO, WELL LEMME ASK, HAVE YOU PURCHASED THE BUILDING ALREADY OR ARE THESE FUNDS HELPING PURCHASE THE BUILDING? WE HAVE PURCHASED THE BUILDING ALREADY.

OKAY.

AND THEN THE USE OF THESE FUNDS WILL GO TOWARDS RENOVATION.

THIS WILL GO TOWARDS THE PURCHASE.

SO IT'S A REIMBURSEMENT.

OH, REIMBURSEMENT, YES.

OH, I SEE.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE WAITING TO BUY UNTIL WE GET THESE FUNDS.

IT'S REIMBURSEMENT OF THE, WE JUST CLOSED IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

I SEE.

AUGUST 7TH.

OKAY.

IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THE RESOLUTION? 2, 2, 3, 7 3.

I MOVE TO, UH, DO I HAVE A SECOND? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

RECOMMEND THIS TO THE GENERAL BODY.

THERE'S NOTHING ELSE ON THIS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE BEFORE BUDGET, THEN.