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TO THE 37TH REGULAR MEETING OF THE JACKSON COUNTY LEGISLATURE.IT IS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2026, 3:00 PM AND WE ARE IN THE JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE, KANSAS CITY LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY AREA.
MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ANDERSON? HERE SMITH, KEEP GOING.
[2 THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE 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.
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APPROVAL OF THE JOURNAL FROM OUR PREVIOUS.[22419 A RESOLUTION honoring the Women’s Equality Coalition on the occasion of its 15th Anniversary, and recognizing its continued advocacy, education, and leadership in advancing women’s equality throughout Jackson County.]
CLERK, PLEASE READ RESOLUTION 2, 2 4 1 9.HONORING THE WOMEN'S EQUALITY COALITION ON THE OCCASION OF ITS 15TH ANNIVERSARY, AND RECOGNIZING ITS CONTINUED ADVOCACY, EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP IN ADVANCING WOMEN'S EQUALITY THROUGH JACKSON COUNTY, INTRODUCED BY VANESSA HUSKY.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT, MOVE TO ADOPT? SECOND.
MME. CLARK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
SEE, VANESSA, YOU COME RIGHT UP EARLY.
LADIES, WOULD YOU COME? OH, COOL.
A RESOLUTION HONORING THE WOMEN'S EQUALITY COALITION ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 15TH ANNIVERSARY AND RECOGNIZING ITS CONTINUED ADVOCACY, EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP IN ADVANCING WOMEN'S EQUALITY THROUGHOUT JACKSON COUNTY.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 2, 2 4 1 9 DATED TODAY, SEPTEMBER THE 28.
IT READS, WHEREAS THE JACKSON COUNTY LEGISLATOR RECOGNIZED ORGANI MM.
ORGANIZATIONS THAT DEMONSTRATE EXCEPTIONAL DEDICATION TO CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT, AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EQUALITY FOR ALL RESIDENTS.
WHEREAS THE WOMEN'S EQUALITY COALITION WAS CO-FOUNDED BY ALICE KITCHEN OF MISSOURI AND DR.
GALE JAMES OF KANSAS, WHOSE SHARED VISION AND COMMITMENT TO WOMEN'S EQUALITY ESTABLISHED A LASTING PLATFORM FOR COLLABORATION, EDUCATION, AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION.
THE CO COALITION IS GUIDED BY A DEDICATED COORDINATING COUNCIL, INCLUDING CHERYL BOURNES OF THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS SERVING KANSAS CITY, JACKSON COUNTY, CLAY COUNTY, PLATTE COUNTIES, DR.
CAROL COS OF AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY OF WOMEN, LESLIE SULLIVAN OF THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, KANSAS, AND DR. LUNA MAHARI, MAHAR OF A A UW, EACH OF WHOM CONTRIBUTES ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP AND DIRECTION TO THE COALITION'S MISSION.
WHEREAS THE COALITION LAUNCHED WOMEN'S EQUALITY WEEK 2026 WITH A CELEBRATION HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF ALICE KITCHEN ON HER BIRTHDAY, AUGUST THE 23RD, COMMEMORATING BOTH HER ENDURING IMPACT AND THE COALITION'S 15TH ANNIVERSARY AND OOPS, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
WHEREAS WOMEN'S EQUALITY WEEK FURTHER INCLUDE A SERIES OF COMMUNITY
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FOCUS EVENTS AMONG THEM, A PRESENTATION BY DENISE LEBERMAN ON MISSOURI SUFF SUFFRAGES, A PANEL OF EMERGING YOUNG SCIENTISTS AND AN EVENING WITH ARTHUR AND HISTORIAN AND ELAINE WISE, DISCUSSING WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE AND EDUCATIONAL ORIGINS OF CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, EACH REFLECTING THE COALITION'S COMMITMENT TO CIVIC LEARNING AND EMPOWERMENT.AND WHEREAS THE COALITION'S LONGSTANDING IMPACT IS STRENGTHENED THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH VALUED COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY, A A UW OPERATION BREAKTHROUGH AND ITS MAJOR PARTNER, THE KANSAS CITY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.
AND WHEREAS THE WOMEN'S EQUALITY COALITION HAS INCLUDED GLOBAL ADVOCACY WITH THE UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN FORUM AND HAS BROUGHT BACK TO KANSAS CITY, THE BROAD BASE C-E-D-A-W CONVENTION FOR THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN, PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND LOCAL POLICY.
NOW THEREFORE,
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE LEGISLATOR EXPRESSES HIS APPRECIATION TO THE COALITION FOR ITS CONTINUED ADVOCACY, EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH AND LEADERSHIP IN ADVANCING WOMEN'S EQUALITY AND STRENGTHENING DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION THROUGHOUT JACKSON COUNTY.
DID ANYONE WANNA SAY ANYTHING? I'M GAIL JAMES AND, UH, OUR DEAR UH, ALICE KITCHEN HAD, UH, A MAJOR LEADERSHIP VOICE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND, UH, SHE DIDN'T NEED ANYONE TO SPEAK FOR HER, BUT TODAY I WILL SPEAK FOR HER AND THANK YOU, UM, JACKSON COUNT COUNTY LEGISLATURE AND, UM, HONORABLE HUSKY SO THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THAT WE APPRECIATE YOUR RECOGNITION OF THE NEED FOR EQUALITY OF WOMEN, HALF THE POPULATION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS, AND THAT WE STRUGGLED VERY HARD TO ACQUIRE THE VOTE AND WE'RE CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO GIVE IT UP.
SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR RECOGNITION OF OUR WORK IN THIS COALITION.
[22420 A RESOLUTION recognizing September 25th as International Ataxia Awareness Day.]
PLEASE READ RESOLUTION 2 2 4 2 0 RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER 25TH, THIS INTERNATIONAL ATAXIA AWARENESS DAY, INTRODUCED BY SEAN E. SMITH.SECOND MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
UM, THE PRESENTATION
WELL, I GOT A LOT OF STUFF TO YEP.
THIS IS, HOW ABOUT WE LET YOU HOLD THIS? SO, UM, THE PURPOSE OF THIS RESOLUTION IS REALLY TO RAISE AWARENESS OF ATAXIA.
UM, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW'S, A NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER THAT CAN REALLY, UM, CAUSE PEOPLE TO HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH SPEECH STUMBLING, FALLING, LOSS OF COORDINATION, UM, IT, IT REALLY DOES IMPACT PEOPLE IN A VERY, VERY MEANINGFUL WAY.
UM, TODAY, UH, ACTUALLY TODAY'S NOT THE DAY, RIGHT? LAST FRIDAY.
LAST FRIDAY WAS INTERNATIONAL NATIONAL ATAXIA FOUNDATION.
UH, THE INTERNATIONAL ATAXIA AWARENESS DAY, SORRY, THE NATIONAL ATAXIA FOUNDATION, UM, IS THE ONES THAT ARE REALLY TRYING TO ACCELERATE RESEARCH AND AWARENESS.
AND, UM, WE THINK THAT BY RAISING AWARENESS, UM, NOT, NOT ONLY DO WE INCREASE THE POSSIBILITIES OF MEDICAL CURES AND WHATNOT, BUT WE ALSO, UM, LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU CAN HELP EACH OTHER OUT
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AS NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS.SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR THIS AND I'M GONNA LET HER SAY WE'RE WELL, THANK YOU FOR, UM, DOING THIS RESOLUTION.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW THERE ISN'T A CURE.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT, UM, THROUGH OUR EFFORTS WE CAN COME TO A, UM, UM, A CURE FOR IT, UM, AS IT'S GENETICS.
SO IT'S HEREDITARY AND, AND SO MY SON HAS A CHANCE OF HAVING IT TOO.
[22421 A RESOLUTION celebrating and honoring Steve Roland on his retirement after 34 years of dedicated service to Jackson County.]
READ RESOLUTION TWO TO 4, 2 1, CELEBRATE AND HONORING STEVE ROLAND ON HIS RETIREMENT.AFTER 34 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO JACKSON COUNTY, INTRODUCED BY DONNA PEYTON, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT? DOES HE GET TO RETIRE IF WE DO IT? NO SECOND.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
MCGEE? THIS ONE RIGHT HERE DOES, IF I VOTE NO, DOES IT MEAN HE HAS TO STAY? THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
DOES HE HAVE TO STAY IF WE VOTE NO? YES.
AND IF HE WOULD JOIN ME UPON MR. ROWLAND
SO STEVE ROWLAND HAS FAITHFULLY SERVED JACKSON COUNTY FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES.
HIS CAREER WITH JACKSON COUNTY IT DEPARTMENT BEGAN IN 1993 WHEN HE WORKED ON THE THIRD SHIFT MAINFRAME COMPUTER AS A COMPUTER OPERATOR.
HE QUICKLY DEMONSTRATED BOTH HIS PASSION FOR TECHNOLOGY AND A STRONG COMMITMENT TO THE COUNTY'S SUCCESS.
THROUGHOUT HIS DISTINGUISHED TENURE, STEVE HAS BEEN A MODEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE KNOWN FOR HIS UNWAVERING DETERMINATION.
HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED REPEATEDLY EARNING HIM THE HONOR OF EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH TWICE AND EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR.
ONCE OVER HIS 34 YEARS OF SERVICE, STEVE HAS BUILT COUNTLESS RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS NEARLY EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTY OUTSIDE OF HIS PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
STEVE IS A DEVOTED HUSBAND TO JAMIE ROWLAND, A PROUD FATHER OF FOUR, AND A CHERISHED GRANDFATHER OF NINE GRANDCHILDREN.
STEVE'S INVOLVEMENT WITH EBENEZER MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH OF KANSAS CITY, ALONG WITH HIS ENTHUSIASM FOR SPORTS, ESPECIALLY HIS PRIDE IN THE TEXAS LONGHORNS, ILLUSTRATES THE MANY MEANINGFUL TIES HE MAINTAINS WITHIN HIS COMMUNITY, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI, THAT THE LEGISLATURE HEREBY EXTENDS ITS HEARTFELT.
CONGRATULATIONS, PROFOUND APPRECIATION, AND ENORMOUS BEST WISHES TO STEVE ROWLAND AS HE RETIRES AFTER 34 YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE.
THIS IS TRULY AN HONOR FOR ME TO SERVE THE COUNTY ALL THIS TIME.
THIS IS TRULY BY THE GRACE OF GOD THAT, UM, THAT I'VE BEEN HERE WITH MY UNWAVERING FAITH IN HIM AND OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST AND THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT INDWELLS IN ALL TRUE BELIEVERS.
UM, I JUST HAD TO SAY THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR GOOD LORD, GET ONE.
FIND SOMEBODY THAT CAN, UH, LEAD YOU TO CHRIST.
BUT, UH, NO, IT'S REALLY, IT'S ONLY BEEN BECAUSE OF THE GRACE OF GOD THAT I'M HERE 34 YEARS.
I MEAN, STARTED OUT IN THE THIRD SHIFT MAINFRAME.
NOBODY KNEW WHO I WAS, WAS I USED TO GET IN TROUBLE WITH THE BUILDING SERVICES PEOPLE 'CAUSE THEY DID NOT BELIEVE THAT I WORKED IN THE COMPUTER ROOM
SO, UH, SO THEN AS I, UH, CAME UP AND STARTED DOING THINGS IN THE,
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IN THE COMPUTER AREA, JUST MY OPPORTUNITIES JUST CAME UP, JUST CAME AND CAME AND CAME.AND I, I WOULD GO WHERE NOBODY ELSE WANTED TO GO SERVE THE PEOPLE NOBODY WANTED TO SERVE.
I USED TO GET IN TROUBLE FOR GIVING THE CLERKS AND THE PEOPLE THAT DID ALL THE WORK.
THE NEW COMPUTERS AND DIRECTORS WOULD GET MAD AT ME BECAUSE I WOULDN'T GIVE THEM A NEW COMPUTER FIRST.
SO, UH, ON THE WAY UP, I JUST, LIKE I SAID, ALL MY RELATIONSHIP WITH EVERYBODY, I'VE MET SO MANY PEOPLE, DOCTORS, LAWYERS, CLERKS, BUILDING SERVICES, PEOPLE, ACCOUNTANTS, UH, ELECTED OFFICIALS, YOU NAME IT.
UH, I'VE, I'VE, I'VE MET 'EM AND HAD RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL OF THEM.
SO I, ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE LEGISLATOR, DONNA, PARTICULARLY FOR DOING THIS FOR ME.
PHIL, THANK YOU FOR LEADING THE COUNTY.
I WANT TO THANK MY, MY FRIEND, UH, JUDGE KEVIN IS HERE.
UH, HE TOOK BED TIME OUT OF HIS BUSY DAY TO COME AND RECOGNIZED ME.
HE'S MY FRIEND, HIM AND JUDGE OTTO.
AND EVERYBODY ELSE THAT'S HERE FROM EACH DEPARTMENT THAT'S BEEN HERE.
ROSIE, CAN YOU STAND UP? STAND UP ROSIE.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK ONCE AGAIN EVERYBODY HERE.
I'M NOT GONNA GO ON AND ON, BUT I THANK THE IT DEPARTMENT FOR HIRING ME 37 YEARS AGO.
I ALMOST THOUGHT I WAS GONNA GET FIRED ON THE THIRD SHIFT.
I COULD NOT MAKE IT TO WORK ON TIME ON THAT THIRD SHIFT,
BUT I FOUND HE MADE IT THROUGH.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK MR. ERICKSON FOR BEING THE DIRECTOR.
Y'ALL LOOK OUT FOR MIKE WHEN I'M GONE.
I WANNA ALSO THANK A MAN NAMED KEN LAWSON.
YOU GUYS MAY NOT KNOW HIM, BUT HE CAME HERE ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO AND CREATED THIS POSITION, THIS SUPPORT CENTER ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION FOR ME.
I HAD JUST CAME OFF OF WINNING EMPLOYED A YEAR AND HE SAID, I NEED TO DO SOMETHING WITH YOU.
Y'ALL NEED TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING FOR YOU TO DO THAT YOU CAN HELP EVERYBODY A LITTLE BIT MORE.
AND THEN EVER SINCE I'VE HAD THIS POSITION AS A CUSTOMER SUPPORT ADMINISTRATOR, I'VE HOPEFULLY I'VE DID A GREAT JOB WITH SERVICING THE COUNTY AND HELPING ALL YOU GUYS IN ONE WAY OR OTHER.
MAKE SURE YOU GET MY PENSION STUFF READY.
LIKE I'LL BE DOWN THERE TO SIGN AND GO
THANK YOU BABY WHITNEY, I APPRECIATE THANKS AGAIN EVERYBODY.
WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE WILL NOW GO
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TO A PRESENTATION, A VERY SPECIAL PRESENTATION, UM, FROM THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, BRIDGES, SCHAEFFER RAY, I'LL LET RAY PRONOUNCE HIS NAME.UM, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE, UM, AGAIN, MY NAME IS BRIDGET SCHAFER, DIRECTOR AT JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH, AND I HAVE WITH ME RAY DE LUKI, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON OUR OPIOID RESPONSE PLAN AND, UM, WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST YEAR AS WELL AS WHAT WE'RE DOING, UM, MOVING FORWARD.
UM, I'M GONNA GO OVER SOME DATA TODAY A LITTLE BIT OF, AGAIN, OUR, AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT OUR O OPIOID RESPONSE PLAN IS, AND THEN RAY'S GONNA JUMP IN WITH THE CURRENT ACTIVITIES AND I'LL TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS MOVING FORWARD.
THIS GRAPH SHOWS OPIOID OVERDOSE DEATHS IN JACKSON COUNTY FROM 2017 TO TH 2024.
AND THIS IS MEASURED AT A RATE, UH, PER 100,000 RESIDENTS SO THAT WE CAN COMPARE JACKSON COUNTY TO MISSOURI RATES.
AS YOU CAN SEE, FROM 2023 TO 2024, JACKSON COUNTY DID SEE A 4.3% DECREASE IN OPIOID OVERDOSE DEATHS.
AND THIS RATE IS ENCOURAGING, RIGHT? THERE'S PROGRESS BEING MADE, AND THAT'S A, A BIG, UM, CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THAT IS THE PARTNERS THAT WORK IN THIS SPACE EVERY DAY AND THEY'RE DOING THE INTERVENTIONS ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, BUT THE BROADER TREND IS TELLING US THAT WE STILL
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HAVE WORK TO DO.JACKSON COUNTY'S RATE HAS DECLINED MORE SLOWLY THAN THE STATEWIDE RATE.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN 2024, OUR RATE, UM, WAS 21.6 PER 100,000 COMPARED TO THE STATE OF SIX 14.6 STATEWIDE.
SO THIS REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT SHIFT IN 2024.
IN PREVIOUS YEARS, YOU COULD SEE THAT OUR RATE WAS AT OR BELOW THE STATEWIDE RATE.
AND IN 2024, UM, OUR RATE WAS NOT BELOW THAT STATEWIDE RATE.
SO WHILE WE'RE SEEING PROGRESS, WE CANNOT LOOK AT THIS DECLINE AS, UM, A CONCLUSION THAT THIS CRISIS IS SOLVED, THAT WE ARE SEEING THAT THIS, UM, THAT THE DATA IS SHOWING US THAT THE BURDEN REMAINS DIS DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH IN JACKSON COUNTY, WHICH MAKES A COORDINATED DATA-DRIVEN RESPONSE, ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO THE QUESTION FOR US ISN'T SIMPLY, ARE THE NUMBERS GOING DOWN? 'CAUSE THEY ARE, THAT'S GOOD.
UM, THE QUESTION IS, ARE THEY GOING DOWN FAST ENOUGH? AND ARE WE REACHING THE PEOPLE AND THE COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCING THE MOST HARM? NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO, ONE MORE GRAPH TO GO OVER HERE, UM, THAT IS IMPORTANT AS WELL.
SO, WHILE OUR OVERDOSE DEATHS, AGAIN, ARE TRENDING DOWN, THE NUMBER OF OPIOID AND STIMULANT DETECTIONS AMONG PEOPLE WHO DIED FROM AN OVERDOSE HAS IN RECENT YEARS SURPASSED THE TOTAL NUMBER OF FATAL OVERDOSE CASES.
SO THAT'S BECAUSE ONE PERSON CAN HAVE MORE THAN ONE SUBSTANCE DETECTED AT THE TIME OF THEIR DEATH.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, MORE OF OUR FATAL OVERDOSES ARE INVOLVING MULTIPLE SUBSTANCES, NOT OPIOIDS ALONE.
A COMMON COMBINATION IS A SYNTHETIC OPIOID SUCH AS FENTANYL WITHIN A STIMULANT SUCH AS METHAMPHETAMINE OR COCAINE.
AND THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE BROADER NATIONAL TREND.
UM, THEY'RE CALLING THIS THE FOURTH WAVE OF THE OVERDOSE CRISIS.
AND REFERRING TO THAT, AGAIN, THAT GROWING ROLE OF STIMULANTS, UM, THAT ARE BEING PLAYED IN, AND PARTICULARLY IN COMBINATION WITH FENTANYL.
AND THIS AGAIN, MATTERS FOR HOW WE RESPOND.
OUR PREVENTION AND OUR HARM REDUCTION STRATEGIES NEED TO REFLECT WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THIS MEANS CONTINUING TO FOCUS ON NALOXONE AND TEST STRIPS, BUT RECOGNIZING STIMULANT USE AND POLYSUBSTANCE USE, UM, IN OUR EDUCATION, OUTREACH, TREATMENT AND RECOVERY EFFORTS.
THIS IS, UM, JUST AN OVERVIEW OF OUR RESPONSE PLAN AND THE OPIOID CRISIS IS, IS NOT ONE, UM, ONE PROGRAM OR ONE AGENCY'S PROBLEM, RIGHT? THIS IS A COMMUNITY HEALTH PROBLEM.
AND OUR RESPONSE PLAN IS DESIGNED ON THAT SIMPLE PREMISE THAT NO ONE ORGANIZATION CAN SOLVE THIS ALONE, BUT COLLECTIVELY WE CAN CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY AND THE PLAN FOCUSES ON PREVENTION, REDUCING RISK, INCREASING AWARENESS, HARM REDUCTION.
SO MAKING SURE PEOPLE HAVE THE TOOLS TO SURVIVE AN OVERDOSE TREATMENT AND CONNECTION TO CARE.
SO MAKING SURE THE PATH FROM AN OVERDOSE OR SUBSTANCE USE, UM, DISORDER TO TREATMENT IS EASIER AND SUPPORTING PEOPLE BEYOND JUST THE IMMEDIATE CRISIS.
AND TO RECOVERY, WE HAVE DATA CONCERNS.
SO AS I SHARED DATA FROM 2024, WE NEED MORE TIMELY, ACCURATE DATA RIGHT NOW SO THAT WE CAN SPON RESPOND IMMEDIATELY.
WE NEED PARTNERSHIP AT THE TABLE.
SO THERE'S COMMUNITY COLLABORATION, HEALTHCARE, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, EMS, UM, LAW ENFORCEMENT SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND OF COURSE THOSE THAT HAVE, UM, LIVED EXPERIENCE.
AND THEN WE, WE NEED TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE ARE MORE WILLING TO ASK FOR HELP AND COMMUNITIES ARE BETTER EQUIPPED TO RESPOND.
SO REDUCING THAT STIGMA, ENSURING PEOPLE CAN GET THE ACCESS AND TREATMENT THAT THEY NEED.
AND I'M GONNA HAVE RAY NOW TURN OVER AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THOSE ACTIVITIES WE'VE DONE OVER, UM, THROUGHOUT 2026 TO WORK ON THIS RESPONSE PLAN AND, UM, IMPROVE HOPEFULLY THE LIVES IN OUR COMMUNITIES IN JACKSON COUNTY.
SO I HAVE THE PLEASURE OUT OF ALL THE ACTIVITIES, UM, THAT WERE CONDUCTED OVER THE LAST YEAR TO DISCUSS THREE PRIMARY ACTIVITIES, UH, THAT SHOWED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF OPPORTUNITY, UM, AND COURSE FOR FUTURE ACTION IN JACKSON COUNTY.
SO THE THREE PROJECTS THAT I'M GOING TO DISCUSS TODAY, UM, ARE INCREASING FIXED POINT ACCESS TO NARCAN ACROSS THE COUNTY.
AND WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
OUR NEW OVERDOSE FATALITY REVIEW BOARD PROCESS, UH, WHICH EXAMINES INDIVIDUAL OVERDOSE DEATHS IN DEPTH TO FIND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PREVENTION ACROSS THE SYSTEM, AND CONVENING A DIVERSE GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS TO IDENTIFY THE ROOT CAUSES OF THIS EPIDEMIC HERE IN JACKSON COUNTY AND HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
SO BEFORE I GET INTO SPECIFIC PROJECTS,
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I WANT TO EXPLAIN HOW WE DECIDE WHERE TO FOCUS OUR RESOURCES, PARTICULARLY IN EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY.AND WHEN I SAY EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY, THESE ARE, UM, THE COMMUNITIES OF JACKSON COUNTY, UM, THAT DID NOT RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT, UM, SETTLEMENT FUNDS OF THEIR OWN.
SO, UM, SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES RECEIVED SOME FUNDING, BUT AGAIN, IT WAS, UM, INSIGNIFICANT COMPARED TO, UM, PERHAPS WHAT KANSAS CITY RECEIVED.
SO IN ORDER FOR US TO IDENTIFY WHERE THE WORK NEEDS TO HAPPEN, UM, WE KIND OF CREATED THIS PRIORITY MATRIX.
WE COMBINE FATAL AND NON-FATAL OPIOID OVERDOSE RATES WITH THE SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX, WHICH CAN ACCOUNT FOR FACTORS SUCH AS POVERTY, HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, ACCESS TO IDENTIFY THE AREAS OF THE COUNTY WHERE BOTH NEED AND VULNERABILITY ARE HIGHEST.
BASED ON THAT ANALYSIS, JCPH HAS IDENTIFIED FIVE PRIORITY AREAS SHOWN HERE IN BLUE IN EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY.
THAT'S BLUE SPRINGS, DOWNTOWN LEE SUMMIT, GRANDVIEW, OAK GROVE, AND RAYTOWN.
THESE ARE THE COMMUNITIES WHERE YOU'LL SEE A BULK OF OUR DIRECT SERVICE WORK CONCENTRATED, ALTHOUGH MOST OF OUR ACTION HAS SURPASSED EVEN THESE COMMUNITIES AND IS ACCESSIBLE TO ANYONE THROUGHOUT JACKSON COUNTY.
SO FAR THIS YEAR WE'VE DISTRIBUTED 6,437 BOXES, OR NEARLY 13,000 DOSES OF NARCAN, 2,360 PACKS OF, UH, 10 FENTANYL TEST STRIPS AND ATTENDED 30 COMMUNITY DISTRIBUTION AND EDUCATION EVENTS.
THE TEAM DISTRIBUTES NARCAN THROUGH A MIX OF CHANNELS, ABOUT 21% GOES OUT THROUGH COMMUNITY AND EDUCATION EVENTS, AND 45% MOVES THROUGH OUR SATELLITE ACCESS POINTS, WHICH I'LL DESCRIBE NEXT.
THE REST REACHES THE COMMUNITY THROUGH OUR BLUE BOX VENDING MACHINES AND DIRECT PARTNER DISTRIBUTION.
THIS MULTI-CHANNEL APPROACH IS INTENTIONAL.
WE WANT NARCAN AVAILABLE WHEREVER AND WHENEVER SOMEONE MIGHT NEED IT.
SO A PROJECT THAT I WANNA HIGHLIGHT TODAY IS OUR SATELLITE ACCESS POINT PROGRAM.
THESE SITES BRING NARCAN DIRECTLY, NOT JUST TO THE COMMUNITIES, BUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE IT'S NEEDED MOST, RATHER THAN REQUIRING RESIDENTS TO COME TO A CENTRAL LOCATION OR COME INTO A FACILITY, WHICH WE KNOW CAN BE A REAL BARRIER BEYOND DISTRIBUTION.
THESE ACCESS POINTS HELP TO RAISE COMMUNITY LEVEL AWARENESS ABOUT SUBSTANCE USE IN GENERAL, WHAT AN OVERDOSE LOOKS LIKE, AND HOW TO ADMINISTER NARCAN IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.
SO THESE SATELLITE ACCESS POINTS, UM, ARE SHOWN HERE ON THE MAP, AND THE MAP SHOWS WHERE OUR SATELLITE ACCESS POINTS ARE LOCATED.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE SITES IN BLUE SPRINGS, BUCKNER, GRAIN VALLEY, GRANDVIEW INDEPENDENCE, LEE SUMMITS, OAK GROVE, AND RAYTOWN WITH LEE SUMMIT AND RAYTOWN EACH HOSTING SEVEN LOCATIONS REFLECTING THE PRIORITY AREA ANALYSIS THAT WE MENTIONED EARLIER.
SITE PLACEMENT IS GUIDED BY THE SAME DATA-BASED PRIORITY AREAS WHERE OVERDOSE RATES AND SOCIAL VULNERABILITY ARE HIGH OVERALL.
AND AS WE IDENTIFY NEW GAPS IN COVERAGE, WE'LL CONTINUE TO EXPAND THIS NETWORK STRATEGICALLY AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO, INCLUDED IN OUR SATELLITE ACCESS POINTS, WE'VE ALSO DEPLOYED, UM, BLUE BOX VENDING MACHINES IN GRAIN VALLEY LEASE SUMMIT RAYTOWN WITH AN INDEPENDENCE BLUE BOX COMING SOON.
RAY TOWN'S MACHINE WAS INSTALLED EARLIER THIS MONTH IN GREEN VALLEY'S JUST LAST WEEK AS INDICATED BY THE YELLOW RIBBON.
THESE MACHINES ALLOW ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY TO ACCESS NARCAN DIRECTLY AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NEEDING TO INTERACT WITH STAFF, WHICH HELPS TO CLOSE GAPS IN ACCESS, ESPECIALLY OUTSIDE OF NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS.
NONE OF THESE MACHINES ARE CONSTRAINED BY BUSINESS HOURS OF AN ORGANIZATION OR WHETHER AN INDIVIDUAL CAN ACCESS A MACHINE.
ONCE A BUSINESS CLOSES FOR THE EVENING, THAT ANONYMOUS NATURE AND AROUND THE CLOCK ACCESS MATTERS, IT REACHES PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT COME TO A STAFF LOCATION DURING BUSINESS HOURS, WHO, WHO OR WHO AREN'T READY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE YET IN ADDITION TO NARCAN THE MACHINE STOCK, FENTANYL, TEST STRIPS, COVID AND FLU TESTS, FIRST AID KITS, HYGIENE KITS, SAFER SEX KITS, AND OTHER HEALTH SUPPLIES, MAKING THEM A BROADER ACCESS POINT FOR BASIC HEALTH NEEDS AND NOT JUST OVERDOSE PREVENTION.
SO ANOTHER ACTIVITY I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU ABOUT IS OUR NEW OVERDOSE FATALITY REVIEW BOARD OR OFR.
THIS IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY CASE REVIEW, OUR OFR BOARD, WHICH INCLUDES PUBLIC HEALTH, THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE MEDICAL EXAMINER, EMS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, DRUG TREATMENT, SOCIAL SERVICES,
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AND PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE COMES TOGETHER TO EXAMINE INDIVIDUAL OVERDOSE OVERDOSE DEATHS IN DEPTH.THE GOAL IS TO IDENTIFY THE RISK FACTORS MISSED INTERVENTION POINTS AND SYSTEMIC BARRIERS THAT CAN CONTRIBUTED TO EACH DEATH, AND TURN THOSE FINDINGS INTO ACTIONABLE STRATEGIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OUR PROGRAMS AND POLICY THROUGHOUT ALL ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN JACKSON COUNTY.
WE LAUNCHED THE OFR IN 2026, AND SO FAR WE'RE VERY EARLY ON.
WE'VE ONLY RECEIVED REVIEWED THREE CASES SO FAR.
WE'RE BUILDING TOWARDS IDENTIFYING TRENDS ACROSS THE COUNTY, BUT THIS KIND OF IN DEPTH CROSS-AGENCY REVIEW IS EXACTLY THE WORK THAT TURNS INDIVIDUAL TRA TRAGEDIES INTO SYSTEMS LEVEL PREVENTION OVERALL.
SO THE FINAL PROJECT THAT I WANT TO UPDATE YOU ON TODAY IS THE OVERDOSE PREVENTION COLLABORATIVE.
WE'RE CONVENING A BROAD GROUP OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO BUILD A SHARED VISION AND A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY THAT ADDRESSES THE ROOT CAUSES OF OVERDOSE, NOT JUST THE SYS SYMPTOMS THAT WE SEE IN THE MORTALITY DATA.
AS BRIDGET ALLUDED TO, NO SINGLE ORGANIZATION CAN SOLVE THIS CRISIS ALONE.
WE HAVE TO DO SO COLLECTIVELY AND STRATEGICALLY.
THIS INCLUDES STRENGTHENING COORDINATION ACROSS THE FULL CONTINUUM OF CARE, PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SO THAT SOMEONE DOESN'T FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS BETWEEN SYSTEMS. PARTNERS AT THE TABLE INCLUDE HEALTHCARE, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH, FIRST RESPONDERS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNDERS, AND AGAIN, CRITICALLY PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE.
THAT DIVERSITY OF PERSPECTIVE IS ESSENTIAL TO BUILDING A STRATEGY THAT ACTUALLY REFLECTS WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO, THROUGH THIS COLLABORATIVE, WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS FOUR THINGS, A SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROBLEM AND ITS ROOT CAUSES STRONGER RELATIONSHIP RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, A COORDINATED ACTION PLAN TO SUPPORT PEOPLE'S PEOPLE IMPACTED BY SUBSTANCE USE AND OVERDOSE AND CONCRETE RECOMMENDATIONS TO GUIDE FUTURE INVESTMENT IN ACTION.
WE'RE TAKING A SYSTEMS THINKING APPROACH, SETTING CLEAR MILESTONES AND USING STRUCTURED FACILITATION TO KEEP THE WORK PRODUCTIVE.
I'LL ALSO POINT TO THE QUOTE ON THE SLIDE FROM MARCIA MCKINNEY, ONE OF OUR COLLABORATIVE MEMBERS.
IT CAPTURES EXACTLY WHY THIS KIND OF SHARED CROSS SECTOR WORK MATTERS OVERALL.
SO THIS IS THE COLLABORATIVE'S INITIAL TIMELINE RUNNING FROM OUR AUGUST LAUNCH THROUGH DECEMBER.
WE'VE STARTED WITH RELATIONSHIP BUILDING AND A SHARED ANALYSIS OF ROOT CAUSES, MOVE THROUGH A SYSTEMS THINKING EXERCISE TO IDENTIFY PATTERNS AND STRUCTURES AND, AND STRUCTURES, EXCUSE ME, AND ARE NOW ARTICULATING A SHARED VISION AND IDENTIFYING WHAT COULD SHIFT THESE ROOT CAUSES OVERALL.
BY NOVEMBER, WE'LL HAVE A DETAILED ACTION PLAN WITH OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS NOT JUST ACTION FOR JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH OR JACKSON COUNTY.
THIS IS ACTION THAT WE ALL CAN TAKE ACROSS ORGANIZATIONS, ACROSS MISSIONS, ACROSS VISIONS TO STRATEGICALLY MOVE THIS ISSUE.
AND BY DECEMBER WE'LL BEGIN EXECUTING THAT PLAN AND TRACKING OUTCOMES WITH DATA.
2027 PLANS WILL BE SHAPED AS THE GROUP WRAPS UP THIS INITIAL PHASE OF WORK IN 2026.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO BRIDGET FOR CLOSING.
SO, UH, THIS YEAR I LOST A FRIEND TO SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER.
UH, HIS FAMILY LOST A FATHER, UH, A BROTHER AND A SON.
SO THIS WORK FEELS PERSONAL TO ME NOW, AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT SUCCESS.
YES, GETTING RESOURCES OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, GETTING PEOPLE ACCESS TO THESE RESOURCES IS, IS WONDERFUL.
BUT ULTIMATELY SUCCESS IS MEASURED IN LIFE.
SAVED PEOPLE CONNECTED TO CARE, PEOPLE WHO FIND A PATH TO RECOVERY, AND FAMILIES WHO DON'T HAVE TO EXPERIENCE THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE.
WE WANNA CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION AS PART OF OUR BUDGET PROCESS TO SECURE THEIR RESOURCES NEEDED TO CONTINUE TO FUND THIS WORK IN JACKSON COUNTY.
AND IT'S REALLY, IT'S JUST MORE ABOUT NUMBER, IT'S, IT'S MORE THAN NUMBERS.
IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE, IT'S ABOUT LIVES, IT'S ABOUT FAMILIES.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? YES, WE'RE MARK MCGEE.
UM, THANK YOU BRIDGET, FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
I DID HAVE A QUESTION TO FOLLOW UP ON YOUR OPIOID, UM, UM, PROGRAM.
ARE YOU, HOW ARE YOU COORDINATING WITH COMBAT WITH REGARD TO
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THAT, WITH YOUR PROGRAM THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING? UM, IS THE, IS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT COM COORDINATING WITH COMBAT ON THESE EFFORTS? IS COMBAT, SORRY,SO, UM, COMBAT HAS PLUGGED INTO A VARIETY OF MECHANISMS THROUGH THIS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE ACTIVELY ATTENDING ALL OF THE COLLABORATIVE, UM, MEETINGS.
UM, BUT THEY HAVE PLUGGED IN STRATEGICALLY THROUGH PROVIDING INPUT, PROVIDING DATA AND SOME SOURCES, UM, STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO THAT'S HOW THEY'VE KIND OF PLUGGED IN SO FAR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
TODAY IS SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2026, AND I WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ORDINANCE 6 1 3 6 APPROPRIATING $377,492 FROM THE UN-DESIGNATED FUND BALANCE OF THE 2026 E 9 1 1 SYSTEM FUND AND AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO EXECUTE AGREEMENTS FOR ASSIGNMENT OF 9 1 1 FUNDS WITH CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN JACKSON COUNTY AND AWARDING A CONTRACT FOR TECHNOLOGY SERVICES TO CARESOFT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS OF RESTON, VIRGINIA AS A SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE AT A COST TO THE COUNTY NOT TO EXCEED FOR 1,000,200 $77,492.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TODAY, UM, AND YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY SIGNED THE SHEET, I JUST HAVE ONE NAME.
UM, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT, UM, AS OUR COUNTY CLERK IS SWEARING PEOPLE IN THAT YOU STAND AT THAT TIME, ANYONE WISHING TO GIVE TESTIMONY, PLEASE STAND TO BE SWORN IN BY THE CLERK OF THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE.
DO YOU SOLEMNLY AFFIRM UNDER THE PENALTY OF PERJURY THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU SHALL GIVE IN THE MATTER AND ISSUE SHALL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH WHEN YOU'RE PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR FULL NAME CLEARLY, AS WELL AS WHICH LEGISLATION YOU ARE SPEAKING ABOUT.
IF YOU ARE REPRESENTING AN ORGANIZATION, PLEASE STATE THAT AS WELL.
WE HAVE CHERRY ROBERTS, CORRECT? YEP.
I'M THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY OF BUCKNER 9 1 1 REQUEST.
SINCE APRIL OF THIS YEAR, AFTER CONDUCTING EXTENSIVE RESEARCH INTO ALLOWABLE 9 1 1 FUND EXPENDITURES, WE SUBMITTED AN OPTIMIZED REQUEST WITH UPDATED VENDOR QUOTE.
AFTER LEARNING THAT LABOR'S EXCLUDED IN THESE FUNDS, WE ADJUST THAT FIGURE DOWN.
WELL, OUR CALCULATED EQUIPMENT NEED IS ABOUT $316,058 AND 76.
FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT PUBLIC SAFETY SHOULD NOT BE DETERMINED BY ZIP CODE OR CITY POPULATION TAXPAYERS IN SMALLER COMMUNITIES LIKE BUCKNER FUND THIS TWO, YET A PATTERN WHERE SMALLER MUNICIPALITIES ARE FORCED TO SURVIVE ON CRUMBS WHILE LARGER REQUEST SALE THROUGH, AND MY SINCERE APPRECIATION TO LEGISLATOR BARCA AND HIS STAFF ARE COMING TO BUCKNER TO SIT DOWN WITH US, LOOK AT OUR OPERATIONS AND GUIDE US THROUGH THESE FUNDING AVENUES MOVING FORWARD.
I AM FOCUSED ON BUILDING STRONG COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE LEGISLATURE.
ALWAYS STATED, WE'RE DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR ANY FUNDING THE COUNTY PROVIDES AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY.
TESTED THAT WE COME BACK IN THE NEXT ROUND, POSSIBLY, POSSIBLY WAITING ANOTHER FIVE MONTHS.
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SINCE WE HAVE NO OTHER SPEAKERS, YOUR INPUT IS VI VITAL TO THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS.AND, UM, I WILL NOW CALL THIS PUBLIC HEARING TO A CLOSE COMMUNICATIONS
[5 COMMUNICATIONS WITH AND REPORTS OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE]
WITH AND REPORTS OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE MADAM CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF LEGISLATURE.MY ONLY COMMUNICATION IS TO INVITE YOU TO A TAXPAYER TOWN HALL MEETING TOMORROW, TUESDAY AT SIX O'CLOCK AT THE MIDWEST, UH, GENEALOGY CENTER AT 34 40 SOUTH LEE SUMMIT ROAD IN, IN PENNS, MISSOURI, WHERE WE'LL TALK TO TAXPAYERS ABOUT WHERE WE WERE, WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE'RE GOING.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE PERFECTION
[6 PERFECTION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND REPORTS OF COMMITTEE]
OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND REPORTS OF COMMITTEE ORDINANCE 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.]
IN ACTING SECTION 6 0 0 FOR THE JACKSON COUNTY CODE 1984 RELATING TO STANDARDS FOR CARE AND TREATMENT IN JACKSON COUNTY RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES WITH A VARIABILITY CLAUSE RULES COMMITTEE.THE COMMITTEE DID NOT MEET, WE WILL HOLD THIS ORDINANCE
[6097 AN ORDINANCE establishing the position of Legislative Intern within the Office of the Jackson County Legislature and setting forth provisions governing the appointment, supervision, and employment of Legislative Interns.]
6 0 9 7 ESTABLISHING THE POSITION OF LEGISLATIVE INTERN WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE JACKSON COUNTY LEGISLATURE IN SETTING FORTH PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE APPOINTMENT, SUPERVISION AND EMPLOYMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTERNS LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE.[6123 AN ORDINANCE enacting a moratorium on enforcement of Chapter 6 of the Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to minority and women owned business enterprise program and other contracting procedures.]
6 1 2 3 ENACTING A MORATORIUM ON ENFORCEMENT OF CHAPTER SIX OF THE JACKSON COUNTY CODE 1984, LINKED TO MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM, AND OTHER CONTRACTING PROCEDURES, LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE.WE WILL HOLD THIS AND DISCUSS IT FURTHER AT OUR NEXT MEETING, UM, WHEN WE WILL HAVE LEGAL AND COMPLIANCE GIVE US MORE INFORMATION AT THAT TIME.
[6125 AN ORDINANCE amending the zoning districts established pursuant to the Unified Development Code by rezoning a certain 12.00± acre tract from District AG (Agricultural) to District RE (Residential Estates).]
6 1 2 5.AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT'S ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE BY REZONING A CERTAIN 12.00 PLUS OR MINUS ACRE TRACK FROM DISTRICT AG AGRICULTURAL TO DISTRICT RE RESIDENTIAL ESTATES.
LAND USE COMMITTEE REPORT FROM COMMITTEE.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS PERFECTION AND I WOULD MOVE TO PERFECT.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO PERFECT.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADOPT.
MME. CLARK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE WRONG ANDERSON? YES.
REPORT FROM CON, OH, EXCUSE ME.
[6129 AN ORDINANCE appropriating $969,078.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2026 Health Fund and awarding a month-to-month contract extension for the furnishing of temporary mental health, medical and dental services to inmates of the Department of Corrections to Advanced Correctional Healthcare of Peoria, IL, at a cost to the County not to exceed $969,078.00.]
APPROPRIATING $969,078 FROM THE UN-DESIGNATED FUND BALANCE OF THE 2026 HEALTH FUND AND AWARDING A MONTH TO MONTH CONTRACT EXTENSION FOR THE FURNISHING OF TEMPORARY MENTAL HEALTH, MEDICAL, AND DENTAL SERVICES TO INMATES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.TO ADVANCE CORRECTIONAL HEALTHCARE OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS.
IT'LL COST THE COUNTY NOT TO EXCEED $969,078.
JUSTICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT FROM COMMITTEE.
THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING NEXT MONDAY AT 2:00 PM THANK YOU.
[6130 AN ORDINANCE setting the 2026 Jackson County Senior Services Fund tax levy.]
SETTING THE 2026 JACKSON COUNTY SENIOR SERVICES FUND TAX LEVY LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE MOVED TO PERFECT.IS THERE SECOND? WE DON'T HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS ON THIS.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO PERFECT.
COULD WE STATE, UH, WHAT THAT MEANS AS FAR AS THERE, IS THERE AN INCREASE, NOT AN INCREASE? IS IT STAYING THE SAME? UH, STAYING THE SAME AS PRIOR YEAR.
UM, AND, UH, ALL OF THESE EXCEPT FOR SIX.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC HEARS WHAT WE'RE THINKING.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF PERFECTING? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY OPPOSED? SAY THAT AGAIN, MEGAN.
I WAS FEEDBACK I WAS WITHOUT OBJECTION.
ORDINANCE 6 1 3 0 WILL BE ADDED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[6131 AN ORDINANCE setting the 2026 Jackson County, Missouri, tax levy.]
SETTING THE 2026 JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI TAX LEVY LEGISLATURES A WHOLE, UH, MOVE TO ADOPT OR, PERFECT.SORRY, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
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IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.SO THIS IS THE ONE THAT FUNDS, UM, THE COUNTY GENERAL FUND, THE COUNTY HEALTH FUND, THE COUNTY SPECIAL ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND AND THE, UH, PARKS, PARKS FUND, UM, IN AGGREGATE ACROSS THOSE FOUR WE'RE, WE'RE KEEPING IT THE SAME AS IT WAS IN PRIOR YEARS.
UM, WE'RE ADJUSTING SLIGHTLY DOWNWARD THE GENERAL FUND BECAUSE THE SPECIAL ROAD AND BRIDGE AND PARKS FUNDS WERE GONNA BE, UM, SHORT IF WE DIDN'T BUMP THEM UP A LITTLE BIT.
BUT THE KEY HERE IS THAT THE TOTAL IS, UM, UNCHANGED FROM PRIOR YEARS FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.
WE JUST NEEDED TO MOVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY AROUND TO GIVE, GIVE SOME CUSHION TO ROAD AND BRIDGE AND PARKS.
SO, AND IS THAT, THAT'S NOT AN AMENDMENT THOUGH.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS, SO I'M GOING TO WITHDRAW MY MOTION TO PERFECT
YOU HAVE THAT READY? I, I DIDN'T, WASN'T SURE IF THAT WAS FINAL OR NOT, BUT WE CAN UM, THEN I THINK WE BETTER, UM, WAIT ON THIS ONE, MADAM CHAIR SO WE CAN COME BACK TO IT.
MAYBE PUT THAT LAST ALRIGHT, WILL DO.
UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO THE NEXT ONE.
WE WILL COME BACK TO ORDINANCE 6 1 3 1.
THE MOTION HAS BEEN RESCINDED.
[6132 AN ORDINANCE setting the 2026 merchants’ and manufacturers' inventory replacement tax levy.]
6 1 3 2, SETTING THE 2026 MERCHANTS AND MANUFACTURERS INVENTORY REPLACEMENT TAX LEVY LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE MOVE TO PERFECT.IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO.
ANY OPPOSED?
ORDINANCE 6 1 3 2 WILL BE ADDED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[6133 AN ORDINANCE setting the 2026 Jackson County Community Mental Health Fund Levy.]
SETTING THE 2026 JACKSON COUNTY COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH FUND, LEVY LEGISLATURES, A WHOLE MOVE TO ADAPT, MOVE TO.I'M ANXIOUS TO GET DONE TODAY.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO.
ORDINANCE 6 1 3 3 WILL BE ADDED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[6134 AN ORDINANCE setting the 2026 Jackson County Board of Services for the Developmentally Disabled (Sheltered Workshop) Levy.]
SETTING THE 2026 JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED SHELTERED WORKSHOP LEVY LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE MOVE TO PERFECT.IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, A WITHOUT OBJECTION.
ORDINANCE 6 1 3 4 WILL BE ADDED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[6136 AN ORDINANCE appropriating $377,492.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2026 E-911 System Fund and authorizing the County Executive to execute agreements for assignment of 911 funds with certain municipalities within Jackson County and awarding a contract for technology services to Carahsoft Technology Solutions of Reston, VA as a sole source purchase at a cost to the County not to exceed $4,277,492.00.]
6 1 3 6 APPROPRIATING $377,492 FROM THE UN-DESIGNATED FUND BALANCE OF THE 2026 E 9 1 1 SYSTEM FUND AND AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO EXECUTE AGREEMENTS FOR ASSIGNMENT OF 9 1 1 FUNDS WITH CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN JACKSON COUNTY AND AWARDING A CONTRACT FOR TECHNOLOGY SERVICES TO CARESOFT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS OF RESTON, VIRGINIA AS A SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE AT A COST ACCOUNTING NOT TO EXCEED $4,277,492 9 1 1 OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.THERE WAS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER.
MADAM CHAIR, WE'D LIKE TO DISCHARGE THIS FROM COMMITTEE SECOND.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO DISCHARGE.
OPPOSED? IS THERE MOTION? MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT THAT'S BEEN MADE ON THIS, ON THIS, UH, ORDINANCE.
I BELIEVE HE CHANGED THE TOTAL AMOUNT.
THERE WAS AMENDMENT ONE AND AMENDMENT TWO.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT ONE WE'RE GOING WITH? OKAY, WHAT WAS OH, YES.
UHHUH
AMENDMENT ONE CHANGED THE AMOUNT AND AMENDMENT TWO ADDED A EZ AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, I BELIEVE.
BUT WE'RE GOING WITH AMENDMENT TWO.
THE AMOUNT HAS BEEN CHANGED TO $4,384,342.
SO IT INCREASED AND THE AMENDMENT AT THE BOTTOM, WHEREAS THAT THIS WOULD BE A ONE TIME FUNDING OPPORTUNITY TO INITIATE THE COLLABORATION, UH, WITH MUNICIPALITIES WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY FUTURE FUNDING.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT? SO MOVE SECOND.
AND IF YOU COULD PLEASE REPEAT.
CAN I, OH, I WAS GONNA ASK CLARIFICATION.
JUST ON WHAT THE INCREASE WAS FOR, WE HEARD FROM ONE MUNICIPALITY THAT THEY FELT LIKE THIS WAS GONNA LEAVE OFFICE.
SO THE, UM, BIT THAT WE HEARD IN THE
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PUBLIC HEARING WHERE WE'RE LEAVING ONE MUNICIPALITY SHORT VERSUS THEIR NEED, I BELIEVE WE'RE KEEPING IT THE SAME AS THEIR ORIGINAL REQUEST WAS OR THAT THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDED.AND IF YOU WOULD PLEASE, UM, REPEAT THAT AMENDED AMOUNT.
SO THE AMENDMENT, AMENDMENT TWO READS, APPROPRIATING $484,342 FROM THE UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE OF, OF THE 2026 E 9 1 1 SYSTEM FUND AND AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO EXECUTE AGREEMENTS FOR ASSIGNMENT OF 9 1 1 FUNDS WITH CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN JACKSON COUNTY AND AWARDING A CONTRACT FOR TECHNOLOGY SERVICES TO CARESOFT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS OF RESTON, VIRGINIA AS A SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE AND ACROSS THE COUNTY NOT TO EXCEED IN THAT NEW FIGURE IS $4,384,342.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
OPPOSED? IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT? I MOVE TO ADOPT.
TO ADOPT MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROOM.
ARE WE PREPARED, UM, TO GO BACK TO ORDINANCE SIX.
NOW ARE WE WAITING? I I BELIEVE WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THE CORRECTIONS TO COME BACK.
IF, IF WE COULD GET SOME CLARITY.
I I WANNA MAKE SURE ON THE OTHER ONES THAT DID PASS WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THEM, THE SENIOR SERVICES, THE MERCHANTS, UH, THE COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH FUND, THE EITA BOARD, WHAT, WHAT WAS THE, THE NUMBERS, UH, INVOLVED IN THOSE? MAYBE LOJO SMITH CAN SPEAK TO THAT CERTAINLY.
THE, THE NUMBERS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY PRESENTED IN THE, IN THE, UH, DRAFTS AND IN THE SPREADSHEET FROM, WHOOPS, MR. GORDON.
UM, AND, AND REEMPHASIZED IN YOUR DRAFT.
SO ARE THEY RAISING THOSE OR STAYING THE SAME? THEY'RE STAYING THE SAME.
SO THEY'RE STAYING THE SAME AS MR. GORDON'S ESTIMATES, WHICH IS THE SAME AS YOUR VERSION WAS THE SAME AS THE VERSION THAT LEGISLATOR PEYTON AND I CAME UP WITH WHERE WE MOVED A LITTLE MONEY AROUND IN THE COUNTY CONTROLLED FUNDS.
SO IN, IN ALL CASES, UM, THAT WAS PUTTING MENTAL HEALTH AT 0.1018 UP A LITTLE BIT FROM 0.0969 LAST YEAR, DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED, UH, PUT IT UP TO 0.0765 FROM 0.0728.
AND SENIOR SERVICES FUND REMAINED THE SAME AS IN THE PRIOR YEAR 0.050.
AT ONE POINT I HAD SUGGESTED THAT WE COULD SHAVE A LITTLE BIT OFF OF THE SENIOR SERVICES FUND SINCE THEY HAVEN'T ACCUMULATION ENDING IT YET, BUT THERE WAS SOME OPPOSITION TO THAT.
SO THOSE, WE WENT ESSENTIALLY WITH BOTH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND YOUR RECOMMENDATION.
SO SPECIFICALLY, WHICH OF THESE LEVIES ARE BEING PROPOSED TO BE RAISED? SO THOSE LEVIES, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'D CALL IT A PROPOSAL, BUT THOSE LEVIES JUST WENT UP BY THE AMOUNT THAT WE, THAT I, THAT I JUST LISTED.
UM, THAT BECAUSE OF THE REDUCTION IN TOTAL ASSESSED VALUE WERE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO KEEP, UM, THOSE DIFFERENT AGENCIES FUNDED.
EVERYBODY SEEMED TO WANNA LEAVE THE AGENCIES WHO WE DON'T CONTROL THEIR SPENDING, DON'T, CAN'T CONTROL THEIR BUDGETS, DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REDUCE THEIR BUDGET.
IN THE CURRENT YEAR, WE, WE LEFT THOSE AT
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MR. GORDON'S RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH IS THE SAME AS THE DRAFT YOU GAVE US.THE THING THAT WE CHANGED WAS WITHIN THE COUNTY CONTROLLED ONES WHERE WE CAN REDUCE OUR OWN BUDGET, UH, MIDYEAR LIKE THIS.
AND THOSE, WE TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY OUTTA GENERAL FUND, PUT A LITTLE, THAT EQUIVALENT AMOUNTS INTO SPECIAL ROAD AND BRIDGE AND THE, UH, PARKS.
SO, AND, AND, AND I I WANNA APPLAUD YOU FOR GETTING INTO THE NUMBERS IS VERY COMPLICATED ON THE DIFFERENT LEVIES AND WHERE WE'RE GOING.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE SPECIFICALLY IT LOOKS LIKE OF THESE FOUR THAT, THAT THIS LEGISLATION IS PROPOSING, TWO OF THEM STAY THE SAME AND TWO OF THEM GO UP PENNIES.
AND THEN THE MERCHANT'S MANUFACTURER'S LEVY, UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER REALLY.
AND IN THAT CASE, UM, THAT'S A VOLUNTARY REDUCTION OF ABOUT $11 MILLION IN INCOME, OR ACTUALLY, I SHOULDN'T SAY VOLUNTARY, BUT JUST THE RATE'S BEEN THE SAME SINCE IT WAS PASSED AT STATE LEVEL YEARS AGO.
SO THERE'S, WE TAKE AN $11 MILLION HIT ON THAT.
THANK YOU LEGISLATOR ANDERSON.
UM, JUST SO I CAN UNDERSTAND, AND CORRECT ME IF I MISHEARD THIS, UH, VICE CHAIR, DID YOU SAY THAT WE, THAT THERE WAS INCREASES IN THE MENTAL HEALTH FUN? YEAH.
UM, I THINK IT'S, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF I HAD SENT YOU THE SPREADSHEET OR UM, IF YOU HAD SPOKEN TO LEGISLATOR PEYTON AND SHE HAD SENT IT TO YOU, BUT I DID SEND THE SPREADSHEET.
EACH VERSION HAD THOSE NUMBERS IN IT, THAT THOSE NUMBERS NEVER CHANGED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS OF THE, THE DISCUSSION OTHER THAN WHEN I TEMPORARILY SUGGESTED, LIKE I SAID, THAT WE COULD REDUCE THE SENIOR LEVY A LITTLE BIT SO THAT THOSE NON-CONTROLLED FUNDS AND AGGREGATE WOULD REMAIN THE SAME.
UM, BUT THERE WAS NOT LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT, UM, FOR THAT IDEA.
WE TOOK THE NUMBERS THAT, UH, MR. GORDON HAD GIVEN US AND ALSO FROM THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE.
THOSE NUMBERS DIDN'T CHANGE ON THE SPREADSHEET.
SO ARE THESE THE SAME NUMBERS THAT WHAT THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE GAVE TO US LAST WEEK? IT THEY ARE, BUT THERE WAS BUT HIS HAD NO INCREASE.
BUT YOU'RE SAYING THERE WAS AN INCREASE.
SO HIS HAD NO INCREASE IN THE FUNDS THAT WE AS A LEGISLATIVE BODY CONTROL.
THAT IS, THAT IS GENERAL REC, UH, PARKS AND REC, SPECIAL ROAD AND BRIDGE AND, UM, HEALTH, THOSE, THOSE FOUR WHERE WE SET THE BUDGET.
AND HOW THOSE MONIES GET SPENT.
THOSE FOUR WE KEPT THE EXACT SAME AS LAST YEAR IN AGGREGATE.
I'M WITH YOU, I'M WITH YOU THERE.
THESE OTHER THREE MENTAL HEALTH SENIOR SERVICES.
AND, UH, DISABILITY, UH, THOSE ONES WENT UP A LITTLE BIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE HAD FROM THE ADMINISTRATION AND MR. LADA, LIKE IN ALL CASES, THOSE WE WERE GONNA FULLY FUND THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.
THEY'VE SET THEIR BUDGETS AS FAR AS WE KNOW THEY'RE GONNA SPEND THEIR FULL BUDGET.
BUT WHAT, WHAT I'M ASKING IS, IS THAT I, ANDRE, I'M, I THINK I'M HEARING TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
MAYBE I'M WRONG HERE, BUT THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE SAID HE, THERE WAS NO INCREASE ON, AND PLEASE SOMEBODY TELL ME IF I'M INCORRECT ON THE, UM, MANUFACTURERS COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH AND THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DIS THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED.
THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, THAT THERE WAS NO INCREASE THERE.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO CLARIFY.
SO THERE'S, AND THEN IF YOU'RE, THERE'S FOUR OF THESE LEVIES, RIGHT? UM, AND, AND, AND IT LOOKS LIKE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH BOARD AND THE ETOS BOARD HAVE INCREASED.
UM, AND THE NUMBERS THAT, THAT I PROVIDED, UM, I I WAS, I I I DID NOT WRITE THE RLAI DIDN'T MAKE THE PROPOSAL OF WHAT WAS IN FRONT OF YOU TO BE AMENDED.
UM, I WAS ASKED TO PROVIDE OUR COUNTY TREASURER TO GIVE YOU NUMBERS AND HE HAS GIVEN YOU ALL THOSE NUMBERS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE STAFF ON BOARD IN MY ADMINISTRATION THAT WOULD LIKE THIS BODY TO RAISE EVERY LEVY.
AND, UH, MY POSITION HAS THE, HAS BEEN ACROSS THE BOARD THAT WE SHOULD NOT RAISE ANY LEVY.
SO I UNDERSTAND, I TALKED TO LEGISL SMITH ABOUT, UM, HE HAD SPOKE ABOUT LOWERING THE SENIOR SERVICE LEVY TO, TO LOWER ONE TO RAISE THE OTHER.
BUT I, THAT'S WHY THE CLARIFICATION I WANNA MAKE SURE IS THAT, THAT MY POSITION IS THAT ALL LEVEES REMAIN THE SAME.
THE COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH BOARD REMAINS THE SAME.
HOWEVER THIS BODY'S ALREADY PASSED IT.
BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO CLARIFY IT.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT MY POSITION WAS THAT THOSE LEVEES SHOULD NOT BE RAISED.
WELL, AND I JUST, I NEED TO BECAUSE IF, IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE RAISED OR THAT WE WENT WITH MR. GORDON'S
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SUGGESTIONS, BUT THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE'S SUGGESTIONS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE IN FRONT OF US, THEN ALL OF THESE THAT WERE PERFECTED DID NOT CHANGE TO WHAT MR. GORDON'S NUMBERS WERE.ISN'T THAT CORRECT? SO TAKING THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE'S MEMO YEAH.
PUTTING IT INTO MR. GORDON'S SPREADSHEET AS A SECOND TAB.
UH, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE'S MEMO REFLECTED EXACTLY THESE NUMBERS THAT ARE THE SAME AS MR. GORDON'S NUMBERS FOR MENTAL HEALTH, DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED AND SENIOR SERVICES FUND.
SO, UM, AND JUST TO PUT A FURTHER POINT ON IT, WHEN I AGGREGATE ALL OF THE LEVEE RATES, INCLUDING THOSE THAT WE JUST MENTIONED AND THE FOUR THE COUNTY HAS CONTROL OVER, WE'RE GOING FROM A LEVEE RATE IN 20 25, 2 0.1 6, 2 3 TO 2.1709.
SO AN INCREASE OF, UM, SLIGHTLY MORE THAN A PENNY.
AND THAT'S WHAT I HAD AT SOME POINT PROPOSED AND WAS REJECTED, UH, THAT WE COULD, WE COULD TAKE OUTTA THE SENIOR SERVICES LEVY.
SO, UM, THE ONLY TIME WE HAD A TRUE ZERO CHANGE WAS WHEN I HAD A PROPOSAL OUT TO TAKE THAT PENNY OUTTA THE SENIOR SERVICES LEVY, WHICH WOULD STILL LEAVE THEM FULLY FUNDED AT $7 MILLION PER YEAR.
BUT THAT, THAT IDEA WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WANTED TO FURTHER.
SO I, YOU KNOW, YOUR MR. COUNTY EXECUTIVE, YOUR MEMO THAT YOU GAVE US THAT SAID THESE ARE THE LEVY RATES YOU'D LIKE TO SEE DIDN'T SHOW A CHANGE FROM MR. GORDON'S TO YOURS FROM MENTAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED AND SENIOR SERVICES.
UH, THE ONLY THING I WOULD CLARIFY LEDGER SMITH, IS THAT THAT MEMO IS NUMBERS THAT REQUESTED TO GIVE YOU THE NUMBERS OF THE FUNDING OF WHAT, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN BASED ON THE ORDINANCE IN FRONT OF THE BODY RIGHT THERE.
AND THAT WAS IN, IN A REFERENCE TO THAT.
AND THAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE JUST, ARE JUST DATA PROVIDED TO YOU.
THEY WEREN'T RECOMMENDATIONS FROM MY ADMINISTRATION.
THEY WERE DATA ASKED OF MR. GORDON TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT INFORMATION.
AND THOSE NUMBERS ARE NUMBERS YOU GET EVERY YEAR.
I DON'T WANT IT TO COME ACROSS THAT IT WAS A MEMO FROM ME SUGGESTING A RAISE OF THOSE LEVIES.
I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THE MATH AND THE CALCULATION THAT'S BEING DONE AND WHERE WE'RE GETTING THERE.
UM, BUT, BUT, UH, I WANNA MAKE SURE CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
I, I'M JUST GIVING YOU NUMBERS YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW HAVE THE, UH, THE ACCESS TO IT.
I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU HAVE IT.
LET, LET ME, UM, TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS DOES TO THE ACTUAL REVENUE OF THOSE FUNDS.
UM, IN 2025, THE MENTAL HEALTH HEALTH FUND RECEIVED $17.725 MILLION.
AND UNDER THIS PROPOSAL THEY WOULD RECEIVE $17.932 MILLION.
SO ABOUT $200,000 OVER EVERY PARCEL IN THE STATE OR IN THE COUNTY.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A DOLLAR A PIECE.
UM, IN THE CASE OF THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED, THEY GO FROM 13.3 MILLION TO 13.476 MILLION.
AND IN THE CASE OF SENIOR SERVICES FUND, UM, THEIR LEVY BEING UNCHANGED AT 0.5, UH, LEAVES THEM GOING FROM 2025 REVENUE OF 9.1 MILLION TO 8.8 MILLION.
SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE SENIOR SERVICES FUND LOSING APPROXIMATELY $300,000 AND THE OTHER TWO GAINING A SIMILAR AMOUNT THAT THE AGGREGATE TAXATION IS, IS VERY, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT IT WAS IN PRIOR YEARS.
AND, AND I'LL ALL I I JUST WANNA MAKE A A A A COMMENT AND A COMMITMENT THAT I'M GONNA LOOK AT THIS AS IT COMES TO ME.
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S TWO OF THESE LEVIES THAT HAVE INCREASED.
AND MY POSITION IS THAT I DON'T BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE INCREASING.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT POSITION I WILL TAKE ON THAT.
I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND AND APPLAUD THE DOING THE MATH OF GETTING WHERE WE NEED TO GO.
I'M STILL OF THE SAME POSITION THAT WE'RE GIVING TAX CREDITS THERE IN ANY RAISE AND LEVY I FEEL IS JUST, WE DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY TO DO THAT WITH TAXPAYERS.
SO, UH, THEY'VE BEEN PASSED ALREADY.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I WAS CLEAR ABOUT WHAT, WHAT TWO SPECIFIC LEVIES DID HAVE EVEN A SLIGHT RAISE BECAUSE, UH, MY POSITION, IF IT'S EVEN A HUNDRED THOUSAND INCREASE, I THINK THAT'S TOO MUCH.
OUR OUR FRIENDS ACROSS THE, THE STREET AND THE CITY OF KANSAS CITY DID NOT RAISE THEIR LEVY AT ALL.
AND UH, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE SOME, SOME ISSUES BECAUSE OF THAT TOO.
BUT THAT'S JUST MY, AND I WILL ADD, UM, MR. LODA THAT ONE OF THE DECIDING FACTORS IN KEEPING THOSE NUMBERS THAT WE SAW FROM MR. GORDON AND THOSE NUMBERS THAT WE SAW FROM YOU WAS A SPECIFIC QUESTION THAT WE ASKED IN REGARDS TO THOSE FOUR LEVEES.
AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS THAT WE WOULD NOT CHANGE WHAT WAS PRESENTED AT THAT TIME.
WE, WE GOT A VERBAL PART OF OUR DECISION WAS BASED ON YOUR VERBAL THAT WE WOULD NOT CHANGE THOSE FOUR FUNDS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNEW PART OF THAT WAS, UM, BASED ON COLLABORATION AND THANK YOU MAD CHAIR.
AND, AND AGAIN, YOU GUYS HAVE WORKED A LOT ON THIS.
I, I, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WE EVER DISCUSSED ANYTHING OTHER THAN
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OUR POSITION BEING THEY DON'T CHANGE AT ALL.I THINK THEY'RE CHANGING SLIGHTLY NOW.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS BODY PASSED.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY DIFFERENCE THAT I SEE FROM WHERE WE'D TALKED BEFORE.
AND I DEFINITELY, AND THEY DIDN'T CHANGE FROM LAST WEEK.
THEY DID NOT CHANGE FROM LAST WEEK.
AND, AND I FRANKLY UNDERSTAND THE MATH OF DOING IT.
UH, I'M BIG PICTURE TALKING ABOUT, UM, WHEN I GO TALK TO A TAXPAYER AND THEY SAY, UH, YOU YOU JUST RAISED A LEVY ON THIS.
SO THIS IS THE THIRD PAGE OF THE MEMO THAT I WAS REFERRING TO.
AND THIS IS WHERE YOU SAID, HERE'S WHAT YOU WANNA DO.
AND ON THERE IT REFLECTS, UM, ONLY THE GENERAL FUND, HEALTH FUND, PARK FUND AND SPECIAL ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND.
SO THOSE ARE THE ONES YOU SEEM TO BE SAYING DON'T DO WHAT THE STAFF HAVE INSTRUCTED.
AND LAST WEEK WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT, I SAID, SO YOU'RE LEAVING THOSE OTHER THREE FUNDS, MENTAL HEALTH, DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED AND SENIOR SERVICES FUND CONSISTENT WITH WHAT MR. GORDON RECOMMENDED, YOU SAID? YES.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WENT WITH.
IF WE MISUNDERSTOOD EACH OTHER, THAT'S OKAY.
MY ONE THING I'LL CAUTION SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE CONSIDERING USING YOUR VETO POWER.
IF WE PASS SOMETHING THAT HAS ANY KIND OF INCREASE, UM, WE PROBABLY OUGHT TO WORK IT OUT HERE.
'CAUSE IF WE DON'T, WE GET IT WRONG.
BY THE TIME YOU VETO IT, WE'RE OUTSIDE THE STATUTORY DEADLINE FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
I, AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD DO THAT.
I, I, I REMEMBER THE DISCUSSION ABOUT LOWERING THE SENIOR SERVICES AND AS LOWERING THE SENIOR SERVICES THEN INCREASING THAT.
AND I THINK THAT WAS THE LAST CONVERSATION I HAD WITH YOU SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAT.
BECAUSE I THINK WHEN YOU LOWER THE SENIOR SERVICE AND YOU INCREASE THEIR THERE, THAT WAS A WASH.
AND I THINK THAT EQUALS NOT RAISING ANY OF THE LEVEES.
SO I GUESS THE ONLY THING THAT DIFFERENT THAT I'M SEEING TODAY, UH, IS THAT THE SENIOR SERVICES IS NOT BEING LOWERED AND THE OTHER TWO ARE BEING RAISED.
AND THAT'S THE, THE, I I GUESS THE, THE SLIGHT, UH, DIFFERENCE IN WHAT I'M SEEING OF WHAT MY POSITION WAS.
AND I APOLOGIZE THAT THAT MEMO, UH, IS WHAT I INSTRUCTED FINANCE TO GIVE TO YOU.
I DON'T, I DIDN'T MEAN TO BE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS.
I THINK THAT THE, THE DISCUSSIONS WE HAD, I THINK YOU'RE CLEAR EXACTLY ON SAME PAGE AS OF WHAT MY RECOMMENDATIONS WERE.
AND WITH THE SENIOR SERVICES NOT GOING DOWN AGAIN TO BE, UH, FRANK AND AND TRANSPARENT, THE SENIOR SERVICES, UH, BOARD IS, IS FLUSH WITH MONEY.
THEY DIDN'T SPEND IT AND THEY, THEY JUST GOT ON BOARD AND THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF CASH AND HE HAD BROUGHT THAT TO MY ATTENTION AND MAYBE TAKE THEM TAKING A LITTLE HIT ON IT DID NOT AFFECT THEIR ABILITY TO SPEND THAT MONEY IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, WHEREAS HELPING THE ETA AND THE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH MIGHT RIGHT.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT WAS MY FIRST CHOICE.
BUT LIKE I SAID, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE VOTES FOR THAT.
WE HAVE THE AMENDMENT TO, UM, ORDINANCE 6 1 3 1 OR DO WE WANT TO, UH, CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION? YES, YOUR HONOR.
LEGISLATIVE LAW, UH, TO INQUIRE OF LEGISLATIVE SMITH.
WHEN I ASKED YOU INQUIRED OF YOU OF SMITH ABOUT ORDINANCE 61 30, I ASKED IF THAT HAD A VARIANCE OF UP, DOWN OR STAYING THE SAME.
AND YOU SAID IT WAS STAYING THE SAME AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER ORDINANCES, BUT FOR 61 31.
AND THAT'S WHAT I BASE MY VOTE ON.
AND NOW I'M HEARING YOU SAY THAT THAT'S NOT FACTUAL, THAT'S NOT TRUE.
YEAH, I, I TOOK THE QUESTION TO MEAN IS IT THE SAME AS WHAT WAS IN THE EXISTING PROPOSED LEGISLATION THAT WE WERE GIVEN? NO, I WAS TALKING ABOUT LAST YEAR.
IS IT KEEPING, ARE WE KEEPING IT THE SAME MEANING PREVIOUS YEAR? YEAH.
SO IN THE CASE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED, NO.
WE'RE RAISING THEM EACH BY A FRACTION OF OPINIONS.
AND HOW MUCH MONEY DOES THAT REPRESENT? ABOUT $200,000.
I'M SORRY, ON A $17 MILLION BUDGET.
IT $17.7 MILLION BUDGET, IT REPRESENTS ABOUT $200,000.
THAT'S FOR MENTAL HEALTH FOR DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED GOES FROM 0.0728 TO 0.0765.
THAT REPRESENTS ABOUT $170,000.
AND THAT TOTALS HOW MUCH MONEY OUT OF HOW MUCH BUDGET? UH, 13.3 MILLION IN 25 TO 13.476 MILLION IN 2026.
AND THEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AGGREGATE TAXATION, THE SENIOR SERVICES LEVY UNCHANGED AT 0.05.
THEY GO DOWN IN REVENUE IN 25 FROM 9.1 MILLION TO 8.8 MILLION.
SO WE'RE DECREASING SENIOR SERVICES.
WE ARE NOT CHANGING THE LEVY RATE ON SENIOR SERVICES.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE ASSESSED VALUES COMING DOWN AS A RESULT OF THE LOW ROLLBACKS.
UM, THEY'RE REALIZING LESS REVENUE.
SO ON THE MENTAL HEALTH AND THE, UH, ETOS BOARD, WE'RE TALKING A DIFFERENCE OF, OF INCREASING THE LEVY TO THE TUNE OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ONE AND ONE 70 IN THE OTHER.
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17 MILLION AND 13 MILLION APPROXIMATELY.I'M GETTING YOU THE EXACT NUMBERS.
AND, AND I, I GUESS MY POSITION IS FRANKLY, OPTICS TO THE TAXPAYERS OF JACKSON COUNTY IF, IF IT, IF THEY INCREASE ONLY IS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO A $17 MILLION FUND, UM, I'M OF THE POSITION.
IT'S NOT WORTH ENOUGH TO, UH, PASS ANY LEGISLATION TO SAY WE ARE RAISING LEVIES WHEN DOING TAX CREDITS.
AND I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO, TO LOOK AT THEIR, OUT FOR THEIR BUDGETS, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S A, A LARGE ENOUGH THING TO WALK OUT WITH.
THE OPTICS OF ANYBODY THAT'S NOT DIGGING DEEP INTO THIS CAN SAY THAT WE RAISED THE LEVIES ON THEM.
AND I, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS AS A STANDPOINT OF CAN WE KEEP THE TOTAL LEVY SUBSTANTIVELY THE SAME AS IT WAS LAST YEAR? UM, AND WE'RE OFF BY A PENNY IS WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO.
AND IF WE WANT, SINCE WE PERFECTED THOSE, I GUESS I'LL ASK THE COUNTY COUNSELOR'S OFFICE, CAN WE RESCIND A PERFECTION AND AMEND WE CAN REMOVE THEM FROM THE CONSENT.
WE WELL, YOU CAN JUST VOTE TO, UM, THE RULES, SUSPEND THE RULES TO, UM, AMEND AS PART OF THE ADOPTION PROCESS.
WELL, TO UNDO THE VOTE, ESSENTIALLY.
OR WE CAN JUST REMOVE THEM FROM THEY'RE, THEY, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ADOPTED, SO WE CAN JUST REMOVE IT.
WELL, ONCE SOMETHING'S PERFECTED, IT CAN'T BE AMENDED.
BUT YOU, SO YOU COULD MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO, UM, UNDO THE PERFECTION AND REVISIT THAT VOTE.
DO WE HAVE AMENDMENTS? I HAVE, AND THAT'S FOR LEGISLATION, IF THAT'S WHAT THE CONSENSUS IS THAT WE WANNA DO.
AND SPECIFICALLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 6 1 3 3 AND SIX.
I MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.
HEY MANNY, MADAM CHAIR, I, I TOOK MY VOTE BASED ON A DISCUSSION I THOUGHT WE WERE HAVING, WHICH WAS KEEPING IT THE SAME AS LAST YEAR.
SO I WAS, I DID NOT UNDERSTAND THAT.
MY POINT OF INFORMATION WAS WE'D HAVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND, AND, AND UNDO THE PERFECTION ON ALL OF THE PIECES OF LEGISLATION IF WE WANT TO ADDRESS ANY OF THEM.
WE ARE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME HEARING YOU.
IF YOU COULD TALK A LITTLE LOUDER, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO UNDO PERFECTION ON ONLY THOSE PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE, CORRECT? CORRECT.
THAT'S ORDINANCE 6 1 3 3 AND ORDINANCE 6 1 3 4.
AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO ORDINANCE 6 1 3 1 YET, BUT WE'RE GONNA KEEP 6 1 3 2 THE SAME.
UM, I, I'LL, I'LL ASK THIS AGAIN.
IN, IN THE, IN THE ORIGINAL, UH, LEGISLATION IN THE ORDINANCES FOR, UM, AND AGAIN, IT'S 6 1 3 WHAT? 3 3 6 1, 3 3 AND 6, 1, 3, 4.
IN THIS LEGISLATION THAT WAS PROPOSED BY THE ADMINISTRATION SENT TO THE LEGISLATURE, WAS THE INCREASE PUT FORWARD BY THE BOARD OR WAS IT SET BY? BECAUSE AT THE, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, I, I THINK WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS THAT, OKAY, THE PUBLIC'S HEARING, UH, WE WANTED TO KEEP IT FLAP, AND THEN THERE'S A MEMO AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT A MEMO IS.
AND THEN THERE'S A MEMO RUNNING AROUND THE LEGISLATION THAT CAME FROM THE ADMINISTRATION.
DID IT KEEP THE LEVIES FLAT OR DID THEY INCREASE? UH, THEY INCREASED.
SO FROM, AND SO SAYING FROM THE ADMINISTRATION, UH, I'LL CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT.
THEY WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS, THEY ENDED UP ON OUR AGENDA.
UM, AT ONE POINT BEFORE WE EVEN HAD A FIRST MEETING WITH THEM ON THE AGENDA, UH, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE ASKED IF WE COULD WITHDRAW THEM AND PULL THEM BACK OFF.
AND, UM, THAT WAS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE BECAUSE OF WHEN THAT ASK WAS MADE, AS WELL AS GETTING THEM BACK ON THE AGENDA IN TIME TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT WERE REQUIRED LAST WEEK AND TIME TO GET TO THIS WEEK.
SO, UM, I JUST TRYING TO BE CLEAR THAT IT WAS SORT OF A PROFORMA PROCESS THAT THE, THAT THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT GOES THROUGH.
UM, I WOULDN'T SAY THAT MEANT THAT IT REFLECTED THE ADMINISTRATION'S WILL AT THE POINT WHERE WE FIRST GOT IT.
IS THAT FAIR, MR. EXECUTIVE? VERY, VERY FAIR.
ANDERSON, LEMME BE FRANK AND TRANSPARENT WITH YOU.
UM, MR. RLA PROCESS IS, UM, NOT THE PERFECT, MOST PERFECT ONE.
AND I LEARNED OF THIS RLA WITH THESE NUMBERS GOING WITHOUT AN, WITHOUT ME KNOWING.
AND I HAD A DISCUSSION WITH MY STAFF ABOUT THAT.
HOW DID THAT GET OUT WITHOUT ME KNOWING? AND IT WAS ALREADY TO THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR AND I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR.
LIKE, THIS IS, THESE AREN'T MY NUMBERS.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO WITHDRAW IT.
AND DISCUSSION WE HAD IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN STILL AMEND IT, IT'S STILL THERE, WE CAN STILL FIX IT.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS BODY CAN DO THAT.
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PERCEPTION TO THINK THAT I RECOMMENDED THE, THAT CAME OUT OF ME, IT CAME OUT OF THE STAFF, UM, THAT I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT.AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS, UM, I I, I WORRY ABOUT, AND, AND MAYBE I DON'T KNOW IF THE COUNSELOR'S OFFICE CAN HELP ME UNDERSTAND THIS AS WELL.
I UNDERSTAND ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED ABOUT WITH, UM, UM, IF I CAN READ, UM, THE 6 1 3 1 ABOUT USING THE GENERAL FUND AND USING IT FOR THE OTHERS.
UM, BUT HAS THIS EVER BEEN DONE THAT WE USE ANOTHER SEPARATE, UH, TAX LEVY TO BALANCE IT OUT FOR ANOTHER TAX LEVY AS BEING SUGGESTED BY LIKE WITH THE SENIOR SERVICES FUND? THERE HAVE CERTAINLY BEEN TIMES WHEN ONE LEVY HAS BEEN INCREASED AND ANOTHER HAS BEEN DECREASED, IF THAT IS THE QUESTION.
NO, I MEAN, TO LEVEL OUT WHAT THEY WAS, WELL, I MEAN, IT, IT DOESN'T REALLY LEVEL OUT BECAUSE IT'S TWO DIFFERENT FUNDS.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE LINES WITHIN A DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET WHERE IT'S ALL THE SAME.
SO IT'S, I MEAN, ONE FUND WOULD OBVIOUSLY GET MORE AND ANOTHER FUND WOULD GET LESS, BUT THEY'RE TWO COMPLETELY SEPARATE UNRELATED FUNDS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
'CAUSE I THINK I'M JUST GOING TO CONFUSE PEOPLE BECAUSE IF I'M CONFUSED AND I'M SURE OTHER PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED.
I THINK THE YEAR THAT WAS MOST SIMILAR TO THIS ONE WAS 2020.
IS THAT IT? I DUNNO IF YOU REMEMBER BACK ANY OTHER DISCUSSION.
SO WE WANNA MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND, UM, UNERECT THE MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
I WOULD RECOMMEND DOING EACH SEPARATELY JUST SO THAT THERE'S A YEAH, A CLEAN I JUST POLLING? YES.
SO I'LL MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES FOR, FOR ORDINANCE.
UH, SO THAT, SO I THINK WE CAN DO ONE MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES FOR BOTH ORDINANCES, RIGHT? YEAH, PROBABLY I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND PROBABLY JUST DEALING WITH EACH ONE AT A TIME FOR CLEANLINESS OF THE JOURNAL.
SO THEN I'LL MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES SO THAT WE MIGHT RECONSIDER OUR PERFECTION OF ORDINANCE.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO RECONSIDER OR RESCIND THE RULES FOR ORDINANCE SIX.
GOING BACK TO FRANKLIN ABSTAIN AND ONE ABSTAIN.
SO THE SUSPENSION OF THE RULES FAILS, WHICH MEANS IT STAYS PERFECTED WITH THE, UH, WHATEVER IT IS, 16TH OF A CENT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO RESCIND THE RULES FOR ORDINANCE? SIX.
IT IS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO RESCIND, UM, THE PERFECTION ON ORDINANCE 6 1 3 4.
AND JUST SO WE'RE MADAM CHAIR.
AND JUST SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE TIMING WISE, WE ARE AT A CRUNCH MODE ABOUT THIS.
UM, I WILL BE SHARPENING MY VETO PIN ON THESE TWO.
SO IF WE NEED TO GET THIS DONE QUICKER RATHER THAN LATER, I DON'T WANNA WAIT FOR THAT, FOR THE GET BACK FOR THIS BODY TO DEAL WITH THAT.
UM, THEN WE WOULD NEED TO IN THAT CASE, AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW, WE WOULD
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NEED TO PLAN ON A MEETING FOR WEDNESDAY AND WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE LEGISLATION INTRODUCED IN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE NEW LEVY RATE THAT WAS PROPOSED BY THE ADMINISTRATION.I SUPPOSE LORD NEED TO BE NOTICED.
SO WE LEFT THOSE NOT RECONSIDERING, BUT THEY'RE STILL, THEY'RE PERFECTED AND THEY'RE GOING TO THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR ADOPTION.
UM, WE HAVE RECEIVED THE KIND OF INFORMATION, YES.
SO IF THE CONSENT AGENDA FAILS, THESE FAIL, THAT IS AN ALTERNATIVE AS WELL.
UM, WE HAVE THE AMENDMENT FOR ORDINANCE 6, 1, 3 1.
DO LEGISLATORS A BARCA AND SMITH HAVE THOSE AS WELL? YES, PLEASE.
SMITH, WHILE SHE'S DOING THAT, DO YOU WANNA GO OVER THE CHANGES IN THIS AMENDMENT? UH, SO WE'RE REDUCING THE GENERAL FUND LEVY FROM 0.2010 TO 0.1817.
UH, WE ARE REDUCING, OR I'M SORRY, KEEPING THE HEALTH FUND LEVY, ESSENTIALLY IT UNCHANGED AT 0.1145.
PARK FUND LEVY IS INCREASING SLIGHTLY FROM 0.0962 TO 0.1072.
AND THE SPECIAL ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND IS INCREASING SLIGHTLY FROM 0.0644 TO 0.073.
ONE AGGREGATE IS 0.0 OR IS 0.5070 THE SAME AS IT WAS LAST YEAR.
UM, THIS IS A, A, A REALLY GOOD EXERCISE IN NOT RAISING THE LEVY, BUT FIGURING OUT THE DIFFERENT FUNDS THAT NEED THE MONEY.
I THINK THIS IS REALLY GOOD AND I APPRECIATE VICE CHAIR SMITH GOING THROUGH THAT, WHERE WE FOUND, UH, THE PARK PARK BOARD NEEDS A LITTLE BIT MORE ROAD BRIDGE, NEED A LITTLE MORE, TAKE A LITTLE BIT OUTTA THE GENERAL WE ARE ABLE TO DO THIS.
SO THIS IS A LEGISLATION THAT COMES OUT THAT IS TRULY ACROSS THE BOARD, NOT A LEVY INCREASE AS AN AGGREGATE OF THESE FOUR FUNDS.
UH, SMITH OF, OF ALL OF THE TAX LEVI THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING HERE, WHAT IS, IS THERE A TOTAL VARIANCE IN ALL OF THEM TOGETHER? ONE PENNY.
ACROSS OUR FOUR AND THE THREE THAT WE DON'T CONTROL.
SO THE, THE TAXPAYERS WILL NOT SEE ANY INCREASE IN LEVY AS FAR AS THEY'RE CONCERNED.
I MEAN, A PENNY, WHICH A PENNY, YEAH.
YEAH, IT'S, IT'S A VERY NOMINAL AMOUNT IN AGGREGATE ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY, WHICH MEANS YOU DIVIDE IT BY ALL THE PROPERTIES AND IT'S A VERY NOMINAL AMOUNT.
THIS IS TO THE EXECUTIVE, UH, MR. EXECUTIVE.
I'D ASK, AS YOU CONSIDER ALL OF THESE LEVIES IN TOTALITY, IF YOU DO SUGGEST ANY VETOES THAT YOU MAKE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WHERE AND WHAT SHOULD BE THE RATES, UH, FOR RETURN? I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL AS WE LOOK AT THIS.
ALTHOUGH I, I AGREE A PENNY IS, UM, AN AGGREGATE NOT THAT GREAT OF AN IMPACT, BUT WHEN WE'RE TELLING FOLKS AND OUR CONSTITUENCIES THAT WE'RE ROLLING TAXES BACK AND THEN WE RAISE THEIR TAXES, THAT DOESN'T REALLY SET IN LINE.
UM, SO I, I, YOU CAN DO THAT FOR US.
I THINK THAT COULD BE HELPFUL AS WE RE-APPROACH A, A MEETING ON WEDNESDAY.
I, I'M SPECIFICALLY, UH, ONLY LOOKING AT 6 1 3 3 AND 6 1 3 4.
AND THE, THE NUMBERS THAT I WILL PROPOSE ON THE JACKSON COUNTY COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH FUND LEVY AND THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SERVICES FOR DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED.
THE SHELTER WORKSHOP LEVY WILL BE THE SAME NUMBERS OF THEIR LEVY FROM LAST YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW THAT SPECIFIC NUMBER IN FRONT OF ME, BUT THAT WILL BE THAT NUMBER.
UM, NOW THAT EVERYONE HAS SEEN ORDINANCE 6, 1, 3 1, IS THERE A MOTION TO PERFECT MOVE TO ADOPT THE AMENDMENT? SECOND.
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EXCUSE ME.IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE AMENDMENT.
I HAVE NOT SEEN THE AMENDMENT MOVE TO ADOPT OR ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT, WHICH MOVE TO ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT.
AND I THINK LEGISLATOR MARSHALL SAID THAT SHE HADN'T, LEGISLATOR SMITH SAID SHE HADN'T GOTTEN IT YET VIA TEXT.
WAIT, WHAT DID YOU SAY? DID YOU, WHAT'D YOU SAY, MA? LEGISLATOR? I'VE NOT RECEIVED AN EMAIL EITHER, SO THANK YOU FOR THE DISCUSSION ON THIS AMENDMENT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO ACCEPTING THIS AMENDMENT RIGHT NOW AS WE WAIT? THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
DID THOSE EMAILS GO THROUGH LEGISLATORS OF BARCA AND SMITH? DO YOU HAVE THEM? YES, I, YES.
I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T HAD MUCH TIME TO LOOK AT OVER, UM, BUT HOPEFULLY LEGISLATORS SMITH'S ASSESSMENT ANALYSIS HELPED WITH THAT TO HELP TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THIS.
UM, IT'S, WE'VE HAD A MOTION TO ACCEPT IT'S BEEN SECONDED.
IS THERE A MOTION TO PERFECT THE AMENDED ORDINANCE? 6 1 3 1 MOVE TO PERFECT.
ANY OPPOSED? IS THAT MOTION WITHOUT OBJECTION.
THIS WILL GO TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS FINAL PASSAGE OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES.
[8 RESOLUTIONS IN COMMITTEE]
AND COMMITTEE RESOLUTION.[22323 A RESOLUTION directing the County Executive, the Department of Public Works, and all appropriate County departments and agencies to develop and implement a comprehensive framework governing the siting, construction, expansion, and operation of artificial intelligence and high-capacity data center facilities within Jackson County, Missouri, and establishing conditions necessary to protect public infrastructure, utility systems, environmental resources, public safety, and neighboring communities.]
TWO.DIRECTING THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS IN ALL APPROPRIATE COUNTY DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK GOVERNING THE SITING CONSTRUCTION EXPANSION AND OPERATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND HIGH CAPACITY DATA CENTER FACILITIES WITHIN JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI.
AND ESTABLISHING CONDITIONS NECESSARY TO PROTECT PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, UTILITY SYSTEMS, ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES, PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES, LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE.
UM, LEGISLATOR SMITH IS WORKING ON AN AMENDMENT TO THIS.
SO THAT'S WITH LEGAL DOWN AND I'M HOPING WE'LL HAVE IT BACK SOMETIME THIS WEEK.
[22404 A RESOLUTION declaring certain County-owned land as surplus real property and authorizing the Administration to solicit bids for selling one (1) surplus parcel.]
2 2 4 0 4 DECLARING CERTAIN COUNTY OWNED LAND AS SURPLUS REAL PROPERTY AND AUTHORIZING THE ADMINISTRATION TO SOLICIT BIDS FOR SELLING ONE SURPLUS PARCEL LAND USE COMMITTEE REPORT FROM COMMITTEE LAND USE COMMITTEE HELD WE ARE HOLDING 2 2 4 0 4 RESOLUTION[22405 A RESOLUTION declaring certain County-owned land as surplus real property and authorizing the Administration to solicit bids for selling two (2) surplus parcels.]
2 2 4 0 5 DECLARING CERTAIN COUNTY OWNED LAND OF SURPLUS REAL PROPERTY AND AUTHORIZING THE ADMINISTRATION TO SOLICIT BIDS FOR SELLING TWO SURPLUS PARCELS.LAND USE COMMITTEE REPORT FROM COMMITTEE LAND USE COMMITTEE HELD.
WE ARE HOLDING RESOLUTION 2 2 4 0 6
[22406 A RESOLUTION awarding a twenty-four-month term and supply contract, with one (1) twelve-month option to extend, for the furnishing of off road, agricultural, industrial, and specialty tires and associated maintenance and repair for use by various County departments to Pomp’s Tire Service, Inc. of Kansas City, Missouri under the terms and conditions of Invitation to Bid No. 26-046.]
ACCORDING TO 24 MONTH TERM SUPPLY CONTRACT WITH ONE 12 MONTH OPTION TO EXTEND FOR THE FURNISHING OF OFF-ROAD AGRICULTURAL, INDUSTRIAL AND SPECIALTY TIRES AND ASSOCIATED MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR FREEZE BY VARIOUS COUNTY DEPARTMENTS TO PUMPS, TIRES, TIRE SERVICE INC.OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI UNDER THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF INVITATION HAVE BEEN NUMBER 26 DASH FOUR SIX.
BUDGET COMMITTEE REPORT FROM COMMITTEE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ADOPTION WITHOUT OBJECTION.
RESOLUTION 2 2 4 0 6 WILL BE PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[22410 A RESOLUTION awarding a twenty-four-month contract for the furnishing of software maintenance services for the COMBAT Community CareLink and COMBAT Connections databases for use by the COMBAT staff to First Call Technologies, LLC, of Kansas City, MO, at an actual cost to the County in the amount of $182,435.00, as a sole source purchase.]
ACCORDING A 24 MONTH[01:30:01]
CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASING OF SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE FOR YOU FOR THE COMBAT COMMUNITY CARELINK AND COMBAT CONNECTIONS DATABASES FOR USE BY THE COMBAT STAFF TO FIRST CALL TECHNOLOGIES LLC OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, AND ACTUAL COST OF COUNTY AND THE AMOUNT OF $182,435 AS A SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE.JUSTICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT FROM COMMITTEE.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ADOPTION WITHOUT OBJECTION.
RESOLUTION 2 2 4 1 0 WILL BE ADDED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[22411 A RESOLUTION declaring certain County-owned property as surplus property and authorizing its disposal pursuant to Chapter 11 of Jackson County Code, 1984.]
DECLARING CERTAIN COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY IS SURPLUS PROPERTY AND AUTHORIZING ITS DISPOSAL PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 11 OF THE JACKSON COUNTY CODE 1984 JUSTICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT FROM COMMITTEE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ADOPTION WITHOUT OBJECTION.RESOLUTION 2 2 4 1 1 WILL BE ADDED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA RESOLUTION 2 2 4 1 2
[22412 A RESOLUTION awarding a twenty-four-month term and supply contract, with one (1) twelve-month option to extend, for the furnishing of maintenance of kitchen equipment for use by the Detention Center to US Engineering Service, LLC, of Kansas City, MO, under the terms and conditions of Invitation to Bid No. 26-032.]
AWARD.A 24 MONTH TERM SUPPLY CONTRACT WITH ONE 12 MONTH OPTION TO EXTEND FOR THE FURNISHING OF MAINTENANCE OF KITCHEN EQUIPMENT FOR USE BY THE DETENTION CENTER TO US ENGINEERING SERVICE LLC OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.
UNDER THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF INVITATION TO BID NUMBER 26 DASH 0 3 2 JUSTICE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT FROM COMMITTEE.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ADOPTION WITHOUT OBJECTION.
RESOLUTION 2 2 4 1 2 WILL BE ADDED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR ADOPTION.
[9 CONSENT AGENDA]
AGENDA MME. CLARK, FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA I HAVE, UM, ORDINANCE 61, 30, 33, 34 AND 31 FOR ADOPTION.I HAVE RESOLUTIONS TWO TWO FOUR SIX TWO TWO FOUR TEN TWO TWO FOUR ELEVEN TWO TWO FOUR TWELVE FOR ADOPTION.
IS THERE A MOTION TO HANG ON? 6 1 3 2 IN THERE? YEAH, I THOUGHT I READ THAT FIRST.
UM, GOING BACK TO THREE ONE 'CAUSE WE DID THAT LATER AND THEN I'M SORRY, I'LL JUST REPEAT 'EM.
RESOLUTIONS TWO TWO FOUR OH SIX FOUR TEN FOUR ELEVEN FOUR TWELVE FOR ADOPTION.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE CONSENT TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? MOVE TO ADOPT.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ANDERSON.
INTRODUCTION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND ASSIGNMENT TO COMMITTEE.
MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY ADD-ONS? NO MA'AM.
[11 INTRODUCTION OF PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS AND ASSIGNMENT TO COMMITTEE]
INTRODUCTION OF PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS AND ASSIGNMENT TO COMMITTEE RESOLUTION[22417 A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute two (2) permanent utility easements in favor of the Kansas City, MO Water Department, for a fee payable to the County.]
2 2 4 1 7 AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO EXECUTE TWO PERMANENT UTILITY EASEMENTS IN FAVOR OF THE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI WATER DEPARTMENT FOR A FEE PAYABLE TO THE COUNTY INTRODUCED BY CHARLIE FRANKLIN, UH, ASSIGNED TO LAND USE COMMITTEE[22418 A RESOLUTION awarding a contract for the purchase of one (1) 2026 Ford F-150 Police Responder vehicle for use by the Sheriff’s Office to CFLR Auto, LLC, of Republic, MO, and two (2) 2026 Ford F-150 Police Responder vehicles from Gary Crossley Ford, LLC of Kansas City, MO under the terms and conditions of State of Missouri Contracts No. MC250182003 and MC250182006, existing competitively bid government contracts, at an actual cost to the County in the amount of $145,431.00.]
RESOLUTION 2 2 4 1 8 BOARD IN CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF 1 20 26 FORD F-150 POLICE RESPONDER VEHICLE FOR USE BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO CF LR AUTO LLC OF REPUBLIC, MISSOURI AND 2 20 26 FORD F-150 POLICE RESPONDER VEHICLES FROM GARY CROSSLEY FORD, LLC OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI UNDER THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF STATE OF MISSOURI CONTRACTS NUMBER MC 2 5 8 2 3 AND MC 2 5 8 2 COMPETITIVELY BIG GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS AT AN ACTUAL COST TO THE COUNTY IN THE AMOUNT OF $145,431.INTRODUCED BY VANESSA HUSKY, PLEASE ASSIGN TO JUSTICE AND LAW COMMITTEE.
MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY ADD-ONS? NO MA'AM.
CHAIRMAN COUNTY EXECUTIVE ORDERS, DO WE HAVE ANY COUNTY EXECUTIVE ORDERS? NONE.
[13 UNFINISHED BUSINESS]
BUSINESS.UH, JUST ONE THING, MADAM CHAIR.
UM, SO WE GOT SOME COUNTY EXECUTIVE ORDERS, UH, LAST WEEK, UH, THAT WERE FOR APPOINTMENTS AND THE APPOINTMENTS DIDN'T HAVE AN END DATE ON 'EM.
I I WAS ADVISED THAT FOR SOME OF THOSE APPOINTMENTS THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE END DATES.
SO I JUST THOUGHT I'D BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION AND SEE IF WE COULD UM, CLEAN THOSE UP.
UM, ANY OTHER UNFINISHED BUSINESS? NEW BUSINESS.
[14 NEW BUSINESS]
THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE MEETING IS SCHEDULED TO BE HELD ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 5TH, 2026[01:35:01]
AT 3:00 PM AT THE JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE.4 1 5 EAST 12TH STREET, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.
DO WE NEED SECOND FLOOR LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY AREA? IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? ONE MOMENT.
DO WE NEED A SPECIAL MEETING? DID YOU MENTIONED IT EARLIER BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE GOT A TIME AND ALL THAT.
NO, YOU CAN CALL FOR A SPECIAL MEETING.
WE NEED SPECIAL, WE WOULD NEED A SPECIAL MEETING IF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE VETOES VETOES THE LEVY RATES ON ONE OR MORE OF OUR ORDINANCES THAT WE PASSED ON 6 1 3 3 AND SIX ONE THREE FOUR.
YOU CAN JUST CALL A SPECIAL MEETING AND I THINK AS CHAIR YOU CAN CALL A SPECIAL MEETING IF THAT BECOMES NECESSARY WITHOUT ANNOUNCING IT HERE.
IS THAT RIGHT MADAM CHAIR? YEAH, THAT'S FINE.
WE'LL JUST HAVE TO HAVE 24 HOURS.
UM, WE'VE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADJOURN, CORRECT? NO, I DUNNO.
ANY OPPOSED? THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.