* 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. [1 ROLL CALL] [00:00:02] GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE JACKSON COUNTY LEGISLATURE. IT IS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026 AT 11:00 AM AND WE ARE IN THE JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE, THE KANSAS CITY LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY AREA. MADAME CLARK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ANDERSON HERE. SMITH, YOU THINK YOU KNOW ABOUT IT? HERE? I SEE HER ON CAMERA. SORRY, SHE DON'T HEAR ME. SMITH. YEAH, I HEARD HER. OH, YOU DID? PRESENT. I COULDN'T HEAR YOU PRESENT. I THOUGHT I HEARD HER. A BARCA HUSKY. PRESENT. FRANKLIN PRESIDENT MCGEE LAUER? HERE SMITH. HERE. PEYTON HERE. SEVEN. PRESENT. TWO. ABSENT, [2 THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE 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 FOR ALL. [3 APPROVAL OF THE JOURNAL OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING] IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE JOURNAL FROM OUR PREVIOUS MEETING? SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? [4 HEARINGS] THANK YOU. UM, HEARINGS. WE HAVE NO HEARINGS TODAY. [5 COMMUNICATIONS WITH AND REPORTS OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE] COMMUNICATIONS WITH AND OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE [6 PERFECTION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND REPORTS OF COMMITTEE] PERFECTION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND REPORTS OF COMMITTEE. WE HAVE NO PERFECTION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE. [7 FINAL PASSAGE OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES] NO FINAL PASSAGE, NO [8 RESOLUTIONS IN COMMITTEE] RESOLUTIONS IN COMMITTEE, NO CONSENT [9 CONSENT AGENDA] AGENDA, [10 INTRODUCTION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND ASSIGNMENT TO COMMITTEE] INTRODUCTION OF PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS AND COUNTY EXECUTIVE [12 COUNTY EXECUTIVE ORDERS] ORDERS. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND SKIP DOWN [13 UNFINISHED BUSINESS] TO UNFINISHED BUSINESS TO TAKE UP THE MATTER OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE VETOES OF ORDINANCES. 6 1 1 3 4 AND SIX FOUR. ONE. THREE THREE. EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THE VETO MESSAGES IN AN EMAIL YESTERDAY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY DISCUSSION? MADAM CHAIR? YES, MADAM CHAIR. I WOULD MOVE, UH, TO OVERRIDE V OF THE VETO OF ORDINANCE. SIX ONE. THREE. THREE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. IS THERE A DISCUSSION MADAM CHAIR? YES. COULD WE BE CLEAR ON WHAT THIS MEANS? UH, UH, SO THE PUBLIC WILL UNDERSTAND AND WE ALL UNDERSTAND. AND ON THE SAME PAGE? CERTAINLY ORDINANCE 6, 1 3. THREE IS IN REGARDS TO THE MENTAL HEALTH FUND. THE MENTAL HEALTH FUND IN 2025, UM, WAS AT A RATE OF 0 9 6 9. THE 2026 PER PROPOSED RATE IS 0.1018. UM, CALCULATING APPROXIMATELY A $207,208 DIFFERENCE. THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED IS 6 1 3 4. UM, THE 2025 RATE WAS 0.0728. THE 2026 RATE IS 0.0765. AND I DO APOLOGIZE FOR JUMPING AHEAD BECAUSE WE'RE ACTUALLY ON THE MENTAL HEALTH, BUT I WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE TO MENTION BOTH OF THEM. AND, UM, THE MENTAL, EXCUSE ME, THE DIS DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED FROM 25 TO 26 WOULD BE AN INCREASE OF 159,415 BASED ON THESE NUMBERS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM, UM, ADMINISTRATION AND FROM THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE. OKAY. AND, UH, WITH THE ORDINANCES THAT WERE ADDRESSED AT MONDAY'S MEETING, HOW DOES THIS AFFECT THE TOTAL? I, I'VE HEARD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT NUMBERS FROM A PENNY TO $4 MM-HMM . SO COULD WE CLARIFY THAT? AND I AM GOING TO LET, UM, LEGISLATOR SMITH SPEAK TO THAT MORE CLEARLY, BUT WILL WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, WELL, LET ME LET HIM SPEAK . UH, SO THE AGGREGATE LEVY RATE FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY WOULD BE, UM, ONE PENNY HIGHER IF WE OVERRIDE THESE VETOES. UM, THE $4 IS, LEMME CLARIFY, THAT'S ONE PENNY MORE THAN LAST YEAR'S LEVY. CORRECT. OKAY. AND UM, THE, THE $4 IS IF WE COMBINE THE TOTAL OF THESE TWO INCREASES AND DIVIDE THEM BY AN AVERAGE MEDIAN PROPERTY, UM, WITH 300,000 PARCELS AND ABOUT A $300,000 COMBINED INCREASE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, $1 PER PROPERTY, ARGUABLY. BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, SOME PROPERTIES ARE WORTH MORE, SOME LESS. AND SO THE MEDIAN WORKS [00:05:01] OUT TO ABOUT FOUR BUCKS. BUT THAT'S ONLY FOR THESE TWO ORDINANCES. CORRECT. OKAY. AND SO COLLECTIVELY FOR ALL THE ORDINANCES WE'RE DOWN TO A PENNY THAT IT WOULD AFFECT THE TAXPAYERS? CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. LEGISLATOR ANDERSON. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, I JUST WANT TO SPEAK ON, UH, SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT HAS, UH, COME FORWARD AND ALSO SPEAKING WITH OUR FRIENDS FROM THE, UH, MENTAL HEALTH LEVY, UH, THE MENTAL HEALTH FUND AND ALSO OUR FRIENDS FROM ETHOS. UNDERSTANDING THAT, UH, WHEN WE MENTIONED, OR AS AS, UH, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE HAS MENTIONED AND OTHERS HAVE MENTIONED, THAT KEEPING THIS, UH, TAX RATE THE SAME AS LAST YEAR OR FLAT IF YOU WILL, DOES NOT MEAN THAT THESE TWO, UH, CRUCIAL FUNDS STAY THE SAME. WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THE ASSESSED VALUE HAS DECREASED, WHICH WE NEEDED TO CORRECT THE 2023, UH, ASSESSMENTS OVERALL. BUT THE SMALL INCREASE HERE IS TO JUST KEEP THEM AT THE SAME LEVEL THAT THEY WERE LAST YEAR. THIS IS NOT AN INCREASE FOR NEW STAFF. THIS IS NOT AN INCREASE TO, UH, UH, FILL THEIR COFFERS JUST FOR ANY REASON. THIS IS LITERALLY FROM THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO KEEP THESE FUNDS FLAT AS THEY SHOULD BE. BUT LEAVING THEM AT THE CURRENT RATE THAT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED WILL CREATE A DEFICIT OF 150 TO OVER $200,000 FOR EACH FUND. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT IS AT ALL APPROPRIATE WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH, UH, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY INDIVIDUALS, THEIR FAMILIES, UH, TRANSPORTATION, SAME THING WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH FUND. A CRUCIAL FUND THAT TAKES CARE OF THOSE WHO ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE. AND THAT IS WHY I HAD MOTION TO OVERRIDE BOTH OF THESE. OR THE FIRST 6, 1 3 3 AND THEN 6 1 3 4. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? MME. CLARK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. ANDERSON. YES. SMITH? YES. ACA HUSKY. YES. FRANKLIN? YES. MCGEE LAUER? YES. SMITH? YES. PEYTON? YES. SEVEN. YES. TWO ABSENT. ADAM CHAIR? YES. MADAM CHAIR. I WOULD MOVE TO OVERRIDE THE VETO OF ORDINANCE 6 1 3 4. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND DISCUSSION? MY MADAM CHAIR. JUST TO CLARIFY AGAIN, UM, THIS LEGISLATIVE SMITH, THIS IS THE SAME CONVERSATION WE JUST HAD. YEP. AND APPLIES THE SAME. YEP. THANK YOU. AND MADAM CHAIR? YES. LEGISLATOR ANDERSON. I JUST WANNA REITERATE AGAIN, UH, THE UM, IDEA THAT KEEPING THE RATE OF THE EXACT SAME WILL NOT, WILL NOT KEEP THE SAME AMOUNT THAT WAS COLLECTED, UH, UH, FOR THESE LEVIES. THIS INCREASE, AGAIN FROM OUR OWN FINANCE DEPARTMENT WILL KEEP THEM LEVEL WITH WHERE THEY WERE LAST YEAR. UH, I JUST THINK THAT IS CRUCIAL TO REITERATE, UH, THAT THIS IS NOT AN INCREASE OUT OF NOWHERE. IT IS INCREASED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE SURE THESE TWO CRUCIAL, UH, ENTITIES ARE FUNDED, UH, AT THE SAME LEVEL THAT THEY WERE LAST YEAR. AND DO WE WANNA DISCUSS ANY FURTHER ABOUT THE MONETARY IMPACT LEGISLATIVE SMITH? IS EVERYONE OKAY WITH THAT? UM, BEFORE WE GO TO VOTE, WELL, ACTUALLY I CAN TALK ABOUT THIS AFTER WE'RE DONE. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO VOTE. ANDERSON. YES. SMITH? YES. ABCA HUSKY. YES. FRANKLIN? YES. MCGEE LAUER. YES. SMITH? YES. PEYTON? YES. AND MME. CLARK, LEGISLATIVE FRANKLIN, COULD WE GET YOU TO TURN YOUR CAMERA ON AND VOTE AGAIN PLEASE? FRANKLIN? I'M TRYING. MY CAMERA DOESN'T SEEM TO WANT IT. SAYS, SAYS NO AVAILABLE CAMERA FOUND. HOLD ON JUST ONE MINUTE. HERE COMES MY TECH PRO . IT'S NOT EVEN LETTING US CLICK IT. UM, OOPS. TRY TO GET ON, TRY TO GET HIM ON FACETIME. UM, MAYBE HE CAN COME ON A LITTLE BIT LATER. THANK YOU SO MUCH LEGISLATOR FRANKLIN. ALRIGHT. IF YOU CAN'T GET THE CAMERA WORKING IN A LITTLE BIT, WE WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. UM, SO THEN THERE WAS SEVEN YES. TWO ABSENT AND WE COULDN'T SEE CHARLIE BECAUSE OF THE CAMERA. RIGHT? HE'S GOING OFF AND COMING BACK ON. OKAY. UM, I DO. IT SAYS NO CAMERA IS CONNECTED NOW WHY IS IT SAYING THAT? OKAY, THANK YOU. DID SHE SAY IT'S CONNECTED NOW? NO, IT'S NOT CONNECTED NOW. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [00:10:01] I DO WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, IT HAS BEEN OUR INTENTION AS A LEGISLATURE TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE ON THIS AND TO COLLABORATE ON THESE. UM, WE MADE A COMMITMENT NOT TO INCREASE LEVIES. UM, AND WE DID NOT FOR, UM, THE LEVY FOR JACKSON COUNTY, FOR OUR GENERAL FUND. THAT LEVY DID NOT INCREASE. UM, AND I'M SO GLAD THAT WE COULD COLLABORATE ON THAT. UM, WE HAD NUMBERS THAT WE RECEIVED THAT, AS LEGISLATOR ANDERSON MENTIONED, WOULD HELP, UH, THESE TWO FUNDS STAY AT A RATE THAT IS ACTUALLY WHAT MAY APPEAR AS AN INCREASE, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY NOT AN INCREASE BECAUSE OF THE DE DECREASED ASSESSMENTS. UM, WE HAVE, UM, WORKED TOGETHER AS A LEGISLATOR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE IN THE COUNTY. WE COULD ALWAYS CALL IN. I'D BE GLAD TO HAVE YOUR, UH, YOUR MICROPHONE'S ON. OKAY. THERE YOU GO. IT SEEMS IT'S MUTED AND THAT WE WORK TOGETHER. UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE LEGISLATURE? I'LL JUST SAY THAT HAVING UM, SIX VOTES TO OVERRIDE BOTH THOSE VETOES MAKES ORDINANCE 6 1 3 7 AND 6 1 3 8 MOOT. AND I'M HAPPY TO WITHDRAW THEM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE DO HAVE CHARLIE FRANKLIN ON CAMERA NOW. LEGISLATOR FRANKLIN? YES. . THANK YOU. AND CAN WE GET ANOTHER YES. CAN WE GET A YES? YES. ? YES. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, IS THERE ANY THANK YOU. CAN WE GET TWO CONCURRENCES? WE NEED TO HAVE, UH, CON CONCURRENCES. CAN WE GET TWO CONCUR CONCURRENCES PLEASE? I'LL CONCUR. I CONCUR. OKAY. THANK YOU. ON BOTH FOR BOTH, YEAH. BOTH 37 AND 38. OKAY. JAYLEN AND VANESSA. THANK YOU. ANYTHING FURTHER WE NEED TO DO IN THAT REGARD? MME. CLARK? NO MA'AM. CHAIRMAN, IS THERE ANY NEW BUSINESS? MADAM CHAIR, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING THERE. I WAS MEETING WITH THE COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT, MAKE SURE OUR BILLS ARE COMING OUT. UM, UH, I'VE ENJOYED IN MY TERM, COLLABORATING WITH THE LEGISLATURE AS WE MOVE. AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU MENTIONED OUR LEVIES. JACKSON COUNTY'S LEVIES ARE STAYED FLAT. WE DID NOT RAISE THEM, BUT LET'S MAKE SURE WE ARE CRYSTAL CLEAR. THIS BODY JUST RAISED TAXES. I JUST SPENT LAST NIGHT WITH A HUNDRED PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR PROPERTY TAXES. AND, UH, IF WE'RE GOING TO SINGLE OUT MENTAL HEALTH AND E TOS, WHICH I APPOINT THOSE BOARD MEMBERS, THERE'S NOT ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM THAT CARES ABOUT THEM MORE THAN I DO. THERE ARE A LOT OF AGENCIES IN JACKSON COUNTY, THEY'RE FEELING A HURT. AND FOR US TO IDENTIFY JUST THOSE TWO AND RAISE TAXES AS THIS BODY JUST DID, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO LIVE WITH THAT. AND THE, THE VETO, WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, WAS GOING TO GET THEM BACK LEVYING. THE, THE CONVERSATION I HAD WITH PEOPLE, MEMBERS OF LEGISLATURES IS WE WERE JUST GO BACK OR YOU WERE GONNA GO BACK AND MAKE THOSE A FLAT LEVY. WE ALL KNOW A FLAT LEVEE WITH ASSESSMENTS GOING IS HURTING. IT'S HURTING EVERYBODY. SO I I I WILL TELL YOU, UM, I DO AM TAKEN ABACK THAT THE, THE REASON IS, WELL, WE WANNA MAKE SURE MENTAL HEALTH BOARD AND TOS IS TAKEN CARE OF. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WE'RE NOT TAKING CARE OF. WE'RE GIVEN TAX CREDITS AND WE'RE GONNA BE IN THE, THE HOLE UP TO 7 MILLION BUCKS. THERE'S PEOPLE FROM MOXA, FROM HOPE HOUSE, FROM NEWHOUSE, THEY'RE HURTING. AND SO WALKING OUTTA HERE, WE GOTTA REMEMBER THE PEOPLE. JACKSON COUNTY HILL, YOU JUST RAISED TAXES. YOU CAN SPEND IT ANY WAY YOU WANT. AND I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBERS ARE CORRECT OF WHAT WE'RE SAYING BECAUSE THIS IS AS COMPLICATED MESS IN THIS COUNTY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE FINANCES AND YOU GUYS KNOW IT 'CAUSE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TOLD ABOUT IT FOR YEARS. IT'S BEEN KEPT SECRET FROM YOU. AND I'M TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT MYSELF EVERY DAY AND I CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT. BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I, I REALLY, REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THE VETO AND I REALLY THOUGHT AFTER TALKING TO THE PUBLIC, IT IS NOT A GOOD OPTIC AND WE CAN SPIN IT ANY WAY WE WANT. BUT, BUT WE JUST RAISED TAXES. WHAT, WHAT WE DID, YOU GUYS JUST RAISED TAXES ON THAT. I I WON'T BE SIGNING IT AND IT'LL COME BACK TO YOU WITHOUT MY SIGNATURE. BUT IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S A, AN OPTIC ISSUE THAT, THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT. AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I SPOKE MY PIECES. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. AND WE AS A THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND WE AS A LEGISLATURE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE OPTICS AS WELL. UM, WE HAVE WORKED TO COLLABORATE, AS YOU HAVE SAID, AND UM, WE HAVE, UM, DISCUSSED THIS. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS. WE RECEIVED NUMBERS FROM FINANCE, WE RECEIVED NUMBERS FROM YOU. UM, WE HAVE TAKEN THIS INTO GRAVE CONSIDERATION. NONE OF US HERE WANT TO RAISE TAXES AND TO MERELY SAY THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DESIRE OR SOMETHING THAT, UM, WILL NOT IMPACT THEIR BUDGETS BECAUSE IT'S GONNA IMPACT ALL THESE OTHER AGENCIES. IT'S VERY UNFAIR BECAUSE WE HAVE WHAT IS IN FRONT OF US. WE HAVE THESE [00:15:01] LEVIES IN FRONT OF US. WE HAVE NOT RAISED TAXES ON ANYTHING EXCEPT FOR USING NUMBERS THAT WE WERE GIVEN. AND WITH THE NUMBERS THAT WE WERE GIVEN. TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE $207,208 FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND THE INCREASE OF $159, $59,415 FOR DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED MAKING IT, CONSIDERING THE OVER 300,000 PARCELS THAT WE HAVE IN JACKSON COUNTY IS GOING TO CAUSE A DOLLAR INCREASE. YES. THAT IS AN INCREASE. I GET THAT. AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT'S SO SMALL THAT PEOPLE WILL NOT FILL IT. I'M NOT SAYING THAT. BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO THE CONSTITUENTS BECAUSE WE DO, BUT WE ALSO HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO THESE LEVIES THAT WE ARE, ARE, ARE, AS YOU PUT IT, INCREASING TAXES TODAY. WE HAVE THAT RESPONSIBILITY AND WE WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT WE'RE WORKING, UM, IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THOSE FUNDS. THESE ARE THE NUMBERS WE HAVE DISCUSSED. THESE ARE THE NUMBER. AND I, AND I CERTAINLY GET YOUR POINT, I CERTAINLY GET YOUR POINT AND I CERTAINLY RESPECT THAT POINT, BUT I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE THAT HEARS MY VOICE KNOWS THAT IT IS NOT OUR INTENTION TO BE TAX INCREASES. NONE OF US HERE WANT THAT, BUT WE DO WANT OPERATIONS TO CONTINUE FOR THESE ORGANIZATIONS. WE ARE ALL FEELING THE HURT. ORGANIZATIONS ARE ALL FEELING THE HURT. UM, AND WE'RE NOT TRYING TO PASS ON ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE CONSTITUENTS IN NO WAY. UM, WITH THAT SAID, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WE DON'T GET A DISCOUNT. YEAH. THE, THE, IF I MAY, UM, THE, THE ONE THING THAT DISTINGUISHES THESE AGENCIES FROM ELSEWHERE IS THAT, UM, IF, IF WE HAD REDUCED THEIR LEVY RATES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TWO, UM, NEW ORDINANCES THAT WE JUST WITHDREW, UM, WHAT THAT WOULD'VE DONE IS TAKE MONEY OUT OF THEIR CURRENT YEAR BUDGETS. AND I KNOW IN THE COUNTY'S OPERATIONS FOR THE GENERAL FUND, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE MONEY THAT OUR BUDGET IS HIGHER THAN WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY SPENDING WITH, WITH ETOS, WITH, UM, UM, THE MENTAL HEALTH FUND. UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY, THEY'RE SPENDING EVERY PENNY THEY GOT AND THEY'RE STILL COMING UP SHORT. UM, SO WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY AS A BODY AND WE WILL BE REDUCING OUR BUDGET FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR. FOR THE REMAINING MONTHS WE HAVE TO ABSOLUTELY, BECAUSE WE JUST REDUCED OUR REVENUE, UM, BY MORE THAN, UM, WHAT THIS SMALL INCREASE IS. AND SINCE WE DON'T HAVE BUDGETARY AUTHORITY OVER THESE AGENCIES AND THEY ARE SPENDING FLAT OUT EVERY PENNY THAT THEY HAVE TO TRY TO PROVIDE VITAL SERVICES, WHAT WE WOULD'VE DONE IS BROKEN THE MATH. WE WOULD'VE BASICALLY MADE IT SO THAT, SO THAT WE PASSED A NON-COMPLIANT BUDGET, UH, OR LEVY RATE. SO, UM, NOBODY'S FOUGHT HARDER FOR TAXPAYERS THAN ME. UM, AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE REALITY IS, UM, WE WERE FACED WITH A STARK REALITY. WE EITHER HAD TO REDUCE FUNDING FOR AGENCIES WHERE WE DON'T HAVE BUDGETARY CONTROL AND WE DON'T SEE THEM HAVING ANY EXCESSES OR, OR WE HAD TO ENFORCE UPON THEM AN IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION, WHICH WOULD'VE LEFT THEM JUST WITH, WITHOUT THE FUNDS TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS. SO, UM, DIDN'T DO IT LIGHTLY. AND IT'S IMPORTANT AND THERE IS A VERY CLEAR DISTINCTION BETWEEN THESE AGENCIES THAT ARE SETTING THEIR OWN BUDGET, RUNNING THEIR OWN OPERATIONS, AND, AND THE REST OF THE COUNTY WHERE WE DID TAKE A HIT FOR OURSELVES. SO, THANKS, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. LEGISLATIVE SMITH. THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE MEETING IS SCHEDULED TO BE HELD ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 5TH, 2026 AT 3:00 PM AT THE JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE. 4 1 5 EAST 12TH STREET, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. SECOND FLOOR LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY AREA. IS [15 ADJOURNMENT] THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED TO ADJOURNING? ? THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. UNOFFICIAL, I SHOULD HAVE SAID WE'RE GONNA HAVE A. * 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.