IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE transferring and appropriating $4,164,475.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2026 Park Enterprise Fund and awarding a contract for the replacement of the irrigation system at the Fred Arbanas Golf Course and the Frank White, Jr. Sports Complex to Verde Sports Construction, LLC., of Langley, WA, under the terms and conditions of Invitation to Bid 25-047, at a cost to the County not to exceed $4,164,475.00.
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ORDINANCE NO. 6071, March 16, 2026
INTRODUCED BY Charlie Franklin, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Parks + Rec Department has a need to install a new irrigation system at the Fred Arbanas Golf Course and the Frank White, Jr. Sports Complex as the existing plumbing is now forty years old and showing significant signs of deterioration; and,
WHEREAS, the scope of the project includes the design and installation of a new irrigation system on the championship course, par 3 course, driving range, putting green, entry and clubhouse areas within the Fred Arbanas Golf Course and the Frank White, Jr. Sports Complex; and,
WHEREAS, the Interim Director of Finance and Purchasing solicited bids from qualified respondents for the furnishing of all drawings, labor, materials, equipment, and other services necessary to install such irrigation systems on Invitation to Bid No. 25-047; and,
WHEREAS, a total of five (5) responses were received and evaluated from the following:
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Verde Sports Construction Langley, WA |
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Mid-America Golf and Landscape Lee’s Summit, MO (Jackson County) |
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Viridity Grandview, MO (Jackson County) |
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Commercial Irrigation & Turf, Inc Peoria, IL |
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Eyedeal Lawn Care Solutions, LLC Olathe, KS |
WHEREAS, a transfer and appropriation are necessary to place the funds in the proper spending account; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation from the undesignated fund balance of the 2026 Park Enterprise Fund be and hereby is made:
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DEPARTMENT/DIVISION |
CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION |
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TO |
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Park Enterprise Fund |
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300-9999 |
32810- Undesignated Fund Balance |
$4,164,475 |
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300-1608 Parks - Construction Services |
58060- Other Improvements |
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$4,164,475 |
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BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Finance Department is hereby authorized to make any transfers and appropriations necessary to give effect to the intent of this Ordinance.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its signature by the County Executive.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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County Counselor
I hereby certify that the attached ordinance, Ordinance No. 6071 introduced on March 16, 2026, was duly passed on _____________________________, 2026 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _________________ Nays _____________
Abstaining _____________ Absent ____________
This Ordinance is hereby transmitted to the County Executive for his signature.
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
I hereby approve the attached Ordinance No. 6071.
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Date Phil LeVota, County Executive
Fiscal Note
Funds sufficient for this transfer are available from the source indicated below.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 300 9999 32810
ACCOUNT TITLE: Park Enterprise Fund
Undesignated Fund Balance
NOT TO EXCEED: $4,164,475.00
There is a balance otherwise unencumbered to the credit of the appropriation to which the expenditure is chargeable and there is a cash balance otherwise unencumbered in the treasury to the credit of the fund from which payment is to be made each sufficient to provide for the obligation herein authorized. Funds for future years are subject to appropriation in the County’s then current annual budget.
ACCOUNT NUMBER 300 1608 58060
ACCOUNT TITLE Park Enterprise Fund
Parks-Construction Services
Other Improvements
NOT TO EXCEED $4,164,475.00
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Date County Administration