Legislation Details

File #: 6086    Version: 0 Name: COMBAT outside agencies
Type: Ordinance Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 4/16/2026 In control: County Legislature
On agenda: 5/18/2026 Final action:
Title: AN ORDINANCE transferring $2,180,329.00 within the Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund and appropriating $553,987.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2026 Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund and authorizing the Prosecuting Attorney to execute agreements with certain outside agencies which are engaged in anti-crime, anti-violence, drug prevention and treatment activities, and law enforcement school-based initiatives and purposes, at a cost to the County not to exceed $13,839,340.00.
Sponsors: Venessa Huskey
Attachments: 1. 6086 Signed, 2. RLA, 3. Fiscal Note 26-213 (REVISED)- COMBAT OAs, 4. 2026 FUNDING LIST 5, 5. 21942 Adopted (3)
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IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

 

Title

AN ORDINANCE transferring $2,180,329.00 within the Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund and appropriating $553,987.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2026 Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund and authorizing the Prosecuting Attorney to execute agreements with certain outside agencies which are engaged in anti-crime, anti-violence, drug prevention and treatment activities, and law enforcement school-based initiatives and purposes, at a cost to the County not to exceed $13,839,340.00.

 

Intro

ORDINANCE NO. 6086, May 18, 2026

 

INTRODUCED BY Venessa Huskey, County Legislator

 

 

Body

 WHEREAS, the voters of Jackson County, Missouri, renewed the Anti-Crime sales tax in 2016 to provide funding for the fight against illegal drugs and violent crime in our community; and,

 

WHEREAS, the proceeds and interest generated from this tax are deposited in a special Jackson County Anti-Crime Sales Trust Fund that is segregated and not co-mingled with the general fund or any other special funds of the County; and,

 

WHEREAS, the voters and the Legislature authorized the Prosecuting Attorney, subject to approval by the Legislature, to contract with any organization or entity, whether public or private, which engages in anti-violent crime and anti-drug treatment and prevention activities and law enforcement school-based initiatives; and,

 

WHEREAS, the COMBAT Commission solicited proposals from community and police agencies seeking to provide anti-crime, anti-violence and anti-drug prevention and treatment activities and law enforcement school-based initiatives; and,

 

WHEREAS, the COMBAT Commission has recommended that the Prosecuting Attorney be authorized to execute agreements with certain outside agencies for services to be provided from January 1, 2026, to December 31, 2026, as set out below:

Prevention Programs

Organization/Agency

Amount ($)

Ad Hoc Group Against Crime

160,000.00

Amethyst Place

96,000.00

Artists Helping the Homeless (AHH)

67,200.00

ArtsTech

140,000.00

Bridge Leadership Academy

101,150.00

Calvary Community Outreach Network

78,045.10

Center for Conflict Resolution (CCR)

80,000.00

Child Abuse Prevention Association (CAPA)

50,340.48

Child Protection Center, Inc.

130,903.68

Citizens of the World

60,204.20

City of Kansas City Municipal Court

64,414.00

Community Assistance Council

33,813.50

Community LINC

84,000.00

Community Services League

120,000.00

Crossroads Charter Schools

70,000.00

Delasalle Education Center

160,000.00

Eastern Jackson County Youth Court

80,800.00

Emmanuel Family & Child Development Center

96,000.00

First Call

29,315.70

Footprints, Inc

80,000.00

FosterAdopt Connect

49,920.00

Front Porch Alliance

24,500.00

Full Employment Council, Inc.

120,000.00

Girls Scouts of NE KS and NW MO

56,890.00

Goodwill of Western Missouri and Eastern Kansas

216,027.00

Greater KC LINC

85,000.00

Guadalupe Centers, Inc.

74,934.72

Healing House, Inc.

183,868.80

Heart of America Council, Boys Scouts of America (BSA)

128,699.20

High Aspirations

144,000.00

Hope Faith Homeless Assistance Campus

85,000.00

Hope House, Inc

84,990.00

Housing Authority

49,485.12

Independence Health & Animal Services

90,000.00

Independence Youth Court

109,440.00

Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council

57,600.00

Jackson County CASA

75,140.16

Journey to New Life, Inc

96,000.00

Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey (KCFAA)

41,298.24

KC Mothers in Charge

100,000.00

Kansas City Youth Court

80,000.00

Kansas City Metropolitan Crime Commission

53,644.80

Legal Aid of Western Missouri

32,085.90

MINDDRIVE, Inc

59,500.00

Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault (MOCSA)

136,485.12

Morningstar Development

33,277.00

Newhouse

42,063.00

Operation Breakthrough

16,800.00

Reconciliation Services

35,000.00

ReDiscover

33,600.00

reStart, Inc.

154,749.00

Rose Brooks Center

48,000.00

Sisters in Christ

161,816.64

Synergy Services, Inc.

61,200.00

The Black Archives of Mid-America in Kansas City

50,000.00

True Light Family Resource Center

35,000.00

Truman Medical Centers, Inc dba University Health

240,000.00

Twelfth Street Heritage Development Corporation

136,000.00

United Inner City Services

20,000.00

Urban Neighborhood Initiative

100,000.00

WeCode KC

85,000.00

Whatsoever Community Center

36,000.00

Youth Ambassadors, Inc.

72,673.92

Youth Guidance

100,000.00

STRIVIN Programs

Organization/Agency

Amount ($)

Bridge Leadership Academy (Hickman Mills)

180,000.00

Center for Conflict Resolution

164,584.80

Community Services League

324,471.12

Greater Impact

374,400.00

Hope House

150,893.00

KC Metro Crime Commission

80,250.00

Mattie Rhodes Center

336,283.20

Sisters In Christ

348,172.00

Treatment Programs

Organization/Agency

Amount ($)

Amethyst Place

127,437.00

Benilde Hall

489,257.00

Children's Mercy's TIES Program

78,000.00

Cornerstones of Care

277,068.00

First Call KC

78,443.00

Footprints, Inc.

441,449.00

Guadalupe Centers

116,630.00

Healing House, Inc

436,266.00

Heartland Center for Behavioral Change

440,503.00

Journey to New Life, Inc

120,000.00

KVC Niles KVC Behavioral Healthcare Missouri

100,000.00

Mattie Rhodes Center

145,200.00

Ozark Recovery Housing Initiative

200,000.00

Plaza Academy

25,000.00

ReDiscover

449,919.00

reStart

81,491.00

Rose Brooks Center

90,995.00

Saint Luke’s Hospital d/b/a Crittenton

93,500.00

Sheffield Place

158,253.00

Sisters In Christ

360,000.00

Swope Health Imani House

142,500.00

Truman Medical Centers, Inc. dba University Health

120,000.00

Welcome House, Inc.

390,000.00

Law Enforcement School Based Initiative (LESBI) Programs

Organization/Agency

Amount ($)

Blue Springs Police Department

225,000.00

City of Buckner Police Department

80,000.00

Grain Valley Police Department

75,000.00

Grandview Police Department

10,500.00

Independence Police Department

225,000.00

Jackson County, Missouri Sheriff Office

150.000.00

Lee’s Summit Police Department

225,000.00

Lone Jack Police Department

75,000.00

Oak Grove Police Department

75,000.00

Sugar Creek Police Department

75,000.00

Board of Police Commissioners of Kansas City, MO

225,000.00

Total Recommended Expenditures

$13,839,340.00

 

and,

 

WHEREAS, the execution of agreements for the services of these agencies, in the amounts indicated, is in the best interests of the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of Jackson County; now therefore,

 

 

BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following transfer within the 2026 Anti-Crime Sales Tax fund be and hereby is made:

DEPARTMENT/DIVISON

CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION

FROM

TO

 Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund

 

 

 

9999

32810 - Undesignated Fund Balance

$553,987

 

COMBAT Programming

 

 

 

008-4407

56006 - Community Crime Treatment

$1,551,891

 

 

56007- Community Crime LESBI

$74,451

 

 

56005- Community Crime Prevention

 

$2,180,329

 

and,

 

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Prosecuting Attorney be and hereby is authorized to execute agreements with the outside agencies listed above, in the respective amounts indicated, in forms to be approved by the County Counselor; and,

 

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Interim Director of Finance and Purchasing be and is hereby authorized to make all payments, including final payment on the agreements.

 

 

Enacted and Approved

Effective Date: This Ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its signature by the County Executive.

 

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

 

 

__________________________                                                               

County Counselor

                     

                     

 

                     I hereby certify that the attached ordinance, Ordinance No. 6086 introduced on May 18, 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.

 

 

 

____________________                                                                                    ________________________________

Date                                                                                                                                                   Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature

 

 

 

I hereby approve the attached Ordinance No. 6086.

 

 

 

____________________                                                                                    ________________________________

Date                                                                                                                                                   Phil LeVota, County Executive

 

 

 

 

Fiscal Note

Funds sufficient for this appropriation are available from the source indicated below.

 

ACCOUNT NUMBER:                   008                     9999

ACCOUNT TITLE:                                          Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund

                                          Undesignated Fund Balance

NOT TO EXCEED:                                          $553,987.00

 

ACCOUNT NUMBER:                   008                     4407                     56006

ACCOUNT TITLE:                                          Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund

                                          COMBAT Programming

Community Crime Treatment

NOT TO EXCEED:                                          $1,551,891.00

 

ACCOUNT NUMBER:                   008                     4407                     56007

ACCOUNT TITLE:                                          Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund

                                          COMBAT Programming

Community Crime LESBI

NOT TO EXCEED:                                          $74,451.00

 

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.

 

ACCOUNT NUMBER:                   008                     4407                     56005

ACCOUNT TITLE:                                          Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund

                                          COMBAT Programming

Community Crime Prevention

NOT TO EXCEED:                                          $7,436,929.00

 

ACCOUNT NUMBER:                   008                     4407                     56006

ACCOUNT TITLE:                                          Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund

                                          COMBAT Programming

Community Crime Treatment

NOT TO EXCEED:                                          $4,961,911.00

 

ACCOUNT NUMBER:                   008                     4407                     56007

ACCOUNT TITLE:                                          Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund

                                          COMBAT Programming

Community Crime LESBI

NOT TO EXCEED:                                          $1,440,500.00

 

 

 

________________________                     ________________________________

Date                     Phil LeVota, County Executive