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File #: 6044    Version: Name: 2026 Budget
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 11/18/2025 In control: Legislature As A Whole
On agenda: 12/1/2025 Final action: 12/15/2025
Title: AN ORDINANCE to adopt the annual budget and set forth appropriations for the various spending agencies and the principal subdivisions thereof, for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.
Sponsors: Charlie Franklin
Indexes: AGENCIES, APPROPRIATION, BUDGET, SUBDIVISION
Attachments: 1. 6044S Adopted, 2. 6044 Signed, 3. RLA, 4. 2026 Budget Ordinance Table, 5. 2026S Budget Ordinance Table, 6. 2026 Budget Adjustments
Related files: 5701, 5815, 5986

 

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

 

Title

AN ORDINANCE to adopt the annual budget and set forth appropriations for the various spending agencies and the principal subdivisions thereof, for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.

 

Intro

ORDINANCE NO. 6044, December 1, 2025

 

INTRODUCED BY Charlie Franklin, County Legislator

 

 

Body

 BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following amounts are appropriated for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026, for the spending agencies included within the categories designated below:

APPROPRIATIONS

Recommended

Amendment

Adopted

General Fund - 001

 

 

 

County Administration

$      22,448,403

416,337

22,864,740

County Legislature

5,776,675

26,664,320

32,440,995

County Operations

       18,742,692

468,113

19,210,805

County Public Safety

       65,285,148

3,285,028

68,570,176

Courts

       49,949,905

3,130,092

53,079,997

Facilities Management

12,138,372

180,987

12,319,359

Internal Services

22,194,773         

 

22,194,773

 Total

      196,535,968

   34,144,877

 230,680,845

 

 

 

 

Marijuana Sales Tax Fund - 009

 

3,000,000

3,000,000

Total

 

3,000,000

3,000,000

 

 

 

 

County Improvement Fund - 013

 

 

 

County Administration

2,538,000

 

2,538,000

County Legislature

104,000

 

104,000

County Public Safety

2,386,038

 

2,386,038

Facilities Management

420,000

 

420,000

                                                                                            Total

5,448,038

 

 5,448,038

 

 

 

 

Health Fund - 002

 

 

 

County Administration

           91,939

250,000

341,939

County Legislature

3,000,000

8,651,436

11,651,436

County Public Health

       20,413,923

(180,692)

20,233,231

County Public Safety

        10,479,546

 

10,479,546

Courts

            654,430

 

654,430

Facilities Management

            454,208

 

454,208

Internal Services

18,306,563

(13,313,313)

4,993,250

 Total

        53,400,609

 (4,592,569)

 48,808,040

 

 

 

 

 Park Fund - 003

 

 

 

Parks + Rec

17,669,019

117,510

17,786,529

Internal Services

          3,863,240

 

3,863,240

 Total

       21,532,259

 117,510

 21,649,769

 

 

 

 

Special Road & Bridge Fund - 004

 

 

 

County Operations

       15,007,949

64,233

15,072,182

 [Facilities Management]

            [252,465]

 

 

Internal Services

3,451,617

 

3,451,617

 Total

       18,712,031

 64,233

 18,776,264

 

 

 

 

Sewer Fund - 005

 

 

 

County Public Health

45,360                 

 

45,360

 Total

45,360                                   

 

 45,360

 

 

 

 

Convention & Sports Complex Fund - 007

 

 

 

Internal Services

         6,500,000

 

6,500,000

 Total

         6,500,000

 

 6,500,000

 

 

 

 

Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund - 008

 

 

 

County Public Safety

33,881,399          

 

33,881,399

Courts

         4,620,191

 

4,620,191

 Total

       38,501,590

 

 38,501,590

 

 

 

 

Prosecuting Attorney Training Fund - 026

 

 

 

County Public Safety

             10,000

 

10,000

                                                                                            Total

             10,000

 

 10,000

 

 

 

 

Law Enforcement Training Fund - 028

 

 

 

County Public Safety

              20,000

 

20,000

Parks + Rec

                 5,000

 

5,000

 Total

              25,000

 

 25,000

 

 

 

 

E-911 System Fund - 031

 

 

 

County Administration

            38,915

 

38,915

County Public Safety

         8,693,425

 

8,693,425

 Total

         8,732,340

 

 8,732,340

 

 

 

 

Senior Services Fund - 035

 

 

 

County Administration

7,000,000

 

7,000,000

 Total

7,000,000

 

 7,000,000

 

 

 

 

   Inmate Security Fund - 036

 

 

 

County Public Safety

            208,224

 

208,224

Total

           208,224

 

208,224

 

 

 

 

Opioid Settlement Fund - 039

 

 

 

County Public Health

1,178,646

 

1,178,646

 Total

1,178,646

 

 1,178,646

 

 

 

 

Domestic Abuse Fund - 041

 

 

 

County Administration

            175,000

 

175,000

 Total

            175,000

 

 175,000

 

 

 

 

Recorder’s Technology Fund - 042

 

 

 

County Operations

            200,372

 

200,372

                                                                                            Total

200,372             

 

 200,372

 

 

 

 

Homeless Assistance Fund - 043

 

 

 

County Legislature

            358,637

 

358,637

                                                                                           Total

            358,637

 

 358,637

 

 

 

 

Recorder’s Fee Fund - 044

 

 

 

County Operations

            318,000

 

318,000

 Total

            318,000

 

 318,000

 

 

 

 

Assessment Fund - 045

 

 

 

County Operations

        12,549,397

55,211

12,604,608

 Total

        12,549,397

 55,211

 12,604,608

 

 

 

 

Rock Island Railroad Capital Project Fund - 011

 

 

 

Internal Services

198,979

 

198,979

                                                                                            Total

198,979

 

 198,979

 

 

 

 

Sports Complex Sales Tax Capital Project Fund - 019

 

 

 

Internal Services

36,392,174

 

36,392,174

                                                                                            Total

      36,392,174

 

 36,392,174

 

 

 

 

New Detention Center Capital Project Fund - 024

 

 

 

Internal Services

1,089,522

 

1,089,522

 Total

1,089,522

 

 1,089,522

 

 

 

 

Obligations to US Gov't Fund - 070

 

 

 

Internal Services

            642,692

 

642,692

Total

642,692

 

642,692

   Sports Complex Sales Tax Debt Service Fund - 072

 

 

 

Internal Services

68,167,991

 

68,167,991

                                                                                            Total

       68,167,991

 

 68,167,991

 

 

 

 

 Special Obligation Bond Debt Service Fund - 073

 

 

 

Internal Services

27,621,145

 

27,621,145

 Total

       27,621,145

 

 27,621,145

 

 

 

 

Park Enterprise Fund - 300

 

 

 

Parks + Rec

8,657,273

129,837

8,787,110

Internal Services

            642,694

 

642,694

 Total

          9,299,967

 129,837

 9,429,804

 

 

 

 

Total Appropriations

 $   514,843,941

32,919,099

547,810,040

 

Said funds are appropriated to each agency in accordance with the 2026 "Estimated Revenues, Recommended Appropriations, and Fund Balances - Fiscal Year 2026" as set out in the County Executive’s 2026 Proposed Budget for Jackson County, in the detail and for the purposes contained and set forth therein, which is submitted to and approved by the Legislature and incorporated herein, as modified by the document attached here to and labeled “2026 Budget Adjustments.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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. 6044 introduced on December 1, 2025, was duly passed on December 15, 2025 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:

 

                     Yeas ______9_________                                                               Nays ______0________

 

 

                     Abstaining ____0_______                                                               Absent _____0_______

 

 

 

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. 6044.

 

 

 

_______________________                                                               ____________________________

Date                                                                                                                                                   Phil LeVota, County Executive