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File #: 6044    Version: 0 Name: 2026 Budget
Type: Ordinance Status: Pre Perfection
File created: 11/18/2025 In control: Legislature As A Whole
On agenda: 12/1/2025 Final action:
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
Attachments: 1. 6044 Signed, 2. RLA, 3. 2026 Budget Ordinance Table
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

General Fund - 001

 

County Administration

$      22,448,403

County Legislature

5,776,675

County Operations

       18,742,692

County Public Safety

       65,285,148

Courts

       49,949,905

Facilities Management

12,138,372

Internal Services

22,194,773         

 Total

      196,535,968

 

 

County Improvement Fund - 013

 

County Administration

2,538,000

County Legislature

104,000

County Public Safety

2,386,038

Facilities Management

420,000

                                                                                            Total

5,448,038

 

 

Health Fund - 002

 

County Administration

           91,939

County Legislature

3,000,000

County Public Health

       20,413,923

County Public Safety

        10,479,546

Courts

            654,430

Facilities Management

            454,208

Internal Services

18,306,563

 Total

        53,400,609

 

 

 Park Fund - 003

 

Parks + Rec

17,669,019

Internal Services

          3,863,240

 Total

       21,532,259

 

 

Special Road & Bridge Fund - 004

 

County Operations

       15,007,949

Facilities Management

            252,465

Internal Services

3,451,617

 Total

       18,712,031

 

 

Sewer Fund - 005

 

County Public Health

45,360                 

 Total

45,360                                   

 

 

Convention & Sports Complex Fund - 007

 

Internal Services

         6,500,000

 Total

         6,500,000

 

 

Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund - 008

 

County Public Safety

33,881,399          

Courts

         4,620,191

 Total

       38,501,590

 

 

Prosecuting Attorney Training Fund - 026

 

County Public Safety

             10,000

                                                                                            Total

             10,000

 

 

Law Enforcement Training Fund - 028

 

County Public Safety

              20,000

Parks + Rec

                 5,000

 Total

              25,000

 

 

E-911 System Fund - 031

 

County Administration

            38,915

County Public Safety

         8,693,425

 Total

         8,732,340

 

 

Senior Services Fund - 035

 

County Administration

7,000,000

 Total

7,000,000

 

 

   Inmate Security Fund - 036

 

County Public Safety

            208,224

Total

           208,224

 

 

Opioid Settlement Fund - 039

 

County Public Health

1,178,646

 Total

1,178,646

 

 

Domestic Abuse Fund - 041

 

County Administration

            175,000

 Total

            175,000

 

 

Recorder’s Technology Fund - 042

 

County Operations

            200,372

                                                                                            Total

200,372             

 

 

Homeless Assistance Fund - 043

 

County Legislature

            358,637

                                                                                           Total

            358,637

 

 

Recorder’s Fee Fund - 044

 

County Operations

            318,000

 Total

            318,000

 

 

Assessment Fund - 045

 

County Operations

        12,549,397

 Total

        12,549,397

 

 

Rock Island Railroad Capital Project Fund - 011

 

Internal Services

198,979

                                                                                            Total

198,979

 

 

Sports Complex Sales Tax Capital Project Fund - 019

 

Internal Services

36,392,174

                                                                                            Total

      36,392,174

 

 

New Detention Center Capital Project Fund - 024

 

Internal Services

1,089,522

 Total

1,089,522

 

 

Obligations to US Gov't Fund - 070

 

Internal Services

            642,692

Total

642,692

   Sports Complex Sales Tax Debt Service Fund - 072

 

Internal Services

68,167,991

                                                                                            Total

       68,167,991

 

 

 Special Obligation Bond Debt Service Fund - 073

 

Internal Services

27,621,145

 Total

       27,621,145

 

 

Park Enterprise Fund - 300

 

Parks + Rec

8,657,273

Internal Services

            642,694

 Total

          9,299,967

 

 

Total Appropriations

 $   514,843,941

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 _____________________, 2025 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. 6044.

 

 

 

_______________________                                                               ____________________________

Date                                                                                                                                                   Phil LeVota, County Executive