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File #: 22165    Version: 0 Name: independent auditing services for the Finance Dept.
Type: Resolution Status: Pre Meeting
File created: 1/23/2026 In control: Justice & Law Enforcement Committee
On agenda: 2/2/2026 Final action:
Title: A RESOLUTION awarding a twelve-month contract, with three twelve-month options to extend, for the furnishing of independent auditing services for use by the Finance and Purchasing Department to Clifton Larsen Allen, LLP, of Kansas City, MO, under the terms and conditions of Request for Proposals No. 25-053, at a cost to the County for 2026 not to exceed $150,000.00.
Sponsors: Charlie Franklin
Code sections: 1054.6 - Jackson County Code
Attachments: 1. 22165 Signed, 2. Jackson County Engagement Letter, 3. RLA, 4. Fiscal Note 26-046 Finance-Audit Services, 5. 25-053 Audit Services - Executive Summary, 6. Audit Services Recommendation Letter

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

 

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A RESOLUTION awarding a twelve-month contract, with three twelve-month options to extend, for the furnishing of independent auditing services for use by the Finance and Purchasing Department to Clifton Larsen Allen, LLP, of Kansas City, MO, under the terms and conditions of Request for Proposals No. 25-053, at a cost to the County for 2026 not to exceed $150,000.00.

 

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RESOLUTION NO. 22165, February 2, 2026

 

INTRODUCED BY Charlie Franklin, County Legislator

 

 

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 WHEREAS, the Finance and Purchasing Department has need for independent auditing services in the course of its regular business; and,

 

WHEREAS, by Request for Proposals No. 25-053, the Interim Director of Finance and Purchasing solicited proposals from firms interested in providing such services to the County; and,

 

WHEREAS, thirty (30) notifications were distributed, and three (3) responses were received and evaluated from the following vendors:

 

                                          VENDOR                                                                                                                              POINTS                                           

                                          Allen, Gibbs & Houlik, L.C.                                                                                    88

                                          Overland Park, KS,

 

                                          Clifton Larson Allen, LLP                                                                                    96

                                          Kansas City (Jackson County), MO

 

                                          Forvis Mazers, LLP                                                                                                          94.25

                                          Kansas City (Jackson County), MO                                          

 

 

and,

WHEREAS, the proposals submitted were evaluated on the basis of responsiveness to the scope of services, experience, pricing, and references; and,

 

WHEREAS, following evaluation of the proposals, the Interim Director of Finance and Purchasing has recommended that award of a twelve-month contract, with three twelve-month options to extend, be made pursuant to section 1054.6 of the Jackson County Code, 1984, to Clifton Larsen Allen, LLP, of Kansas City, MO  at a cost to the County for 2026 not to exceed $150,000.00; now therefore,

 

BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute for the County an Agreement with Clifton Larsen Allen, LLP, of Kansas City, MO in a form substantially similar to that attached, to be approved by the County Counselor; and,

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Interim Director of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized to make all payments, including final payment on the contract and any extensions thereto, to the extent that sufficient appropriations to the using spending agency are contained in the then current Jackson County budget.

 

Enacted and Approved

Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.

 

 

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

 

 

_________________________                                                                

County Counselor

 

Certificate of Passage

 

I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 22165 of February 2, 2026, was duly passed on ______________________________, 2026 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:

 

 

Yeas _________________                                          Nays _____________

 

 

Abstaining ___________                                                               Absent ____________

 

 

 

__________________________                                                               _________________________________

Date                                                                                                                                                    Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature

 

Fiscal Note

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:                     001                     1404                     56010

ACCOUNT TITLE:                                          General Fund

                                                                                    Finance

                                                                                    Auditing & Accounting Services

NOT TO EXCEED:                                          $150,000.00

 

Funding for future years is subject to annual appropriation in the County's then current budget.

 

 

 

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Date                                                                                                                                                   County Administration