IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
AN ORDINANCE setting the 2026 Jackson County, Missouri, tax levy.
Intro
ORDINANCE NO. 6131, September 14, 2026
INTRODUCED BY Donna Peyton, County Legislator
Body
WHEREAS, section 540.00 of the Jackson County Code,1984, requires the County Legislature to adopt a tax levy sufficient to provide for appropriations in the County budget; and,
WHEREAS, RSMo sections 137.073 and 137.115, and Missouri Constitution, Article X, Section 22, require political subdivisions, including counties, to revise their tax levies as a result of general reassessment; and,
WHEREAS, the 2026 annual County budget would require the following tax levies on each one hundred dollars of assessed valuation for the fiscal year 2026 after calculation of the levy revisions mandated by sections RSMo 137.073 and 137.115 and the Missouri Constitution:
LEVY
General $0.2272
Health $0.2415
Park $0.1216
Special Road and Bridge $0.2259
TOTAL $0.8162
and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to authorization granted in RSMo sections 67.500 et seq., the qualified voters in Jackson County on November 6, 1979, approved Jackson County Proposition #1 which provided for a county-wide sales tax of one-half cent and a corresponding reduction of the County's total property tax levy annually by seventy percent of the total amount of sales tax revenue in the same tax year; and,
WHEREAS, RSMo section 67.505, requires that after a county has determined its budget, the total property tax levy must be reduced in an amount sufficient to decrease the total property taxes it will collect by an amount equal to 70% of the sales tax revenue in the same tax year; and,
WHEREAS, this estimate is subject to revisions based upon actual sales tax revenues during the calendar year 2026, and the permanent levy adopted in September 2027 will reflect an adjustment based on actual sales tax revenues during calendar year 2026; and,
WHEREAS, RSMo section 67.500 defi...
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