Jackson County Missouri

JOURNAL

Jackson County Courthouse

415 E.12th Street, 2nd floor

Kansas City, Missouri 64106

(816)881-3242

County Legislature

DaRon McGee (4th) Chairman,

Donna Peyton (2nd AL) Vice Chairman,

Jalen Anderson (1st AL), Megan L. Smith (3rd AL),

Manuel Abarca IV (1st), Venessa Huskey (2nd),

Charlie Franklin (3rd), Jeanie Lauer (5th)

Sean E. Smith (6th)

Office of

Mary Jo Spino

Clerk of the County Legislature

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

11:00 AM

Thirty-seventh Regular Meeting

K.C. Legislative Assembly Area, Kansas City, Missouri

DaRon McGee, Chairman, called the meeting of the Jackson County Legislature to order.

ROLL CALL

Present 9 -

DaRon McGee, Donna Peyton, Jalen Anderson, Megan L. Smith,

Manuel Abarca IV, Venessa Huskey, Charlie Franklin, Jeanie Lauer

and Sean E. Smith

THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

Recited.

APPROVAL OF THE JOURNAL OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING

A motion was made by Sean E. Smith, seconded by Manuel Abarca IV to

approve the journal of the previous meeting held on September 22, 2025.

The motion passed by a voice vote.

HEARINGS

None.

COMMUNICATIONS WITH AND REPORTS OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE

Frank White Jr., County Executive, was not present.

PERFECTION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND REPORTS OF COMMITTEE

Ordinances #6021, #6022, #6023 and #6024 were perfected and adopted

at this time. See pages 3-5 for details.

5967

AN ORDINANCE repealing subsections 7401.2., 7405.4., and 7406.5.,

Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to protections against retaliation for

complaints, cooperating with complaint investigations, and amending the

discretionary authority to decline a complaint and enacting, in lieu thereof,

three new subsections relating to the same subject.

(Legislature As A Whole - 20th Perfection)

5997

6006

AN ORDINANCE establishing financial accountability for elected officials

who reject or obstruct certified recall petitions, requiring reimbursement of

special election costs if a court determines improper denial of voter certified

recall efforts.

(Legislature As A Whole - 2nd. Perfection)

AN ORDINANCE enacting section 1598., of the Jackson County Code,

1984, related to revoking pension and benefit eligibility for any recalled

County elected official and their direct non-merit reports, and for other

purposes.

(Legislature As A Whole - 5th. Perfection)

6007

6009

AN ORDINANCE enacting section 5542., of Jackson County Code, 1984,

related to the use of unlicensed gambling devices with severability clause.

(Legislature As A Whole - 5th. Perfection)

AN ORDINANCE amending the zoning districts established pursuant to the

Unified Development Code by rezoning a certain 117.00± acre tract from

District AG (Agricultural) to District RU (Residential Urban).

(Legislature As A Whole - 1st. Perfection)

6011

6016

AN ORDINANCE repealing sections 9103. and 9104., Jackson County

Code, 1984, relating to the Board of Equalization, and enacting, in lieu

thereof, two new sections relating to the same subject, with an effective date.

(Budget Committee - 3rd. Perfection)

AN ORDINANCE prohibiting County employees from knowingly making

false material statements to the County Legislature by amending Chapter 74

and incorporating such prohibition into the Jackson County Code of

Conduct.

(Legislature As A Whole - 1st. Perfection)

6018

AN ORDINANCE appropriating $33,600.00 from the undesignated fund

balance of the 2025 Grant Fund in acceptance of the Sheriff’s Office’s

Impaired Driving Enforcement Grant awarded by the Missouri Department

of Transportation, Highway Safety and Traffic Division, and authorizing the

County Executive to execute a contract for the acceptance and expenditure

of grant funds.

(Justice and Law Enforcement Committee - 1st. Perfection)

6019

AN ORDINANCE appropriating $473,774.00 from the undesignated fund

balance of the 2025 General Fund and transferring $364,690.00 from the

Sheriff’s Office 2025 General Fund in acceptance of the Sheriff’s Office’s

DWI/Traffic Safety Unit Salary Grant awarded by the Missouri Department of

Transportation, Highway Safety and Traffic Division, and authorizing the

County Executive to execute a contract for the acceptance and expenditure

of grant funds.

(Justice and Law Enforcement Committee - 1st. Perfection)

6020

AN ORDINANCE appropriating $18,200.00 from the undesignated fund

balance of the 2025 Grant Fund in acceptance of the Sheriff’s Office

Hazardous Moving Violation Enforcement Grant awarded by the Missouri

Department of Transportation, Highway Safety and Traffic Division, and

authorizing the County Executive to execute a contract for the acceptance

and expenditure of such grant funds.

(Justice and Law Enforcement Committee - 1st. Perfection)

6021

A motion was made by Jalen Anderson, seconded by Megan L. Smith, to

perfect Ordinance #6021. The motion passed by a roll call vote:

Yes: 8 -

DaRon McGee, Jalen Anderson, Megan L. Smith, Manuel Abarca

IV, Venessa Huskey, Charlie Franklin, Jeanie Lauer and Sean E.

Smith

Absent: 1 - Donna Peyton

(PERFECTED)

6021

A motion was made by Charlie Franklin, seconded by Jalen Anderson, to

adopt Ordinance #6021, setting the 2025 merchants’ and manufacturers'

inventory replacement tax levy. The motion passed by a roll call vote:

Yes: 8 -

DaRon McGee, Jalen Anderson, Megan L. Smith, Manuel Abarca

IV, Venessa Huskey, Charlie Franklin, Jeanie Lauer and Sean E.

Smith

Absent: 1 - Donna Peyton

(ADOPTED)

6022

A motion was made by Jalen Anderson, seconded by Manuel Abarca IV to

perfect Ordinance #6022. The motion passed by a voice vote.

(PERFECTED)

A motion was made by Jalen Anderson, seconded by Manuel Abarca IV, to

adopt Ordinance #6022, setting the 2025 Jackson County Board of

Services for the Developmentally Disabled (Sheltered Workshop) Levy. The

motion passed by a roll call vote:

Yes: 8 -

DaRon McGee, Jalen Anderson, Megan L. Smith, Manuel Abarca

IV, Venessa Huskey, Charlie Franklin, Jeanie Lauer and Sean E.

Smith

Absent: 1 - Donna Peyton

(ADOPTED)

6023

A motion was made by Jalen Anderson, seconded by Manuel Abarca IV to

perfect Ordinance #6023. The motion passed by a voice vote.

(PERFECTED)

A motion was made by Jalen Anderson, seconded by Manuel Abarca IV, to

adopt Ordinance #6023, setting the 2025 Jackson County Community

Mental Health Fund Levy. The motion passed by a roll call vote:

Yes: 8 -

DaRon McGee, Jalen Anderson, Megan L. Smith, Manuel Abarca

IV, Venessa Huskey, Charlie Franklin, Jeanie Lauer and Sean E.

Smith

Absent: 1 - Donna Peyton

(ADOPTED)

Discussion regarding Ordinance #6024. A floor amendment was introduced

to decrease the tax levy for Jackson County, Missouri from .5792 to .5556,

the same rate approved in 2024.

6024

A motion was made by Manuel Abarca IV, seconded by Sean E. Smith, to

approve the Floor Amendment dated September 30, 2025 for Ordinance

#6024, to delete the "General Levy" amount of ".2162" and insert the

amount ".2010", to delete the "Health Levy" amount of ".1458" and insert the

amount ".1440", to delete the "Park Levy" amount of ".0980" and insert the

amount ".0962", to delete the "Special Road and Bridge Levy" amount of

".0692 and insert the amount ".0644", to delete the "TOTAL LEVY" amount

of ".5792" and insert the amount ".5556" all in the BE IT ORDAINED

paragraph on page three. The motion passed by a roll call vote:

Yes: 9 -

DaRon McGee, Donna Peyton, Jalen Anderson, Megan L. Smith,

Manuel Abarca IV, Venessa Huskey, Charlie Franklin, Jeanie Lauer

and Sean E. Smith

(ADOPTED)

6024

A motion was made by Manuel Abarca IV, seconded by Sean E. Smith, to

perfect the Floor Amendment dated September 30, 2025 for Ordinance

#6024, setting the 2025 Jackson County, Missouri, tax levy. The motion

passed by a voice vote.

(PERFECTED)

6024

A motion was made by Manuel Abarca IV, seconded by Sean E. Smith, to

adopt Ordinance #6024 as amended, setting the 2025 Jackson County,

Missouri, tax levy. The motion passed by a roll call vote:

Yes: 9 -

DaRon McGee, Donna Peyton, Jalen Anderson, Megan L. Smith,

Manuel Abarca IV, Venessa Huskey, Charlie Franklin, Jeanie Lauer

and Sean E. Smith

(ADOPTED)

6025

AN ORDINANCE authorizing the County Executive to execute a

Cooperative Agreement with Kansas City Southern Railroad for removal of

a Rock Island bridge that crosses a section of the Kansas City Southern

Railroad, at no cost to the County.

(Land Use Committee - 1st. Perfection)

FINAL PASSAGE OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES

5996

6013

6014

AN ORDINANCE enacting sections of the Jackson County Code, 1984,

relating to the establishment of fair property tax payment practices and

protections during appeals, providing for payment programs, appeal-based

payment extensions, and time limits on appeals resolution.

(PERFECTED)

AN ORDINANCE appropriating $18,500.00 from the undesignated fund

balance of the 2025 Grant Fund in acceptance of the National Environmental

Health Association Food and Drug Administration grant awarded by the

Federal Drug Administration.

(PERFECTED)

AN ORDINANCE appropriating $10,315.00 from the undesignated fund

balance of the 2025 Grant Fund, in acceptance of a grant from the Local

Records Preservation Grant - Missouri Secretary State, through the Local

Records Preservation program, for use by the Jackson County Recorder of

Deeds for local records preservation.

(PERFECTED)

RESOLUTIONS IN COMMITTEE

21992

A RESOLUTION awarding a twelve-month term and supply contract, with

two twelve-month options to extend, for the furnishing of broker and

consulting services for the County’s employee group health, life, and dental

insurances for use countywide to CBIZ Benefits & Insurance, Inc. of Kansas

City, MO, under terms and conditions of Request for Proposals No. 25-019,

at a cost to the County not to exceed $250,000.00.

(Legislature As A Whole - 1st. Meeting )

22013

22014

A RESOLUTION awarding a six-year term and supply contract for the

furnishing of planting and harvesting of hay and crops for use by the Parks +

Rec Agricultural Program to T. Bruce Mershon of Buckner, MO, under the

terms and conditions of Request for Proposal No. 25-020.

(Land Use Committee - 3rd. Meeting)

A RESOLUTION awarding a twelve-month term and supply contract, with

one twelve-month option to extend for the furnishing of disaster recovery

services for use countywide to 21st Enterprise, LLC aka ServPro of Lee’s

Summit, Missouri, under the terms and conditions of the Junior College

District of Metropolitan Kansas City, Missouri (MCC) Contract No.

19-7242-C3R2.

(Budget Committee - 3rd. Meeting)

22024

A RESOLUTION awarding a twelve-month term and supply contract, with

two twelve-month options to extend, for the furnishing of unmanned aircraft

systems, supplies, and equipment for use by various County departments to

Vehicle Technologies, LLC, of Fayetteville, AR, under the terms and

conditions of Invitation to Bid No. 25-031.

(Finance and Audit Committee - 2nd. Meeting)

22035

22037

A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute a

Memorandum of Understanding with the Greater Kansas City Building and

Trades Council, for the period effective immediately up until 2 years from

now.

(Legislature As A Whole - 1st. Meeting )

A RESOLUTION transferring $13,416.00 within the 2025 General Fund and

authorizing four change orders to the contract with Manatron, Inc., dba

Aumentum Technologies of Niagara Falls, NY, for software and hosting

improvements at an additional cost to the County in the amount of

$33,416.00

(Budget Committee - 1st. Meeting )

22038

A RESOLUTION proposing a 30-day joint study between Jackson County

and the City of Kansas City, Missouri to explore the feasibility of utilizing the

existing Jackson County Detention Center as a temporary jail facility for the

City following the County’s transition to its new detention center in January

2026, under a cooperative agreement at no cost to the City provided it

assumes maintenance and operating costs, and directing that such study

proceed concurrently with the City’s solicitation of bids for a temporary jail.

(Justice and Law Enforcement Committee - 1st. Meeting )

22039

A RESOLUTION authorizing the purchase of a rotary cutter, utility tractor,

and mowers for use by the Parks + Rec Department from Van Wall

Equipment of Lenexa, KS, under the terms and conditions of Sourcewell Ag

Tractors Contract No. 082923-DAC and Sourcewell Grounds Maintenance

Contract No. 112624-DAC both existing competitively bid government

contracts, at an actual cost to the County in the amount of $124,853.00.

(Land Use Committee - 1st. Meeting )

22040

22041

A RESOLUTION establishing a formal grant fund application process for the

E-911 System Grant Fund and 911 Initiatives.

(911 Oversight Committee - 1st. Meeting )

A RESOLUTION awarding a contract for the furnishing of a subscription for

a license plate recognition camera system for use by the Sheriff’s Office to

Flock Group, Inc. dba Flock Safety of Atlanta, GA, in the amount of

$63,996.00 under the terms and conditions of OMNIA Partners - Region 4

Contract No. R250203, an existing competitively bid government contract.

(Justice and Law Enforcement Committee - 1st. Meeting )

22042

22043

A RESOLUTION awarding a contract for the furnishing of an annual service

agreement for x-ray screening equipment for use by the Sheriff’s Office to

Smiths Detection, Inc., of Edgewood, Maryland at an actual cost to the

County in the amount of $36,564.00 as a sole source purchase.

(Justice and Law Enforcement Committee - 1st. Meeting )

A RESOLUTION awarding a contract for the furnishing of two dump truck

bed builds for use by the Public Works Department to Viking-Cives Midwest

of Morley, MO, under the terms and conditions set forth in Sourcewell

Contract No. 062222-VCM, an existing, competitively bid government

contract, at an actual cost to the County in the amount of $209,486.00.

(Budget Committee - 1st. Meeting )

22044

A RESOLUTION transferring $18,298.00 within the 2025 E-911 System

Fund and awarding a sixty-month contract for the furnishing of preventative

maintenance services for the radio communications system used by the

Sheriff’s Office to Motorola Solutions, Inc. of Chicago, IL, at an actual cost to

the County in the amount of $111,800.00 for 2025 under the terms and

conditions of State of Missouri Contract No. MT250038001, an existing

competitively bid government contract.

(911 Oversight Committee - 1st. Meeting )

22047

A RESOLUTION transferring $150,000.00 within the 2025 Anti-Crime Sales

Tax Fund to fully fund the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office’s 2025 Law

Enforcement School Based Initiative.

(Anti-Crime Committee - 1st. Meeting )

CONSENT AGENDA

None.

INTRODUCTION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND ASSIGNMENT TO COMMITTEE

None.

INTRODUCTION OF PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS AND ASSIGNMENT TO COMMITTEE

22049

A RESOLUTION setting the parameters for which the legislature will select

an interim county executive if the duly elected executive is recalled.

(Assigned to the Rules Committee.)

22050

Setting the parameters in which Executive authority is temporarily limited to

preserve from irreputable harm by a potentially recalled executive.

(Assigned to the Legislature As A Whole.)

COUNTY EXECUTIVE ORDERS

25-16

I hereby make the following appointment:

Cheryl Colter is appointed as Director of Finance, occasioned by the

retirement of Bob Crutsinger on 9/30/2025. Ms. Colter’s resume is attached.

25-17

I hereby appoint the following members to the Children’s Services Fund:

Onetta Templeton is appointed as a District 4 member to fill the vacancy

occasioned by the resignation of Meg McCall, with a new term set to expire

September 29, 2028. Ms. Templeton resume is attached.