Jackson County Missouri

AGENDA

Jackson County Courthouse

415 E.12th Street, 2nd floor

Kansas City, Missouri 64106

(816)881-3242

County Legislature

Office of

Mary Jo Spino

Clerk of the 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)

Thirty-ninth Regular meeting of the Jackson County Legislature, Thursday, October 9, 2025, at 10:00 AM at the

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

Any item on the Agenda may be addressed at the meeting in a manner

authorized by the Legislature's Rules.

ROLL CALL

THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

APPROVAL OF THE JOURNAL OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING

HEARINGS

COMMUNICATIONS WITH AND REPORTS OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE

PERFECTION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND REPORTS OF COMMITTEE

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 - 22nd 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 - 7th. 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 - 3rd. Perfection)

6011

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 - 5th. Perfection)

6016

6026

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 - 3rd. Perfection)

AN ORDINANCE amending the zoning districts established pursuant to the

Unified Development Code by rezoning a certain 17.68± acre tract from

District AG (Agricultural) to District RR (Residential Ranchette).

(Land Use Committee - 1st. Perfection)

6027

6028

AN ORDINANCE vacating a portion of an unnamed and unimproved right of

way within Breezy Meadows, a subdivision in Jackson County.

(Land Use Committee - 1st. Perfection)

AN ORDINANCE amending the zoning districts established pursuant to the

Unified Development Code by rezoning a certain 10.13± acre tract from

District AG (Agricultural) to District RE (Residential Estates).

(Land Use Committee - 1st. Perfection)

AN ORDINANCE appropriating $69,345.00 from the undesignated fund

balance of the 2025 Grant Fund, in acceptance of a three-month extension

of the VOCA Grant awarded to the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office by

the Missouri Department of Social Services.

(Anti-Crime Committee - 1st. Perfection)

AN ORDINANCE appropriating $69,345.00 from the undesignated fund

balance of the 2025 Grant Fund, in acceptance of a three-month extension

of the VOCA Grant awarded to the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office by

the Missouri Department of Social Services.

(Anti-Crime Committee - 1st. Perfection)

AN ORDINANCE appropriating $566,113.00 from the undesignated fund

balance of the 2025 Grant Fund in acceptance of the OSCA Juvenile Justice

Program Assistance Grant received from the Missouri Office of State Courts

Administrator.

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

AN ORDINANCE appropriating $10,000.00 from the undesignated fund

balance of the 2025 Grant Fund in acceptance of the OSCA Domestic

Relations Resolution Fund Mediation grant received from the Missouri

Office of State Courts Administrator.

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

FINAL PASSAGE OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES

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.

(PERFECTED)

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.

(PERFECTED)

6020

6025

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.

(PERFECTED)

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.

(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 - 3rd. Meeting)

22014

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 - 5th. Meeting)

22035

22038

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 - 3rd. Meeting)

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.

(Legislature As A Whole - 1st. Meeting )

22049

22051

A RESOLUTION setting the parameters for which the legislature will select

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

(Rules Committee - 2nd. Meeting)

A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Counselor to execute an addendum

to a Legal Services Agreement with Cheri Simpkins of Lee’s Summit, MO,

under the terms and conditions of Request for Qualifications No. 24-060, at

a cost to the County of $600.00 per day not to exceed $40,000.00.

(Budget Committee - 1st. Meeting )

A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Counselor to execute a Legal

Services Agreement with Anne Baggott of Denton’s Law Firm at an

aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $50,000.00, for services to be

performed in 2025.

(Budget Committee - 1st. Meeting )

A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute Cooperative

Agreements with certain agencies that provide services and assistance to

victims of domestic violence, at an aggregate cost to the County not to

exceed $46,705.00.

(Health and Environment Committee - 1st. Meeting )

A RESOLUTION awarding a contract for the furnishing of the National

Automobile Dealers’ Association price guide for use by the Assessment

Department to J.D. Power of Troy, Michigan, as a sole source purchase, at

an actual cost to the County not to exceed $170,365.00.

(Budget Committee - 1st. Meeting )

A RESOLUTION transferring $38,496.00 within the 2025 General Fund and

awarding a contract for the purchase of handheld narcotics analyzers to

Thermo Fisher Scientific of Tewksbury, MA under the terms and conditions

of GSA Contract No. GS-07F-6099R, an existing competitively bid

government contract for use by the Sheriff’s Office.

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

22057

22058

22059

A RESOLUTION awarding a twenty-four-month contract for annual software

maintenance and support services for use by the COMBAT Administrative

Division of the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office to CivicPlus of

Manhattan, KS, as a sole source purchase, at an actual cost to the County in

the amount of $13,741.00.

(Anti-Crime Committee - 1st. Meeting )

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

three twelve-month options to extend, for the furnishing of ice machine rental

services for use by various County Departments to Easy Ice, of Lenexa, KS,

under the terms and conditions set forth in 16th Judicial Circuit of Missouri

Contract No. 10002261, an existing competitively bid government contract.

(Budget Committee - 1st. Meeting )

A RESOLUTION authorizing the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office to execute

a Memorandum of Understanding for the terms and conditions of

employment with West Central Missouri Regional Lodge #50 of the

Fraternal Order of Police.

(Budget Committee - 1st. Meeting )

A RESOLUTION honoring Anna Munguia an emerging leader.

22061

22062

22063

(Legislature As A Whole - 1st. Meeting )

A RESOLUTION honoring Anthony “AO” Oropeza, an artist and designer.

(Legislature As A Whole - 1st. Meeting )

A RESOLUTION honoring Deputy Chief Luis Ortiz and his work at the

Kansas City Police Department.

(Legislature As A Whole - 1st. Meeting )

A RESOLUTION honoring Joe Arce, a journalist and community leader.

(Legislature As A Whole - 1st. Meeting )

A RESOLUTION honoring Laedan Galicia the artist.

(Legislature As A Whole - 1st. Meeting )

A RESOLUTION honoring Vania Soto the artist.

(Legislature As A Whole - 1st. Meeting )

A RESOLUTION honoring Xavier Loya a firefighter and advocate.

(Legislature As A Whole - 1st. Meeting )

A RESOLUTION awarding a contract for the purchase of pistol sights for use

by the Sheriff’s Office to GT Distributors, Inc., of Pflugerville, TX, under the

terms and conditions of State of Missouri Contract No. CC250070007, an

existing competitively bid government contract, at an actual cost to the

County in the amount of $40,316.00.

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

22069

A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute a sixty-month

extension to the lease with BRE Space Kansas City, LLC, of Independence,

MO, for records storage space for use by the Recorder of Deeds

Department and the 16th Judicial Circuit Court of Jackson County, at an

initial annual cost to the County in the amount of $280,000.00, as a sole

source purchase.

(Budget Committee - 1st. Meeting )

22070

A RESOLUTION transferring $30,000.00 within the 2025 General Fund and

awarding a ten-month term and supply contract with one twelve-month option

to extend for the furnishing of print and mail services for use by the

Collection Department to Lineage Mailing Services, LLC of Kansas City,

MO, at an actual cost to the County in the amount of $170,000.00 under the

terms and conditions of Clay County, Missouri Contract No. 2025-209, an

existing competitively bid government contract.

(Budget Committee - 1st. Meeting )

22071

22072

A RESOLUTION appointing _______________as Jackson County

Executive.

(Legislature As A Whole - 1st. Meeting )

A RESOLUTION establishing the application process, procedures, and

eligibility criteria for candidates seeking appointment to the Office of

Jackson County Executive following the removal of Jackson County

Executive Frank White, Jr., in accordance with the Jackson County Charter.

The Jackson County Legislature has the authority to appoint an appointee to

hold the Office of Jackson County Executive.

(Legislature As A Whole - 1st. Meeting )

CONSENT AGENDA

INTRODUCTION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND ASSIGNMENT TO COMMITTEE

None.

INTRODUCTION OF PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS AND ASSIGNMENT TO COMMITTEE

22073

A RESOLUTION to utilize Mid-America Regional Council to establish a

transparent process for selecting an interim Jackson County Executive.

(Introduced by Megan L. Smith)

COUNTY EXECUTIVE ORDERS

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