Jackson County Missouri  
FINAL 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,  
Megan L. Marshall (3rd AL) Vice Chairman,  
Jalen Anderson (1st AL), Donna Peyton (2nd AL),  
Manuel Abarca IV (1st), Venessa Huskey (2nd), Charlie Franklin (3rd),  
Jeanie Lauer (5th), Sean E. Smith (6th)  
First Regular meeting of the Jackson County Legislature, Monday, January 8, 2024, at 3:00 PM 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.  
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ROLL CALL  
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE  
APPROVAL OF THE JOURNAL OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING  
HEARINGS  
Nomination/Election of Chair and Vice Chair of the Jackson County  
Legislature for 2024.  
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COMMUNICATIONS WITH AND REPORTS OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE  
PERFECTION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND REPORTS OF COMMITTEE  
A motion was made by Manuel Abarca IV, seconded by Donna Peyton, to  
accept the Floor Substitute dated January 8, 2024 for Ordinance #5822.  
Megan Marshall objected.  
5822  
AN ORDINANCE submitting to the qualified voters of Jackson County,  
Missouri, at a special election to be held on April 2, 2024, a question  
authorizing Jackson County to impose a countywide sales tax of  
three-eighths of one percent for a period of forty years for the purpose of  
retaining the Kansas City Royals and Kansas City Chiefs sports teams in  
Jackson County, Missouri.  
(Legislature As A Whole - 2nd. Perfection)  
5823  
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.  
(Finance and Audit Committee - 2nd. Perfection)  
5824  
5825  
AN ORDINANCE appropriating $22,000,000.00 from the undesignated fund  
balance of the General Fund and authorizing the construction of two floors of  
office space in the Health Sciences building for use by University Health.  
(Budget Committee - 2nd. Perfection)  
AN ORDINANCE enacting sections 1074., 1075., 1076., 1077., 1078., and  
1079., Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to County development  
incentives and responsible bidding on County projects.  
(Legislature As A Whole - 1st. Perfection)  
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FINAL PASSAGE OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES  
None.  
RESOLUTIONS IN COMMITTEE  
21507  
A RESOLUTION encouraging the County Executive to appropriate  
$22,000,000.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the General Fund  
and authorizing the construction of a new Health Sciences building for use  
by University Health.  
(Budget Committee - 1st. Meeting)  
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CONSENT AGENDA  
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INTRODUCTION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND ASSIGNMENT TO COMMITTEE  
5826  
AN ORDINANCE submitting to the qualified voters of Jackson County,  
Missouri, at a special election to be held on April 2, 2024, a question  
authorizing Jackson County to impose a countywide parks sales tax of  
three-sixteenths of one percent for a period of twenty-five years for the  
purpose of retaining the Kansas City Chiefs sports team in Jackson County,  
Missouri.  
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INTRODUCTION OF PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS AND ASSIGNMENT TO COMMITTEE  
21508  
A RESOLUTION expressing support for payment of prevailing wages for all  
workers involved in the Jackson County Detention Center Construction  
Project located in Kansas City, Missouri.  
COUNTY EXECUTIVE ORDERS  
None.  
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UNFINISHED BUSINESS  
NEW BUSINESS  
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ADJOURNMENT  
Since Monday, January 15, 2024 is Martin Luther King Jr. holiday observed,  
the next legislative meeting is scheduled to be held on TUESDAY, January  
16, 2024 at 3:00 P.M. at the Jackson County Courthouse, 415 E. 12th  
Street, Kansas City, Missouri, 2nd Floor, Legislative Assembly Area.