Jackson County Missouri  
JOURNAL  
Jackson County Courthouse  
415 E.12th Street, 2nd floor  
Kansas City, Missouri 64106  
(816)881-3242  
County Legislature  
Charlie Franklin (3rd) Chairman,  
Office of  
Theresa Cass Galvin (6th) Vice Chairman,  
Mary Jo Spino  
Jalen Anderson (1st AL), Crystal Williams (2nd AL), Tony Miller (3rd AL),  
Scott Burnett (1st), Ronald E. Finley (2nd), Dan Tarwater III (4th),  
Jeanie Lauer (5th)  
Clerk of the County Legislature  
Monday, October 10, 2022  
10:00 AM  
Thirty-ninth Regular Meeting  
K.C. Legislative Assembly Area, Kansas City, Missouri  
Charlie Franklin, Chairman, called the meeting of the Jackson County Legislature to order.  
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ROLL CALL  
Present 9 -  
Charlie Franklin, Theresa Cass Galvin, Jalen Anderson, Crystal  
Williams, Tony Miller, Scott Burnett, Ronald E. Finley, Dan Tarwater  
III and Jeanie Lauer  
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THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE  
Recited.  
APPROVAL OF THE JOURNAL OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING  
A motion was made by Dan Tarwater III, seconded by Scott Burnett to  
approve the journal of the previous meeting held on October 03, 2022. The  
motion passed by a voice vote.  
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HEARINGS  
Dan Wehmuller, Project Coordinator, and Babette Macy, Communication  
Director, for JCDC Partners, LLC, and Jeff Jenkins, Project Director with  
JE Dunn-Axiom, provided an update on the Detention Center project. A  
copy of Mr.Wehmuller’s presentation is available under the meeting  
details for the October 10, 2022, Legislative Meeting located at  
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Mr. Wehmuller said the closed session scheduled today will address  
questions related to the contract negotiations for the project.  
Jay Haden, Chief Deputy County Counselor, said state law allows a closed  
session for negotiated contracts that have not been executed. The closed  
session today is to discuss the negotiated contract with J.E. Dunn-Axiom.  
Jalen Anderson, County Legislator, asked about the public hearings  
required by the City of Kansas City. Babette Macy explained these three  
public hearings are required by the city’s ordinance related to a special  
use permit. The hearings are to discuss such topics as the height of the  
structure, building materials, and traffic impacts.  
Mr. Anderson asked why there is a need for a closed session. There have  
been numerous discussions about the project costs in open session.  
Babette Macy said construction costs have been rising. JCDC gave its  
professional opinion about industry standard costs. JE Dunn and Axiom  
are finalizing steps with bids still outstanding from some venders. Mr.  
Anderson stated he would prefer this discussion in open session.  
Jeanie Lauer, County Legislator, asked why the public will have  
information on the project costs on October 20, before the Legislature is  
notified. Troy Schulte, County Administrator, said the public will not know  
the cost before the Legislature. The public hearing required by the city of  
Kansas City will be regarding layout of the building and construction on  
the site. The Legislature will hear the number first. The guaranteed  
maximum price (GMP) will be delivered to the Legislature on October 26.  
They will have 60 days to evaluate that number.  
Dan Tarwater III, County Legislator, said there were other bidders on this  
project. It was said then that the budget is $256.5 million or lower. Both  
bidders submitted bids based on that projection. Is this fair to the firm that  
was not selected if we then allow the project cost to be higher than  
originally proposed. Dan Wehmuller said both teams based their bid on  
the design to build amount at $256.5 million. JE Dunn – Axiom was  
selected on several factors included in a scoring model.  
Ronald E. Finley, County Legislator, said the number is $256.5 million  
and asked if they could hold to that number. Mr. Wehmuller responded  
yes. Mr. Finley asked about the public hearings. Babette Macy said the  
submission with the City of Kansas City for the special use permit is on a  
parallel track with other parts of the project, so they remain on the timeline.  
This public hearing will not include discussions about costs. It is a specific  
requirement in city code. Troy Schulte said the city’s public hearing may  
result in additional costs that will need to be incorporated in the GMP.  
Jaime Guillen, Chief Compliance Officer, introduced the Strategic  
Workplace Solutions, Inc. Team, Colleen White and Gayle Holliday, for a  
monthly progress report on MBE/WBE/VBE goals and prevailing wage  
compliance on the Jackson County Detention Center project. David  
Kirkpatrick, another member of the team, will do the site visits but he was  
unable to attend the legislative meeting. A copy of the report is available  
under meeting details for the October 10, 2022, Legislative Meeting  
located at https://jacksonco.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?  
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COMMUNICATIONS WITH AND REPORTS OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE  
Sylvya Stephenson, Chief Administrative Officer, thanked everyone for  
their participation in the Associate Appreciation Event at the Kansas City  
Zoo on Saturday, October 8, 2022. Nearly 1,700 associates attended the  
event.  
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PERFECTION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND REPORTS OF COMMITTEE  
5667  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the issuance of special obligation bonds  
(Justice with Dignity Project) Series 2022A of Jackson County, Missouri,  
and authorizing certain other documents and actions in connection therewith.  
(Finance and Audit Committee - 3rd. Perfection)  
5672  
A motion was made by Theresa Cass Galvin, seconded by Dan Tarwater III,  
to approve the Budget Committee Amendment dated October 10, 2022 for  
Ordinance #5672, to delete the department/division "Trail Maintenance  
003-1609" and insert "Rock Island Rail Corridor Auth. 003-3601" in the  
body on page two and fiscal note. The motion passed by a voice vote.  
Consent Agenda.  
5673  
Budget Committee moved to perfect. Consent Agenda.  
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FINAL PASSAGE OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES  
5668  
5669  
5670  
Consent Agenda.  
Consent Agenda.  
Consent Agenda.  
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RESOLUTIONS IN COMMITTEE  
21056  
Justice and Law Enforcement Committee moved to adopt. Consent  
Agenda.  
21057  
21058  
21061  
Finance and Audit Committee moved to adopt. Consent Agenda.  
Finance and Audit Committee moved to adopt. Consent Agenda.  
Health and Environment Committee moved to adopt.  
Dan Tarwater III objected to the Consent Agenda.  
21061  
A motion was made by Jalen Anderson, seconded by Crystal Williams, to  
adopt Resolution #21061, establishing the repeal of section 188.017 of the  
Revised Statutes of Missouri, which bans abortion at any stage of  
pregnancy without exception for rape or incest, as a high priority for inclusion  
in Jackson County’s legislative package before the 2023 session of the  
Missouri General Assembly. The motion passed by a roll call vote:  
Yes: 5 -  
Jalen Anderson, Crystal Williams, Tony Miller, Scott Burnett and  
Ronald E. Finley  
No: 3 - Theresa Cass Galvin, Dan Tarwater III and Jeanie Lauer  
Abstain: 1 - Charlie Franklin  
(ADOPTED)  
Health and Environment Committee moved to adopt. Consent Agenda.  
21062  
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CONSENT AGENDA  
5672  
AN ORDINANCE appropriating $11,302.00 from the undesignated fund  
balance of the 2022 Park Fund and authorizing the County Executive to  
execute an easement in favor of Beazer East, Inc., of Pittsburgh, PA, to  
allow for a permanent access easement across a portion of the Rock Island  
Rail Corridor.  
(PERFECTED)  
5673  
AN ORDINANCE appropriating $16,500.00 from the undesignated fund  
balance of the 2022 Grant Fund and authorizing the Director of Public  
Works to execute a Supplemental Agreement to the Engineering Services  
Contract with Anderson Engineering, Inc., of Kansas City, MO for the  
Federal Project BRO-B048(59), at an additional cost to the County not to  
exceed $16,500.00.  
(PERFECTED)  
5668  
AN ORDINANCE repealing sections 1121., 1130., 1131., 1136., and 1137.,  
Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to sale of property owned by Jackson  
County, also known as surplus policy, and enacting, in lieu thereof, six new  
sections relating to the same subject.  
(ADOPTED)  
5669  
5670  
AN ORDINANCE appropriating $35,000.00 from the undesignated fund  
balance of the 2022 Health Fund to cover an unanticipated budgetary  
shortfall within the indigent cremation and burials account.  
(ADOPTED)  
AN ORDINANCE appropriating $253,570.00 from the undesignated fund  
balance of the 2022 County Improvement Fund and authorizing the County  
Executive to execute an Amendment to the Cooperative Agreement with the  
Community Services League of Independence, MO, to provide funding for  
demolition and water service in connection with the detention center project  
at a cost to the County not to exceed $253,570.00.  
(ADOPTED)  
21056  
21057  
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute a Cooperative  
Agreement with the Fort Osage School District for one deputy to serve as  
the School Resource Officer at Fort Osage High School, for a fee of  
$95,415.48 payable to the County.  
(ADOPTED)  
A RESOLUTION awarding a twelve-month contract, with three twelve-month  
options to extend, for training, consulting services, and software  
maintenance for the Mobile Assessor software for use by the Assessment  
Department to Data Cloud Solutions of Springfield, OH, as a sole source  
purchase, at an actual cost to the County in the amount of $101,603.00.  
(ADOPTED)  
21058  
21062  
A RESOLUTION awarding twelve-month term and supply contracts with one  
twelve-month option to extend for park site furnishings for use by the Parks +  
Rec Department to Fry & Associates of Kansas City, MO, and R.J. Thomas  
Manufacturing, of Cherokee, IA, under the terms and conditions of invitation  
to Bid No. 67-22.  
(ADOPTED)  
A RESOLUTION awarding a twelve-month term and supply contract with one  
twelve-month option to extend to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City,  
MO, for the furnishing of employee group health insurance as an employee  
benefit for use countywide.  
(ADOPTED)  
Ordinances #5672 and #5673 were moved to the Consent Agenda for  
perfection. Ordinances #5668, #5669, #5670 and Resolutions #21056,  
#21057, #21058, and #21062 were moved to the Consent Agenda for  
adoption.  
A motion was made by Dan Tarwater III, seconded by Theresa Cass Galvin,  
to approve the Consent Agenda. The motion passed by a roll call vote:  
Yes: 9 -  
Charlie Franklin, Theresa Cass Galvin, Jalen Anderson, Crystal  
Williams, Tony Miller, Scott Burnett, Ronald E. Finley, Dan Tarwater  
III and Jeanie Lauer  
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INTRODUCTION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND ASSIGNMENT TO COMMITTEE  
5674  
A motion was made by Tony Miller, seconded by Dan Tarwater III to perfect  
Ordinance #5674. The motion passed by a voice vote.  
(PERFECTED)  
5674  
A motion was made by Tony Miller, seconded by Dan Tarwater III, to adopt  
Ordinance #5674, appropriating $80,000.00 from the undesignated fund  
balance of the 2022 Grant Fund, in acceptance of additional grant funds  
received by the Family Court Division from the State of Missouri Division of  
Youth Services. The motion passed by a roll call vote:  
Yes: 9 -  
Charlie Franklin, Theresa Cass Galvin, Jalen Anderson, Crystal  
Williams, Tony Miller, Scott Burnett, Ronald E. Finley, Dan Tarwater  
III and Jeanie Lauer  
(ADOPTED)  
5675  
5675  
A motion was made by Tony Miller, seconded by Dan Tarwater III to perfect  
Ordinance #5675. The motion passed by a voice vote.  
(PERFECTED)  
A motion was made by Tony Miller, seconded by Dan Tarwater III, to adopt  
Ordinance #5675, appropriating $66,589.00 from the undesignated fund  
balance of the 2022 General Fund in acceptance of the Missouri Western  
Interdiction and Narcotics Task Force grant awarded by the Missouri  
Department of Public Safety. The motion passed by a roll call vote:  
Yes: 9 -  
Charlie Franklin, Theresa Cass Galvin, Jalen Anderson, Crystal  
Williams, Tony Miller, Scott Burnett, Ronald E. Finley, Dan Tarwater  
III and Jeanie Lauer  
(ADOPTED)  
5676  
5677  
Amending the zoning districts established pursuant to the Unified  
Development Code by rezoning a certain 5.40± acre tract from District GB  
(General Business) to District GB-p (General Business-Planned).  
(Assigned to the Land Use Committee.)  
Amending the zoning districts established pursuant to the Unified  
Development Code by rezoning a certain 4.24± acre tract from District AG  
(Agricultural) to District RE (Residential Estates).  
(Assigned to the Land Use Committee.)  
5678  
Amending the zoning districts established pursuant to the Unified  
Development Code by rezoning a certain 5.00± acre tract from District AG  
(Agricultural) to District RR (Residential Ranchette).  
(Assigned to the Land Use Committee.)  
The Land Use Committee will have a public hearing regarding Ordinances  
#5676, #5677, and #5678 on Monday, October 31, 2022 at 9:45 A.M. in  
the Kansas City Legislative Assembly Area.  
Brian Nowotney, Deputy Director of Parks + Rec, explained Ordinance  
#5679 as funding for the term and supply vendor.  
5679  
5679  
A motion was made by Tony Miller, seconded by Theresa Cass Galvin to  
perfect Ordinance #5679. The motion passed by a voice vote.  
(PERFECTED)  
A motion was made by Tony Miller, seconded by Theresa Cass Galvin, to  
adopt Ordinance #5679, appropriating $12,700.00 from the undesignated  
fund balance of the 2022 Grant Fund and authorizing the County Executive  
to execute a cost-share agreement for the Missouri Department of  
Conservation’s Tree Resource Improvement and Maintenance Program.  
The motion passed by a roll call vote:  
Yes: 9 -  
Charlie Franklin, Theresa Cass Galvin, Jalen Anderson, Crystal  
Williams, Tony Miller, Scott Burnett, Ronald E. Finley, Dan Tarwater  
III and Jeanie Lauer  
(ADOPTED)  
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INTRODUCTION OF PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS AND ASSIGNMENT TO COMMITTEE  
21063  
A motion was made by Crystal Williams, seconded by Theresa Cass Galvin,  
to adopt Resolution #21063, awarding a twelve-month term and supply  
contract with one twelve-month option to extend for the furnishing of  
employee cafeteria plan administration for use countywide to Application  
Software, Inc. (ASI Flex), of Columbia, MO. The motion passed by a roll call  
vote:  
Yes: 9 -  
Charlie Franklin, Theresa Cass Galvin, Jalen Anderson, Crystal  
Williams, Tony Miller, Scott Burnett, Ronald E. Finley, Dan Tarwater  
III and Jeanie Lauer  
(ADOPTED)  
21064  
A motion was made by Crystal Williams, seconded by Dan Tarwater III, to  
adopt Resolution #21064, awarding a twelve-month term and supply  
contract with one twelve-month option to extend for the furnishing of  
employee group basic life, AD&D, voluntary life, dependent life, and  
long-term disability insurance for use countywide to Standard Life Insurance  
Company of Portland, OR. The motion passed by a roll call vote:  
Yes: 9 -  
Charlie Franklin, Theresa Cass Galvin, Jalen Anderson, Crystal  
Williams, Tony Miller, Scott Burnett, Ronald E. Finley, Dan Tarwater  
III and Jeanie Lauer  
(ADOPTED)  
21065  
A motion was made by Crystal Williams, seconded by Dan Tarwater III, to  
adopt Resolution #21065, awarding a twelve-month term and supply  
contract with one twelve-month option to extend for the furnishing of  
employee group dental and vision insurance for use countywide to Ameritas  
Life Insurance Corporation of Lincoln, NE, and FCL Dental of Sugarland,  
TX. The motion passed by a roll call vote:  
Yes: 9 -  
Charlie Franklin, Theresa Cass Galvin, Jalen Anderson, Crystal  
Williams, Tony Miller, Scott Burnett, Ronald E. Finley, Dan Tarwater  
III and Jeanie Lauer  
(ADOPTED)  
21066  
21067  
Authorizing the County Executive to execute a Program Agreement with the  
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services for childcare sanitation  
inspections, with reimbursed costs to be paid to the County.  
(Assigned to the Health and Environment Committee.)  
Transferring $36,796.00 within the 2022 Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund and  
awarding a contract for the furnishing of software maintenance services for  
the COMBAT website for use by the COMBAT staff to CivicPlus of  
Manhattan, KS, at an actual cost to the County in the amount of $36,796.00,  
as a sole source purchase.  
(Assigned to the Budget Committee.)  
Dr. Lindsey Haldiman, Acting Medical Examiner, was present and  
requested the County Legislature adopt Resolution #21068 today to avoid  
problems with supply and demand.  
21068  
A motion was made by Theresa Cass Galvin, seconded by Dan Tarwater III,  
to adopt Resolution #21068, transferring $28,600.00 within the 2022 Health  
Fund, to cover budget shortfalls for laboratory supplies, equipment, and  
other operating supplies within the Medical Examiner’s Office. The motion  
passed by a roll call vote:  
Yes: 7 -  
Charlie Franklin, Theresa Cass Galvin, Jalen Anderson, Crystal  
Williams, Ronald E. Finley, Dan Tarwater III and Jeanie Lauer  
Absent: 2 - Tony Miller and Scott Burnett  
(ADOPTED)  
21069  
A motion was made by Dan Tarwater III, seconded by Theresa Cass Galvin,  
to adopt Resolution #21069, authorizing the Jackson County Legislature to  
hold a closed meeting on Monday, October 10, 2022, for the purpose of  
conducting privileged and confidential communications between itself and  
the Jackson County Counselor under section 610.021(12) of the Revised  
Statutes of Missouri, and closing all records prepared for discussion at said  
meeting. The motion passed by a roll call vote:  
Yes: 8 -  
Charlie Franklin, Theresa Cass Galvin, Jalen Anderson, Crystal  
Williams, Scott Burnett, Ronald E. Finley, Dan Tarwater III and  
Jeanie Lauer  
Absent: 1 - Tony Miller  
(ADOPTED)  
Bryan Covinsky, County Counselor, advised the County Legislature that  
there would be no vote necessary after the closed meeting.  
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COUNTY EXECUTIVE ORDERS  
None.  
UNFINISHED BUSINESS  
None.  
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NEW BUSINESS  
Closed meeting per Resolution #21069.  
The County Legislature recessed for a closed meeting.  
The County Legislature reconvened.  
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ADJOURNMENT  
A motion was made by Theresa Cass Galvin, seconded by Dan Tarwater III,  
to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed by a voice vote.  
Meeting adjourned until Monday, October 17, 2022 at 10:00 A.M. at the  
Jackson County Courthouse, 415 E. 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri,  
2nd Floor, Legislative Assembly Are