Jackson County Courthouse

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Kansas City, Missouri 64106

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Jackson County Missouri

JOURNAL

County Legislature

DaRon McGee (4th) Chairman,

Megan L. Marshall (3rd AL) Vice Chairman,

Office of

Mary Jo Spino

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)

Clerk of the County Legislature

Thursday, May 4, 2023

1:00 PM

Seventeenth 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, Megan L. Marshall, Jalen Anderson, Donna

Peyton, 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 Megan L. Marshall, seconded by Venessa Huskey

to approve the journal of the previous meeting held on May 01, 2023. The

motion passed by a voice vote.

HEARINGS

None.

COMMUNICATIONS WITH AND REPORTS OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE

None.

PERFECTION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND REPORTS OF COMMITTEE

A motion was made by Manuel Abarca IV, seconded by Venessa Huskey,

to waive the reading of Ordinances #5739, #5740, and #5741. The

motion passed by a voice vote.

5739

AN ORDINANCE appropriating $12,500.00 from the undesignated fund

balance of the 2023 Recorder’s Fee Fund to cover increased rent costs

for the County Records Center.

(Finance and Audit Committee - 1st. Perfection)

5740

5741

AN ORDINANCE appropriating $3,500,000.00 from the undesignated

fund balance of the 2023 American Rescue Plan Fund to support the

COVID-19 recovery efforts of the Jackson County Health Department and

supporting public health infrastructure for the 2023 fiscal year.

(Budget Committee - 1st. Perfection)

AN ORDINANCE imposing a countywide sales tax of three percent on all

tangible personal property retail sales of adult use, non-medicinal

marijuana.

(Budget Committee - 1st. Perfection)

FINAL PASSAGE OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES

Consent Agenda.

RESOLUTIONS IN COMMITTEE

A motion was made by Megan Marshall, seconded by Venessa Huskey,

to waive the reading of Resolutions #21225, #21256, #21257, #21258,

#21260 and #21262. The motion passed by a voice vote.

21225

21256

A RESOLUTION recognizing the risk and negative impacts of

overreliance on property taxes to fund critical governmental functions.

(Land Use Committee - 4th. Meeting)

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

one twelve-month option to extend, for the furnishing of vehicle rental

services for use by various County departments to Enterprise Leasing

Company of Kansas, LLC, of Merriam, KS, under the terms and

conditions of Request for Proposals No. 23-007.

(Finance and Audit Committee - 1st. Meeting)

21257

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

two twelve-month options to extend, for the furnishing of steam HVAC

parts for use by the Facilities Management Division of the Public Works

Department to Spence Engineering/Control Products of Fenton, MO, as a

sole source purchase.

(Public Works Committee - 1st. Meeting)

21258

21260

21262

A RESOLUTION awarding a contract for video closed captioning services

for use by the Office of the Clerk of the County Legislature to Granicus of

St. Paul, MN, at an actual cost to the County in the amount of $23,695.00

for 2023, as a sole source purchase.

(Finance and Audit Committee - 1st. Meeting)

A RESOLUTION authorizing the Sheriff to execute a State Plan of

Operation and Application for Participation relating to the Missouri

Department of Public Safety and the U.S. Department of Defense’s Law

Enforcement Support Office Program (LESO), at no cost to the County.

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

A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute a

Community Assistance Program Agreement renewal with the Missouri

Department of Conservation, at no additional cost to the County.

(Land Use Committee - 1st. Meeting)

CONSENT AGENDA

5729

5735

5736

AN ORDINANCE accepting $430,593.00 as a reimbursement from the

State of Missouri for certain costs of the 2022 general election and

appropriating $50,000.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the

2022 General Fund to be used for salary increases for the staff of the

Jackson County Board of Election Commissioners.

(ADOPTED)

AN ORDINANCE appropriating $82,500.00 from the undesignated fund

balance of the 2023 Grant Fund, in acceptance of a grant received from

the United States Office of National Drug Control Policy, High Intensity

Drug Trafficking Area program, for use by the Jackson County Drug Task

Force.

(ADOPTED)

AN ORDINANCE appropriating $956.00 from the undesignated fund

balance of the 2023 Grant Fund to reimburse the Sheriff’s Office for costs

incurred to purchase preliminary breath test supplies for use by the

Sheriff’s Office pursuant to a Missouri Department of Transportation

Highway Safety and Traffic Division Statewide Impaired Driving grant.

(ADOPTED)

5737

AN ORDINANCE appropriating $17,955.00 from the undesignated fund

balance of the 2023 Park Fund in acceptance of insurance proceeds for

the repair of damage to a Parks + Rec Department vehicle and awarding

a contract for repair of the vehicle to Drake Scruggs Equipment, Inc., of

Springfield, IL, in the actual amount of $18,955.00.

(ADOPTED)

Ordinances #5729, #5735, #5736 and #5737 were moved to the Consent

Agenda for adoption.

A motion was made by Megan L. Marshall, seconded by Venessa

Huskey, to approve the Consent Agenda. The motion passed by a roll call

vote:

Yes: 7 - DaRon McGee, Megan L. Marshall, Jalen Anderson, Donna

Peyton, Manuel Abarca IV, Venessa Huskey and Jeanie Lauer

Absent: 2 - Charlie Franklin and Sean E. Smith

INTRODUCTION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND ASSIGNMENT TO COMMITTEE

None.

INTRODUCTION OF PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS AND ASSIGNMENT TO COMMITTEE

None.

COUNTY EXECUTIVE ORDERS

None.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

None.

NEW BUSINESS

Jeanie Lauer, County Legislator, said her office has received numerous

calls from taxpayers regarding their notice of assessed valuation. She

asked if Chairman DaRon McGee could have Maureen Monaghan,

Deputy Director of Assessment, and former attorney for the Missouri

State Tax Commission, present information regarding the assessed

valuation process. Mr. McGee said he would schedule it.

Manuel Abarca IV, County Legislator, asked Troy Schulte, County

Administrator, for an update on the collection of the marijuana tax. Mr.

Schulte said the tax will begin to be collected in October 2023. The

projections indicate the County may receive about $3 million in revenue.

The Administration will have more information later this year.