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, February 28, 2022

10:00 AM

Ninth Regular Meeting

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

Charlie Franklin, Chairman, called the meeting of the Jackson County Legislature to order.

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

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 February 22, 2022. The

motion passed by a voice vote.

HEARINGS

None.

COMMUNICATIONS WITH AND REPORTS OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE

Frank White, Jr., County Executive, said that due to the declining number

of COVID-19 cases in the area and recent guidelines released by the

Centers for Disease Control, the Administration is meeting this afternoon

with representatives of Corrections, the Courts, and the Prosecuting

Attorney’s Office to review the master plan for County facilities which

requires associates and visitors to County facilities to wear a mask. The

Administration wants to make the best decision on the future of mask

wearing within County facilities to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

Ronald E. Finley, County Legislator, said he heard news accounts

regarding the deadline for residents to vacate from Heart Mobile Village.

Troy Schulte, County Administrator, said Resolution #20889 is on the

agenda to increase the funding allocation for the relocation services at the

mobile home park. He said he will discuss this today or next week,

whichever the Legislature desires. Charlie Franklin, County Legislator,

said he intends to send this resolution to Legislature as a Whole, but is

open to discussing the item during today’s meeting. Mr. Schulte said the

County is out of relocation dollars. Mr. Franklin said the Legislature will

take this item in order as it appears on the agenda.

PERFECTION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND REPORTS OF COMMITTEE

None.

FINAL PASSAGE OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES

5602

Consent Agenda.

RESOLUTIONS IN COMMITTEE

20878

20879

Budget Committee moved to adopt. Consent Agenda.

Legislature As A Whole moved to adopt. Consent Agenda.

Jalen Anderson, County Legislator, said he is glad to see this and the

County’s dedicated focus on being pro-labor. He looks forward to

continuing this strong relationship with labor.

20880

20881

Budget Committee moved to adopt. Consent Agenda.

Justice and Law Enforcement Committee moved to adopt. Consent

Agenda.

20882

20884

Anti-Crime Committee moved to adopt. Consent Agenda.

Health and Environment Committee moved to adopt. Consent Agenda.

CONSENT AGENDA

5602

AN ORDINANCE appropriating $100,000.00 from the undesignated fund

balance of the 2022 Grant Fund and awarding a contract for the design and

construction of a new bridge in connection with Federal Project No.

BRO-B048(60), Helmig Road Bridge, County Project No. 3215, to TREKK

Design Group, of Kansas City, MO, at an actual cost to the County not to

exceed $100,000.00.

(ADOPTED)

20878

20879

20880

A RESOLUTION transferring $150,000.00 within the 2022 Anti-Crime Sales

Tax Fund to provide funding for the Sheriff’s Office’s 2022 Law Enforcement

School-Based Initiative.

(ADOPTED)

A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute a

Memorandum of Understanding with the Greater Kansas City Building and

Trades Council, for the period ending December 31, 2024.

(ADOPTED)

A RESOLUTION authorizing a contract for the furnishing of software

maintenance 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

$36,353.00, as a sole source purchase.

(ADOPTED)

20881

20882

A RESOLUTION authorizing the Sheriff to execute the LexisNexis Master

Terms & Conditions document relating to the Sheriff’s Office’s membership

in Kansas City Early Threat Assessment Center, at no cost to the County.

(ADOPTED)

A RESOLUTION awarding a contract for the furnishing of software

maintenance services for the COMBAT Community CareLink and COMBAT

Connections databases for use by the COMBAT staff to First Call

Technologies, LLC, of Kansas City, MO, at an actual cost to the County in

the amount of $170,500.00, as a sole source purchase.

(ADOPTED)

20884

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 $125,000.00.

(ADOPTED)

Ordinance #5602, Resolutions #20878, #20879, #20880, #20881,

#20882, and #20884 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

INTRODUCTION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND ASSIGNMENT TO COMMITTEE

5603

Appropriating $300,000.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2022

Grant Fund and authorizing the County Executive to execute an

Intergovernmental Cooperative Agreement with Clay County, Missouri, the

City of Kansas City, Missouri, and the Missouri Office of Administration to

participate in the Buck O’Neil Bridge Feasibility Study, at an actual cost to

the County in the amount of $300,000.00.

(Assigned to the Finance and Audit Committee.)

INTRODUCTION OF PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS AND ASSIGNMENT TO COMMITTEE

20886

Awarding a contract for annual software maintenance for use by the Finance

and Purchasing Department to Mitchell Humphrey of St. Louis, MO, as a

sole purchase, at an actual cost to the County in the amount of $83,950.00.

(Assigned to the Finance and Audit Committee.)

20887

Awarding a twelve-month contract with three twelve-month options to extend

for the furnishing of independent auditing services for use by the Finance

and Purchasing Department to Allen, Gibbs & Houlik, L.C., of Overland

Park, KS, at a cost to the County not to exceed $135,000.00, under the

terms and conditions of Request for Proposals No. 80-21.

(Assigned to the Finance and Audit Committee.)

20888

20889

Authorizing the Prosecuting Attorney to execute an Agreement with the

Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners for anti-drug and anti-crime

law enforcement activities and programs at a cost to the County not to

exceed $3,467,689.00.

(Assigned to the Anti-Crime Committee.)

Resolution #20890 was read at this time. See page xx for details.

A motion was made by Dan Tarwater III, seconded by Crystal Williams, to

adopt Resolution #20889, transferring $800,000.00 within 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 relocation services funding in

connection with the detention center project at a cost to the County not to

exceed $800,000.00. The motion passed by a roll call vote:

Yes: 8 -

Charlie Franklin, Theresa Cass Galvin, Jalen Anderson, Crystal

Williams, Tony Miller, Scott Burnett, Dan Tarwater III and Jeanie

Lauer

No: 1 - Ronald E. Finley

(ADOPTED)

Theresa Cass Galvin, County Legislator, questioned the source of funding

for the relocation program. The request for legislative action states the

funds will come from cancellation of the 5th Floor renovation project at the

Downtown Courthouse, which will be deferred to a later date when the

County can complete the replacement of the HVAC. She asked what the

County will do when it is time to complete this HVAC project. Troy Schulte

said the County will come back with additional funds at a future date. In

discussion with the Courts, it was determined that after this planned

renovation would have been completed, the County would need to tear out

these renovations to replace the HVAC system. It was decided to be more

feasible to delay the renovation until the HVAC system is completed to

avoid displacement of Court staff multiple times and removing newly

renovated areas of the Courtrooms. This will likely be funded in a future

County Improvement Fund in 2023 or 2024. Ms. Galvin asked if the

Administration understood this process at the time the budget was

approved. Mr. Schulte said the Administration wanted to ensure the

courtroom improvements were established as a priority.

Jalen Anderson, County Legislator, asked why this request is coming

before the Legislature on the last day that residents are to relocate. Mr.

Schulte said he wanted to finalize the amount he needed to request and

avoid asking for too much or not enough funding. He said he has a brief

presentation to address these questions.

Jeanie Lauer, County Legislator, asked about shuffling the monies around

and postponing improvements to the Courthouse one or two years out in

order to have the monies – the $800,000.00 – to move the residents from

the mobile home park. Troy Schulte said these are mutually exclusive

decisions. One decision is related to reducing the impact of the courts on

the renovation and HVAC project. The second decision is related to

funding the relocation effort at the mobile home park. Ms. Lauer asked

about other options for funding the relocation effort. Mr. Schulte said he

could pull funds from reserves and reimburse the reserves later with a

larger bond debt plan. Ms. Lauer said this project started with $1.2 million

but the County is now up to $2.5 million on this project. She asked how the

costs for this project have accelerated so quickly. Mr. Schulte said he

addresses all of these points in his PowerPoint Presentation. A copy of Mr.

Schulte’s presentation is available as an attachment under the details for

Resolution #20889.

Ronald E. Finley asked about the previous HVAC work that was

completed last summer. Mr. Schulte said those repairs were a temporary

fix that bought the County five to six years of fixes, but a long-term

permanent replacement of a new system will be much more costly and

timely. Mr. Schulte said they are going to defer the cosmetic changes to

the 5th and 6th floor and use those funds for the relocation effort. They did

not cancel one program to do the relocation. It just so happened these two

issues happened at the same time.

Tony Miller, County Legislator, asked to clarify that there are no changes

to the scope of anything, this is strictly a financing vehicle. Mr. Schulte

agreed.

Mr. Schulte said 75 residents have been relocated, 26 residents will be

moving shortly, four residents do not yet have finalized relocation plans,

one resident has refused all contact. Funding for relocation has been

exhausted on park operations and moving 75 residents. The $1.7 million

originally allocated for this project was spent on project administration,

including two social workers and a relocation specialist provided through

Community Services League, relocation payments including future rent

payments, down payment assistance, and minor home repair, and the

costs associated with operating the mobile home park including utilities,

repairs, and dumpsters. The additional $800,000.00 will be used to assist

with relocation for 31 remaining residents, park operations and demolition

of remaining structures. Mr. Schulte said they hope to complete the

remaining moves by the end of March. In most of these cases the

residents’ living conditions have improved.

Theresa Cass Galvin asked about the financial obligations of the previous

owner. Mr. Schulte said the budget originally anticipated that most of the

residents were going to move to a nearby mobile home park, but his

interest in that other mobile home park have fallen through. The prior

owner does have several trailers still located at the mobile home park.

Dan Tarwater III, County Legislator, said the prior owner was to have his

property removed by November. He is now three months overdue. Mr.

Tarwater asked if the County has an option to charge him a storage fee for

continuing to store his property. Mr. Schulte said this is an option the

County is considering.

Theresa Cass Galvin extended her gratitude to Ashley Burke, Executive

Assistant, for her work on the relocation project.

20890

20891

Authorizing the Director of Finance and Purchasing to execute a Continuing

Education Service Agreement with the Metropolitan Community College of

Kansas City, MO, for use by the Parks + Rec Department, at an actual cost

to the County in the amount of $4,400.00.

(Assigned to the Land Use Committee.)

A motion was made by Theresa Cass Galvin, seconded by Dan Tarwater III,

to adopt Resolution #20891, authorizing the Jackson County Legislature to

hold a closed meeting on Monday, February 28, 2022, for the purpose of

conducting privileged and confidential communications between itself and

the Jackson County Counselor under section 610.021(1) 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: 9 -

Charlie Franklin, Theresa Cass Galvin, Jalen Anderson, Crystal

Williams, Tony Miller, Scott Burnett, Ronald E. Finley, Dan Tarwater

III and Jeanie Lauer

(ADOPTED)

No objection to the consideration of Resolution #20892 - not on the

printed agenda.

20892

A motion was made by Theresa Cass Galvin, seconded by Scott Burnett, to

adopt Resolution #20892, authorizing the County Counselor to settle the

claims of Ryan Dumas in the case styled Ryan Dumas v. Jackson County,

Missouri, et al., No. 17-CV-00510, now pending in the U.S. District Court for

the Western District of Missouri, for a total payment by the County of

$147,500.00. The motion passed by a roll call vote:

Yes: 7 -

Charlie Franklin, Theresa Cass Galvin, Jalen Anderson, Tony Miller,

Scott Burnett, Ronald E. Finley and Dan Tarwater III

Absent: 2 - Crystal Williams and Jeanie Lauer

(ADOPTED)

COUNTY EXECUTIVE ORDERS

22-05

Pursuant to chapter 82 of the Jackson County Code, I hereby make the

following reappointments and appointment to the Jackson County

Community Children’s Services Fund Board of Directors:

The Honorable Ann Mesle is reappointed as a District 1 member for a new

term to expire March 31, 2025.

Jessica R. Ramirez is reappointed as a District 5 member for a new term to

expire March 31, 2025.

Amy Moore Harris is appointed as a District 4 member to fill an unexpired

term occasioned by the resignation of Dr. Robert Bartman, Ed. D. for a term

to expire March 31, 2024. A copy of Ms. Harris’ resume is attached.

Crystal Williams, County Legislator, asked the Administration if it is a

conflict of interest for two people serving on the Children’s Services Fund

Board of Directors to also be running for County elected positions. Caleb

Clifford, Chief of Staff, said this is an issue the Administration will review,

but it his understanding that people have a right to run for office. It may be

reviewed later, if and when a specific person might be elected. Ms.

Williams said that when the fund was created, great pains were taken to

de-politicize the Children's Services Fund.

22-06

I hereby make the following appointment to the Plan Commission:

Andy E. Johnson is appointed to fill an unexpired term occasioned by the

resignation of Janet Mershon representing the unincorporated area of

Jackson County for a term to expire December 31, 2025. A copy of Mr.

Johnson’s resume is attached.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

Theresa Cass Galvin said the postcards for property tax declarations have

been sent from the Assessment Department. The phone lines have been

inundated, but when she used the email address listed on the postcard

(declarations@jacksongov.org), she received an immediate response. She

recommends using the Assessment Department email as a more efficient

way to communicate with the department.

Dan Tarwater III asked for a follow-up on the Reapportionment Committee.

He said the Legislators received an email from a representative of the

committee questioning the information reported by Jay Haden, Chief Deputy

County Counselor, related to the effective date of the new maps. Mr. Haden

said the County Counselor’s Office is working on the issue and hopes to

have an opinion released later today. He is not prepared to respond on this

issue until the final product is complete.

Tony Miller recognized the Parks + Rec Department and the Rock Island

Rail Corridor staff for their cooperation with the State of Missouri Parks

System. The state park system is reviewing connecting the Katy Trail with

the Rock Island Rail Corridor and is consulting with the Rock Island Rail

Corridor staff on how to navigate the connections, bridges, and tunnels in the

system.

Jalen Anderson asked Jay Haden about the Reapportionment Committee.

He said he is confused by the previous statement Mr. Haden made to the

Legislature. He said the law has not changed and the County Charter has

not changed, so what is different. Mr. Haden said that since he last

addressed the issue new issues have been brought to his attention to cause

the County Counselor’s Office to take a second look at this matter. He is not

prepared to comment further until the County Counselor’s official statement

is completed.

Ronald E. Finley said he understands the Reapportionment Committee

unanimously voted to approve the maps. If there are new facts, these should

be taken into consideration. Mr. Haden said this is a legal issue that needs

to be carefully vetted. He wants to make sure they get the issue right.

Mr. Finley said as an explanation of his vote in dissent earlier, this process

is quite a way from where the County started and now they are reaching into

other funds. He wants to be comfortable with the decisions of the County. He

wants to be as comfortable as possible with the assistance to these poor

people. He feels confident they will accomplish what needs to be

accomplished. He hopes the County continues to work as hard as possible.