Legislature discusses anti-crime ordinance, accepts $71,751 grant appropriation and holds item for further work

Legislative staff presented ordinance 5983, described in the meeting record as enacting sections of the Jackson County Code related to off-highway-terrain or anti-terrain vehicles and connected to anti-crime work. Whitney Miller of the councilor’s office told the legislature she had a substitute draft as of the morning but that the version was not yet complete, specifically citing a still-pending change to the penalty provision.

Miller said the presentation included an appropriation of $71,751 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2025 general fund and the acceptance of an award from the Missouri Department of Public Safety for the Missouri Western Interdiction Narcotics Task Force. On the record, the item was presented for anti-crime committee consideration and staff moved to hold the item for additional work.

The transcript shows the item was not perfected or adopted on May 12; staff indicated they were still working on the substitute draft and penalty language. The clerk recorded that the measure would be held; a date for return to committee or for public hearing was not given in the May 12 transcript.

Because the substitute is incomplete and penalty language remains under revision, the legislature’s action on May 12 was procedural: accepting the existence of the grant award and appropriating $71,751 was discussed but final ordinance language and enforcement details were left for follow-up work in committee.